Chaminade High School

Chaminade High School

Chaminade High School building facade
Address
340 Jackson Avenue
Mineola, New York 11501-2441
United States
Coordinates 40°44′39″N 73°38′58″W / 40.744123°N 73.64946°W / 40.744123; -73.64946Coordinates: 40°44′39″N 73°38′58″W / 40.744123°N 73.64946°W / 40.744123; -73.64946
Information
Type Private
Motto Fortes in Unitate
(Strength in Unity)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic Marianist
Established 1930
Status open
CEEB code 333150
President Thomas Cleary
Dean Patrick Kemp
Principal Joseph Bellizzi
Chaplain Garrett Long
Faculty 82
Grades 9-12
Gender Boys
Enrollment 1730 (2014-2015)
Student to teacher ratio 22:1
Color(s) Crimson and Gold         
Athletics 19 varsity sports
Athletics conference CHSAA
Team name Flyers
Rivals St. Anthony's High School, Kellenberg Memorial High School
Accreditation MSA
Publication Skylight (literary magazine)
Newspaper Tarmac
Yearbook Crimson and Gold
Endowment $51,128,011
Tuition $12,085 Total Tuition
$1,650 Paid for by Torch Fund
$10,435 Parent Portion
Website chaminade-hs.org
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Chaminade High School is a Roman Catholic college preparatory high school for boys in Mineola, New York, United States. The school was founded in 1930 by the Society of Mary (Marianists), an international Roman Catholic teaching order of priests and religious brothers. The school is named after William Joseph Chaminade, S.M. (1761–1850), who founded the Marianist order in 1817, and who was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2000. Operated by the Marianists, Chaminade is independent of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre. The student body numbers over 1,700, mostly from Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk counties), and neighboring New York City. The administration and faculty consists of both Marianists and lay men and women.

Students follow a traditional liberal arts curriculum, including four years each of English, a foreign language (either French, German, Latin, Mandarin Chinese or Spanish), mathematics, religion, science (earth science or oceanography, biology, chemistry, or physics), and social studies, as well as one year each of art, music appreciation and health. In senior year students take an additional year of either art or music appreciation. Chaminade is known for its rigorous academic program, and average SAT scores are consistently well above the national average.[1] Historically, 100 percent of Chaminade graduates are accepted into college, and each year more than 99 percent attend college. In 2014, all 399 graduates were accepted to college; and 284 students were awarded one or more scholarship.

Chaminade has a large and diverse selection of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, with more than 90 percent of the students participating in at least one activity. Additionally, more than half of students participate on at least one interscholastic athletic team.[3] The school's athletic teams are nicknamed the Flyers, in recognition of the fact that at the time of Chaminade's founding, Mineola and the surrounding communities of Long Island were part of what was then a "cradle of aviation", with pioneering aviators such as Charles Lindbergh, Wiley Post and Amelia Earhart making world-record flights from nearby Roosevelt Field. The school newspaper is called Tarmac, a term for airport pavement.

Religious identity

All students take four years of religion, beginning with biblical and salvation history (freshman and sophomore years), followed by Christian humanism (junior year), and Christian existentialism (senior year). The entire student body gathers for Mass each month; additionally, the Gold Star Mass is celebrated every Fall to honor Chaminade alumni who gave their lives in protection of the United States as military service members. Students have the opportunity for the sacrament of reconciliation (Confession) every Tuesday and Thursday, while eucharistic adoration is offered every Monday to students and faculty. A short prayer service is also offered daily before lunch.

Educational Technology

Each student and teacher in Chaminade High School receives an iPad for educational use. This program started with the class of freshmen of the 2015-2016 school year. As of the 2016-2017 school year, the iPads have been integrated into each grade's curriculum. Teachers send work to their students through the Learning Management System Canvas by Instructure. Another software, notability, is used as a notebook which has almost entirely eliminated the need for paper in the institution. Also, each classroom contains a tv equipped with an apple tv which allows students and teachers to broadcast their iPad's screen for the entire class to see.[4]

Chaminade requires students to take courses in digital citizenship during freshman, junior, and senior years. These courses teach students how to act correctly online, leave a good digital footprint, and create an online portfolio.[5]

Athletics

The following are the varsity sports offered at Chaminade:

Fall

Winter

Spring

The 2016 soccer team finished the season ranked seventh in the nation by USA Today on its final Super 25 Expert Rankings.[6]

Finances

In 1986, Philip K. Eichner, then president of Chaminade, established a permanent school endowment known as the Torch Fund. Together with Gary Eck, the director of development at the time, Eichner envisioned a time when the school's tuition would be capped, if not eventually lowered. The Torch Fund's principal has grown substantially over the years. For the 2016-2017 school year, interest from the fund pays $1,650 of the tuition cost for each student, resulting in parents having to pay $10,435 tuition per student.

Other

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 Hu, Winnie (September 28, 2008). "At a Boys' Catholic School, Tradition Fuels Demand". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Archived from the original on 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  3. ↑ Chaminade High School
  4. ↑ chstarmac (2015-09-23). "Chaminade Freshmen Take the First Bite Out of the Apple iPad Integration". Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  5. ↑ "CHS Handbook" (PDF).
  6. ↑ Super 25 Expert Rankings for 2016-17 Boys Soccer Week 13, USA Today. Accessed May 2, 2017.
  7. ↑ New York Theatre Organ Society Web page Retrieved 2013-05-03.
  8. ↑ Gralla, Joan (September 6, 2014). "Chaminade Gold Star stadium name honors fallen alumni". Newsday. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  9. ↑ "Summer Renovations" (PDF). Chaminade News. October 2014. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  10. ↑ "Taking Shape" (PDF). Chaminade News. October 2014. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  11. ↑ http://www.gregwapling.com/tv/the-ultimate-fighter/the-ultimate-fighter-biographies.html
  12. ↑ "Jim Kissane NBA & ABA stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  13. ↑ Eisenberg, Carol (2005-12-02). "Last tango for Chaminade prom". Newsday. Archived from the original on 2007-11-18. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
  14. ↑ "Head coach Bob McKillop provides Davidson's motivation". Daily News. New York. 2008-03-24.
  15. ↑ Healy, Patrick D. (2006-02-26). "L.I. Democrat Takes On Spitzer in Governor Race". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
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