Xavier College Preparatory (Arizona)

Xavier College Preparatory is a private, Catholic, all-girls high school in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.

Students are required to take classes in English, Mathematics, Catholic Theology, Social Studies, Laboratory Sciences, World Languages, Fine Arts and Physical Education as well as half a semester of Computer Programming.

[9] Xavier has numerous sports teams including teams in cross country, track, crew, golf, tennis, badminton, cheer, pom, swim/dive, soccer, volleyball, sand volleyball, basketball, softball, archery, shotgun, and eSports.

[14] Xavier was the first high school in the state of Arizona to found a chapter of the Computer Science Honor Society.

[15] The Computer Science Department was inspired [16] by Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, BVM, who was one of the first two Americans to earn a PhD in Computer Science [17] and a member of the same order of nuns, the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary,[18] which has run Xavier since its founding in 1943.

The Xavier Computer Science Honor Society also offers many opportunities for young women to become more involved in STEAM.

Xavier College Preparatory in 1964