Academic
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We Are Always Learning and Growing
Every year, every decade, we’ve pushed boundaries. Our goal is to always rise up to be the best. As a result, we focus on thinking bigger, doing better, and always going greater. Marist’s 55-acre campus has expanded over our 60 years to meet the needs of its students and provide state-of-the-art facilities for learning, competing, and performing. Experience life as a RedHawk first hand to be part of the Marist tradition.
Classrooms
Our classrooms prepare students for real-world experiences and situations, provide a diverse student body that includes both genders, and showcases both male and female role models.
Academic Resource Center (ARC)
Marist offers an Academic Resource Center equipped with more than 5,000 physical books, as well as over 40,000 e-books and audiobooks, 18 computer stations, two copiers, and more.
Fitness Center
Marist High School’s Mortimer Fitness Center was most recently renovated in 2015, expanding the space to better serve the needs of students.
Chapel
The Brothers Chapel at Marist High School has welcomed the faithful since 1963. In its earliest days, the Brothers gathered for Mass and prayers there.
Entrepreneurship Center
This center hosts Personal Finance, IDEA Class – $10,000 awarded to the winning IDEA team to support small business growth, and Investment Club which receives $25,000 yearly for students to invest in the stock market.
Science Wing
Marist High School is committed to hands-on, authentic learning that helps prepare students for college and career. To that end, the school opened an incredible $15 million, 10-lab science wing with a 30-seat planetarium in August 2019.
Murphy Art Center
In 2022, the Art Wing renovation involved both infrastructure as well as state-of-the-art equipment updates that allow for a sequential mastery of courses focused on enriching, engaging, and educating students in preparation for college art courses and beyond.
Design and Broadcast Studios
Marist offers labs for computer coding, graphic design, photography, video editing, and architecture, which offer hands-on learning opportunities in the digital design space.
Gymnasiums
The Marist campus has three gymnasiums and a wrestling room used for physical education class , events, and offer both game and practice facilities for 30 athletics teams.
Marist SportsPlex
In 2022, Marist expanded its 55-acre campus to include a 75,000 sq. ft. facility located in Palos Heights. This facility is currently undergoing renovations and is being used as an athletic, training, and education center.
Red & White Stadium
Red & White Stadium, a fully turfed, regulation field, utilized by numerous athletic teams, classes, clubs, events, and more.
RedHawk Theater
The RedHawk Theater is a 210-seat space utilized for theatre classes, plays, musicals, as well as presentations, events, and more.