Powers Catholic High School

Luke M. Powers Catholic High School (Powers Catholic, PCHS, or P-Cat), frequently referred to as simply Powers, is a private, Roman Catholic, co-educational high school located in Flint, Michigan. Powers Catholic was established in 1970 under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing and bears of name of Luke M. Powers, a Villanova University educated pastor in Flint from 1929 to 1966.

Overview

Fay Hall, built in 1913

After 40 years at its original location just north of Flint in Mount Morris Township, Powers relocated to downtown Flint for the 2013-14 school year. The new location is a wooded property located at the corner of W Court St and Miller Rd, immediately off I-69 from the Hammerburg Rd exit 135. The new campus has 57-acres on a hill, with historic Fay Hall serving as the main academic building. As part of a 36 million dollar development approved in 2010, over $15 million was spent restoring Fay Hall, and adding a 75,000-square-foot addition containing a gymnasium, chapel, library, theater and media center.

Powers devotes over $1 million annually to financial aid assistance to encourage socio-economic diversity at the school. Currently, Powers draws students from Genesee, Shiawassee, Saginaw, Lapeer, Livingston and Oakland County. Prominent K-8 feeder schools include: St. Pius X (Flint), St. John Vianney (Flint), Holy Rosary (Flint), St. Robert (Flushing), Holy Family (Grand Blanc), St. John (Fenton), St. Paul (Owosso), Our Lady of the Lakes (Waterford), and Bishop Kelly (Lapeer). Fostering the growth of the region's Catholic primary and secondary schools is Cornell University graduate Bill Haley, the executive director of Genesee County Catholic Schools.

Academics

In addition to an offering of honors and AP courses in the arts, humanities, and sciences, Powers Catholic has dual-enrollment partnerships with Kettering University and University of Michigan–Flint, with both campuses located blocks away from Fay Hall. Powers holds the highest ACT average of any high school within a 40-mile radius of Flint.^[2] One-hundred percent of the school's graduates are accepted to college.^[3] Recent college matriculates include: University of Michigan, Yale, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, New York University, Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania, U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis), Kalamazoo, Hillsdale, Hope, Carnegie Mellon, Loyola Chicago, Dayton, Miami (OH), Miami (FL), Kettering, and Michigan State University.^[4][5]

Students may choose from over 40 various clubs and activities. Powers Catholic students are extremely invested in academic extracurriculars, and many of the interscholastic and extracurricular programs offered have won awards and recognitions. The school's programs and performing arts include: Model UN, DECA, Debate, Forensics, Rotary Interact, Quiz Bowl, FIRST Robotics, Theater and Choir, Math, Band, and Ethnic Clubs, among others.

Athletics

The Chargers are in the Michigan High School Athletic Association, as members of the Saginaw Valley League, and routinely compete amongst the Catholic High School League. Rivals include Grand Blanc, Fenton, Detroit Country Day, and Cranbrook-Kingswood. Recent state titles include: Boys Soccer (2013), Girls Soccer (2011), Football (2005, 2011), Boys Basketball (2009), Girls Lacrosse (2008), Boys Golf (2006), Girls Golf (2007, 2008). The ice hockey team has won 29 League Championships, 32 Regional Championships, appeared in 19 Final Fours, and is a seven-time State Finalist. From 2009-15, girls soccer won five Regional Championships, were two-time State Finalists, and collected one State Championship. Former head football coach, Jack Pratt, won over 300 football games, nearly 400 basketball games, and numerous state titles before retiring in 2006. His coaching career spanned five decades and he was inducted into the Greater Flint Area Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. In the fall of 2015, the soccer and football teams began playing home games at Kettering University’s historic Atwood Stadium, following over $2 million in restoration to the 11,000-seat stadium. The football team finished 11-3 in the 2015 season after losing to Zeeland West on Friday, Nov. 27 at Detroit’s Ford Field in the Division 4 state championship game.

Powers Catholic offers 24 sports for boys and girls.

References

External links

• School website

Diocese of Lansing
Bishops	Ordinaries Joseph H. Albers Alexander M. Zaleski Kenneth Joseph Povish Carl Frederick Mengeling Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr. Auxiliaries Michael Joseph Green James Stephen Sullivan
Churches	Cathedral St. Mary Cathedral, Lansing Parishes St. Mary of Good Counsel Church, Adrian St. Patrick's Church, Ann Arbor St. Joseph Church and Shrine, Cambridge Township St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, Jackson Former parish St. Elizabeth's Church, Tecumseh
Education	Higher Education Siena Heights University High Schools Father Gabriel Richard High School, Ann Arbor Lansing Catholic High School, Lansing Lumen Christi Catholic High School, Jackson Powers Catholic High School, Flint St. Thomas More Academy, Burton
Priests	Paul Vincent Donovan Steven J. Raica
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