Science Department

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Department Highlights 

  • CJ students qualify for the State Science Fair every year:

    • National qualifier in 2006

    • Two state qualifiers in 2010

  • Science Olympiad is a competitive team consisting of young men and women from every grade level. The academic team competes in 23 different science-related events across all STEMM fields.  Students are encouraged to try out at the beginning of each academic year.  Fifty-six students are participating during the 2010-2011 school year.

  • Work in conjunction with CJ STEMM and the curriculum supported by Project Lead the Way.

  • CJ is the only Catholic high school in the state of Ohio to offer the Project Lead the Waycurriculum, offering students the opportunity to explore engineering and biomedical sciences career fields before spending college dollars.

  • Cadaver Labs— CJ offers external learning experiences at Wright State University through Physiology & Anatomy course.

  • The science program offers dissection project opportunities at CJ— worms, frogs, crayfish, rats, fish, fetal pigs, sheep hearts, sheep brain, cow eyes, and adult cats—in the study of biomedical sciences.