Type Private, Coeducational Grades 6–12 Hours in school day 8-3:15 Number of students 189 (2009–2010) Athletics conference Blue Chip Conference Colors Purple, Gold | Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic Enrollment 189 (2009/2010) Phone +1 812-882-6215 Founded 1924 Average class size 20 | |
Principal Janice L. Vantlin-Jones Address 210 Barnett St, Vincennes, IN 47591, USA Similar Lincoln High School, South Knox High School, North Knox Junior/Se High Sch, Flaget Elementary School, Princeton Community High Sch Profiles | ||
Jean Francois Rivet High School, Vincennes Rivet High School, or simply Rivet High School (within Vincennes) is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Vincennes, Indiana. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Evansville.
Background
In 1924, the Gibault High School was built for Catholic males. It closed in 1935 but was reopened in 1947 as Central Catholic High School. Central Catholic became co-educational during the 1970-71 school year when it was joined with the all-female St. Rose Academy. The name was changed to Rivet High School, in honor of Jesuit priest Jean Francois Rivet who in 1795 had been paid by President Washington to run a school in Vincennes, the first public school established in the Indiana Territory.
References
Rivet High School (Vincennes, Indiana) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA