Bellarmine College Preparatory is an all-male, private secondary school located in San Jose, California, USA. Founded in 1851, it is the oldest secondary school in California.
It is a Catholic school under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of San Jose and sponsored by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). It is home to successful baseball, soccer, swimming, water polo, cross country, forensic, quiz bowl, speech and debate, and FIRST Robotics teams and ha...
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Bellarmine College Preparatory is an all-male, private secondary school located in San Jose, California, USA. Founded in 1851, it is the oldest secondary school in California.
It is a Catholic school under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of San Jose and sponsored by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). It is home to successful baseball, soccer, swimming, water polo, cross country, forensic, quiz bowl, speech and debate, and FIRST Robotics teams and has high graduation and college attendance rates.
Bellarmine has its origin in 1851 when Father John Nobili, S.J. founded Santa Clara College for elementary, secondary and college age students. This structure continued until 1903 when the elementary grades were discontinued.
In 1912 Santa Clara College became Santa Clara University and the high school division became Santa Clara Prep. For five years Santa Clara and the College of the Pacific—as it was known then—deliberated over the sale of the Emory and Elm property behind the historic College...
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