Saint Ignatius High School Becomes Fair Trade School
BY ISN STAFF | April 16, 2016
CLEVELAND, OH – Saint Ignatius High School became the second Jesuit high school in the U.S. to earn “Fair Trade School” status from Fair Trade Campaigns earlier this week. Fair Trade Campaigns recognizes towns, colleges, universities, schools and congregations across the U.S. for embedding Fair Trade practices and principles into policy, as well as the social and intellectual foundations of their communities. Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois, became the first Jesuit high school to earn the status in December of 2015.
“I am thankful that we have young men who have spearheaded to make our school the second Jesuit high school in the country to actually take this bold step,” said Saint Ignatius’s principal, Daniel Bradesca, during a fair trade signing ceremony in the school’s board meeting room on April 12th.

Saint Ignatius High School’s fair trade team comprised of seniors Mitch Ford and Ryan Mullin [left], and junior Tim Platten [right], campus minister Mary Catherine Koehler, and school principal Daniel Bradesca [center].
The Jesuit high schools join five U.S. Jesuit universities which have also earned the fair trade status in the past few years: Creighton University, John Carroll University, Loyola Marymount University, Saint Joseph’s University, and Seattle University.
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