St. Brendan High School is a co-educational private Catholic high school in the Westchester census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida."2010 Block Census Map Westchester, Florida" (Archive). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on April 30, 2014.Home page. St. Brendan High School. Retrieved on January 3, 2015. "2950 SW 87 Avenue, Miami, FL 33165" The school is part of the Archdiocese of Miami.
History St. Brendan High School was originally St. John Vianney Minor Seminary High School, which opened in 1959 to accept students who were interested in studying for the priesthood. When enrollment declined, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami, decided to convert the school into a co-educational high school. They changed its name to St. Brendan High School and it opened at the start of the 1975 school year.
It is part of the Archdiocese of Miami. The school is primarily committed to serving the educational needs of the Catholic population of the southwest section of Miami. In 1975, 346 students were enrolled in the ninth and tenth grades. By 1977, 870 students were enrolled in the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades.
Athletics The following sports are offered at St. Brendan:
Basketball Baseball Cheerleading Cross Country Soccer Softball Swimming Tennis Track & Field Volleyball Lacrosse Football Dance
Notable alumni Antonietta Collins, sportscaster, ESPN's SportsCenter Jose Felix Diaz, former Florida State Representative Bob Ducsay, film editor and producer Adalberto Jordan, judge on United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Natalie Martinez, actress Marilyn Milian, The People's Court Jackie Nespral, journalist Jenny Lorenzo, actress
See also Christopher Columbus High School (Miami-Dade County)
References
External links School website St. John Vianney Seminary