Brophy College Preparatory is a Catholic high school in Phoenix, Arizona, United States founded in 1928.
The Ethel and Kemper Marley Innovation Commons replaced the Steele Library as the information source on campus.
Brophy offers a variety of technology-based classes for first year students like the "Introduction to Innovative Technologies".
The course serves as an introduction to the "maker" mentality of imagining, building and creatively solving problems by exposing students to CAD design fundamentals, coding and circuitry.
The course uses examples from organizations such as Not Impossible LABS, founded by Brophy alumnus Mick Ebeling.
Students who complete the two-year program can earn one of two different AP Capstone awards, which are valued by colleges across the United States and around the world.
[7] Admission is regarded as selective and is based on academic record, entrance examination, essays, teacher recommendations, and a required interview.
To cap off the frosh experience, freshman partake in a Special Olympics Game Day during the spring semester, in which a day of classes are excused to be assigned a Special Olympian and provide a safe, fun environment for the freshman's new friend.
Students spend half of class discussing graduate-level theological ideas in a liberal arts college format.
During the other half, students engage in a year-long internship at an approved praxis site such as the Foundation for Blind Children or St. Joseph's Hospital.
Aside from the mandatory service requirements, a large majority of the student body still decides to partake in immersions, exchanges, and pilgrimages during their time at Brophy.
[17][18] The Brophy lacrosse team has won the Arizona Division I State Championship five times, in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2022, 2023 and most recently in 2024.
The basketball cheering section, known as the 6th Man, has been compared by Arizona sportswriters to the famous Cameron Crazies of Duke University.
[23] Similar to Yale University's residential college system, Brophy has eight different "houses" named after saints, Campion, Canisius, Claver, Faber, Gonzaga, Ignatius, Ricci, and Xavier that students are assigned to at the beginning of their freshman year.
During The Summit, which is modeled after those most often seen at colleges and universities, an issue that is particularly relevant is brought to students attention through workshop events and keynote speakers.
Notable speakers that have spoken at these events include Sheriff Paul Penzone, American journalist Eugene Scott, Emmy Award winner and founder of the Free Radicals Project Christian Picciolini, and Jim Keady, an American activist known for his involvement in the Nike sweatshops investigation.
Topics that have been showcased include human trafficking, racism, toxic masculinity, globalization, environmental issues, income inequality, and capital punishment.