St. John Paul II Catholic High School is a

coed Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...

grades 9- 12 college preparatory school, located in

Huntsville, Alabama Huntsville is a city in Madison County, Limestone County, and Morgan County, Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Madison County. Located in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama, Huntsville is the most populous city in ...

. St. John Paul II Catholic High School is the only Catholic

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high school in the greater Huntsville area. It was founded in 1996 on 4810 Bradford Drive, previously known as Catholic High School. A new campus was completed in late 2010 in Thornton Research Park. The new campus includes a chapel, academic wings, auditorium, gymnasium, and athletic fields. The boys' cross country team took the state championship in 2019, 2020, and 2021. They also placed as runners-up in the state in their respective division in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. The girls cross country team took state runners-up in 2018 and 2019. St. John Paul II Catholic High School is governed by a board of trustees in accordance with policies of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama The Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church that encompasses the northern 39 counties of the U.S. state of Alabama. It was erected on December 9, 1969, when it was split from wh ...

. The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and is a member of the

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(NCEA).

Notable alumni

Toyin Ojih Odutola Toyin Ojih Odutola (born 1985) is a Nigerian-American contemporary visual artist known for her vivid multimedia drawings and works on paper. Her unique style of complex mark-making and lavish compositions rethink the category and traditions of po ...

, contemporary visual artist known for her vivid multimedia drawings and works on paper. She has credited Dana Bathurst, an art teacher at Catholic High School, for introducing her to a new understanding of art.

References

External links

Official website of St. John Paul II Catholic High School
Catholic secondary schools in Alabama Educational institutions established in 1996 High schools in Huntsville, Alabama Schools in Madison County, Alabama 1996 establishments in Alabama Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama {{Alabama-school-stub