Chaminade High School
Fortes in Unitate - Strength in Unity
Location
Mineola, New York, USA
Information
Religion	Roman Catholic
Enrollment	1680 Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (842x321, 92 KB) Summary This is an image of Chaminade High School which is located in Mineola, NY. This image was made by [Robert Swanson] (Class of 64) on January 27, 2006. ... Landmarks in Mineola, New York. ... This article is about the state. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...
Faculty	78
Average class size	32-40 students
Student:teacher ratio	21.6:1
Average SAT scores (2008)	630 verbal 610 math
Type	Private
Campus	Main Building, Residence, Ott Field, Faerber Field, Physical Fitness Center(PFC), Activity and Athletics Center (AAC), Meribah Retreat House, Founder's Hollow Retreat House
Athletics	31 Interscholastic Teams
Mascot	Flyers
Color(s)	Crimson and Gold
Newspaper	Tarmac
Established	1930
Homepage	chaminade-hs.org

Chaminade High School is a Roman Catholic high school for young men in Mineola, New York. In 1930, Alexander Ott, S.M., a member of the Society of Mary, founded the school and named it after William Joseph Chaminade. It is operated independent of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre. For the film of this title, see Private School (film). ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... Landmarks in Mineola, New York. ... This article is about the state. ... The Society of Mary is a Catholic religious congregation of brothers and priests called the Marianists or Marianist Brothers and Priests. ... Father William Joseph Chaminade, a survivor of the French Revolution persecutions of Roman Catholic leaders, founded the Society of Mary in 1817. ... The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre (Latin: Dioecesis Petropolitana in Insula Longa) is comprised of the territory of Nassau and Suffolk counties (regionally known as Long Island) in New York state, USA. Founded in 1957, this diocese was created from territory that once belonged to the Diocese of Brooklyn. ...

The school has a student body of roughly 1,680 with both lay and Marianist faculty. Students follow a liberal arts curriculum, including four years of Religion, English, Social Studies, Foreign Language (French, German, Latin or Spanish), Mathematics, Science, including Earth Science (or Oceanography), Biology, Chemistry, Physics, three years of Fine Arts, and one year of Health. Society of Mary, SM, is a Roman Catholic religious order of brothers and priests called the Marianists. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Social studies is a term used to describe the broad study of the various fields which involve past and current human behavior and interactions. ... For other uses, see Latins and Latin (disambiguation). ... For other meanings of mathematics or uses of math and maths, see Mathematics (disambiguation) and Math (disambiguation). ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... Earth science (also known as geoscience, the geosciences or the Earth Sciences), is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. ... Thermohaline circulation Oceanography (from Ocean + Greek γράφειν = write), also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth Sciences that studies the Earths oceans and seas. ... For the song by Girls Aloud see Biology (song) Biology studies the variety of life (clockwise from top-left) E. coli, tree fern, gazelle, Goliath beetle Biology (from Greek: βίος, bio, life; and λόγος, logos, speech lit. ... For other uses, see Chemistry (disambiguation). ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... Fine art is a term used to refer to fields traditionally considered to be artistic. ...

Qualified students also have the opportunity to enroll in a full year of collegiate study during their senior year. Professors from Long Island University directly teach at the school. Over 99% of Chaminade graduates attend college.^[1] In 2006, all 390 graduates were accepted into college, with 265 offered scholarships.^[2] Long Island University (LIU) is a private university located on Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. ...

A selection of extracurricular activities are available. Most students partake in one or more school activities and more than half participate on interscholastic athletic teams.^[3]

The school's athletic teams are nicknamed the Flyers, which honors the first non-stop solo transatlantic flight from the U.S. to Europe, departing nearby Roosevelt Field in the United States to Paris, France, in 1927 by Charles Lindbergh. Accordingly, the school newspaper is called Tarmac. Transatlantic flight is any flight of an aircraft, whether fixed-wing aircraft, balloon or other device, which involves crossing the Atlantic Ocean -- with a starting point in North America or South America and ending in Europe or Africa, or vice versa. ... Roosevelt Airfield was an airfield in Garden City, Nassau County, New York. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... Charles Augustus Lindbergh (4 February 1902 – 26 August 1974), known as Lucky Lindy and The Lone Eagle, was an American pilot famous for the first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic, from Roosevelt Field, Long Island to Paris in 1927 in the Spirit of St. ...

Religious identity

Students gather at least once a month for a student body Mass, and take four years of religious education classes beginning with biblical history and continuing on to moral and ethical education, church history, and contemporary Catholic philosophy. Each year the student body assembles to honor the fallen alumni who gave their lives to protect the United States through military service in the Gold Star Mass. A communion service is offered prior to every lunch period in the school's chapel; confessions are heard every week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Eucharistic adoration is offered on a weekly basis on Mondays to students and faculty.

Athletics

Over the years Chaminade has established top programs in baseball, bowling, cross country, track and field, rowing, swimming, diving, soccer, riflery, chess, hiking, tennis, volleyball, wrestling, ice hockey, football and lacrosse. Its crew team ranks as one of the top teams in the nation, with their varsity boat winning the Head of the Charles Regatta in two of the last four years. For other uses, see Lacrosse (disambiguation). ...

In the fall 2006 varsity championships, the crew team, which had an undefeated season, was the 1st Place High School team in the Head of the Charles Regatta. The cross country team was the NSCHSAA League and CHSAA Intersectional champions, while the soccer team was the New York State champion. Kennedy School womens team outside the Weld Boathouse preparing to row the Head of the Charles in 1996, though that year the race was cancelled due to bad weather. ...

Until a second place finish to Fordham Prep of the Bronx New York in the 2007 CHSAA swimming finals, the Swim Team remained undefeated in the CHSAA for six consecutive years. Despite finishing second in the 2007 championships, the team finished it's 2006-2007 dual meet season undefeated for the sixth consecutive season. During the 2004-2005 season, the team ranked first in New York state among public and private high schools and eleventh nationally in Dual Meets.^[4] The Catholic High School Athletic Association or CHSAA is a high school athletic association made up of 39 schools based in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester. ... The Catholic High School Athletic Association or CHSAA is a high school athletic association made up of 39 schools based in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester. ...

On the gridiron, Stephen Boyd, a former NFL linebacker for the Detroit Lions, is a faculty member of the Physical Education Department and a coach of the football team. Stephen Boyd (born William Millar, July 4, 1928 – June 2, 1977) - was a Northern Ireland-born actor, born at Doagh Road, Whitehouse, County Antrim, who starred in over fifty films. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... City Detroit, Michigan Team colors Honolulu Blue, Silver, and Black Head Coach Rod Marinelli Owner William Clay Ford, Sr. ...

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Finances

In 1986, Father Philip Eichner ('53), then the president of Chaminade, conceived the idea of an annual collection to lower tuition at Chaminade. It was called the Torch Fund. The proceeds from this fund would be added to the already existing Development Fund, and the interest would be used to defray the cost of tuition. Together with Brother Gary Eck, director of development at the time, Eichner envisioned a time when the interest might cap the cost of tuition. From humble beginnings, the fund has grown dramatically and exceeds $38 million as of January 2007. As a result, more funding has become available to lower student tuition.

Other

Chaminade is well known for its academic rigor and its success in forensics. The Robert C. Wright Speech and Debate Team (named after alumnus and Vice Chairman of General Electric Robert Charles Wright) consistently competes with Long Island's Catholic Forensic League and regularly competes on the national debate circuit. A modern day speaker addressing an audience through microphones Public speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain the listeners. ... Debate (North American English) or debating (British English) is a formal method of interactive and position representational argument. ... “GE” redirects here. ... Robert Charles Wright (Bob) (born 1943) is a U.S. television businessman. ...

Chaminade is one of the only high schools in America to own and operate a theater organ (for more information, see http://www.nytos.org/chaminade.html). The Chaminade organ is a Robert Morton console with ranks by Wurlitzer, Robert Morton, Austin, and Barton. It is composed of 3 manuals and 15 ranks. A theatre organ is an organ installed in a movie theatre, most often modelled after the style originally devised by Robert Hope-Jones, which he called a unit orchestra. Such instruments were typically built to provide the greatest possible variety of timbres with the fewest possible pipes, and often had... The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, is an American company, formerly a producer of stringed instruments, woodwind, brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, orchestrions, electric pianos and jukeboxes. ... A manual is a keyboard designed to be played with the hands on a pipe organ, harpsichord, clavichord, electronic organ, or synthesizer. ...

In the summer of 2006, the female secretary to the President brought a lawsuit against Chaminade High School for gender discrimination , after she was fired for having a relationship with a male faculty member who was still married. The lawsuit alleged there were cameras in the boy's locker room which were then found after investigation. The male teacher was not fired.^[5][6][7]

On Thursday, September 13, 2007 Chaminade held its first full student body Mass in thirty years in the new Activity Athletic Center. The new facility offers the ability to hold 1500 for basketball games, a 1/10 of a mile indoor track suspended over the basketball court, a premier wrestling room, and a 200 person auditiorium, yet the facility always displays the a replica of the Pieta to display its Marianist tradition, as well as a small crucifix above the basketball court.^[8]

On Wednesday, September 19, 2007, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace visited Chaminade to speak with the students and faculty in the new Activities and Athletic Center. This was the first special guest to speak in the new AAC.^[9] Peter Pace (born November 5, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York) was the 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the first Marine appointed to the United States highest-ranking military office. ...

Chaminade's mascot a "Flyer" comes from the fact that the school opened the same year Charles Lindburg flew "The Spirit of St. Louis" in the first trans-Atlantic flight from Roosevelt Field, down the street from Chaminade, to Paris, France.

Notable alumni

• Al D'Amato, 1955, Former U.S. Senator (R-NY)^[10]
• Brian Dennehy, 1956, Tony award-winning actor^[11]
• Lou Gerstner, 1959, Former Chairman and CEO of IBM, Chairman of the Carlyle Group^[12][13]
• Al Groh, 1962, Former New York Jets Head Coach, Current Head Coach of the University of Virginia.^[14][15]
• Kemp Hannon, 1963, NYS Senator^[16][17][18]
• Glenn Hughes, 1968, original leather-clad biker in the Village People^[19]
• Stephen Karopczyc, 1961, Medal of Honor Recipient^[20]
• John Lannan, 2002, Pitcher for Washington Nationals^[21]
• Terrence Lanni, CEO of MGM Mirage^[22]
• Gene Larkin, former MLB ballplayer - Minnesota Twins. He had the game winning hit to end the 1991 World Series.^[23]
• Bob McKillop, Head Coach, Davidson Basketball^{[citation needed][24]}
• Don Murphy, Motion Picture Producer^[25]
• William James "Bill" O'Reilly, 1967, Political Commentator, Host of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor^[26][27]
• Kevin Reilly, Television network executive, 1980^[28]
• Ted Robinson, 1974, American sportscaster, currently for MLB on TBS
• Thomas Spota, District Attorney of Suffolk County, New York
• Thomas Suozzi, 1980, Nassau County Executive^[29]

• Robert C. Wright, 1961, Chairman and CEO of NBC Universal^[30][31]

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References

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External links

• Chaminade High School
• Chaminade Development Fund
• Province of Meribah (founded by William Chaminade)