St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School

St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School
Address
1170 Montauk Highway West Islip , Suffolk County , New York 11795 United States
Coordinates	40°41′44″N 73°17′32″W
Information
Type	Diocesan-coeducational
Motto	in fide et lenitate (In Faith and in Gentleness)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1966
CEEB code	335898
Principal	Biagio Arpino
Chaplain	Fr. Robert Ketcham
Grades	9–12
Average class size	26–32 students
Color(s)	Red and white
Fight song	Let's go Cougars!
Athletics conference	NSCHSAA & NSCHSGAA
Mascot	Cougar
Team name	Cougars
Accreditation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Publication	Voices and Visions (literary magazine)
Newspaper	The Prophet
Yearbook	The Forerunner
Tuition	$10,350 (2017-18)
Athletic Directors	Ralph Dalton, Lorraine Bouklas
Website	www.stjohnthebaptistdhs.net

St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in West Islip, New York. It is operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre.

Faculty

Faculty members at St. John’s are required to possess a master's degree, and have New York State Teacher Certification. St. John's student to teacher ratio is approximately 16:1.

Uniform

All students must wear the official school uniform appropriate for season, grade year, and gender to school. School shoes can be purchased through White Cross and uniforms through Lobel's in Massapequa, New York. If a uniform is worn improperly, a uniform infraction or a detention will be issued. Skorts are worn by the female class body and must be worn at an appropriate length or detentions will be issued by the faculty. Also introduced during the 2007–2008 school year were identification cards. All students and faculty must wear their ID card with an official lanyard around their neck when they enter a building as a safety precaution. If a student forgets their ID cards three times, detention is issued.

School layout and building

The high school features five floors. The first three floors hold all of the classrooms. The fourth floor houses a conference center. St. John's also has a dance studio, large library, newly renovated lecture hall (as of September 2011), new athletic stadium bleachers (as of September 2009). The school contains the newly renovated gymnasium (as of September 2012), cafeteria, and a 1300-seat auditorium. The school now also has a new library (as of September 2016). There is a secret basement that is accessible from the athletic office under the rug

Academics

The basic curriculum includes required courses in Science, Math, Religious Studies, English, Social Studies and Physical Education. French, Italian, or Spanish; Health, Fine Art or Performing Arts and Computer Science. All students graduate with a New York State Regents diploma after successfully completing the Regents examinations and coursework.

Grades served	9–12
Gender	Coed
Library	Yes
Total teachers	110
Total students	1565

A student receives a report card 4 times during the school year, as well as 4 Progress Reports. Final grades for full year courses are determined by calculating 20% for each quarter and then 10% for the midterm/regents exam and 10% for the final/regents exam.

Three levels of classes are offered at St. Johns. Honors, Advanced Placement and regents courses. Also, College credit courses are offered through St. John's affiliates such as St. John's University, Molloy College and the New York Institute of Technology. Students placed in the SJB College extension program can work to earn 30 college credits (one year of college) before graduating from St. John’s.

Over the past six years, over 99% of St. John's graduates have gone on to college. St. John's graduates have been accepted to and graduated from such prestigious schools and universities as Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Carnegie-Mellon, Dartmouth, Georgetown, University of Southern California, Holy Cross, Columbia, Notre Dame, Boston College, Emory, Johns Hopkins and all major military academies and more.

Music and arts

The seven performing instrumental groups are the Concert Band, Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, Chamber Ensemble, Percussion ensemble, and Wind Ensemble. The three performing vocal groups are Women's Chorus, Himphonix, and the Bel Canto Chorale, which has won various awards and performed in Carnegie Hall. The three vocal groups perform at concerts twice a year, in December and in the spring, and perform extra concerts outside of St. John's. The annual Dance Show showcases the talent and work of students in Danceworks, the Company (the competitive dance team) and the students from each of the dance courses as well as the student choreographers. The school Pep Band performs during half-time of varsity football and basketball games.

St. John's has a dedicated student art gallery for student work to be displayed in student themed art shows four times a year.

St. John's has a musical and a drama production program. Some musical productions put on by SJB include Crazy for You, Oliver!, Godspell, Anything Goes, Bye Bye Birdie (musical), Footloose, Peter Pan, The Sound of Music and "Thoroughly Modern Millie. The most recent drama productions were Neil Simon's Odd Couple, Rumors, Arsenic and Old Lace, and most recently, Just Another High School Play.

Clubs and activities

St. Johns has many extracurricular activities, all are moderated by faculty members.

Astronomy Club Art Mural Club and Art Gallery Club Bands- Jazz & Concert Big Brother/Big Sister Chess Team Bel Canto Chorale Women's Chorus Computer/Technology Club Culinary Club Danceworks & Dance Company Drama Production Club Earth Club Ethics Bowl Club History Club Kickline Knitting Club Voices and Visions- literary magazine Liturgy Committee Mathletes Mock Trial The Prophet- school newspaper

Orchestra Peace and Justice Group Peer ministry Pep Band Video Production Club WRSJ and WJSB Radio Spring Musical Production SJB Service Corps Spanish Club and Italian Club Irish Club Caribbean Club Speech and Debate Students Against Destructive Decisions (S.A.D.D.) Student Council Table Tennis Club The Forerunner- school yearbook Wind Ensemble

Athletics

The Cougars won the 2008 NSCHSAA baseball championship.

The St. John’s athletic program competes on freshman, JV and varsity levels. The men’s and women’s teams compete at regional and state levels in 18 sports. St. John the Baptist is a member of the Nassau-Suffolk Catholic High School Athletic Association (NSCHSAA)of New York. Common competitors of St. John the Baptist High School include other high schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre.

SJB's new field

Teams:

Badminton Baseball Basketball Bowling Cheerleading Hockey

Crew Cross country Equestrian Football Golf Gymnastics

Hockey Kickline Lacrosse Tennis Track and field Sailing

Soccer Softball Swimming Volleyball Wrestling

Notable alumni

• Ed Henry, '89, Chief White House correspondent for Fox News
• John Habyan, '82, a former pitcher for the New York Yankees Major League Baseball team.
• LeRoy Homer Jr., '83, pilot, was the First Officer of United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001, and crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania
• Chris Wingert, '00, professional soccer player for New York City FC in Major League Soccer.
• Mike Petke, '94, former professional soccer player and head coach of Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake.
• Joseph Lhota, '72, former chairman of the NYC MTA. He was a candidate in the New York City mayoral election, 2013
• Raymond Fliller, '93, Assistant Physicist - NSLS-II Accelerator Systems
• William Ford Jr., center of murder Netflix documentary, "Strong Island"
• Logan O’Hoppe, '18, A 23rd round, 677th pick overall in the 2018 MLB draft.

External links

• School website