Shrine Catholic High School & Academy: 3500 West Thirteen Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073 Shrine Catholic Grade School: 1621 Linwood Avenue, Royal Oak, MI 48067
The school consists of Shrine Catholic Grade School on one campus and Shrine Catholic Academy (middle school) and Shrine Catholic High School on another campus.
The school was founded as Little Flower High School, an all-girls school, in the late 1930s. The all-boys school, Shrine High School, was added later, and the schools were eventually merged.
History
Father Charles Coughlin helped establish the institution while serving as one of the first Roman Catholic priests to preach to a widespread audience over the medium of radio during the Great Depression. His program became increasingly controversial as World War II approached, bringing national attention to the parish. The Bishop asked Fr. Coughlin to give up his radio show, which he did. The school maintained the name "Shrine of the Little Flower High School" into the 1960s, when it became "Shrine High School" until its latest name change in 2001.[2]
Academy & High School Campus
Shrine's 6th through 12th grade campus is located on 20 acres in Royal Oak, Michigan. Features of the school include a chapel, learning resource center, an academic and college counseling center, three science labs, a two-story visual arts lab, football field, 2 fitness centers, and a student center dining hall. A new field house and the new Sanders Auditorium are the result of a renovation on the schools campus. Current technology is found throughout the school. The school has recently renovated classrooms to help support the addition of 6th grade students into the academy.
