Beckman Catholic High School

Private secondary school in Dyersville, Iowa, United States

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Beckman Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Dyersville, Iowa. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque.

Background

Beckman Catholic High School was founded in 1966 as a consolidated Catholic high school serving several Catholic parishes in and around Dubuque and Delaware County. The school is named after Archbishop Francis J. L. Beckman, sixth bishop of the Dubuque Archdiocese (1930–1946). In recent years, Beckman has been nationally ranked as a top 20 academic U.S. Catholic high school, a top 50 U.S. Catholic high school, and a top 50 Iowa AP high school.^[1]

Feeder schools

Previously Beckman Catholic had a relationship with Archbishop Hennessy Catholic School, the joint parish school of Saints Peter and Paul Church in Petersburg and Saint Boniface Church in New Vienna.^[2]

Athletics

Beckman Catholic High School is a member of the Iowa High School Athletic Association. They have won the following IHSAA State Championships:^[3]

Boys Baseball - 1968, 1986, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2023
Boys Soccer - 2015, 2016
Boys Track and Field - 1997, 1999
Girls Golf - 1992, 2012, 2015
Co-ed Speech - 2007

Notable alumni

Dave Haight, Former All-American and Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year for the Iowa Hawkeyes
Mike Haight, Former NFL player (New York Jets, Washington Redskins)
Matt Tobin, Former NFL player (Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beckman Catholic High School (Dyersville, Iowa).

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Notes and references

^ Tim Pins. "Beckman High School History". Archived from the original on 10 September 2005. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
^ "School". Hennessy Catholic School. 2001-06-06. Archived from the original on 2001-06-06. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
^ IHSAA. "Iowa High School Athletic Association Web site". Archived from the original on 6 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-10.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque

Ordinaries

Bishops: Mathias Loras; Clement Smyth

Archbishops: John Hennessy; John Keane; James Keane; Francis Beckman; Henry Rohlman; Leo Binz; James Byrne; Daniel Kucera; Jerome Hanus; Michael Jackels; Thomas Robert Zinkula

Auxiliary bishops

Churches

Cathedral: St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque

Parishes: Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville; St. John XXIII, Cedar Rapids; Holy Ghost, Dubuque; Holy Trinity, Luxemburg; Sacred Heart, Dubuque; Sacred Heart, Fillmore; St. Boniface, New Vienna; St. Donatus, St. Donatus; St. Joseph, Elkader; St. Joseph, Key West; Saint Joseph the Worker, Dubuque; St. Martin, Cascade; St. Mary, Guttenberg; St. Patrick, Dubuque; St. Patrick, Garryowen; St. Lawrence, Otter Creek; St. Paul, Worthington; Saints Peter and Paul, Petersburg

Former parishes: Saint Joseph's Prairie Church; St. Mary, Dubuque; St. Joseph, Stone City

Education

Higher education: Clarke University; Divine Word College; Loras College; Mount Mercy University; St. Pius X Seminary, Dubuque

High schools: Beckman High School, Dyersville; Columbus High School, Waterloo; Don Bosco High School, Gilbertville; Marquette High School, Bellevue; Newman Catholic High School, Mason City; Wahlert High School, Dubuque; Xavier High School, Cedar Rapids