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Saint Francis High School

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Francis Parker School of Louisville, formerly St. Francis School, is a private, coeducational, college-preparatory day school in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Founded in 1977, it is an outgrowth of St. Francis School, in Goshen, a K-8 school founded on the developmental education model a decade earlier. Both schools are non-sectarian, but maintain an association with the Episcopal Diocese of Louisville, and a historical link to St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church in Louisville. The church and the schools are named after St. Francis of Assisi. History St. Francis High School was founded in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, in 1976, by Tom Pike, a group of parents and board members. Pike, who would be headmaster until he retired, had been Acting Head of School at St. Francis School in Goshen. St. Francis at that time included kindergarten through 9th grade; with this change, it became K-8, and the rising 9th grade migrated to the new high school. The founders chose a site downtown in order to give their adolescent students easy access to cultural institutions and resources such as the main branch of the Louisville Free Public Library and close proximity to the adult world they would soon be joining. St. Francis opened in September 1977 with 60 students and 14 teachers and staff. The school was housed in the historic former Downtown YMCA building at 233 W. Broadway, a 1913 structure in the Beaux Arts style listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Originally occupying the building's third floor, the school shared athletic facilities with the Downtown Athletic Club, including the former YMCA's pool, squash court, and indoor track, and basement theater. By 1981, the school had grown to 123 students and 18 teachers, and no longer fit on the third floor. When Holly Wiedemann, a Lexington-based developer who focused on adaptive reuse of historic structures, renovated the building as a mixed-facility incorporating residential, retail, and office space, the school moved the main lobby and offices to the basement level in order to expand classroom space on the 3rd floor. As the school approached its 25th year, Pike, who had been serving as head of school since its founding, and the school's directors sought to expand and revitalize St. Francis High School. Following a $6 million fundraising campaign, St.

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Francis Parker School of Louisville, formerly St. Francis School, is a private, coeducational, college-preparatory day school in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Founded in 1977, it is an outgrowth of St. Francis School, in Goshen, a K-8 school founded on the developmental education model a decade earlier. Both schools are non-sectarian, but maintain an association with the Episcopal Diocese of Louisville, and a historical link to St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church in Louisville. The church and the schools are named after St. Francis of Assisi. History St. Francis High School was founded in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, in 1976, by Tom Pike, a group of parents and board members. Pike, who would be headmaster until he retired, had been Acting Head of School at St. Francis School in Goshen. St. Francis at that time included kindergarten through 9th grade; with this change, it became K-8, and the rising 9th grade migrated to the new high school. The founders chose a site downtown in order to give their adolescent students easy access to cultural institutions and resources such as the main branch of the Louisville Free Public Library and close proximity to the adult world they would soon be joining. St. Francis opened in September 1977 with 60 students and 14 teachers and staff. The school was housed in the historic former Downtown YMCA building at 233 W. Broadway, a 1913 structure in the Beaux Arts style listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Originally occupying the building's third floor, the school shared athletic facilities with the Downtown Athletic Club, including the former YMCA's pool, squash court, and indoor track, and basement theater. By 1981, the school had grown to 123 students and 18 teachers, and no longer fit on the third floor. When Holly Wiedemann, a Lexington-based developer who focused on adaptive reuse of historic structures, renovated the building as a mixed-facility incorporating residential, retail, and office space, the school moved the main lobby and offices to the basement level in order to expand classroom space on the 3rd floor. As the school approached its 25th year, Pike, who had been serving as head of school since its founding, and the school's directors sought to expand and revitalize St. Francis High School. Following a $6 million fundraising campaign, St.

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