Fenwick High School (Oak Park, Illinois)

Fenwick High School
Location
505 Washington Boulevard

,
60302

United States
Coordinates41°52′52″N 87°47′19″W / 41.881°N 87.7886°W / 41.881; -87.7886
Information
TypePrivate secondary
MottoVeritas
Religious affiliationRoman Catholic
Opened1929
OversightArchdiocese of Chicago
PresidentOtto Rutt
PrincipalJohn Finan
Teaching staff87.4 (on an FTE basis)
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,101 (2021–22)
Student to teacher ratio12.6
CampusLarge suburb
ColorsBlack and white    
Athletics conferenceChicago Catholic League & Girls Catholic Athletic Conference
NicknameFriars
PublicationTouchstone
NewspaperThe Wick
YearbookBlackfriars Yearbook
AffiliationDominicans
Websitefenwickfriars.com

Fenwick High School is a private Catholic college preparatory school located in Oak Park, a town in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Fenwick was founded in 1929 and is a ministry of the Province of St. Albert the Great (Dominican Friars). It is the only school directly operated and staffed by the Order of Preachers (Dominican friars) in the United States. It is named in honor of the first bishop of Cincinnati, Dominican friar Edward Dominic Fenwick, O.P..

Retired Marine Corps Col. Otto J. Rutt, a Harvard University graduate and Fenwick alumnus, became the school's first lay president in November 2024.