Saint Joseph's Preparatory School

St. Joseph's Preparatory School

The High School Reunion

St. Joseph's Preparatory School is an all boys prep school in Philadelphia attended by most of the members of the Gang, along with a number of other recurring characters on the show. Dee and other female characters attended Notre Dame.

Known Students and Staff

• Dennis Reynolds^[7x12]
• Charlie Kelly^[1x3][1x2] (aka "Dirtgrub")^[7x12]
• Mac McDonald^[1x3] (aka "Ronnie the Rat")^[7x12]
• Matthew Mara (aka "Rickety Cricket")^[2x9]
• Jimmy Doyle^[1x2][7x13]
  • Stacy Corvelli's ex-husband
• Brad Fisher^[7x13]
  • Both Dee and the Waitress dated Brad, but broke up with him because of his "pizza face".^[5x5]
• Tim Murphy^[7x12]
• Mark Dunlap
  • Was acquainted with Dennis, Dee, and Ingrid Nelson in high school.^[3x5]
• Bill Ponderosa^[6x1]
• Peter Schmidt (aka "Schmitty")
  • The original fourth member of the Gang. He used to be roommates with Charlie.
• Adriano Calvanese
  • Coined Dee's nickname "Aluminum Monster".^[7x12]
• Dooley
  • Mac and Charlie's friend who killed himself.^[3x3]
  • Replacement member of the "Freight Train".^[7x13]
• Psycho Pete^[7x13]
  • Leader of the "Freight Train" gang, which consisted of Mac, Charlie and Dooley.^[7x13].
• Ms. Klinsky
  • The school librarian.^[11x4]

Academy of Notre Dame de Namur

The Academy of Notre Dame de Namur is an all-girls academy that participated in co-ed events alongside St. Joseph's Preparatory School.

Known Students and Staff

• Deandra Reynolds
• The Waitress^[7x12]
  • Sat next to Dee in Trigonometry.^[5x5]
• Ingrid Nelson (aka "Fatty Magoo")^[3x5]
  • Dee's best friend.
• Stacy Corvelli^[1x2]
• Nikki Potnick^[7x12]
  • The Gang stole and crashed Nikki's car.^[1x3]
• Maureen Ponderosa^[6x1][7x12]

• Dr. Larry Meyers - Dee's high school drama teacher who inspired her love of acting.^[6x8]

Trivia

• Saint Joseph's Preparatory School is an actual private Catholic school in Philadelphia. Rob McElhenney is an alumnus, class of 1995. The majority of the exterior shots of the school and parking lot were filmed on location.
• Dennis and Dee didn't meet Mac and Charlie until high school.
• Mac and Charlie met while attending St. Vincent's elementary school.^[1x7]
• Dennis, Lil' Kev and presumably Dee went to Waldron Elementary school.^[3x9]
• Mac mentioned to Dee that he and Charlie went to a Catholic school.^[1x2]
• Charlie slept with Stacy Corvelli back in high school. Dennis told Stacy that he remembered her and Stacy asked Dennis if he went to "St. Joe's". ^[1x2]