Marian Catholic has called a high school built on farmland in Rush Township home since 1964, but celebrated its 50^th Anniversary in 2004. 

            The school was formed in 1954, which had been declared the Marian Year in honor of the Blessed Mother.  The school had a unique, three-town campus created from  the former Catholic high schools in those communities.

            At the beginning, Marian freshmen students attended St. Jerome, Tamaqua; sophomores attended St. Ann’s, Lansford; and juniors and seniors attended St. Mary’s Coaldale.  The current campus was constructed in 1964.

            The nickname of the school’s boy’s sports teams, Colts represents the towns from which it drew students, with the C for Coaldale, L for Lansford, T for Tamaqua and S for Summit Hill.  The O represents Other communities that sent students to Marian. 

            The three school setup lasted for 10 years before the present school, which is still home to Marian Catholic, was built to accommodate all four grade levels.

            Marian serves students from 53 Catholic parishes both Roman and Byzantine in eastern Schuylkill and Carbon counties and Luzerne County, while extending a welcome to students of other faiths. 

            This year, there are 29 faculty members and 352 students enrolled, with a graduating class of 108.

            The gathering of students and faculty from this wide geographical area and from varied cultural and religious backgrounds helps to generate the unique spirit of the Marian Family.

 For more information about Marian Catholic High School, please visit their web site: www.mariancatholichs.org