La Salle College High School

La Salle began in 1858 at St. Michael's School at 2nd and Jefferson Streets in the West Kensington section of Philadelphia. Initially the Select School, it was soon renamed the Christian Brothers Academy. In 1863, it became the preparatory school to La Salle College (now La Salle University). The prep school and college shared the same campus for nearly a century, moving once in 1867 to Juniper and Filbert Streets in the heart of Center City and again in 1882 to the mansion of Michael Bouvier, a prominent Philadelphia banker, located on North Broad Street near Girard Avenue. In 1929, La Salle moved to the university’s present campus in the Logan section of upper North Philadelphia. In 1960, the preparatory school moved to the former Belcroft Estate of Clarence E. Brown. In 1982, they formally became two separate institutions, with the high school forming its own board of trustees.

La Salle is situated on an 84-acre campus. The grounds include the school building, which contains a cafeteria, gymnasium, auditorium, student center, the Marian Chapel, a central courtyard, and a meadow featuring a grotto adorned by a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes. Next to the school is the Christian Brothers' residence, a cottage built in 1927. The campus also includes seven athletic fields, tennis courts, and a four-lane swimming pool.

Fine Arts

La Salle's band program includes a variety of ensembles, such as the pep band, pit orchestra, concert band, and Freshman, Advanced, and Honors Advanced bands. The program also lists three competition bands, namely the Lab Band, the Lab 2 Band, and the Competition Band, each of which features approximately 20-25 musicians who compete in local and regional competitions each year. The choral program consists of a general chorus and a select ensemble called The Belcrofters. Both the band and choral programs perform two individual annual concerts in the fall and spring. Band and Chorus are scheduled classes, and private instruction is available for voice and various instruments.

Each year, La Salle's theatre program performs three productions - one in the fall and two in the spring. The fall production is a collection of one-act plays. The first spring production is a fully staged musical. Recent productions include Anything Goes (2026), Catch Me If You Can (2025), Something Rotten! (2024), and West Side Story (2023). The second spring production is "Broadway Wishes", an original student-run revue consisting of songs from stage and film musicals that raises money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.