Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School is a

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college-preparatory

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located in

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, United States. The school's name is commonly abbreviated VASJ. It was formed by the 1990 merger of Villa Angela Academy (all girls) and St. Joseph High School (all boys). It is owned by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. The school's core values are grounded in those of the religious orders which had administered the two predecessor schools: the

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(Saint Joseph High School) and the

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(Villa Angela Academy).

History

Villa Angela Academy

Villa Angela Academy was founded in the mid-1870s, as a boarding school and academy for girls, by the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland on property they had purchased on the southern shore of Lake Erie at the mouth of

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. The school moved into a new building in 1972. Their athletic teams were nicknamed the Skylarks (Larks) Villa Angela Academy had over 6,000 graduates.

St. Joseph High School

St. Joseph High School was opened in 1950 on the site of Boulevard Hospital, a general hospital which closed in 1937 (originally, the Cunningham Sanitarium - a facility designed to use pressurized atmosphere as an aid in the treatment of disease). Bishop Edward Francis Hoban had asked the Society of Mary (

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s) from

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to administer the school. The school's mascot was the Viking due to the school's proximity to Lake Erie. St. Joseph has over 10,000 graduates.

Villa Angela - St. Joseph High School

In 1988, the Diocese announced plans to merge these two schools into a new co-educational school that would serve the needs of the east side of Cleveland. The new school would keep both schools' names and traditions. It would be named "Villa Angela - St. Joseph High School" and be located at the St. Joseph building. The mascot would remain the Viking.

Academics

VASJ has several academic programs including: * College Preparatory Program * Honors/

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Program * General Skills Program *

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Program

Athletics

VASJ competes in

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(OHSAA). VASJ competes independent of an athletic conference. VASJ was previously a member of the original

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from 1967-1980 (as St. Joseph), the

North Coast League The North Coast League (NCL) was a high school athletic conference for Catholic schools in Greater Cleveland, Ohio. The NCL was founded in 1984 by six parochial high schools: Cleveland Central Catholic, Holy Name, Lake Catholic, Pacua Francis ...

from 2004-2020, and the second iteration of the

from 2021-2022

State championships

* Boys basketball - 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2013, 2015, 2017 ::VASJ is the only Ohio high school to have won boys basketball state titles within all four OHSAA divisions. * Girls basketball - 1999 * Boys cross country – 1965^, 1966^, 1968^, 1969^ * Football – 1989^ * Softball - 1995, 1996, 1997 * Girls volleyball - 2001, 2005 * Wrestling – 1990^ ^ Championship won by St. Joseph High School before merging with Villa Angela Academy.

Sports offered

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(boys) *

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(boys & girls) *

Bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though ...

(co-ed) *

Cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...

(co-ed) * Cross country (boys & girls) *

Dance Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

(co-ed) *

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(boys) *

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(co-ed) *

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(boys & girls) *

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(girls) * Swimming (boys & girls) *

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(boys & girls) *

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(boys & girls) *

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(boys)

Notable alumni

Notable alumni from before the 1990 merger are identified with "SJHS" for St. Joseph High School and "VAA" for Villa Angela Academy. Football * Abyss - 1988 - SJHS * Andy Cannavino - 1977 - SJHS * London Fletcher - 1993 *

Bob Golic Robert Perry Golic (born October 26, 1957) is an American former college and professional football player, television actor, radio personality and sports commentator. Golic played defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 ...

- 1975 - SJHS * Mike Golic - 1981 - SJHS *

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- 1988 - SJHS *

Desmond Howard Desmond Kevin Howard (born May 15, 1970) is an American former football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played college football at Michigan, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a senior. Howard w ...

- 1988 - SJHS *

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- 1965 - SJHS *

Tom Schoen Thomas Ralph Schoen (born 1945 or 1946 – January 31, 2023) was an American football defensive back who played one season with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Browns in the eighth round of the 19 ...

- 1964 - SJHS * Greg Urbas - SJHS Basketball *

Carlton Bragg Jr. Carlton Edward Bragg Jr. (born December 14, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Edmonton Stingers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). He played college basketball for the New Mexico Lobos and the Kansas Jayhawks ...

- 2015 *

Kevin Edwards Kevin Durell Edwards (born October 30, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player who currently serves as DePaul University men's basketball team's director of community, corporate, and professional relations. Edwards was selecte ...

- 1983 - SJHS * Clark Kellogg - 1979 - SJHS * Stan Kimbrough - 1984 - SJHS *

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- 2006 * Tony Miller - 1991 * Dererk Pardon - 2015 *

Eric Riley Eric Riley (born June 2, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the second round (33rd pick overall) of the 1993 NBA draft. Riley played for the Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Los Ange ...

- 1988 - SJHS Politics *

Mary Jo Kilroy Mary Jo Kilroy (born April 30, 1949) is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2009 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party from Ohio. She was defeated in her November 2, 2010 re-election bi ...

- 1967 - VAA *

Dennis E. Eckart Dennis Edward Eckart (born April 6, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who is a former member of the United States House of Representatives. Eckart, a member of the Democratic Party, represented Ohio's 11th congressional district from 19 ...

- 1968 - SJHS News/Media *

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- 1983 - VAA Law *

Tim Misny Timothy P. Misny is an American personal injury lawyer who specializes in birth injury, medical malpractice, pharmaceutical class action lawsuits, catastrophic injury and wrongful death. Misny has been practicing law in Greater Cleveland for over ...

- 1973 - SJHSTim Misny
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