Bishop Ward High School

Bishop Ward High School is a private, coeducational Roman Catholic 9–12 school at 708 North 18th Street in Kansas City, Kansas, in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. It opened in 1908 as Catholic High School at 1236 Sandusky and moved in 1931, during the Depression, into the present building, taking the name of Bishop John Ward. Mascot: Cyclones. It remains the archdiocese’s city-side high school in KCK, counterpart to suburban Bishop Miege (Roeland Park) and St. Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park).¹

Overview

Founded	1908 as Catholic High School, 1236 Sandusky1
Present campus	1931, 708 N. 18th Street, Kansas City, KS 661021
Named for	Bishop John (Chamberlain) Ward1
Affiliation	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas1
Grades	9–12; college-preparatory1
Athletics	Crossroads League; Cyclones; colors white and black1
Website	https://www.wardhigh.org/

History

The school opened in 1908 as Catholic High School on Sandusky Avenue. In 1931 the present building was constructed at 18th Street and the school was renamed Bishop Ward High School for Bishop John Ward. A school history by Sister Maureen Craig, formerly posted on the official site, is the source Wikipedia cites for that sequence; the archived page is the durable pointer.¹

Athletics

Wikipedia, citing KSHSAA history PDFs, credits the baseball program with 13 state titles, six of them consecutive (2003–2008). The football team won state titles in 1971 and 1973. The boys’ basketball team won a state title in 1938.¹

Notable alumni

Wikipedia names MLB pitcher and later Twins pitching coach Neil Allen; sculptor and Air Force astronaut-program candidate Ed Dwight (the first African American test pilot to enter the Air Force training track from which NASA then selected astronauts); MLB pitchers Ray Sadecki and Diego Seguí; and MLB first baseman David Segui.¹

Sources

See also

• wyandotte-high-school
• donnelly-college
• kansas-city-kansas
• Wiki

Footnotes

1. Wikipedia — “Bishop Ward High School.” — asserts: 708 N. 18th St., Kansas City, KS 66102; private coed Catholic 9–12; Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas; founded 1908 as Catholic High School at 1236 Sandusky; 1931 building and rename for Bishop John Ward; Cyclones; white/black; Crossroads League; baseball 13 state titles including 2003–2008 streak; football 1971 and 1973; boys’ basketball 1938; alumni Neil Allen, Ed Dwight, Ray Sadecki, Diego Seguí, David Segui. Official site: wardhigh.org. Archived school history: web.archive.org ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰