Cardinal Adam Maida to Dedicate Two New Catholic High Schools on September 5

    CLARKSTON, Mich., Aug. 22 /EMWNews/ -- There is reason to celebrate

on Friday, September 5, as Adam Cardinal Maida will dedicate the newest

high schools in the Archdiocese of Detroit.



    "I am very excited to have this opportunity to preside at the

Dedication Ceremony for not one, but two new high schools in our

Archdiocese," said Cardinal Maida. "In these times of economic uncertainty

in our area, this growth is truly good news for Catholic education in

Oakland County."



    Everest Catholic Boys' High School will be located in newly redesigned

classrooms in the International Building on the east side of Everest's

spacious, 90-acre campus. The new Everest Catholic Girls' High School will

be located on the second floor of the existing Everest Academy Girls'

School. Everest will start with a 9th grade class, and expand one grade

each year, with the first graduating class in 2012.



    "We are opening Everest Catholic High School this September with a

freshman class who will continue Everest's legacy of academic excellence

and develop new traditions for our high school," said Principal Richard

Copland. "We will deliver an outstanding private, Catholic, single-gender

education for families in Oakland and South Lapeer counties."



    Everest's college preparatory curriculum is based on the method of

education called Integral Formation(SM). This method develops the whole

child using a model of four pillars: academic excellence, spiritual

formation, character development and apostolic service to the community.



    "We are blessed to have the opportunity to open a new Catholic high

school in the Archdiocese of Detroit," said Father Daniel Pajerski, LC,

Director of Formation. "At Everest, we will focus on the development of

confident, Christ-centered leaders who will leave here with the ability to

go into the world and change it for the better."



    Founded in 1991, Everest has grown from an enrollment of just twenty

students to 440. Also located on the campus is the Everest Academy Girls'

School (girls grades 3-8) Boys' School (boys grades 3-8) Elementary School

(kindergarten -2nd grade) and Preschool (ages 3 and 4). Everest is the only

Catholic school in the Detroit-metro area to offer gender-specific

education and a seamless path from preschool through high school on one

campus.



    Everest is located on Clarkston Road approximately 1/2 mile north of

the I-75 Sashabaw Road exit. For information, contact Maura Plante,

Director of Admissions, at 248.241.9012 or visit http://www.everestcatholic.org.