Cathedral High School (New Ulm, Minnesota)

Cathedral High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in New Ulm, Minnesota, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of New Ulm.

Cathedral High School
Cathedral High School in 2024
Address
600 North Washington Street New Ulm, Minnesota 56073-1896 United States
Coordinates	44°19′2″N 94°28′7″W
Information
Type	Private high school
Motto	Sit laus Deo
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1919; 106 years ago (1919)[citation needed]
Oversight	Diocese of New Ulm
Teaching staff	47.8 (on an FTE basis) (2017–18)[1]
Grades	7–12[1]
Enrollment	Approximately 200 (2023–24)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	13.9 (2017–18)[1]
Color(s)	Burgundy and white[2]
Athletics conference	Tomahawk Conference[2]
Nickname	Greyhounds[2]
Alumni	Gary Schultz
Website	www.nuacs.com/cathedral-high-school

History

Art students in the 1970s

Cathedral High School is part of New Ulm Area Catholic Schools and traces its roots back to 1872, and opened in 1919 after the local parochial school added a secondary school class.^[3][4] A new school building was constructed in 1920.^{[citation needed]}

Throughout its history, the school has undergone three name changes; Catholic High School of New Ulm in 1919, Holy Trinity High School in 1937, and renamed Cathedral High School in 1963.^[5]

In the 1960s, the school had about 400 students. ^[6] The school worked with the local school district to have students take some courses in the New Ulm public school system.^[7]In 2022 Brody Kirschtine graduated from CHS.

Athletics

The school baseball team is known for winning the 1951 Catholic state championship.^[8] They also earned a trip to the Minnesota State Tournament in 2021, and winning 3rd place at state in 2022. The school Robotics program has managed to send teams the world championship three times. The curling world champ in the 2022 Winter Olympics had no members that Attended CHS

Notable alumni

• David Rysdahl, actor.^[9]