Archbishop McNicholas High School
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Father Jan Kevin Schmidt ’72 is one of our most esteemed alumni. Fr. Schmidt started giving back to McNicholas High School shortly after graduation and continues to do so. Prior to becoming a priest, he began his professional career with Kings Production (now Kings Island) and quickly rose through the ranks. He became the youngest Vice President at Kings Production and assisted in opening parks throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. Answering the call to priesthood, he left corporate America and entered the seminary at Mount St. Mary’s in his mid 30’s. Father Schmidt is a priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and currently serves as pastor of St. Margaret of York Parish in Loveland, Ohio, a northeastern suburb of Cincinnati. Ordained in 1990, Fr. Schmidt holds both Bachelors and Masters in Theology degrees from the Athenaeum of Ohio. Fr. Schmidt has served as chaplain and faculty member at Archbishop McNicholas High School from 1990 until his appointment as pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Cincinnati in 1995. Fr. Schmidt has served several terms on the School Board of McNicholas High School and has just completed his 18th year as a coach in the schools soccer program. In addition he was appointed the first president of Archbishop McNicholas High School in December of 2007 and continues to serve as a chaplain to the school. In 2008 as Fr. Schmidt completed his pastorate at Immaculate Heart of Mary, the parish received the Archbishop Thomas Murphy Award for the exemplary practice of stewardship in the United States from the International Catholic Stewardship Conference (ICSC) of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Fr. Schmidt currently sits on several planning and advisory committees of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. He has presented workshops at the national conventions of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM) and the National Association of Church Personnel Administrators (NACPA), the International Catholic Stewardship Conference (ICSC) and served as the chair for the Convocation of Priests on issues of Parish Administration for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in 2003. He frequently presents in-services to pastoral leaders on stewardship, pastoral planning and catechesis.
Fr. Schmidt exemplifies his love for McNicholas by his constant presence at a multitude of school and alumni events, continually supporting the school, encouraging the youth to attend McNicholas, and serving tirelessly on numerous committees.
Vicky Hausberger, vhausberger@mcnhs.org
Archbishop McNicholas High School promotes a co-educational, Christ-centered, Catholic community that embraces each student – spiritually, intellectually, morally, and physically. We provide a safe, nurturing, creative, and challenging campus where individuals will grow in knowledge and faith. We equip our students with opportunities and experiences that will enable them to achieve excellence, live out gospel values, and attain full stature in Christ.
McNicholas High School helps students of all abilities to achieve excellence. Our personalized registration and class selection process allows students and parents to select course levels appropriate to a student’s ability in each subject area. Teachers and guidance counselors are willing to help with individualized attention in classes that average 20 students. We offer 14 Advanced Placement courses and 25 fine arts electives. The science department has received the Ohio Governor's Award for Excellence 20 consecutive years and McNicholas has produced over 48 National Merit Scholars over the past four years. Our theatre department has been invited to perform at the Ohio Thespian Convention for 12 consecutive years and produces numerous shows throughout the year. The SAIL program addresses the needs of identified students of all academic levels whose learning styles require tutorial assistance to learn the material presented in a mainstream classroom.
Extracurricular activities are an important part of McNicholas life. We strongly encourage every "Rocket" to become involved in clubs and activities that range from the exhilaration of musicals to the intensity of chess tournaments, from the activism of the ecology club to the leadership of student council. From freshman orientation to senior graduation, our students take part in a wide range of activities that make them feel "at home" at McNicholas High School.
The Community Service Program at Archbishop McNicholas High School is a “service learning” program designed to challenge our students to “attain full stature in Christ” by building the gospel value of service to the “least of these.” All students are required to complete at least 40 hours of community service in order to graduate. Service is done through school, parish or an agency that serves those in need. Most students do the vast majority of their service with the underprivileged and go beyond the 40-hour minimum requirement.
McNicholas' highly respected and competitive athletic program brings excitement and spirit to our campus. McNicholas fields 37 teams for our young men and women. These teams can boast of district, regional and state championships, player of the year, coach of the year, King of the Hill trophies, and other league honors.
McNicholas has its roots in St. Joseph Academy, a boarding school for girls opened by the sisters of St. Joseph of Bourg in 1915. Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas' request for the academy to become the first coeducational diocesan high school in the Cincinnati area was honored by Archbishop Karl J. Alter, and McNicholas was inaugurated January 15, 1951. Throughout its history, McNicholas has educated thousands of young men and women who have proudly taken their places as Christian leaders in today's society. Through constant change and continual improvement, we consistently challenge all students to become a part of the tradition where faith, academics, and a coeducational environment contribute to each student's overall success.
The mission of Archbishop McNicholas High School is to promote a Christ-centered community of learning and to provide a holistic curriculum that embraces the totality of the person - intellectual, moral, social, physical, and spiritual. McNicholas' comprehensive curriculum offers a structured yet creative and challenging learning environment with a concerted effort to nurture social consciousness in its students through justice activities, outreach programs, and service to the local community. A McNicholas education promotes academic excellence in all programs, living out Gospel values, and preparing young men and women for our ever-changing world.
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