Our Campus

List of 11 items.

• Cameron Hall

  The Isabell Cameron Hall honors Isabell Cameron and is dedicated to her memory by the Harry S. and Isabell C. Cameron Foundation. Harry Cameron was a leading Houston business man. It was the first building to be erected on the campus when the school opened its doors for the first time in 1961. At that time it housed the Administrative Offices, two classrooms, a chapel, bookstore, assembly hall, and a room that served as a library.
  
  Presently it is the location of one set of student lockers and contains classrooms 301-308.
  
  Cameron Hall is located on the south side of campus.

• Strake Hall

  Built in 1963 and the third of the classroom facilities to be added to the campus, Susan Kehoe Strake Hall was named to honor the wife of George W. Strake, Sr. Seven of their grandsons graduated from Strake Jesuit: Trey '78, Steve '79 and Greg '85 Strake and Bob '72, Brian '74, David '78, and Dan '81 Parsley. The building contains:
  

  • - classrooms 201-207
  • - 208 Conference Room
  • - Lockers for the Junior & Senior classes

  Strake Hall is located on the south side of campus.

• Hamilton Building

  Erected in 1964 in the same construction phase as the Strake Classroom Building and the cafeteria, the Hamilton Business Administration Building was dedicated to the memory of Houston pioneer Hugh Hamilton (1853-1922). 

• Jesuit Community Housing

  The members of the Jesuit Community live on the school campus in houses such as the one shown here. In addition to their work in the school as teachers, administrators, or staff members, the Jesuits also minister to several Catholic parishes and perform other forms of service to the Galveston-Houston Diocese.
  
  The Jesuit Residence is located on the southeast corner of campus.

• Lowman Theater

  The Lowman Theater was built in 1984 and seats approximately two-hundred and thirty people. Recently dedicated in honor of Mrs. Stelle Marie Lowman, the theater is home to the Southwell Players, Strake Jesuit's drama club. During the school year, these students produce several plays with performances held in the Theater. The Theater is also the location for guest speakers and other presentations.

• Moran Hall

  Moran Hall houses the Theology Faculty offices and the College Counseling department.

• Moody Memorial Library

  Central to any high school education is teaching today's students how to gather and discern information for tomorrow's issues. The Moody Memorial Library offers students a place to retrieve both print and electronic information for the challenging academic program at Strake Jesuit. Jesuit students may also use the library for individual study, leisure reading, or group study.

   

  Our library facilities contain large study tables, group study rooms equipped with iPad mirroring monitors, a silent study room, comfortable seating, printers, and a copy machine. The library building also houses the IT Department, the Archives Room, the Faculty and Staff Innovation Center, the Learning Resource Center, and the Academic Resource Center.

• Parsley Center

  Finishing touches and landscaping completed, The Parsley Center was officially dedicated on March 24, 1998. The Parsley Center, the home of the school’s auditorium, is named in honor of Bob and Gana Parsley, longtime Strake Jesuit benefactors who had four sons attend Jesuit, Bob '72, Brian '74, David '78, and Dan '81.

   

  The building has two major areas and functions: an auditorium where the school community can gather and which can be used for performances, presentations, and for worship; and the Albert & Ethel Herzstein Music Facility providing a functional environment specifically designed for the school's music program. The ParsleyCenter houses:
  

  • An auditorium seating nearly a thousand
  • Band/orchestra rehearsal areas and classroom
  • MIDI laboratory and recording studio
  • Music departmental offices
  • Foyers and a spacious lobby

  The Parsley Center is also home to The Albert & Ethel Herzstein Music Facility provides a functional environment specifically designed for the school's music program. A music laboratory is equipped with keyboards and computer workstations encourage students to compose and arrange music using the latest in technology and state-of-the-art software.

• Chapel of St. Ignatius

  The Chapel of St. Ignatius was formally dedicated at a Mass in January 31, 2009. Connected to the Clay Student Activity Center, the Chapel is the place where daily Mass is celebrated in addition to other special Masses. Features of the Chapel include statue of St. Ignatius of Loyola which stands outside at the base of the bell tower, a bell tower and electronic bell system, Stations of the Cross by noted religious artist Gib Singleton, and a Crucifix composed of a bronze Corpus created by Mexican artist Rafael Ortizgris Meixueiro and a cross made from timbers of a 100 year old barn in Pennsylvania.

• Student Center

  The Student Center is a hub of student life. The Student Center features a beautiful and bright three-story atrium where students can relax, study, play chess, or just be with friends. Its first floor is home to the Pastoral Ministry Office. On the second floor is a conference room, classroom, and offices for Debate, Yearbook, and for Magis, the student newspaper. The third floor is home to the studio for Strake Jesuit Educational Television and Ceramics.

• Moran Dining Hall

  The Moran Dining Hall represents a conversion of one of the oldest buildings on campus - the Smith Gymnasium. In its previous life, the structure served many needs aside from home basketball games. It was the home for school Masses, graduation, pep rallies, Spring Fling, and countless other events.
  
  As reincarnated, the Moran Dining Hall provides a much needed space that can easily handle the school's lunch period needs. In addition, it hosts three small break rooms ideal for lunchtime tutoring as well as a small conference room perfect for mealtime meetings. The facility is also now home to sports banquets, the annual President's Dinner, and many more such special events.
  
  Alumni and past parents will recognized the wooden beams and the rows of bleachers which provide a sense of the building's origins.