Ozark Catholic Academy

Ozark Catholic Academy is a Roman Catholic high school on the property of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Tontitown, Arkansas.[1] It is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock.

The school's student body was to originate from Tontitown, Bentonville, Cave Springs, Fayetteville, Rogers, Springdale, and Subiaco.[2] It was the first upper secondary Catholic school to be created in the Northwest Arkansas area.[3]

History

Circa 1998 people associated with the school began efforts to create a Catholic high school in the area.[4]

It opened in 2018 with grades 9 and 10, with other grade levels added after. Originally the school used six classrooms in the Father Bandini Education Center on a temporary basis.[5]

References
  1. "Who We Are". Ozark Catholic Academy. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  2. Schaefer, Alesia (2018-08-16). "Catholic high school opens in northwest Arkansas". Arkansas Catholic. Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  3. Gilker, Kathryn (2016-09-21). "Ozark Catholic Academy To Be First Catholic High In NWA". KFSM-TV. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  4. Chambers, Charity (2018-03-04). "Northwest Arkansas Will Soon Have Its First Catholic High School". KNWA-TV. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  5. Perozek, Dave (2018-08-17). "Catholic high school opens its doors in Tontitown". Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved 2022-09-20.

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