Bishop Kelly High School

Infobox school
name = Bishop Kelly High School

motto =
established = 1964
type = Catholic
grades = 9-12
students = 685
faculty = 37
city = Boise
state = Idaho
country = USA
free_label = IHSAA Division
free_text = 4A
oversight =
principal = Robert Wehde
mascot = Knights
colors = Black and Gold
yearbook =
newspaper =
website = [http://www.bk.org www.bk.org]

Bishop Kelly High School is a private Catholic high school in Boise, Idaho, operated by the Diocese of Boise. It opened its doors in the fall of 1964, succeeding St. Teresa's Academy, Boise's first high school, which had closed that spring. Bishop Kelly (or "BK") is the only Catholic high school in the state of Idaho; Montana has five Catholic high schools and Utah has three.

St. Teresa’s Academy was established in 1890 by the Sisters of the Holy Cross as a high school and boarding school for young women. Later, St. Joseph’s School was built to offer Catholic education to the young men of the area, with an elementary school occupying the lower level and a high school on the upper floor.

In 1933, the two high schools joined to form the co-ed St. Teresa’s Academy, which educated both Catholic and non-Catholic students until its closure in 1964. [http://www.bk.org/History.aspx]

"BK" is named for Edward Joseph Kelly, the third Bishop of Boise and the first native of the Pacific Northwest to be appointed a bishop. He was born in The Dalles, Oregon in 1890 and was ordained in 1917. Kelly became Bishop of Boise in 1928 and served for 28 years, until his death at age 66 in 1956. [http://www.catholicidaho.org/history.cfm] [http://www.catholicidaho.org/formerbishops.cfm]

Notable Graduates

* Butch Otter - Governor of Idaho - Class of 1962 (St. Teresa's)
* Ben Ysursa, Idaho Secretary of State - Class of 1967
* William Petersen, actor/producer - Class of 1972
* David H. Bieter, Mayor of Boise - Class of 1978
* Mike Luckovich, editorial cartoonist - Class of 1978
* Nick Symmonds, runner (2007 USATF indoor national championship, U.S. 2008 Olympian) - Class of 2002
* Cody Hawkins, CU quarterback - Class of 2006
* Reverend Douglass Rudeen, comedian -Class of 2007

External links

* [http://www.bk.org/ BK.org] - official site
* [http://www.catholicidaho.org/schools.cfm Catholic Idaho.org] - schools - Diocese of Boise