Divine Child High School, commonly known asDivine Child (DC), is aprivate,Roman Catholic,college-preparatory,parochial high school inDearborn, Michigan, United States. Divine Child is a highly ranked private high school in Michigan, scoring in the top 15 percent of private schools in the State. Notably, it is the seventh-largest private high school, and the largestco-educational Catholic high school in the State.[3]
The school is located on a 20-acre campus that includes a new athletic complex and fitness center, which was financed through an ongoing capital campaign that has raised five million in capital to date.[4][5]
Divine Child High School is a highly rated,Catholic,college-preparatory high school located inDearborn, Michigan.[3][6] Divine Child is ranked among the top 15% of private high schools in the State of Michigan as of the 2021–2022 school year.[3][7] It is the State's largest Catholic co-ed high school, enrolling nearly 900 students from 55 different zip codes; minority enrollment at the school is 18.6 percent, and the student-teacher ratio is 12:1.[3]
Divine Child Catholic Schools, with a total enrollment of approximately 1,500 students across grades K-12, ranks as the second largest private school community in the State.[8]
The school follows an allschool uniform policy, with boys wearing khaki slacks and anOxford shirt andtie, and girls may either wear a kilt or slacks, along with a button-up shirt, with both wearingblazers.[6] As of 2022, Divine Child Catholic Schools had an estimated financial endowment of twelve million dollars.[7][9][5]
Divine Child High School was founded in September 1958 byMonsignor Herbert Weier. Initially, it consisted of 84 freshmen, twoBernardine Sisters of St. Francis, and an athletic department. The Class of 1962, the first graduating class, consisted of 69 students. The original building consisted of 37,478 square feet (3,481.8 m2) of space including ten classrooms, two science labs, a small library, a typing and office machines room, and a study hall room. Since then, eleven additions have significantly increased the size and facilities of the school.[10]
The demographic breakdown of the 884 students enrolled at Divine Child in 2018 was:[1]Native American/Alaskan - 1.0%; Asian/Pacific islanders - 4.8%; Black - 2.3%; Hispanic - 4.3%; White - 81.4%; Multiracial - 6.2%
Divine Child offers 20 honors and 19Advanced Placement courses that can be taken for college credit that include: American Government, American History, Art History, Calculus AB, Chemistry, Computer Science, Computer Science Principles, English Language & Composition, English Literature & Composition, Environmental Science, Spanish, Latin, Music Theory, Physics 1, Physics 2, Statistics, World History, Seminar, and Research.[11]
The school provides academic support to students with specificlearning differences at tiered levels of intervention.[12]
The Divine Child Falcons are members of theCatholic High School League, and has the largest athletic program in the league with over fifty teams. Divine Child is ranked among the top five percent of high schools in the United States for athletics.[15] The school colors are red and grey. The followingMHSAA sanctioned sports are offered:[16]
Baseball (boys)
State champions - 1992, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010[17]
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