Established 1956 Grades 9–12 Phone +1 402-488-0931 | Staff 95 Enrollment 1,286 (Fall 2016) Number of students 1,286 | |
Motto "Restore All Things In Christ" Similar Lincoln Southwest High Sch, Lincoln East High School, Lincoln Southeast High Sch, Northeast High School, Lincoln North Star High Sch | ||
Lincoln Pius X High School is the central Catholic high school in Lincoln, Nebraska and the Diocese of Lincoln. Pius X is the largest Catholic high school in the state of Nebraska, with an enrollment of 1,286 young men and women. The school was founded October 1, 1956 by Bishop Louis B. Kucera.
Contents
History
Pius X High School was established on October 1, 1956 as the central Catholic high school for the city of Lincoln and the Diocese of Lincoln. Since its earliest years, Pius X has grown to nearly 1,300 students in grades 9-12, with over 90 faculty and staff made up of both religious and lay people. When the school was named after Pope St. Pius X, it took its patron's motto, "To restore all things in Christ", as its guiding mission.
Academics
Pius X has a large variety of classes offered to the students with basic classes such as biology, world history, chemistry, geometry, anatomy, various literature courses, and many others. Through the years Pius X has expanded the classes offered. The administration approved the addition of an academic decathlon course in 2010 to be added during the 2010-2011 school year. The school won the large school Nebraska state championship in Academic Decathlon in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 and competed in national competition.
Athletics
Pius X offers every sport that the NSAA has sanctioned. Beginning with the 2016-17 school year, most of the school's sports will compete in Class A, the NSAA's classification for the state's largest schools. The school has won 76 NSAA state championships, including three girls' golf championships while competing in Class A. All other titles have been won while competing in Class B. In its first 60 years of football, the school had only two head coaches, Vince Aldrich, for whom the football stadium is named, and current athletic director, Tim Aylward. Ryan Kearney became the school's third head coach starting with the 2016 football season. The club sports of bowling and trap shooting are also offered at Pius X for both boys and girls.