Master Schedules
The most recent Master Schedules are linked below.
Parent/Student Handbook
Click here to download and view the current Student Handbook.
Resources: Forms & Documents
Other Resources
Transcript Requests
Cistercian transcripts may be requested from the Registrar by emailing lrichard@cistercian.org or by phone at 469-499-5402. Please provide your full name and year of graduation. Your request will be completed as soon as possible, but please allow 48 hours for completion of all requests. Note the School is closed annually the last two weeks of July. Requests submitted during that two weeks will take longer to process.
Dallas College Dual Credit transcripts must be requested directly from Dallas College. The Registrar, Mrs. Lisa Richard, can assist with student id numbers from Dallas College in most cases. However, Cistercian does not have access to and cannot produce a Dallas College Transcript.
Dallas College Transcript Request
Confirmation documents
By rule, all official church documents are recorded and kept at the parish of baptism. With the authority of Bishop Grahmann, Cistercian began conducting the rite of Confirmation in 1992. Each year, the School contacts the parish of baptism with the necessary information to record the confirmation.
If your baptismal parish cannot locate your confirmation document, Cistercian will do its best to assist. Please contact the Registrar at lrichard@cistercian.org or 469-499-5402. Be aware the confirmations performed before the year 2000 are stored in secondary storage. Please allow some time for the retrieval of these documents.
Verification of Enrollment
Verification of Enrollment should be requested from your Form Master. In the event of a summer request, if the Form Master is not available, you may contact the Registrar, Mrs. Richard or the School Receptionist, Mrs. Kerr. Please note school offices are closed annually the last two weeks of July. Additionally, staff takes personal vacation time during the summer. Allow at least a week for preparation of a summer VOE request in order to avoid disappointment.
Summer Reading
Required reading for each Form includes an assignment to be completed by the first full day of classes in August. This year, summer reading will be assigned by the History Department (Forms I-IV) and the English Department (Forms V-VIII). Also, a Recommended Reading list has been assembled by the Cistercian faculty. It is meant to suggest some excellent books that, according to their personal reading experience and best judgment, would be great for your son to read on his own. Both the required assignments, as well as recommended reading lists, can be found below.
2024-25 Required Summer Reading: Middle School
2024-25 Required Summer Reading: Upper School
Recommended Summer Reading
Uniform Information
General Uniform Information
When setting rules for the attire of the students, the School intends to assure that all students are dressed both comfortably and according to socially acceptable norms. In addition, the Form Masters counsel the young men to carry themselves with a dignity based on interior qualities rather than appearance. The uniform gives the boys a common level of exterior appearance as they learn to define themselves on the basis of their personal qualities and as they build a Form community. It is in the boys’ best interest to acquire the discipline to submit to the demands of a uniform code at the same time that they are cultivating their individual personalities.
Uniform Code
The Dress Uniform is to be worn only at Opening and Closing Ceremonies, Commencement, and other specified occasions. The dress uniform in Forms I-VI consists of long uniform pants, uniform belt, uniform shoes and socks, Oxford cloth button-down uniform shirt, Cistercian tie, and a navy blazer with Cistercian crest. The dress uniform in Forms VII-VIII consists of a suit or sports coat, dress shoes and socks, nice slacks, belt, and a tie, all in good taste as determined by the Form Master.
The Regular Uniform is to be worn on all school days and consists of the uniform pants or shorts, uniform shirt, belt, shoes and socks, all as described below:
- In the Middle School students wear medium gray pants or shorts. In the Upper School the students wear medium khaki pants or shorts. The gray pants and shorts for the Middle School must be purchased from either Culwell & Son or from FlynnO’Hara Uniforms. Khaki uniform pants for the Upper School may be purchased anywhere as long as the color, style and material match the handbook guidelines.
- Uniform shirts are to be either a plain, white polo or a white Oxford cloth button-down, and maybe be purchased from any supplier as long as they are without visible logos and brands. If an undershirt is worn it must be plain and white, without any writing or logos.
- Uniform shoes are black or brown, loafer, Oxford or tennis shoes. Shoes must have no visible logos. Socks are to be white or dark, and solid-colored. Shoelaces are to be kept tied in a normal fashion.
- Students will wear a simple black or brown, all-leather, belt.
- Hair should be in its natural color, kept trimmed, combed and out of the face. Hats are not to be worn inside the School buildings. Students may not wear any jewelry above the neck.
- Middle School students may wear the gray or black Cistercian logo sweatshirts or fleeces sold in the School Store. Upper School students may also choose to wear Cistercian logo outerwear from the Store, as well as official outerwear associated with their athletic team(s) or their Cistercian letter jackets. No other sweatshirts, warm-ups or sweaters are acceptable. Coats and jackets worn to and from school are to be left in the lockers during the school day.
- P.E. Uniform Shirts and Shorts are purchased from the School Store.
Senior Uniform Privilege
Seniors may wear the standard uniform. They also have the privilege of choosing either to wear a black polo shirt or the professional option described below:
- Pants:Â khaki, navy, black, or grey dress slacks
- Shirt:Â solid, non-logo, dress or Oxford cloth button-down, either short or long-sleeved
- Tie:Â solid color or traditional pattern tie
- Shoes:Â brown or black, all-leather, dress shoes
- Belt:Â brown or black all-leather dress belt
Purchasing Uniforms
Cullwell & Son
6319 Hillcrest Ave.
Dallas, TX 75205
Hours & Location
FlynnO’Hara Uniforms
363 Carroll Street
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Hours & Location
Shop Online
School Code: TX183
Please visit the link above to shop for your Cistercian Preparatory School uniform. Enter your student’s grade & gender to view the products that he is permitted to wear to school. Please note that FlynnO’Hara offers our school Free Shipping on orders over $100!
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Cistercian-Logo Apparel and Merchandise
The School maintains control over the use of its logos, symbols, and crests. Parents and/or students may not use the Cistercian name, logo, crest, etc. to create their own apparel or objects, without the express permission of the School. The Cistercian Store sells a variety of apparel, some of which is appropriate for the official school day uniform, and some of which is intended for casual wear outside of school. Similarly, during a given sports season, the Athletic Department may open up online stores for the ordering of branded team apparel (and in the case of the Upper School, for some official school day uniform wear). These are the only acceptable outlets for Cistercian-Logo merchandise. If, for example, a parent wants to create a t-shirt for a Form-level team or event, they must first obtain the permission of the Form Master or appropriate administrator before proceeding.