Welcome!

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School is to provide an exceptional Catholic educational experience to youth that instills attitudes of success and self-worth through faith development, academic excellence and leadership. 

OUR CORE VALUES

The Cardinal Ritter College Prep experience helps students develop fully as people:  intellectually, spiritually and morally.  Our graduates have a strong sense of their worth and dignity and set high goals and expectations for themselves.  They will have pride, passion and faith that will build a foundation for successful futures. Students who successfully complete their course of study by attending Cardinal Ritter College Prep are developed through the school’s following core values of being:

• Enlightened in Faith
• Nurtured with Compassion
• Enriched by Excellence
• Called to Leadership

Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School graduates are “Aspiring, Inspiring – Empowered by Life!”

We are now accepting applications for the 2012-2013 school year!

Applications are still available! Please call (314) 446-5511 or eumana@cardinalritterprep.org for more information.

Please click here to download an application. Please mail completed application and $7 processing fee (check or money order) to:

Admissions, Cardinal Ritter College Prep
701 North Spring Ave.
Saint Louis, MO  63108 

Summer Camps

This summer CRCP will offer Summer academic and athletic camps. We are hoping that these camps will be the best ever. The camps are low cost and high quality. The academic camps include a the following:


The Summer Academy-Cost $325

The Summer Academy is a five-week program that has an academic focus to assist students in their knowledge and skills in the content areas of Communication Arts (Reading, Writing, and English) and Mathematics. The Summer Academy is for students currently enrolled in grades 5-7.

Classes will meet Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.


Summer Bridge-Transition Academy Cost -$325

  The focus is on helping students to develop the basic academic skills to effectively transition from elementary/middle school to high school. Instruction will focus on an established set of Freshmen-Level Proficiency Academic Standards.

Classes will meet Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.


The Sr. Thea Bowman Scholars’ Academy Cost $475

The Scholars’ Academy is a program designed for gifted and talented 6th and 7th graders. The Scholars' Academy participants will be exposed to classical and contemporary literature, theories, issues, and analysis. Through this modified study of the Humanities, students will have more challenging and complex experience in comparison to the traditional learning. Plans are for Scholars' Academy students to have field or travel experience of historical significance extend their learning.

Classes will meet Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

The Athletic and Arts Camps include Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Athletic Conditioning, Praise:Vocal and Spiritual, Cheer/Dance. These camps are for children entering 3-9 grades.

Click here for academic camps. Click here for athletic camps.

If you need any more information on the programs please feel free to contact Etefia Umana, Director of Summer Programs, at 314-446-5511.  If you need any information on the athletic camps please contact Willie Ash, Student Activities Director, at 314-446-5513. 

Parents:  Please click this link to complete your AdvancED Parent Survey

Thank you so much for your interest in Cardinal Ritter College Prep.  We are so glad that you have chosen to visit us today. We hope you find your visit interesting and informative. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you should have any questions.