Author: HolyNameHS.com | Published: Feb. 12, 2026, 1:30 p.m.

*Holy Name High School in Parma Heights, Ohio, where administrators this week declared Strategic Vision 2030.*

Parma Heights, Ohio — For more than 110 years, Holy Name High School has shaped leaders who now serve across Northeast Ohio as physicians, attorneys, executives, entrepreneurs, educators, clergy, and public servants—leaders who guide the institutions and industries that drive our city forward.

This week, the school is making that legacy known.

Holy Name formally declared a renewed and public commitment to forming Cleveland’s next generation of leaders — grounded in its four enduring values: Faith, Excellence, Community, and Fortitude.

“We are not reinventing ourselves,” said President Shelbrey L. Blanc ’95. “We are clarifying who we have always been. Holy Name has helped form leaders in hospitals, courtrooms, classrooms, parishes, and boardrooms across this region. Our commitment is to continue that tradition — and strengthen it for the future.”

Founded in 1914 as Cleveland’s first co-educational Catholic high school, Holy Name has educated generations of families across Northeast Ohio. School leaders say the declaration signals both confidence in that history and conviction about what comes next.

Principal Kathi Powers described the moment as one of purpose.

“Leadership does not begin when someone receives a title,” Powers said. “It begins in the habits formed in high school — discipline in the classroom, perseverance in athletics, service to others, and moral decision-making rooted in faith.”

School officials emphasized that the renewed declaration is supported by a strategic vision already underway — focused on strengthening academics, investing in student experience, and elevating Holy Name’s regional presence.

Jurell Sison, a 2006 Holy Name alumnus and the school’s new Director of Marketing and Communications, said his standards are simple: “Compete at the highest level.”

He continued, “Holy Name has shaped leaders in Cleveland for generations. When people talk about elite education in this city — academically, athletically, and spiritually — Holy Name will be in that conversation.”

School leaders describe the moment not as a shift in identity, but as a confident reminder of Holy Name’s place among the region’s premier Catholic institutions.

“Holy Name has been a force in this city for more than a century,” Blanc said. “We intend to remain one.”

More information about Holy Name High School and its guiding values can be found at www.holynamehs.com.