Archbishop Mitty High School

San Jose, United States

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Archbishop Mitty High School is the Catholic, coeducational, college preparatory school of the Diocese of San Jose. The School embraces the Catholic educational mission of developing community, teaching the message of the Gospels, and promoting service, peace, and justice. Through its rigorous academic program, the School seeks to prepare its students for college and for responsible leadership in the global society of the 21st century. At the same time, the School works diligently with parents to foster the development of each student. Recognizing that each individual is created in the image and likeness of God, the School celebrates and affirms its diverse cultural community and encourages students to respond to their world with competence, insight, understanding, courage, and compassion based on a tradition of faith and moral values.

History

Established in 1964.

Archbishop Mitty High School was the first Archdiocesan high school in the Santa Clara Valley. The school was named for the late Archbishop John Joseph Mitty, the fourth Archbishop of San Francisco, who was both an educator and a builder. Construction of the school began in 1963, and when completed, the campus occupied its present twenty-​four acres.

Initially, brothers and priests of the Society of Mary were given responsibility to conduct the school. Archbishop Mitty High School expanded its student body in 1969 and began sharing classes with Mother Butler Memorial High School and St. Lawrence Girls’ High School. Consolidation of the three schools was completed by the fall of 1972. With the creation of the Diocese of San Jose in 1981, Archbishop Mitty became the only Catholic high school owned and administrated by the Diocese.

In 1990, Bishop Pierre DuMaine appointed Mr. Timothy Brosnan as the first lay principal to continue the fine tradition of Catholic secondary education at Arch