Cascia Hall Preparatory School

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Cascia Hall Preparatory School is an Augustinian coeducational college preparatory day school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is a member of the Augustinian Secondary Education Association. It is one of Tulsa's three Catholic high schools, with Bishop Kelley High School and Holy Family Classical School.

History

Cascia Hall was founded by the Province of St. Thomas of Villanova, of the Order of Saint Augustine, in 1926 at its current location, a 40-acre (160,000 m2) campus at 2520 South Yorktown Avenue in midtown Tulsa.[1] The school's first headmaster was Francis A. Driscoll, who had previously been president of Villanova College.[2] The school is named after St. Rita of Cascia.

Cascia Hall was an all-male day school, which accepted boarders, until 1986, when it ceased to take boarders, added a middle school, and became a coeducational day school for grades 6-12. It has a total enrollment of about 525, about 45% of whom are Roman Catholic. Cascia Hall follows the Augustinian tradition of education, which traces its heritage to the educational philosophy of Saint Augustine of Hippo.

Notable people

Notable people who attended, or were otherwise associated with, Cascia Hall include:

  • G. T. Bynum, mayor of Tulsa[3]
  • John F. Reif, Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court[4]
  • Bill Hader, actor/comedian.[5]
  • Frank Keating, Governor of Oklahoma[6]
  • Bill LaFortune, Mayor of Tulsa[7]
  • Robert J. LaFortune, Mayor of Tulsa, 1970-78[8]
  • Gailard Sartain, actor, circa 1959 (expelled for poor grades)[9]
  • G. G. Smith, college basketball head coach, High Point University
  • Lovie Smith, NFL and college football head coach (assistant football coach at Cascia Hall 1981–1982)[10]
  • Lauren Stamile, professional actress.[11]
  • Iciss Tillis, professional women's basketball player[12]
  • R. A. Lafferty, American science fiction and fantasy writer
  • Gordon Todd Skinner, former drug manufacturer and convicted kidnapper

References

  1. 1.Viewbook at Cascia Hall official website.
  2. 2."Rev. Francis A. Driscoll, O.S.A. (1889-1945)" at Augustinians of the Midwest website (retrieved February 5, 2009)
  3. 3."Midwest Augustinians celebrating 75th anniversary with Tulsa event | Education | tulsaworld.com".
  4. 4."In Memoriam" (PDF). The Oklahoma Bar Journal. 84 (21): 1658. August 17, 2013.
  5. 5.Michael Smith, "Super Glad: Native Tulsan Bill Hader moves from ‘SNL’ success to big-budget film roles" Archived 2008-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, Tulsa World, August 17, 2007.
  6. 6.Kent A. Schell, Francis Anthony Keating II bio Archived 2010-07-18 at the Wayback Machine at Oklahoma Historical Society Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Archived January 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine(retrieved February 5, 2009).
  7. 7."Boardmember in the Spotlight" Oklahoma Cities and Towns (June 2005), pp. 5,6
  8. 8.Dianna Everett, Robert James LaFortune bio Archived March 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at Oklahoma Historical Society Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Archived January 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (retrieved February 5, 2009)
  9. 9.Tramel, Jimmie (June 19, 2025). "Tulsa actor and longtime 'Hee Haw' cast member Gailard Sartain dies". Tulsa World. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
  10. 10.Natasha Washington, "All You Need Is Lovie" Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, TulsaPeople (March 2007)
  11. 11.Rita Sherrow, "Former Tulsan gets seven-show appearance on 'Grey's Anatomy'", Tulsa World, November 18, 2007
  12. 12.John D. Ferguson "Cascia Great Inducted", Tulsa World, December 15, 2008