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FORDHAM PREP
Faith, Scholarship, Service JESUIT EDUCATION
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Contents
Our Jesuit Identity page 2 Philosophy page 3 Faith page 4 Scholarship page 5 Service page 6 The McNamara Library page 8 Technology page 9 Classical Languages Department page 10 English Department page 11 Fine Arts Department page 12 Guidance and Counseling Department page 13 College Counseling page 14 Health and Physical Education Department page 15 Mathematics Department page 16 Modern Languages Department page 17 Religious Studies Department page 18 Science Department page 19 Social Studies Department page 20 Co-curricular Activities page 21 Athletics page 23 Administration page 25 Faculty page 26 Admissions Information page 32 2014-15 FP Handbook final_Fordham Handbook 07-08 10/22/14 7:31 PM Page 2
Our Jesuit Identity
Ignatius was born in 1491 at the family castle of Loyola in the Basque region of Spain. In his own words, Ignatius “was given to the follies of the world; and what he enjoyed most was warlike sport, with a great and foolish desire to win fame.” At Pamplona in 1521, Ignatius’ search for fame ended when a French cannon ball severely injured his legs. A long, complicated convalescence contributed to a period of soul searching and reflection; Ignatius discovered God at work in his life, and his desire for fame turned into a desire to dedicate himself to God. Jesuit schools has an educational tradition of over 450 years, After time spent as a pilgrim and a process of conversion a tradition that incorporates methods from a variety of to loving service of God, Ignatius returned to school. He sources, contributing to the intellectual, social, moral and eventually studied in Paris for seven years, spending his free religious formation of students. Jesuit education includes time preaching and sharing his insights about the ways of a religious dimension that permeates all aspects of the God. Attracted by his experience of God’s love, several men curriculum; it is world affirming, promoting dialogue between joined Ignatius. This small group of companions would faith and culture. Jesuit education insists on individual care eventually grow into the Society of Jesus, an order of and concern for each person; it emphasizes active Catholic priests and brothers dedicated to service for the participation by the student and an openness to growth good of souls. and life-long learning. Jesuit schools promote a realistic knowledge of the world; encourage an awareness, love and While the original purposes of the Society did not include acceptance of self; seek to form men and women for others, education, it was not long before Ignatius was requested particularly in concern for the poor. to include local boys in his schools for men entering the Society. The first Jesuit school opened in 1548 in Messina, Since 1841, when New York’s Archbishop Hughes founded Sicily. By the time of Ignatius’ death there were over 40 a school in the Rose Hill section of what was then still part Jesuit schools, within forty years there were 245 schools. of Westchester, young men at Fordham have studied Latin, Today there are more than 2,000 Jesuit educational Greek, English, Math and Science. The youngest students institutions in 56 countries around the world. attended a division of the school now known as Fordham Prep. Since legally separating from the University in 1972, Fordham Prep is one of the 60 high schools in the United Fordham Prep has occupied its current location on the States sponsored by the Society of Jesus. This family of Rose Hill Campus.
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Philosophy Magis (“greater”) is a distinctive aspect of Jesuit education, and expresses the responsibility to seek a Fordham Preparatory School is an all-male, Jesuit, Catholic, greater realization of our potential and mission, and college preparatory school. Our commitment to education is to strive for excellence in all things. Fordham Prep is shaped by the spirituality and pedagogical tradition of the dedicated to the development of a curriculum and Society of Jesus, founded in 1540 by St. Ignatius of Loyola. community that call forth the best from students, Fordham Prep stresses the development of excellence in the and staff for the greater glory of God. whole person: intellectual, religious, social, emotional and physical. Today, our educational apostolate is strengthened by Cura personalis (“care of the individual”) is the Jesuit our affiliation with the local, national and international networks resolve to know and treat each person as an individual of Jesuit secondary schools. made in the image and likeness of God. Cura personalis encourages students, faculty and staff to build relation- Based on a legacy that began with the Spiritual Exercises of ships, both in and out of the classroom, based on St. Ignatius and continues through contemporary Ignatian dignity, respect and trust. reflections, our Jesuit schools are communities of faith, scholarship and service. words” is embodied today in the call to be a person for • We are a community of faith. Rooted in the Catholic others. We put our faith into action by seeking opportunities to tradition, we seek to foster knowledge and love of God serve our brothers and sisters, especially those in need, and and neighbor, and welcome the gifts that non-Catholic by working to promote justice. members of our community contribute to that mission. We encourage all members of our community to The intellectual and religious values that motivate Fordham evaluate dominant cultural values in the context of Prep’s mission guide each individual’s total dvelopment. We their faith. challenge each graduate to be a lifelong learner, an agent of positive change, spiritally motivated and committed to justice, • We are a community of scholarship. At the heart of a healer and shaper of his world. Jesuit education is the rigorous study of the humanities and the sciences, reflecting the conviction that the study of great ideas is inextricably linked to the formation of Diversity character. Our program of studies encompasses more than the acquisition of knowledge; it fosters academic discipline and encourages reflection in the pursuit of Our students live in the Bronx, Westchester, Manhattan, Brooklyn, excellence. Queens, Long Island, Putnam and Rockland counties, Connecticut and New Jersey. They come from a wide range of ethnic, racial, • We are a community of service. St. Ignatius’ declaration geographic, economic and religious backgrounds. that “love ought to manifest itself in deeds rather than
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Faith Notable
Fordham Prep’s Campus Ministry Department, in the tradition • Workshops, peace and justice events, and on-going of Jesuit education, offers a number of events, activities and spiritual formation. programs to nurture and strengthen the spiritual growth of • Campus Ministry Board: students and faculty plan our students and staff. Forming members of the community retreats, liturgies and special programs for the who will truly be men of faith and “men for others” is a entire school. sacred priority. Toward this end, the following programs are available. The Social Justice Committee is a voluntary group open School-Wide Holy Day Masses/Daily Mass to all students interested in justice issues. The committee There are a number of special Masses celebrated throughout includes faculty, and students serve as leaders in educating the year, including the Mass of the Holy Spirit, the Christmas the Prep community on specific justice issues. liturgy and Masses on Holy Days. Students participate in planning these Masses, and serve as readers, altar servers, The liturgical life of Fordham Prep offers opportunities for Eucharistic Ministers and members of the choir. Daily students to take leadership roles as Eucharistic ministers, Mass is celebrated every morning in the Prep Chapel for lectors, altar servers and as members of the Liturgical Choir anyone that wishes to attend. Campus Ministry also and/or Liturgy Planning Committee. plans Reconciliation services, during Advent and lent for all students. Upperclassmen serve at retreat leaders and big brothers for the underclassmen, helping to support their spiritual growth Morning & Afternoon Prayer and sense of belonging in the Prep community. Each morning and afternoon, students, faculty or staff Parents’ Events lead a prayer over the loudspeaker. These prayers – some original, some traditional – are an integral part of the The Mothers’ Club and Fathers’ Club run Days of Reflection, spiritual life of the school. On Fridays the entire school a Communion Breakfast, a Communion Supper and other prays the Examen, an Ignatian prayer. special events. The Director of Ignatian Formation also offers numerous opportunities for spiritual growth Retreat Program throughout the year.
• Freshman Overnight Retreat Campus Ministry Department • Sophomore three-day Discovery Retreats Brian Carney, BA, MA, Fordham; Director of Ministry & • Junior three-day Emmaus Retreats (8 per year) Ignatian Formation, Director of Campus Ministry & Service • Senior retreats based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Immersion Trips* • One-day Senior Retreats Martin Carney, BA, St. John Fisher; MA, PhD, Fordham* • Faculty day and weekend retreats John Costello, SJ, BA, LeMoyne; MA, MDiv, Regis (Toronto)* Michael Kravatz, BA, MA, Fordham; Director of Student Leadership Programs Ministry The Ministry Leadership Team is an opportunity for students Craig Smith, BA, U. of San Diego; MA, Boston C.; MA, to deepen their own faith, spirituality and commitment to Loyola Marymount social justice, and learn valuable leadership skills that will Charles Sullivan, SJ, AB, Fordham; MA, Boston C., enable them to help other Prep students.Participants dedicate Director of Emmaus Retreat Program** themselves to a program of daily prayer and weekly meetings * Bene Merenti Recipient: Twenty Years of Service to where they have the opportunity to reflect on their prayer Fordham Prep experiences, learn about social justice issues and develop the skills necessary to be effective leaders in the Prep community. **Bene Merenti Recipient: Forty Years of Service to Fordham Prep Just Serve is an activity that allows students to learn about justice issues and how Catholic social teaching impacts our understanding of these issues. Armed with this knowledge, the group plans service projects related to justice issues.
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The student’s interaction with his mentor and teachers has a Scholarship significant formative effect upon academic and personal growth. This close relationship is one of the hallmarks of Jesuit education. Fordham Preparatory School has a tradition stressing the development of excellence – intellectual, religious, social, Graduation Requirements emotional and physical. The view that education encompasses more than the acquisition of knowledge, but demands the English 4 years training of the intellect, explains a rigorous curriculum that Foreign Language 4 years exposes students not only to their strengths but also to Mathematics 3 or 4 years those courses and areas that will challenge them.Students Religious Studies 4 years are regularly assigned one-half hour of nightly homework Science 3 or 4 years in each subject (approximately three hours each day). To Social Studies 3 or 4 years assist students, every teacher is available for consultation Physical Education 4 years each day after school from 2:35 to 3 PM. Health 1 year Introduction to Computers 1 year The academic program is flexible for students beginning in Introduction to Fine Arts 1.5 year their first year in the expectation that all students will benefit Electives 3 to 5 courses from demanding courses in a variety of fields. The school does recognize that some students find appropriate challenge Classical and Modern Languages at higher levels. Honors and Advanced courses are intended All students take a classical language in their first year: to provide additional challenges within the standard areas of Latin or Ancient Greek. Thereafter, a student may continue his the curriculum. The wider body of electives offers 18 classical language or may switch to either a modern language Advanced Placement courses as well as the opportunity to or the other classical language. Students have the option of take classes at Fordham University. With permission from beginning the second classical language in sophomore year. In the Assistant Principal, some students may opt to take seven all cases students finish senior year with the equivalent of four classes after freshman year, allowing more elective opportunities. years of a foreign language and complete at least the third For all students, however, the curriculum provides a full level of a language. college preparatory education. Advanced Placement Programs: 17 Freshman Courses Latin Biology • Latin or Greek 1 Honors English Language Chemistry • English 1 or English 1 Honors English Literature Physics 1 • Geometry or Geometry Honors Studio Art European History • Religious Studies 1 Art History Government • Biology or Biology Honors Calculus AB Macroeconomics • Global Studies 1 or 1 Honors Statistics U.S. History • Health and Physical Education Spanish Language World History • Introduction to Computers Spanish Literature • Introduction to Fine Arts College Courses Honors Program Qualified seniors can attend college classes at Fordham Honors, Advanced and Advanced Placement courses are University and do research at the University library. available, and intended to provide additional challenges within the curriculum. Faculty Development Mentoring Program The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius, the principles of Ignatian pedagogy, and the close reading of key Fordham Prep documents Each student is a member of a mentor group, a small group – including our mission Statement and Philosophy – help our of students assigned to a teacher for academic and personal faculty gain deeper insights into what makes a Jesuit school support. Freshman mentor groups meet for two 40-minute Jesuit. Non-tenured faculty work together; tenured faculty create periods per week. This is in addition to the weekly group individual professional development plans each year and select sessions with a counselor. Mentors serve as role models and projects which will enhance their Ignatian contribution to the guides for each student. school. Research and practice help expand the imaginations of all faculty in it means to help students learn.
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Service
The mission of the Society of Jesus has been from the beginning to “help souls” and to do all things “for the greater glory of God.” The schools the Jesuits founded were to be both an object and an instrument of that mission. Today, the ideal of Jesuit education is expressed in the phrase “educating men and women for and with others.” Fordham Preparatory School works to cultivate in its students the ability to find God in all things, to recognize the call to wonder, to revere, to thank and to serve God and all creation, especially people in need. The Service Program is responsible for organizing a curriculum, programs and activities that provide students with opportunities to hear and to respond to this vocation. Junior Year The upperclassmen fulfill individual service requirements. Overview Our juniors are primarily responsible for responding to the In order to achieve the goal of making service an integral needs that exist within our school. They are required to part of every student’s experience, Fordham Prep has a four- give 15 hours of their own time to a service activity or club, year service requirement for all students. such as tutoring peers who are struggling academically, raising awareness and funds for a medical mission program founded by a Prep alumnus, directing underclassman retreats Freshman Year and hosting visitors to the Prep. Eight of the 15 hours may be Our first-year students perform service with their mentor performed at an outside agency approved by Fordham Prep. groups in order to build a sense of community. The theme of freshman service is social justice. Freshmen begin in the Senior Year fall when they make crafts under the supervision of the Fine Arts Department that are distributed to elderly In their final year, students are expected to have developed persons during the holiday season. At Christmas, mentor the maturity, knowledge, social skills and judgment that groups participate in a toy drive for youngsters at a will enable them to go out into the world to provide direct Catholic elementary school in the South Bronx. In February, service to people in need. Seniors give 70 hours of their they participate in a Valentine’s Day card project, sending own time to approved service projects as part of their personal notes to residents of local nursing homes where graduation requirement. All seniors are enrolled in a service our seniors are doing their service projects. In addition, course that offers reflection, discussion and instruction on each mentor group carries out its own service project. issues of faith and justice. Seniors can be found comforting the sick and dying in hospitals and hospices. They visit the elderly and people who need assistance and companionship Sophomore Year at nursing homes. They pair up with persons who have Our sophomores also perform service through their mentor disabilities in therapeutic programs. Our seniors feed and groups to strengthen the idea that service is a communal provide clothing to persons who are poor and homeless at responsibility. The theme of sophomore year service is social shelters and soup kitchens. They also teach children in justice. Sophomores participate in the same annual projects after-school tutoring and CCD programs. as the freshmen: holiday crafts, Christmas toy drive and Valentine’s Day cards. Sophomore mentor groups also Service Immersion Trips design and implement their own projects, and are asked to focus their efforts on an issue or agency that seeks In addition to the four-year requirement, students can also to promote Catholic social teaching. Recent projects have volunteer to travel to the Appalachia Mountains of Tennessee, sought to understand the plight of and to aid refugees, Camden (NJ) and Ecuador to live in community and to provide immigrants and sweatshop laborers. material assistance and companionship to residents in need. Our young men do much-needed building and home repairs for people who are not able to do or afford the work. Lasting from a week to ten days, most of these trips take place in the summer.
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Service Program Faculty Mr. Baker, Modern Languages Mrs. Bratt, English Dr. Carney, Campus Ministry & Religious Studies Mr. Deane ’88, Social Studies Ms. Dempsey, Mathematics* Fr. Devron, SJ, President Mr. DiFato ’99, Science Mr. Distinti, Classical Languages Mr. Dwyer ’98, Religious Studies Mrs. English, English Mrs. Facendola, Guidance Ms. Faustini, Modern Languages Mr. Foley ’63, Classical Languages Mr. Groepler ’87, Classical Languages Mr. Homer, Religious Studies, Director of Service Program* Mr. Jennings, Religious Studies & Social Studies Social Justice Initiatives Mrs. Keough, Guidance Mr. P. Lauber ’08, English Fordham Prep is intensifying its efforts to educate itself Dr. Lee, English about and and bear witness to Catholic social teaching. Dr. Morris, Mathematics & Modern Languages* The Campus Ministry and Service Departments currently Mr. Nolan, Social Studies sponsor a number of social justice events to increase Fr. O’Konsky, SJ, English student awareness of justice issues. These include Hunger Mr. Pigott, English Awareness Week, a school-wide food drive, a Good Friday Mrs. Scallion, English Peace Walk and assemblies on environmental justice, Mrs. Simeone, Modern Languages immigration reform, domestic poverty and human Mr. Viele ’01, Social Studies trafficking. The Just Serve Club provides opportunities for students to participate in justice initiatives in our *Service Team neighborhood.
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The McNamara Library
As the heart of the school, Fordham Prep’s library provides an attractive environment, quiet study carrels and a comfortable atmosphere that affords students personal space and relative quiet, an opportunity to keep up with their daily assignments and achieve the grades and scores they will need to gain admission to colleges and universities of their choice. The library is designed to be both inviting and practical, a sanctuary for our students.
In addition, the library has been brought into the age of the Internet, providing access to digital as well as hard-copy materials for reading and research. The availability of traditional print materials is enhanced by easy access to electronic resources. The Computer Center is located directly above the library, creating a media and information center equal to the educational needs of contemporary students and their teachers. Because many school assignments cannot be completed unless students have access to the collections, the library is open before, during and after school: 8 AM to 4:30 PM.
Facilities • Guidance Center • Seminar Room • Conference Room • Art Reference Library
The Guidance Center, Seminar Room and Conference Room each have an LCD and electronic whiteboard.
Holdings Library Faculty 10,000 print and electronic titles, with a major emphasis on Susan Andrews, BA, U. of Virginia; MLS, LIU; Librarian reference works Louis DiGiorno ’88, BA, MA, Fordham; Archivist Overdrive: Our collection of current and classic fiction ebooks Craig Dwyer ’98, BA, MSEd, Fordham; MA, Columbia Follett Shelf: Nonfiction ebooks of academic and personal interest Teachers College Mallick Fitzpatrick, SJ, BA, PhL, MA, Bellarmine; STB, STL, Periodicals Woodstock; Art Reference Library Curator** 50+ subscriptions to newspapers and magazines **Bene Merenti Recipient: Forty Years of Service to Fordham Prep Newspapers Catholic New York The New York Times Wall Street Journal National Catholic Reporter Notable New York Amsterdam News
• Multi-media computers linked with the computer center. Electronic Holdings The Prep library participates in the NOVELny, New York State’s • Wireless access for internet-capable devices online collection of research and reference sources. The library • Fordham University Library privileges. also owns an extensive electronic reference collection. • Extensive reserve collection to support course work.
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• Professional-quality scanners, cameras and video cameras Technology • Industry-standard software titles, including Novell NetWare, Microsoft Office 2000, Adobe Photoshop, Technology plays an integral part in all aspects of Prep life. Microsoft FrontPage 2000, Macromedia Design Studio, etc. A high-speed wired and wireless network extends throughout • Smart classrooms throughout the school the building, connecting our powerful multimedia computers • Campus-wide wireless network to the Internet. Using their individual, Prep network accounts, • Home access to e-mail, files and class assignments students have access to the World Wide Web, e-mail, productivity applications like Microsoft Office, educational software, CD-ROM’s, The Computer Center in the mezzanine area of Fordham’s periodical databases and more. library is open throughout the day for student use with faculty always present to assist those who need help. Fordham Prep’s faculty has received extensive training in Computers are also available in the library, smart classrooms the use of technology to ensure that students make safe and and in individual classrooms. productive use of this powerful resource. Student projects have included creating web pages, graphing scientific data Training and Use via a spreadsheet, performing Internet research, authoring • Proctors available for assistance during and after school. multimedia presentations and much more. The Prep’s website, • Technology integration and instruction throughout the much of which is student-created, contains over 3,000 content areas. individual pages and has won numerous awards, including • Computer programming courses. a citation in Multimedia Schools magazine. • Rolling cart with 30 tablet PC’s. • Classrooms have ceiling-mounted projectors with DVD, 1-to-1 Computing VCR and PC connections. Faculty are preparing to introduce a One-to-One program at Fordham Prep. Students and teachers will employ laptops, All students are encouraged to use computers as an aid to notebooks, telephones and tablet PCs for continuous use in learning in traditional subject areas. Over the course of his the classroom, around school and at home, allowing the FP four years, each student masters a basic set of computer community to learn, research and create on a 24-7 basis, and skills, ranging from doing research on the Internet to using a to become fluent in the technological tools of the 21st century. spreadsheet to record, manipulate and graph data. Students in Junior and Senior year may elect to take specialized courses Using the community’s wireless access to the Internet, word in computer science and programming. Extracurricular activities processing and multimedia tools on a One-to-One basis will such as the school paper, the yearbook and Student encourage new styles of teaching and learning, support Government make extensive use of technology. improved research and assignments, and promote more differentiated, collaborative and project-based learning. Computer Classes Introduction to Computers (required for freshmen) The Wiegand-Gabelli Computer Center Java Programming The computer center includes a Smart Technology Classroom. Computer Science Advanced This room provides teachers and students a first-class environment for learning with technology. Resources include Students with an interest in computers may elect to take PC’s, digital whiteboard, smart podium, LCD projector, DVD Java Programming during their junior and/or senior years. and VCR. The main Computer Center was recently renovated This course emphasizes hands-on lab work in the Computer to create a more comfortable and usable environment for Center. No previous computer experience is necessary. student computer access. The campus boasts a wireless network and smart classrooms in every department. Technology Department Jeffrey Butkowski ’99; Director of Technical Operations Computer Facilities Mariel Caraballo, AA, Mercy Gregory Curran, BA, SUNY at Purchase; MS, Fordham; • 180 networked PC-compatible multimedia computers Director of Technology* • Black/white and color laser printers Yi Han, BA, Wuhan (China); MS, Fordham • Personal e-mail account for each student Christopher Salterelli, BS, MS, Fordham; Asst. Director of • Internet and e-mail access for all students via dedicated Technical Operations dual T1 connection • School web site (http://www.fordhamprep.org) * Bene Merenti Recipient: Twenty Years of Service to • Web-based access to network files and resources Fordham Prep
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Classical Languages Department Classical Languages Department Faculty Louis DiGiorno ’88, BA, MA, Fordham Stephen Distinti, BA, MA, Columbia As a college preparatory school, Fordham Prep requires John Foley ’63, BA, Fordham; Chairperson** the study of foreign languages as an integral part of its Eric Groepler ’87, BA, Holy Cross; MA, Fordham curriculum. This begins for all students in freshman year Christopher Lauber ’79, BA, Lehman; MA, Hunter* with a classical language. While the majority of freshmen Raymond Sweitzer, SJ, BA, PD, Fordham; MDiv, take Latin, a select number of qualified students are invited Woodstock; MA, Middlebury* to study Ancient Greek in their first year. Selection is based upon entrance scores and Fordham Prep’s placement test. * Bene Merenti Recipient: Twenty Years of Service to Fordham Prep Students who have performed well in Latin may begin Greek after freshman year. **Bene Merenti Recipient: Forty Years of Service to Fordham Prep Students with previous experience in Latin have the option of accelerating in freshman year to Latin 2 or Latin 2 Honors. The opportunity for students to complete three Notable or four years of Latin and/or Greek is a feature that makes Fordham Prep distinctive in the metropolitan area. • The opportunity to take a three or four-year sequence in Latin and/or Greek and present an Goals impressive classical language background to a prospective college. The Classics curriculum is designed to help the student • learn the language, culture and history of ancient Greece • Preparation for college language courses. and Rome and, thereby, relate to the roots of Western • College-level texts and programs. Civilization; • explore the debt of English to Latin and Greek in vocabu- • Opportunity for students with previous language lary and language structures; experience to advance to a higher level. • develop a liberally educated young man with a sense of • Preparation for the SAT Subject Test in Latin. the traditions and values of the past, coupled with the ability to integrate them into his own life. • An Advanced Placement Course in Latin. • A four-year program in Ancient Greek. After the required course in Latin or Greek in freshman year, a student may elect to continue his studies in Latin and/or Greek for two or three more years. Many of our students choose to continue the study of a classical language; some take both Latin and Greek.
Courses Latin 1 Greek 1 Honors Latin 2 Greek 2 Honors Latin 2 Honors Greek 3 Honors Latin 3 Greek 4 Honors Latin 3 Honors Latin 3 Advanced Latin 4 Latin Prose & Poetry Honors Advanced Placement Latin
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English Department Notable
The English Department is dedicated to assisting the • The sequence of honors courses begins in first year. graduating student to be literate and articulate in his • Honors and Advanced courses are available to all language, and to be prepared for a demanding college who qualify. curriculum. Students are challenged to be life-long readers and learners, to evaluate information critically, to speak • Advanced Placement Programs in Language and effectively, to appreciate language, to nurture independent Literature. thinking and to achieve excellence in writing. Students must qualify for entrance into Honors, Advanced and Advanced Placement Courses. English Department Faculty English 1, 2, 3 Dennis Ahern ’63, BA, MA, PD, Fordham; Asst. Principal** Through a series of activities and projects, the students Margaret Bratt, BA, Harvard; MA, Columbia Teachers are introduced to their linguistic imagination. They learn College to understand the English language, to control it and to Louis DiGiorno ’88, BA, MA, Fordham appreciate it. Genres explored include the short story, the Rosanne English, BA, MA, Fordham; MA Columbia Teachers novel, poetry, drama, speech, intensive paragraph writing, College critical papers and the term paper. Texts include novels, Kevin Gilligan ’83, BA, MA, Fordham; Chairperson plays, short stories, poems and a vocabulary book. Paul Lauber ’08, BA, MST, Fordham Patricia Lee, BA, Georgetown; MA, PhD, Fordham English Honors 1, 2, 3 William Magner, Jr., BA, SUNY at Cortland; MAT, Manhattanville English 2 Advanced Mark McDougall, BA, Holy Cross; MEd, Providence Advanced Placement English Language & Composition Stanley O’Konsky, SJ, BA, MA, MS, Fordham; MDiv, STM, Woodstock** Designed for the motivated student, the Honors and Kevin Pigott, BA, Iona; MA, Boston U.* advanced classes begin with an introduction to the world Mary Anne Salvatorelli, BA, NYU; MA, Fordham of reading with ten major works, supplemented with Lynette Scallion, BA, West Virginia; MA, Touro appropriate short stories, drama, and poetry. Class discussion and written assignments focus on the structures * Bene Merenti Recipient: Twenty Years of Service to of narrative and an author’s options in manipulating the Fordham Prep reader’s imagination. Students are required to read closely **Bene Merenti Recipient: Forty Years of Service to and think critically about selected works. English II Fordham Prep Advanced presents a significantly enriched version of the sophomore curriculum, emphasizing greater depth of understanding. AP classes are offered to qualified students in junior and senior year.
Electives: Senior Year Detective Fiction Honors The Graphic Novel The Quest Motif in Literature Honors Short Story Writing for the Media Writing Seminar Honors Advanced Placement English Literature & Composition
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Fine Arts Department Fine Arts Department Faculty Louis DiGiorno ’88, BA, MA, Fordham Kenneth Farnum ’75, BA, Fordham The Fine Arts curriculum is designed to enable students to Mallick Fitzpatrick, SJ, BA, PhL, MA, Bellarmine; STB, STL, understand and appreciate how a work of art is created Woodstock; Art Reference Library Curator** and viewed. The curriculum’s design stimulates growth Dylan LaGamma ’09, BM, U. of Rhode Island through self-discovery and self-expression. Students’ skills Paul Lauber ’08, BA, MST, Fordham develop through practice and appreciation of techniques. Douglas Otis, BA, BS, Mercy; MS, Fordham* Classes are structured in tandem with students’ needs in Michael Weldon ’86, BFA, Massachusetts C. of Art, subsequent years. Chairperson * Bene Merenti Recipient: Twenty Years of Service to Introduction to Fine Arts (Required for freshmen) Fordham Prep This course introduces the principles of Art Criticism and other factors influencing the perception of the Fine Arts. **Bene Merenti Recipient: Forty Years of Service to The objective of this course is to allow each student to Fordham Prep broaden his perspective on what the Fine Arts are and to Instrumental Ensembles, Band & Orchestra make him aware of the methods that artists use. Fordham Prep has a Jazz Combo, a String Ensemble and an Orchestra. These groups perform at school activities, home Music Composition 1 & 2 games and Dramatic Society productions in the theater. They The class focuses on mastering the six elements of music, are open to all students with playing experience. Students can preparing each student to compose a well-balanced piece receive academic credit in the arts. of music. Vocal Music & Choir Acoustic Engineering The Choir performs music with an emphasis on learning to This music course is designed around the interests of the express and respond to different musical styles, providing students. Topics are derived from a list of student's specific students the opportunity to develop individually as a vocalist requests generated during the first cycle of the year. The and as an integral member of a group. The lessons of team- course is student-driven and academically substantial. The work, discipline and dedication are stressed. Students can goal is to increase a student’s musical interests and studio receive academic credit in the arts. competency. Theatre The Dramatic Society performs two plays during the course of Architectural Drawing the year, exploring various kinds of drama and technical areas. Students learn the principles of architectural and mechanical Students may participate as technicians, actors, house or stage drawing, and how to apply them to plans, elevations and crew, and can receive academic credit in the arts. perspective drawings. FP T.V. Computer Graphics & Web Design Students have the opportunity to write, film and edit video Students learn to use Adobe Photoshop with a focus on productions for the Prep community. Students can receive visual communication and presentation. academic credit in the arts.
Studio Art 1 & 2 Notable This class deals with the visual arts: drawing, painting and printmaking. • A three-year sequence or one-year electives. Advanced Placement Studio Art • Hands-on experience. Students prepare for the AP Exam as outlined by the AP • Exposure to computer art. Board. Successful completion of this course awards students college credit upon entrance to many universities. • Student Orchestra, Band and Choir • Portfolio preparation for college. Advanced Placement Art History • Two Advanced Placement courses: AP Studio Art Students examine major forms of artistic expression from and AP Art History. past to present from a variety of cultures. The class stresses a critical approach and analysis of works of art. • Member of NYSMA.
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Guidance and Counseling Department Key Components of the Group Guidance Curriculm
In the spirit of care of the individual, the focus of the Guidance and Counseling program at Fordham Prep is on • Transition to High School academic success for every student via a variety of targeted services and activities in three primary areas – academic, • Time Management college/career and personal/social. The Prep’s nine counselors • Study Habits & Skills spend the majority of their time providing direct services • Standardized Testing to the students, ensuring that every student receives the • Character Education program’s maximum benefits. • Interpretion of Standardized Testing Results The Guidance and Counseling Department is an integral part • Wellness/Stress Managament of the overall educational program. Group guidance is a • Alcohol/Drug Education scheduled class that every student takes throughout his four • Goal Setting years. Students meet with their assigned counselor once • The Power of a Positive Attitude every cycle. At every grade level, the curriculum is structured, developmental and flexible, enabling the counselors to more • The Connection between Gratitude & Happiness effectively address the students’ various needs. In addition, • Course Selections counselors meet with students individually to discuss impor- • College & Career Exploration tant issues including academic goals, course selections, the • Transition to College college process and personal/ social concerns. Other counseling services include multi-session support groups, family consul- tations, crisis intervention and professional referrals. A variety of evening programs are also offered to students and their parents on freshman transition issues, course selection and Assemblies the various aspects of the college admissions process. • Alcohol & Other Drug Prevention Education Parent Programs • Bullying Prevention • Internet Safety • Freshman Parent Night • Crafting a Personal Mission Statement • Sophomore Parent Night
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College Counseling The College Counseling program at Fordham Preparatory School is designed to help students and their families navigate the intricacies of the college search and college application processes. Each student at the Prep is aided in his growth by the caring guidance of his counselor, and the school’s goal is to find a post-secondary opportunity that is an appropriate “match” for each senior. Care of the individual is a hallmark of Jesuit education and is a corner- stone of the College Counseling program.
In the lower years, counselors address what students can be doing to prepare for college. The importance of staying focused and working hard to achieve their academic potential is stressed. Moreover, students are encouraged to join activities and become involved in the life of the school. By junior year, students are inevitably beginning to focus on their college aspirations, and guidance classes devote a significant amount of class time to the search process. Students are introduced to print and Internet resources to research colleges and are encouraged to explore options throughout the country. Parent Programs In senior year, counselors conduct a thorough review of • Financial Aid 101 application policies and procedures as well as work closely • Introduction to the College Search for Sophomore with each student to craft a list of appropriate colleges that Parents meets his particular academic and extracurricular needs. • College Search Kick-off Night for Juniors • Selective College Admissions Panel Each fall Fordham Prep welcomes more than 100 admission • Final Steps to College for Senior Parents representatives from colleges and universities across the • Individual Meetings on Request country to conduct information sessions during the school • The Road to College Athletics day. Seniors are encouraged to take advantage of these • Individual Meetings on Request wonderful opportunities to interact with officers from the various universities. Prep counselors also forge relationships Guidance and Counseling Department Faculty with admission officers in order to best advocate for individual Maura Brennan, BA, MBA, Loyola U. Maryland, MSEd, students throughout the application process. Fordham; Director of College Counseling Jennifer Costello, BA, SUNY at Albany; MSW, Hunter; College Counseling Curriculum Social Worker; LCSW • Standardized Testing Anne Facendola, BA, U. of Mass-Dartmouth; MA, LIU • PSAT Preparation Mallick Fitzpatrick, SJ, BA, PhL, MA, Bellarmine; STB, STL, • Review of PSAT Score Reports Woodstock** • SAT – Subject Test Awareness Adrienne Frumberg, BA, Lafayette; MA, NYU • SAT and ACT Awareness Erica Keough, BA, Franklin & Marshall; MSW, Fordham • Career Awareness and Exploration Michael Lacinak, BA, St. Peter’s; MEd, Boston C.* • Resources for the College Search Maureen Martinez, BA, SUNY at Albany; MS, Pace; Director • The Family Connection (TCCi Naviance) of Guidance & Counseling • College Visits and College Fairs Thomas O’Sullivan ’98, BS, Fordham; MA, Manhattan • Application Procedures Steve Raptis, BA, MS, NY Institute of Technology • The Essay • Letters of Recommendation * Bene Merenti Recipient: Twenty Years of Service to • Mock Admissions Committee Fordham Prep • Financial Aid **Bene Merenti Recipient: Forty Years of Service to • Transition Issues Fordham Prep • Decision Making
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Health and Physical Education Department
Health Guidance Department supplementing the curriculum relating to personal health. Health courses are designed to meet physical, emotional and social needs with the understanding that essential attitudes and beliefs are being developed during this adolescent period. The scope of topics covered within the Health curriculum in cooperation with Guidance includes the following.
• Diet • Drug Abuse • Nutritional Guidelines • AIDS • Fitness • Sexual Responsibility • Diseases in Relation to Diet • Sexually Transmitted • Addictions Diseases • Tobacco • Current Health Issues Intramurals • Alcohol • CPR and First Aid Students at Fordham Prep are given every opportunity to • Marijuana participate in intramural activities after school.The basket- ball program runs Monday through Friday from 3 to 4 PM. Physical Education Health and Physical Education Department Faculty Fordham Prep requires each student to complete four years Michael Corcoran ’61, BA, Fordham; MA, Columbia of physical education. Classes in physical education are Teachers College* structured to enhance student awareness of the benefits of Robert McLaughlin, BA, MA, Fordham; Chairperson and lifelong physical fitness. The Prep’s program emphasizes Athletic Director* the relationship of physical activity to the physical, mental, social and emotional needs of its students. * Bene Merenti Recipient: Twenty Years of Service to Fordham Prep
Students learn a variety of individual and team sports. Emphasis is placed on motor skill development as well as Notable knowledge of rules and strategies involved in each sport. Fundamentals of each sport are stressed in the lower Our Fitness Center includes Nautilus machines, grades. The Prep provides excellent facilities for its students, stationary bikes, Cybex arc trainers and treadmills, including two gyms, our Fitness Center, an athletic field free weights, weight racks and adjustable benches. located directly behind the school and use of Fordham Specific instruction is provided for the appropriate use University’s tennis courts, indoor pool, and new turf field. of the machines and weights. The center is a crucial part of our Physical Education and athletic programs.
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Mathematics Department
The Mathematics curriculum at Fordham Prep prepares the student for higher-level studies in Mathematics. The depart- ment’s objectives include helping the students learn to
• improve their problem solving and critical thinking skills; • use their time productively both at school and at home; • make use of the facilities available to them; • become more self-reliant, confident, accurate, organized and consistent; • acquire valuable organizational skills; • use modern technology.
All students take three years of Mathematics. Most students continue with a fourth-year elective Mathematics course.
Courses Mathematics Department Faculty Arianne Dempsey, BA, St. John’s (Annapolis) Geometry Christopher Hemsley, BA, Pace; MST, Fordham Geometry Honors Suzanne Henry, BA, Iona; MSEd, PD, Fordham, Algebra 2 Chairperson* Algebra 2/Trig Joseph Kamiensky, SJ, BA, Fordham; MDiv, Weston; MA, NYU Algebra 2/Trig Honors Patricia Morris, BA, Mt. St. Vincent; MA, PhD, Fordham* Algebra 2/Trig Advanced Claire O’Donnell, BA, Binghamton Precalculus Charles Sullivan, SJ, AB, Fordham; MA, Boston C.; Precalculus Honors Director of Emmaus Retreat Program* Precalculus Advanced Anthony Tartaglia, BA, MBA, Fordham; MA, Catholic U.** Calculus Honors Stephen Traendly, BS, MAT, Fairleigh Dickinson Advanced Placement Calculus AB John Verlezza ’94 BS, Fordham; MA, Lehman Statistics Honors Lauren Zefran, BS, U. of Scranton, MSEd, Fordham Advanced Placement Statistics Java Programming * Bene Merenti Recipient: Twenty Years of Service to Computer Science Advanced Fordham Prep **Bene Merenti Recipient: Forty Years of Service to Fordham Prep
Notable
• Each entering freshman may be offered offered Geometry or Geometry Honors depending on his knowledge of Algebra, entrance examscores and performance on Fordham Prep’s placement exam. • Students have the opportunity to qualify for honors and advanced courses. • Advanced Placement courses: Calculus and Statistics.
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Modern Languages Department Notable
• Preparation for college language courses. Through the study of grammar and vocabulary, students are given the tools necessary to achieve proficiency in a foreign • College-level texts and programs. language. The faculty hopes this experience will encourage • The opportunity for students with previous each student to grow in awareness of and openness to language experience to qualify for advanced courses. diversity. • Interactive audio and video programs in French, Within the general context of learning at Fordham Prep, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. the student has the opportunity to integrate his language • Spanish Heritage Honors Program. learning experience into his own personal value system, and to come to appreciate the diversity of human linguistic, • Advanced Placement Programs in Spanish Language cultural, moral, aesthetic and social relationships. and Literature. • New language lab including Rosetta Stone. Courses • Opportunity for students to continue language Sequence studies at Fordham University.
Arabic 1 Honors Mandarin Chinese 1 Honors Arabic 2 Honors Mandarin Chinese 2 Honors Modern Languages Department Faculty Arabic 3 Honors Mandarin Chinese 3 Honors Russell Baker, BA, Skidmore; MS, Fordham Mandarin Chinese 4 Honors French 1 Honors Medhat Credi, BA, Ayn Shams U. (Cairo); MA, American U. French 2 Honors Spanish 1 in Cairo French 3 Honors Spanish 2 Teresa Di Vita, BA, Iona; MA, St. John’s French 4 Honors Spanish 2 Honors Teresa Faustini, BA, MSEd Fordham Spanish 3 Yi Han, BA, Wuhan (China); MS, Fordham German 1 Honors Spanish 3 Honors Gabriela Ivanova, BA, MA, Sofia U. (Bulgaria) German 2 Honors Spanish Heritage Honors Patricia Morris, BA, Mt. St. Vincent; MA, PhD, Fordham* German 3 Honors Advanced Placement Spanish Wanda Piñeiro, BA, NYU; MA, PD, Fordham; German 4 Honors Language-Culture Chairperson; Dir. of Diversity; Dir. of Summer Academy* Italian 1 Advanced Placement Spanish Patricia Simeone, BA, Iona; MA, Fordham Italian 2 Literature-Culture Raymond Sweitzer, SJ, BA, PD, Fordham; MDiv, Italian 2 Honors Woodstock; MA, Middlebury* Italian 3 * Bene Merenti Recipient: Twenty Years of Service to Italian 3 Honors Fordham Prep Italian 4 Honors
Students at the Prep are required to take four years of language, completing a three-year sequence in one language. During freshman year, all students study either Latin or Ancient Greek. Beginning in sophomore year, there are different options open to each student.
A student may continue his classical language; continue his classical language and begin Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish or the other classical language; drop his classical language and choose Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish or the other classical language.
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of the Sacraments to the Ignatian insight that "God can be Religious Studies Department found in all things," and reflect on how God's presence can be discerned in our personal experience. The second semester The mission of the Department is “to inspire students to find looks in particular at the moral dimension of our individual and God in all things through study, reflection and action within communal experience. Our study will flow from the central the Roman Catholic tradition.” To that end the Religious biblical claim that all people are made in the image and like- Studies curriculum challenges each student to grow in his ness of God, and that we are called to live lives in which the respect and appreciation not only of his own faith and dignity of all people is recognized, protected and promoted. values, but also of the faith and values of others. As students Students are introduced to general Catholic moral theology gain knowledge in the history, beliefs and moral standards with topics including virtues and character, moral rules and of the Catholic tradition, they are assisted by the faculty in principles, conscience and discernment and how a more just developing their own religious identity based on their and loving world might be created. We will use that theology personal convictions and free response to God’s grace to grapple with the great ethical challenges of our time. which leads toward greater love and service to others. Senior Year: Faith and Morality Electives Freshman Year: Faith and Revelation The senior-year curriculum attempts to synthesize the The first year of the Religious Studies curriculum fosters three-year foundation in Scripture, Christology, Sacraments the search for a greater understanding of what it means and Church History by focusing on the journey of life in to both believe in God and be in relationship with God. faith. Seniors study the relational aspects of the Christian vocation in three specific areas: the response in love to self Christ in Scripture Students explore what it means to (psychology), the response in love to others (morality) and be in relationship with God. Students receive a general the response in love to God (spirituality). Each section views knowledge and appreciation of sacred scripture, and this common core through a particular lens. One concentra- through their study of the Bible they encounter the living tion is required of each senior. word of God, Jesus Christ. Students are also aided by an • Christian Quest for Social Justice examination of the life of St. Ignatius, the founder of the • Introduction to Philosophy Jesuits, and explore central concepts of Ignatian spirituality • Psychology and Faith that they apply to their personal faith life and the life of • The Quest for the Male Soul the Fordham Prep community. • Seminar Honors Christology: Who is Jesus? Students are introduced to the • World Religions mystery of Jesus Christ, and grow to understand that Jesus Christ is the ultimate revelation to us from God. In learning Religious Studies Department Faculty about who Christ is, the students, like St. Ignatius before Fernand Beck III, BA, Holy Cross; MA, Union Theological them, also learn who Christ calls them to be. Seminary/Columbia** Martin Carney, BA, St. John Fisher; MA, PhD, Fordham* Sophomore Year: The Mission of Christ and the Church Craig Dwyer ’98, BA, Fordham; MA, Columbia Teachers College In the first semester, students explore God’s promise of David Gelpi, BA, Siena; MS, PhD, Fordham* salvation by exploring in depth the passion, death and Paul Homer, BA, Adelphi; MA, U. of Virginia; Director of resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the implications of the Service Program* Paschal Mystery for the Christian life. In the second Edward Jennings, BS, Marist semester, students examine the origin, structure and Michael Kravatz, BA, MA, Fordham; Director of Student mission of the Catholic Church, and the role the Church Ministry plays in the life of the Christian. Randall Pedro, BA, Holy Cross; MA, Fordham; Chairperson Nelson Ritter ’96, AB, Boston C.; MA, JD, Fordham Junior Year: Living the Christian Life Craig Smith, BA, U. of San Diego; MA, Boston C.; MA, In the junior curriculum our subject matter, living a sacramental Loyola Marymount and moral life in Christ, invites us to take a faith-filled and Elena Soto, BA, Hunter; MS, PhD, Fordham scholarly look at how the Spirit of Jesus Christ has been made * Bene Merenti Recipient: Twenty Years of Service to manifest in history, and how that Spirit enables us to live Fordham Prep lives of virtue and justice. In the first semester we examine the **Bene Merenti Recipient: Forty Years of Service to Sacraments as transformative encounters with Jesus Christ. Fordham Prep The Eucharist, as source and summit of the Catholic life, will receive special attention. We will also connect our understanding
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Science Department
Fordham Prep offers a strong science program to prepare students to excel in today’s highly technical society. Students take a three-year science sequence; many students take a fourth year of science. All our science courses are geared to prepare Prep graduates for further study of science at the college level.
The goal of the Science Department is to equip the student with the ability to discipline his thinking along the lines of scientific investigation. This skill, while not unique to the sciences, is stressed in the science courses as an advantage to the well rounded, educated individual. The study of science is one of the best ways to train the mind to work in a logical fashion.
The courses are rigorous and demanding since academic excellence is the goal. Science students are encouraged to ask questions, to make accurate observations, to draw their own well-informed conclusions and then to ask new questions.
Courses The Boller Science Center Biology Our recent $9.5 million expansion and renovation includes Biology Honors 9 new science labs, a new greenhouse, 6 new classrooms Advanced Placement Biology and a dedicated music room. The Center is named for the Chemistry Boller family: former president Kenneth Boller, SJ, his Chemistry Honors father, Vincent J. Boller, Class of 1936, and his uncle and Advanced Placement Chemistry godfather, Raymond J. Boller, MD, Class of 1934. Physics Physics Honors Advanced Placement Physics 1 Engineering Science Honors Science Department Faculty Biochemistry Honors Jennifer Bell, BA, Pace Forensic Science Pierre Chavez, BA, Johns Hopkins Gregory Curran, BA, SUNY at Purchase; MS, Fordham; Notable Chairperson* Anthony DiFato ’99, BA, NYU; MS, Fordham • Nine modern laboratories: 3 Bio, 3 Chem, 3 Physics Matthew Distefano, BA, MA, Fordham* Rosanna Estrella, BS, U. of the Philippines; MS, Fordham • Greenhouse Robert Gomprecht ’65, BA, MA, Fordham** • Honors courses available in Biology, Chemistry, Raymond Gonzalez, BS, MST, Fordham Physics, Engineering Science and Biochemistry. John Haag ’84, BA, SUNY at Purchase; MS, Fordham* Peter McNamara, BS, MS, Fordham* • Advanced Placement courses available in Biology, Theresa Napoli, BS, MSEd, Fordham Chemistry and Physics. Brian Sullivan ’96, BS, Rutgers; MS, Mercy • All science courses involve extensive laboratory * Bene Merenti Recipient: Twenty Years of Service to investigation. Fordham Prep • The opportunity to take more than one science ** Bene Merenti Recipient: Forty Years of Service to course each year. Fordham Prep
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Finally, the department seeks to prepare students to be Social Studies Department independent, forward-thinking participants, actively involved in the 21st century. Faculty members encourage tolerance by The Social Studies curriculum is designed to expose the student exposing students to diverse cultures and values, and invite to Western Civilization and culture, the history and culture them to embrace the Jesuit ideal of being men for others. of other peoples, mankind’s achievements and failures, and the principal ideas which have molded Western, Asian and Social Studies Department Faculty African man. The curriculum is also designed to stimulate Matthew Bobo, BA, MA, Fordham the student to think for himself as he analyzes and draws William Bozzone, BA, Lehman; MS, Iona* conclusions from a variety of primary and secondary sources. Eugene Calamari ’82, BA, Iona; MS, Fordham* Patrick Deane ’88, BS, Iona; MA Fordham; Asst. Dean of Students enjoy different assignments, including family histories, Students cooperative learning, stock market games, research papers Craig Dwyer ’98, BA, Fordham; MA, Columbia Teachers and mock trials. The department continues to explore the College needs and interests of the students while maintaining a George Febles, BA, MS, Fordham* rigorous academic curriculum. Edward Jennings, BS, Marist Michael Mazzullo ’08, BA, Columbia Courses John Mercorella ’07, BA, Fordham Global Studies 1: The Ancient World to the Renaissance Daniel Nolan, BA, MAT, MSEd, Fordham; Chairperson* Global Studies 1 Honors Steven Pettus, BA, SUNY at Albany; MS, MSEd, Fordham; Global Studies 2: The Reformation to the Present Dean of Students Global Studies 2 Honors Michael Viele ’01, BS, Providence; MA, Manhattanville U.S. History * Bene Merenti Recipient: Twenty Years of Service to Economics Honors Fordham Prep Advanced Placement European History Advanced Placement Government Notable Advanced Placement Macroeconomics Advanced Placement U.S. History • Five Advanced Placement courses Advanced Placement World History • Honors courses beginning in freshman year.
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Co-curricular Activities Fordham Prep offers a wealth of co-curricular activities, organized and run by faculty and students. Students are encouraged to participate as much as possible in the life of the school through these clubs and activities.
Diversity Alliance Mr. McDougall & Mrs. Piñeiro Dramatics/Stage Crew Mr. O’Sullivan ’98 & Mr. Otis Eastern European Club Mr. Bobo Engineering Club Mr. Haag ’84 Fitness Center Mr. Distefano, Mr. Kravatz & Ms. Zefran FP T.V. Mr. DiGiorno ’88 French Club Dr. Morris Frisbee Club Anime/Trading Card Club Business & Finance Club Mr. Viele ’01 Mr. Foley ’63 Mr. Bozzone Greenhouse / Environment Club Arrested Development Club Business Club 099 Mr. McNamara Mr. Distinti Mr. Higgins Habitat for Humanity Club Art and Publicity Club Campus Ministry Mrs. Henry Mr. Weldon ’86 Mr. Kravatz & Mr. Smith Hellenic Society Asian Club Chemistry Club Mr. Foley ’63 Mrs. Estrella & Ms. Han Ms. Bell & Mr. Distefano Intramurals Astronomy Club Chess Club Mr. Deane ’88, Mr. Hemsley, Mr. Pigott, Ms. Dempsey & Mr. Haag ’84 Mr. Pedro Mr. Verlezza ’94, Mr. Viele ’01 Aviation Club Choir Irish Club Mr. Gonzalez Mr. Farnum ’75 Mr. Dwyer ’98 Band Classics Club Italian Club Mr. LaGamma ’09 Mr. DiGiorno ’88 Mr. DiFato ’99, Ms. Faustini & Mrs. Simeone Bluegrass Club Computer Club Just Serve Club Mr. Homer Mr. Tartaglia Mr. Kravatz Book Club Creative Writing Club Kawaida Club Mrs. Salvatorelli & Mrs. Simeone Fr. O’Konsky Mr. Pedro Building Bridges Club Culinary Club Literary Magazine (Labyrinth) Mrs. Martinez & Mr. O’Sullivan ’98 Mrs. English Dr. Lee
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Liturgical Choir NYC Explorers Club Ski & Ride Club Mr. Kravatz Mr. Homer Mr. Viele ’01 Liturgical Life Team Operation Smile Club Soccer Club Mr. Kravatz & Mr. Smith Mr. Homer Mr. Mazullo ’08 Marine Biology Club Orchestra Spanish Club Mr. Gonzalez Mr. Otis Mrs. Piñeiro Math Team Red Cross Club Speech and Debate Team Mr. Verlezza ’94 Mr. Sullivan Mr. Dunworth Mathletics Club S.A.D.D. Sports Journalism Club Mrs. Henry Fr. O’Konsky, SJ Mr. Bobo Meditation Club Scale Modeling Club Student Government Mr. Groepler ’87 Mr. Haag ’84 Ms. Dempsey, Mr. Hemsley, Mr. Ritter ’96, Model U.N. Club Scary Movie Club Mr. Sullivan ’96 Mr. Nolan Mrs. Andrews Yearbook (Ramkin) National Honor Society Service Immersion Trips Mr. Lauber ’79 Ms. Zefran Mr. Carney Young Democrats Club Newspaper (Rampart) Simpsons Club Mr. Dwyer ’98 Mr. Dwyer ’98 Dr. Carney
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Athletics Robert McLaughlin, Athletic Director
Students enjoy the use of the Prep’s own practice field, track, fitness center and two gyms in addition to University facilities, including fields, tennis courts and pool. Fordham Prep teams participate in 17 sports with 38 interscholastic teams. Last year hundreds of students participated in the Prep’s athletic program. Most teams participate in the Catholic High Schools’ Athletic Association (CHSAA).
Fitness Center Our fitness center includes Nautilus machines, stationary bikes, Cybex arc trainers and treadmills, free weights, weight racks and adjustable benches, and the support of a part time strength coach. Specific instruction is provided for the appropriate use of the machines and weights. The center is a crucial part of our Physical Education and athletic programs.
Baseball 3 teams: Freshman, Junior Varsity and Varsity CHSAA membership • approximately 24 games in a season running from March to June • there is a fall Varsity team • Varsity home games on Fordham University’s Jack Coffey Field CHSAA Division Champs 2012 & 2013
Basketball 3 teams: Freshman, Junior Varsity and Varsity CHSAA membership • approximately 24 games in a season running from March to June Football • there is a fall Varsity team 3 teams: Freshman, Junior Varsity and Varsity • Varsity home games on Fordham University’s CHSFL membership Jack Coffey Field • the season runs from late August through November CHSAA Division Champs 2012 & 2013 • the Varsity season concludes with the Thanksgiving game vs. Xavier High School, the oldest sports rivalry in New York City, Bowling dating back to 1906 2 teams: Junior Varsity and Varsity CHSAA membership Golf • the season runs from September through January CHSAA membership • the team is for the more experienced golfer Crew • home matches at the prestigious Winged Foot Golf Club In the spring, the team spends its afternoons on the Long Island CHSAA City Champs 2014 Sound in the Prep’s own sculls. Winter workouts with erg machines take place in Fordham University’s Lombardi Center. Ice Hockey • the team competes in regional, state and national 2 teams: Junior Varsity and Varsity competitions CHSAA membership • qualified rowers compete in the NY State and National Scholastic Rowing Championships • the season runs from mid-October through February
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Lacrosse Tennis 2 teams: Junior Varsity and Varsity 2 teams: Junior Varsity and Varsity • the season starts in March and runs to the end of May CHSAA membership Varsity CHSAA ‘AA’ City Champs 2011 & 2013 • the team uses Fordham University’s courts for practice and JV: CHSAA ‘AA’ City Champs 2011 & 2012 home matches • the season starts in March and ends in May Rugby CHSAA City Champs 2012, 2013 & 2014 2 teams: Junior Varsity and Varsity • 12-15 matches across the metropolitan area Track Jersey Cup Champs 2013 & 2014 3 seasons: Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field • the Cross Country season runs from September through Soccer November 2 teams: Junior Varsity and Varsity • the Indoor season extends from November through March CHSAA membership the Outdoor season covers the months of March through May • the Varsity and JV play around 14 games plus playoffs Cross Country Archdiocesan Champs 2013 beginning in late August Indoor Archdiocesan Champs 2013 & 2014 NYC Mayor’s Cup Champs 2013 & 2014 Varsity: Archdiocesan Champs 2013 NY State Champs & Archdiocesan Champs 2012 JV: Archdiocesan Champs 2011, 2012 & 2103 Volleyball CHSAA City Champs 2012 CHSAA membership • from March through May Swimming & Diving 2 teams: Freshman and Varsity Wrestling CHSAA membership 2 teams: Junior Varsity and Varsity • the freshmen begin in September and continue to November • the season starts in November and finishes in early March, • the Varsity season starts in October and runs through including 12 dual meets and 5 tournaments February • the team has a “no cut” policy; no experience is necessary • the team uses the pool and diving boards in Fordham University’s Lombardi Center, at the Lehman College Aquatic Center and at Sarah Lawrence College Notable CHSAA City Champs 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014 NY State Federation Champs 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014 • 38 teams in 17 sports • Championship-caliber teams • Students with less experience are able to participate. • Renovated Interscholastic Gym • 36 City Championships since 2001
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Christopher Devron, SJ President BA, Notre Dame; MA, Loyola U. (Chicago); MA, MDiv, Boston C. Fr. Devron entered the Society of Jesus in 1991. In the mid-1990s, he served as executive director of the Inner-City Teaching Corps in Chicago, and at the Gonzaga Program for Boys at St. Aloysius School in Harlem. From 2001 to 2006 he was the founding director of REACH, a program that recruits and prepares middle school boys for academic scholarships at Regis High School, Fordham Prep and other Catholic high schools throughout New York City. From 2007 to 2013, Fr. Devron served as the founding president of Christ the King Jesuit College Prep, a Cristo Rey-model school in Chicago. Fr. Devron is on the boards of Loyola University Chicago and Regis High School in NYC. This is Fr. Devron’s second year as president of Fordham Prep.
Robert J. Gomprecht ’65 Principal BA, MA, Fordham Mr. Gomprecht attended Fordham Prep, Fordham College and Fordham Graduate School. He returned to the Prep in 1973 as a member of the Science Department after teaching high school and middle school for four years. Over the years, he has served as moderator of Student Government, freshman and JV basketball coach, chairman of the Science Department, Registrar and Assistant Principal. This is Mr. Gomprecht’s 42nd year at Fordham Prep, his 21st as Principal.
Dennis M. Ahern ’63 Assistant Principal for Professional Development and Supervision BA, MA, PD, Fordham Mr. Ahern is a graduate of Fordham Prep, Fordham College and Fordham Graduate School. He taught 8th grade in Chinatown for six years before returning to the Prep in 1974. Mr. Ahern has taught English at the Prep for 41 years, rising to the role of chair of the department. In faculty development for the past 26 years, Mr. Ahern helps all faculty extend their imaginations to help students learn, and to develop their awareness of Ignatian practices inside and outside of the classroom.
Theresa Napoli Assistant Principal for Academics and Student Life BS, MSEd, Fordham Ms. Napoli attended St. Raymond’s Academy and Fordham College, and served for almost twenty years as a science teacher at The Ursuline School in New Rochelle. For the last eleven years she has served as the Director of the Higher Achievement Program (HAP), a summer program for boys entering the 8th grade. This is Mrs. Napoli’s 10th year as Assistant Principal.
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Faculty *Twenty Years of Service to Fordham Prep **Forty Years of Service to Fordham Prep
Susan Andrews Matthew Bobo Maura Brennan Pierre Chavez BA, U. of Virginia; MLS, LIU BA, MA, Fordham BA, MBA, Loyola U. Maryland; BA, Johns Hopkins; MSEd, Librarian Social Studies Department MSEd, Fordham Fordham Scary Movie Club Sophomore Mentor Director of College Counseling Science Department 13 years experience Eastern Europe Club Guidance & Counseling Freshman Mentor Service Immersion Trips Department Emmaus Retreat Team Russell Baker Sports Journalism Club Emmaus Retreat Team Service Immersion Trips BA, Skidmore; MS, Fordham Diving Coach Service Immersion Trips Sophomore Retreat Program Modern Languages Department Volleyball Coach Junior Guidance Cross Country Coach Junior Mentor AP European History Senior Guidance Track & Field Coach Emmaus Retreat Team AP Government 19 years experience Biology Senior Service 17 years teaching Biology Honors Spanish Club Eugene Calamari ’82* 12 years teaching Spanish 2 Honors William Bozzone* BA, Iona; MS, Fordham Spanish 3 Honors BA, Lehman; MS, Iona Social Studies Department Michael Corcoran ’61* 12 years teaching Social Studies Department Sophomore Mentor BA, Fordham; MA, Columbia Senior Attendance Baseball Coach Teachers College Fernand Beck III** Business & Finance Club Global Studies 1 Honors Health and Physical Education BA, Holy Cross; MA, Union Global Studies 2 AP World History Department Theological Seminary/Columbia AP Macroeconomics 27 years teaching Social Studies Department Religious Studies Department 39 years teaching Major Military Clashes Freshman Mentor Brian Carney* Physical Education Religious Studies 1 Margaret Bratt BA, MS, Fordham 37 years teaching 46 years teaching BA, Harvard; MA, Columbia Director of Ministry & Ignatian Teachers College Formation Jennifer Ann Costello, Jennifer Bell English Department Director of Service Immersion LCSW BA, Pace Freshman Mentor Trips BA, SUNY at Albany; MSW, Science Department Emmaus Retreat Team Campus Ministry Department Hunter Freshman Mentor Liturgical Choir Ad Amorem Retreat Team School Social Worker Chemistry Club Senior Service Emmaus Retreat Team Guidance & Counseling Emmaus Retreat Team English 1 Service Immersion Trips Department Intramurals AP English Literature Cross Country Coach 21 years experience Service Immersion Trips 12 years teaching Track & Field Coach Sophomore Retreat Team 22 years experience John Costello, SJ Chemistry BA, LeMoyne; MA, MDiv, Regis Physics Martin Carney* (Toronto) 3 years teaching BA, St. John Fisher; MA, PhD, Campus Ministry Department Fordham 22 years experience Campus Ministry Department Religious Studies Department Medhat Credi Junior Mentor BA, Ayn Shams U. (Cairo); MA, Ad Amorem Retreat Team American U. in Cairo Emmaus Retreat Team Modern Languages Department Liturgical Choir Arabic 1 Honors Nature Retreat Team Arabic 2 Honors Senior Service Arabic 3 Honors Service Immersion Trips 10 years teaching Simpsons Club Religious Studies 3 RS 4 Christian Quest for Social Justice 27 years teaching
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Gregory Curran* Louis DiGiorno ’88 BA, SUNY at Purchase; MS, BA, MA, Fordham Fordham Archivist Director of Technology Classical Languages Department Science Department, Chairperson English Department Physics Fine Arts Department Physics Honors Freshman Mentor 26 years teaching Website Classics Club Patrick Deane ’88 Emmaus Retreat Team BS, Iona; MA, Fordham FP T.V. Asst. Dean of Students Greek 4 Honors Social Studies Department Latin 1 Emmaus Retreat Team The Quest Motif in Lit Honors Senior Service 23 years teaching Baseball Coach AP European History Matthew Distefano* 12 years teaching BA, MA, Fordham Science Department Arianne Dempsey Sophomore Mentor BA, St. John’s (Annapolis) Chemistry Club Mathematics Department Fitness Center Rosanne English Kenneth Farnum ’75 Service Team Higher Achievement Program BA, MA, Fordham; MA, BA, Fordham Freshman Mentor Sophomore Retreat Team Columbia Teachers College Fine Arts Department Ad Amorem Retreat Team Chemistry Honors English Department Choir Astronomy Club Forensic Science Junior Mentor Vocal Music Senior Service 23 years teaching Culinary Club 35 years experience Service Immersion Trips Emmaus Retreat Team Student Government Stephen Distinti Senior Service Teresa Faustini Geometry BA, MA, Columbia Service Immersion Trips BA, MSEd, Fordham Statistics Honors Classical Languages Department English 3 Honors Modern Languages Department AP Statistics Freshman Mentor The Graphic Novel Junior Mentor 12 years teaching Arrested Development Club 7 years teaching Italian Club Emmaus Retreat Team Senior Service Teresa Di Vita-Geremia Senior Service Rosanna Estrella Italian 1 BA, Iona; MA, St. John’s Sophomore Retreat Team BS, U. of the Philippines; MS, Spanish 1 Modern Languages Department Greek 2 Honors Fordham Spanish 2 Spanish 1 Latin 1 Science Department Spanish 3 16 years teaching AP Latin Senior Attendance 23 years teaching 8 years teaching Asian Club Anthony DiFato ’99 Liturgical Choir George Febles* BA, NYU; MSEd, Fordham Craig Dwyer ’98 Forensic Science BA, MS, Fordham Science Department BA, MSEd, Fordham; MA, AP Physics 1 Social Studies Department Sophomore Mentor Columbia Teachers College 30 years teaching Senior Attendance Emmaus Retreat Team Asst. Librarian Track & Field Coach Italian Club Religious Studies Department Anne Facendola Economics Honors Senior Service Ad Amorem Retreat Team BA, U. of Mass-Dartmouth; MS, AP U.S. History Biochemistry Honors Irish Club CW Post 28 years teaching Chemistry Honors Newspaper Guidance & Counseling AP Chemistry Senior Service Department Mallick Fitzpatrick, SJ** 12 years teaching Sophomore Retreat Team Emmaus Retreat Team BA, PhL, MA, Bellarmine; STB, Young Democrats Club Senior Service STL, Woodstock RS 4 World Religions Junior Guidance Art Reference Library Curator 13 years teaching Senior Guidance Fine Arts Department 13 years experience Guidance & Counseling Department Senior Guidance AP Art History 56 years teaching
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John Foley ’63** Suzanne Henry* BA, Fordham BA, Iona; MSEd, PD, Fordham Classical Languages Department, Mathematics Department, Chairperson Chairperson Junior Mentor Freshman Mentor Anime/Trading Card Club Emmaus Retreat Team Emmaus Retreat Team Habitat for Humanity Club Hellenic Society Mathletics Club Senior Service Geometry Honors Greek 3 Honors Algebra 2-Trig Honors Latin 2 Honors 34 years teaching Latin 3 Honors Latin 4 Paul Homer* Latin Prose & Poetry Honors BA, Adelphi; MA, U. of Virginia 48 years teaching Director of Service Program Religious Studies Department Adrienne Frumberg Sophomore Mentor BA, Lafayette; MA, NYU Bluegrass Club Guidance & Counseling Emmaus Retreat Team Department Liturgical Choir Ski & Ride Club NYC Explorers Club Freshman Guidance Operation Smile Club Sophomore Guidance Raymond Gonzalez Yi Han Senior Service 8 years experience BS, MST, Fordham BA, Wuhan (China); MS, Service Immersion Trips Science Department Fordham Religious Studies 2 David Gelpi* Freshman Mentor Modern Languages Department Religious Studies 3 Aviation Club Technology Department BA, Siena; MS, PhD, Fordham 28 years teaching Marine Biology Club Sophomore Mentor Jesuit Network Collaboration Biology Asian Club Coordinator Edward Jennings Chemistry Emmaus Retreat Team Asst. Director, Higher BS, Marist 14 years teaching Service Immersion Trips Achievement Program Religious Studies Department Sophomore Retreat Team Religious Studies Department Social Studies Department Mandarin Chinese 1 Honors Sophomore Mentor Eric Groepler ’87 Freshman Mentor Mandarin Chinese 2 Honors Blood Drive BA, Holy Cross; MA, Fordham Emmaus Retreat Team Mandarin Chinese 3 Honors Senior Service Classical Languages Department Senior Service Mandarin Chinese 4 Honors Rugby Moderator Sophomore Mentor Service Immersion Trips Intro to Computers Religious Studies 1 Ad Amorem Retreat Team Sophomore Retreat Team 8 years teaching RS 4 The Quest for the Emmaus Retreat Team Religious Studies 1 Male Soul Meditation Club Religious Studies 2 26 years teaching Senior Service Christopher Hemsley Global Studies 2 Latin 1 BA, Pace; MST, Fordham 9 years teaching Kevin Gilligan ’83* Latin 2 Mathematics Department Latin 3 Freshman Mentor BA, MA, Fordham Joseph Kamiensky, SJ 20 years teaching Intramurals English Department, Chairperson BA, Fordham; MDiv, Weston; Sophomore Retreat Team Asst. Athletic Director MA, NYU Student Government Freshman Mentor John Haag ’84* Mathematics Department Cross Country Coach Golf Coach BA, SUNY at Purchase; MS, Sophomore Mentor Lacrosse Coach English 1 Honors Fordham Geometry Honors Track & Field Coach Writing Seminar Honors Science Department Algebra 2 Geometry 27 years teaching Junior Mentoring 42 years teaching Astronomy Club Precalculus Honors Engineering Club 7 years teaching Emmaus Retreat Team Nature Retreat Team Scale Modeling Club Engineering Science Honors 27 years teaching
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Erica Keough Robert McLaughlin* BA, Franklin & Marshall; MSW, BA, MSEd, Fordham Fordham Athletic Director Guidance & Counseling Health and Physical Education Department Department, Chairperson Ad Amorem Retreat Team Baseball Coach Senior Service Football Coach Junior Guidance Health Senior Guidance Physical Education Senior Service 27 years teaching 18 years experience Peter McNamara* Michael Kravatz BS, MS, Fordham BA, MA, Fordham Science Department Director of Student Ministry Freshman Mentor Campus Ministry Department Greenhouse/Environment Club Religious Studies Department Soccer Coach Ad Amorem Retreat Team Biology Honors Emmaus Retreat Team AP Biology Fitness Center 30 years teaching Just Serve Club Liturgical Choir Paul Lauber ’08 Maureen Martinez John Mercorella ’07 BA, MST, Fordham BA, SUNY at Albany; MS, Pace Liturgical Life Team BA, Fordham English Department Guidance & Counseling Service Immersion Trips Asst. Dean of Students Fine Arts Department Department, Director Sophomore Retreat Team Social Studies Department Sophomore Mentor Building Bridges Club RS 4 Introduction to Philosophy Service Immersion Trips Emmaus Retreat Team Sophomore Retreat Team 19 years teaching Global Studies 1 Senior Service Freshman Guidance 4 years teaching Michael Lacinak* Service Immersion Trips Sophomore Guidance English 2 19 years experience BA, St. Peter’s; MEd, Boston C. English 2 Honors Patricia Morris* Guidance & Counseling AP Art History Michael Mazzullo ’08 BA, Mt. St. Vincent; MA, PhD, Department Fordham 2 years teaching BA, Columbia Sophomore Retreat Team Modern Languages Department Social Studies Department Freshman Guidance Mathematics Department Patricia Lee Sophomore Mentor 40 years experience Service Team BA, Georgetown; MA, PhD, Emmaus Retreat Team Emmaus Retreat Team Fordham Service Immersion Trips Dylan LaGamma ’09 French Club English Department Soccer Club BM, U. of Rhode Island Liturgical Choir Junior Mentor Sophomore Retreat Team Fine Arts Department Senior Service Emmaus Retreat Team Soccer Coach Band French 1 Honors Literary Magazine Track & Field Coach Instrumental Ensembles French 2 Honors Senior Service Global 2 Honors 2 years experience French 3 Honors English 1 Honors U.S. History French 4 Honors AP English Language 2 years teaching Christopher Lauber ’79* Algebra 2-Trig 15 years teaching BA, Lehman; MA, Hunter 29 years teaching Director of Admissions Mark McDougall William Magner, Jr. Classical Languages Department English Department Daniel Nolan* BA, SUNY at Cortland; MAT, Senior Attendance Website BA, MAT, MSEd, Fordham Manhattanville Diversity Alliance Yearbook Social Studies Department, English Department Emmaus Retreat Team Greek 1 Honors Chairperson Sophomore Mentor English 1 Latin 2 Honors Senior Attendance English 2 Detective Fiction Honors Latin 3 Advanced Ad Amorem Retreat Team Short Story 11 years teaching 26 years teaching Junior Mentoring 12 years teaching Emmaus Retreat Team Liturgical Choir Model U.N. Club Senior Service Service Immersion Trips AP US History 27 years teaching
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Steve Raptis BA, MS, NY Institute of Technology Guidance & Counseling Department Sophomore Retreat Team Soccer Coach Tennis Coach Freshman Guidance Sophomore Guidance 16 years experience
Nelson Ritter ’96 AB, Boston C.; MA, JD, Fordham Religious Studies Department Junior Mentor Emmaus Retreat Team Junior Prom Senior Prom Service Immersion Trips Student Government Claire O’Donnell Douglas Otis* Steven Pettus Ice Hockey Coach/Moderator BA, Binghamton BA, BS, Mercy; MS, Fordham Dean of Students Lacrosse Moderator Mathematics Department Fine Arts Department Social Studies Department Religious Studies 3 Freshman Mentor Christmas Assembly Emmaus Retreat Team RS 4 Seminar Honors Emmaus Retreat Team Dramatics Global Studies 1 15 years teaching Service Immersion Trips Emmaus Retreat Team 22 years teaching Sophomore Retreat Team Orchestra Director Mary Anne Salvatorelli Geometry Introduction to Fine Arts Kevin Pigott* BA, NYU; MA, Fordham Algebra 2-Trig Acoustic Engineering BA, Iona; MA, Boston U. English Department 8 years teaching Music Composition1 President, CHSAA of the Sophomore Mentor Music Composition 2 Archdiocese of NY Book Club Stanley O’Konsky, SJ** 37 years teaching English Department Senior Prom BA, MA, MS, Fordham; MDiv, Freshman Mentor English 2 Honors STM, Woodstock Randall Pedro* Senior Service Writing Seminar Honors English Department BA, Holy Cross; MA, Fordham Service Immersion Trips 18 years teaching Junior Mentor Religious Studies Department, Voice of the Rams Ad Amorem Retreat Team Chairperson English 1 Lynette Scallion Creative Writing Club Freshman Mentor Writing for the Media BA, West Virginia; MA, Touro Emmaus Retreat Team Ad Amorem Retreat Team 34 years teaching English Department SADD Club Admissions Recruiting Emmaus Retreat Team Senior Service Ambassadors Program Wanda Piñeiro* Senior Service Swimming Moderator Chess Club BA, NYU; MA, PD, Fordham English 2 Advanced English 3 Emmaus Retreat Team Director of Diversity English 3 English 3 Honors Kawaida Club Director of Summer Academy 36 years teaching Writing Seminar Honors Liturgical Choir Modern Languages Department, 49 years teaching Bowling Coach Chairperson Patricia Simeone Religious Studies 1 Senior Attendance BA, Iona; MA, Fordham Thomas O’Sullivan ’98 RS 4 Psychology and Faith Diversity Alliance Modern Languages Department BS, Fordham; MA, Manhattan 24 years teaching Spanish Club Junior Mentor Guidance & Counseling Spanish 2 Book Club Department Spanish Heritage Honors Emmaus Retreat Team Building Bridges Club AP Spanish Language Italian Club Dramatics AP Spanish Literature Senior Service Junior Guidance 37 years teaching Italian 2 Senior Guidance Italian 2 Honors 8 years experience Italian 3 Italian 3 Honors Italian 4 Honors 23 years teaching
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Craig Smith Raymond Sweitzer, SJ* BA, U. of San Diego; MA, Boston BA, PD, Fordham; MDiv, C.; MA, Loyola Marymount Woodstock; MA, Middlebury Campus Ministry Department Classical Languages Department Religious Studies Department Modern Languages Department Freshman Mentor Nature Retreat Team Ad Amorem Retreat Team Latin 1 Emmaus Retreat Team German 1 Honors Liturgical Life Team German 2 Honors Religious Studies 1 German 3 Honors 6 years teaching German 4 Honors 43 years teaching Elena Soto BA, Hunter; MS, PhD, Fordham Anthony Tartaglia** Religious Studies Department BA, MBA, Fordham; MA, Junior Mentor Catholic U. Religious Studies 2 Mathematics Department Religious Studies 3 Senior Attendance 12 years teaching Computer Club Precalculus Brian Sullivan ’96 Java Programming BS, Rutgers; MS, Mercy Computer Science Advanced Science Department 48 years teaching Michael Viele ’01 Lauren Zefran Junior Mentor BS, Providence; MA, BS, U. of Scranton; MSEd, Emmaus Retreat Team Stephen Traendly* Manhattanville Fordham Red Cross Club BS, MAT, Fairleigh Dickinson Social Studies Department Mathematics Department Service Immersion Trips Mathematics Department Freshman Mentor Senior Attendance Student Government Senior Attendance Emmaus Retreat Team Emmaus Retreat Team Physics Emmaus Retreat Team Frisbee Club Fitness Center 14 years teaching Precalculus Advanced Intramurals Junior Prom Calculus Honors Senior Service National Honor Society Charles Sullivan, SJ** 32 years teaching Ski & Ride Club Tutoring Program AB, Fordham; MA, Boston C. Sophomore Retreat Team Geometry Honors Director of Emmaus Retreat John Verlezza ’94 Ice Hockey Coach Algebra 2-Trig Advanced Program BS, Fordham; MA, Lehman Global Studies 1 Precalculus Advanced Mathematics Department Mathematics Department 7 years teaching 9 years teaching Campus Ministry Department Sophomore Mentor Emmaus Retreat Team Emmaus Retreat Team Michael Weldon ’86 Service Immersion Trips Math Team BFA, Massachusetts C. of Art AP Calculus AB Algebra 2-Trig Honors Fine Arts Department, 49 years teaching Calculus Honors Chairperson 17 years teaching Freshman Mentor Art & Publicity Club Architectural Drawing Studio Art 1 Studio Art 2 Advanced Placement Studio Art 13 years teaching
Fordham Prep admits students of any religion, race, color, Fordham Prep is accredited by the New York State Board of national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs Regents and the New York Association of Independent sand activities generally accorded or made available to Schools, and is a member of the Jesuit Secondary Education students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis Association and the National Catholic Education Association. of religion, race, color, national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship or financial aid policies, or athletic or other school-administered programs.
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Tuition Admissions Information Tuition for the 2014-2015 academic year is $17,880. The actual cost of a Fordham Prep education is almost Fordham Prep seeks students who share the philosophy of the $21,000. The difference between the actual cost and tuition school, are able and willing to do college preparatory work, are is made up through continual development efforts. Families open to learning and new experiences, and are enthusiastic with the means to do so are encouraged to consider funding about a Jesuit education. Applicants for the ninth grade should the total cost of educating a student. At the heart of this follow the following guidelines. request is the concern to keep tuition as low as possible and to ensure the character of Fordham Prep. 1. Application Academic Scholarships Send a completed application to the Admissions Office by The following merit-based scholarships are awarded to students December 15. Applications are available in the Admissions entering the ninth grade with outstanding entrance exam page of our website. scores. Eligible students are invited for an interview and further testing with their acceptance notice. 2. Grades Send a copy of final seventh grade marks and the first Ignatius Scholarships marking period of eighth grade to the Admissions Office by 3 full scholarships December 15. Catholic grammar schools routinely send an Presidential Scholarships applicant’s academic record to each of his three high school choices. If you attend a public or private grammar school, 10 scholarships from $4,000 to $7,000 simply send copies of the report cards with our application. Loyola Scholarships 15 scholarships of $2,000 3. Entrance Exam Fordham Prep accepts results from several entrance exams, Tuition Assistance including the Test for Admission into Catholic High Schools Fordham Prep’s Board of Trustees sets aside funds each year (TACHS), CO-OP, ISEE, STS and SSAT. If you are taking the for financial aid for students with academic promise and TACHS or CO-OP, please list Fordham Prep as one of your demonstrated need. Last year, the Prep provided over pro- three choices. It does not matter where you list Fordham vided $3,463,000 in assistance. Students are not required Prep; any of the three choices is acceptable and does not to work in exchange for this assistance. To apply for finan- effect admission, scholarship or financial aid. cial aid, families should submit an application by December 15. Supporting documentation and a processing fee are required. Application forms are available from the Correspondence Admissions Office.
Mr. Christopher Lauber ’79 Classics Department Director of Admissions Spend-A-Day Program (718) 584-8367 [email protected] Applicants are encouraged to schedule a visit to Fordham Prep. Our spend-a-day program is open to any interested eighth-grader and is intended to help each applicant make a well-informed decision about Fordham Prep. Visitors spend the entire day in the company of a freshman, getting a personal view of Fordham Prep. Please contact the Admissions Office to schedule a visit.
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