St. Joseph's Preparatory School

St. Joseph's Preparatory School
Address
1733 West Girard Avenue Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19130 United States
Coordinates	39°58′21″N 75°9′53″W / 39.97250°N 75.16472°W / 39.97250; -75.16472
Information
Type	Private, All-boys college-preparatory educational institution
Motto	(Latin): Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam (For the greater glory of God)
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholic Church (Jesuit)
Patron saint(s)	Saint Joseph
Established	1851; 173 years ago (1851)
Oversight	Society of Jesus
President	John F. Marinacci
Principal	Andrew T. Cavacos
Grades	9–12
Gender	Boys
Enrollment	904
Campus size	6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Crimson and Gray
Slogan	Educating Men of Competence, Conscience & Compassion since 1851
Song	Swing on Along With the Crimson
Athletics conference	Philadelphia Catholic League PIAA USRowing
Nickname	Hawks
Rival	La Salle College High School
Accreditation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
Publication	Chronicle (literary magazine)
Newspaper	The Hawkeye
Yearbook	The Chronicle
Tuition	$25,600 (2022-2023)
Website	www.sjprep.org
Girard Avenue Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Built	Mid-late 19th century
Architect	Edwin Forrest Durang, et al.
Architectural style	Baroque Revival
NRHP reference No.	85003427[2]
Added to NRHP	October 31, 1985
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St. Joseph's Preparatory School, known as "St. Joe’s Prep" or simply "The Prep", is an urban, private, Catholic, college preparatory school run by the Society of Jesus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The school was founded in 1851 from the Old St. Joseph's Church in the city's Society Hill neighborhood.^[3] The school moved to its current campus on Girard Avenue in the 1870s with the construction of the Church of the Gesu.