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Private, all-boys school in Kirkwood, , Missouri, United States
St. John Vianney High School (a.k.a. Vianney High School, or simply Vianney) is a private, all-male Catholic college preparatory school in Kirkwood, Missouri. The school was opened in 1960 by the Society of Mary (Marianists), a religious order of priests and brothers who continue to run the school, and is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis, along with the Marianists' Chaminade College Preparatory School and St. Mary's High School.

History

St. John Vianney High School has graduated a class every year since it opened.[citation needed]

In 1999, Vianney received an award from the federal government's Blue Ribbon Schools Program.[citation needed]

Vianney has built new classrooms, gymnasium, library, science labs, and turf football and baseball fields.[citation needed]

Athletics

Vianney sponsors athletic teams in football, soccer, cross country, basketball, swimming, wrestling, baseball, golf, tennis, track and field, volleyball. There are also club teams for outdoor lacrosse, bowling, chess, lacrosse, racquetball and ice hockey.

In 2011 and 2013, the Varsity Chess Team won the National Championships.

Vianney is a member of the Metro Catholic Conference of private Catholic high schools, along with:

State championships

National championships

School mascot

The school mascot is the Golden Griffin: half lion and half eagle. The school colors, black and gold, reflect the colors of the Griffin. The school states that the Griffin represents certain virtues in all of its students.

School fight song

The St. John Vianney High School fight song, written by former guidance counselor Brother Harold Lootens. is often sung at football and basketball games and at pep rallies: "We are the black and gold of Vianney. We are the Golden Griffins of Vianney High. Half Lion, half Eagle, so the Griffin can roar, so the Griffin can soar above the lightning and the thunder. We will win, win, win, yeah Vianney. Oh hear the din, din, din, of our clamor and cheers. We want the world to be told about the black and the gold of old Vianney, Vianney, Vianney, Hey!"

Controversy

In 2006, Vianney President Fr. Robert Osborne (1933-2014) was accused in a civil lawsuit of sexual misconduct with a student. Osborne stepped down temporarily, then the school fired him after another accuser stepped forward. The school later settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount. Osborne was investigated by the Kirkwood Police but not charged with a crime. A subsequent Marianist investigation found "no credible or substantiated allegation of abuse", but the following year, the order stripped him of his priestly faculties.

Notable alumni

Sports and entertainment

Arts and sciences

Law and government

Notable faculty