Washington Catholic High School is a private,

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high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

located adjacent to the courthouse square in

Washington, Indiana Washington is a city in Daviess County, Indiana. The population was 11,509 at the time of the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Daviess County. It is also the principal city of the Washington, Indiana Micropolitan Statistical Are ...

. It is a part of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Evansville The Diocese of Evansville ( la, Dioecesis Evansvicensis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Southwestern Indiana. On October 21, 1944, the then- Diocese of Indianapolis was split into the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and the Diocese of Ev ...

. It is part of a larger school system that was founded by Mother Theodore Guerin in 1857. Until recently, it was under the care of the

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. The school's clubs and extracurriculars consist of M.S./H.S. Choir (Participating in the yearly regional

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vocal contest), Key Club,

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, Art Club, M.S./H.S. Band (Participating in the yearly regional

instrumental contest), "Spotlight" (School Newspaper), Yearbook The school's athletic nickname is the "Cardinals", and it participates in the

Blue Chip Conference The Blue Chip Conference is a high school athletic conference in southwestern Indiana, United States. The conference's members are small A or AA high schools located in Daviess County, IN, Daviess, Dubois County, IN, Dubois, Gibson County, IN, Gibs ...

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* High schools in Southwestern Indiana Roman Catholic Diocese of Evansville Washington, Indiana Catholic secondary schools in Indiana Private high schools in Indiana Blue Chip Conference Schools in Daviess County, Indiana Educational institutions established in 1914 1914 establishments in Indiana {{Indiana-school-stub