Powers Catholic High School

Luke M. Powers Catholic High School (Powers Catholic, PCHS, or P-Cat), frequently referred to as simply Powers, is a private, Roman Catholic, co-educational high school located in Flint, Michigan. Powers Catholic was established in 1970 under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing and bears of name of Luke M. Powers, a Villanova University educated pastor in Flint from 1929 to 1966.OverviewAfter 40 years at its original location just north of Flint in Mount Morris Township, Powers relocated to downtown Flint for the 2013-14 school year. The new location is a wooded property located at the corner of W Court St and Miller Rd, immediately off I-69 from the Hammerburg Rd exit 135. The new campus has 57-acres on a hill, with historic Fay Hall serving as the main academic building. As part of a 36 million dollar development approved in 2010, over $15 million was spent restoring Fay Hall, and adding a 75,000-square-foot addition containing a gymnasium, chapel, library, theater and media center.Powers devotes over $1 million annually to financial aid assistance to encourage socio-economic diversity at the school. Currently, Powers draws students from Genesee, Shiawassee, Saginaw, Lapeer, Livingston and Oakland County. Prominent K-8 feeder schools include: St. Pius X (Flint), St. John Vianney (Flint), Holy Rosary (Flint), St. Robert (Flushing), Holy Family (Grand Blanc), St. John (Fenton), St. Mary (Mt. Morris), St. Paul (Owosso), Our Lady of the Lakes (Waterford), and Bishop Kelly (Lapeer). Fostering the growth of the region's Catholic primary and secondary schools is Cornell University graduate Bill Haley, the executive director of Genesee County Catholic Schools.