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Why Choose Fordham Prep?

Fordham Prep fosters a positive learning environment centered on each student’s intellectual, spiritual, physical and emotional growth. Our graduates are open to growth, intellectually accomplished, religious, loving, committed to justice and striving for wellness of mind and body.

You will BELONG to a diverse community of students and OUTSIDE the classroom • Students commute to the Prep from over 110 • 50 co-curricular clubs New York metropolitan area zip codes • 41 teams in 18 sports • Over 30% are students of color • 40 CHSAA City & State championships since 2001 • 45% receive $3.5 million in academic scholarships and need-based tuition assistance in a UNIQUE environment • The only independent high school in New York City who find their purpose through FAITH and SERVICE located on a university campus • Seniors volunteer over 17,000 service hours helping • A convenient location for Metro-North and NYC public people in need throughout the NYC area transportation • Four-year retreat program & service program • Student to teacher ratio 12:1 • Service trips to Ecuador, Camden and Tennessee • Every classroom equipped with state-of-the-art technology and achieve EXCELLENCE in the classroom • $15 million campus improvements and upgrades in the • 17 AP courses offered past 10 years • Individualized honors program • Ancient Greek, Latin, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, prepared to excel in COLLEGE and BEYOND. Italian & Spanish • 60% of our graduates attend colleges and universities labeled as Most Selective • Our graduates attend the 8 Catholic colleges and universities ranked in US News and World Report’s Top 100

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Our Jesuit Identity

Ignatius was born in 1491 at the family castle of Loyola Today there are more than 2,000 Jesuit educational in the Basque region of Spain. In his own words, Ignatius institutions in 56 countries around the world. “was given to the follies of the world; and what he enjoyed most was warlike sport, with a great and foolish Fordham Prep is one of the 60 high schools in the United desire to win fame.” At Pamplona in 1521, Ignatius’ search States sponsored by the Society of Jesus. This family of for fame ended when a French cannon ball severely Jesuit schools has an educational tradition of over 450 injured his legs. A long, complicated convalescence years, a tradition that incorporates methods from a contributed to a period of soul searching and reflection; variety of sources, contributing to the intellectual, social, Ignatius discovered God at work in his life, and his desire moral and religious formation of students. Jesuit education for fame turned into a desire to dedicate himself to God. includes a religious dimension that permeates all aspects of the curriculum; it is world affirming, promoting dialogue After time spent as a pilgrim and a process of conversion between faith and culture. Jesuit education insists on to loving service of God, Ignatius returned to school. He individual care and concern for each person; it emphasizes eventually studied in Paris for seven years, spending his active participation by the student and an openness to free time preaching and sharing his insights about the growth and life-long learning. Jesuit schools promote a ways of God. Attracted by his experience of God’s love, realistic knowledge of the world; encourage an awareness, several men joined Ignatius. This small group of love and acceptance of self; seek to form men and women companions would eventually grow into the Society for others, particularly in concern for the poor. of Jesus, an order of Catholic priests and brothers dedicated to service for the good of souls. Since 1841, when New York’s Archbishop Hughes founded a school in the Rose Hill section of what was then still part While the original purposes of the Society did not include of Westchester, young men at Fordham have studied education, it was not long before Ignatius was requested Latin, Greek, English, Math and Science. The youngest to include local boys in his schools for men entering the students attended a division of the school now known as Society. The first Jesuit school opened in 1548 in Messina, Fordham Prep. Since legally separating from the University Sicily. By the time of Ignatius’ death there were over 40 in 1972, Fordham Prep has occupied its current location Jesuit schools, within forty years there were 245 schools. on the Rose Hill Campus.

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Philosophy

Fordham Preparatory School is an all-male, Jesuit, Catholic, college preparatory school. Our commitment to education Magis (“greater”) is a distinctive aspect of Jesuit education, and expresses the responsibility to seek a greater is shaped by the spirituality and pedagogical tradition of the realization of our potential and mission, and to strive Society of Jesus, founded in 1540 by St. Ignatius of Loyola. for excellence in all things. Fordham Prep is dedicated Fordham Prep stresses the development of excellence in to the development of a curriculum and community that the whole person: intellectual, religious, social, emotional call forth the best from students and staff for the greater and physical. Today, our educational apostolate is glory of God. strengthened by our affiliation with the local,national and international networks of Jesuit secondary schools. Cura personalis (“care of the individual”) is the Jesuit resolve to know and treat each person as an individual made in Based on a legacy that began with the Spiritual Exercises the image and likeness of God. Cura personalis encour- of St. Ignatius and continues through contemporary ages students, faculty and staff to build relationships, both Ignatian reflections, our Jesuit schools are communities of in and out of the classroom, based on dignity, respect and faith, scholarship and service. trust.

We are a community of faith. Rooted in the Catholic tradition, we seek to foster knowledge and love of God and neighbor, and welcome the gifts that non-Catholic The intellectual and religious values that motivate Fordham members of our community contribute to that mission. Prep’s mission guide each individual’s total dvelopment. We encourage all members of our community to evaluate We challenge each graduate to be a lifelong learner, an dominant cultural values in the context of their faith. agent of positive change, spiritally motivated and committed to justice, a healer and shaper of his world. We are a community of scholarship. At the heart of 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 Our students live in the Bronx, Westchester, Manhattan, than the acquisition of knowledge; it fosters academic Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, Putnam and Rockland discipline and encouragesreflection in the pursuit of counties, Connecticut and New Jersey. They come from a excellence. wide range of ethnic, racial, geographic, economic and religious backgrounds. We are a community of service. St. Ignatius’ declaration that “love ought to manifest itself in deeds rather than words” is embodied today in the call to be a person for others. We put our faith into action by seeking opportunities to serve our brothers and sisters, especially those in need, and by working to promote justice.

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Faith

Fordham Prep’s Campus Ministry Department, in the Leadership Programs tradition of Jesuit education, offers a number of events, The Ministry Leadership Team is an opportunity for students activities and programs to nurture and strengthen the to deepen their own faith, spirituality and commitment spiritual growth of our students and staff. Forming to social justice, and learn valuable leadership skills that members of the community who will truly be men of will enable them to help other Prep students. Participants faith and “men for others” is a sacred priority. Toward dedicate themselves to a program of daily prayer and this end, the following programs are available. weekly meetings where they have the opportunity to reflect on their prayer experiences, learn about social Campus Ministry Goals justice issues and develop the skills necessary to be • Nurture and strengthen the spiritual growth of our effective leaders in the Prep community. students and staff Just Serve is an activity that allows students to learn about • Form members of the community who will truly be men justiceissues and how Catholic social teaching impacts and women for others through daily prayer, the weekly our understanding of these issues. Armed with this Examen, sacramental liturgies, social justice programs, knowledge, the group plans service projects related to spiritual retreats, environmental projects, community justice issues. involvement and service activities The Social Justice Committee is a voluntary group open to all students interested in justice issues. The committee School-Wide Holy Day Masses/Daily Mass includes faculty, and students serve as leaders in educating There are a number of special Masses celebrated the Prep community on specific justice issues. throughout the year, including the Mass of the Holy Spirit, the Christmas liturgy and Masses on Holy Days. Students The liturgical life of Fordham Prep offers opportunities for participate in planning these Masses, and serve as readers, students to takeleadership roles as Eucharistic ministers, altar servers, Eucharistic Ministers and members of the lectors, altar servers and as members of the Liturgical choir. Daily Mass is celebrated every morning in the Prep Choir and/or Liturgy Planning Committee. Chapel for anyone that wishes to attend. Campus Ministry also plans Reconciliation services, during Advent and lent Upperclassmen serve at retreat leaders and big brothers for all students. for the underclassmen, helping to support their spiritual growth and sense of belonging in the Prep community. Morning & Afternoon Prayer Parents’ Events Each morning and afternoon, students, faculty or staff lead a prayer over the loudspeaker. These prayers – The Mothers’ Club and Fathers’ Club run Days of Reflection, some original, some traditional – are an integral part a Communion Breakfast, a Communion Supper and other of the spiritual life of the school. On Fridays the entire special events. The Director of Ignatian Formation also school prays the Examen, an Ignatian prayer. offers numerous opportunities for spiritual growth throughout the year. Retreat Program • Freshman Overnight Retreat Notable • Sophomore three-day Discovery Retreats • A team approach with 5 staff members • Junior three-day Emmaus Retreats (8 per year) • 4-year retreat program • Senior retreats based on the Spiritual Exercises • 150 sophomores, juniors and seniors accepted into of St. Ignatius the Ministry Leadership Program and serving as • One-day Senior Retreats leaders in all aspects of the Ministry program • Faculty day and weekend retreats • Last year’s Hunger Awareness Committee led the school in its 31,000 record-breaking food item collection for local soup kitchens and food pantries • Over 40 students trained to lead as lectors, acolytes, choir members and Eucharistic Ministers in school- wide and alumni liturgies

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Scholarship

Fordham Preparatory School has a tradition stressing Classical and Modern Languages the development of excellence – intellectual, religious, All students take a classical language in their first year: social, emotional and physical. The view that education Latin or Ancient Greek. Thereafter, a student may continue encompasses more than the acquisition of knowledge, his classical language or may switch to either a modern but demands the training of the intellect, explains a language or the other classical language. Students have rigorous curriculum that exposes students not only to the option of beginning the second classical language in their strengths but also to those courses and areas that sophomore year. In all cases students finish senior year will challenge them.Students are regularly assigned with the equivalent of four years of a foreign language one-half hour of nightly homework in each subject and complete at least the third level of a language. (approximately three hours each day). To assist students, every teacher is available during our consultation period each day after school from 2:35 to 3 PM. Advanced Placement Programs: 17 Latin Biology The academic program is flexible for students beginning English Language Chemistry in their first year in the expectation that all students English Literature Physics 1 will benefit from demanding courses in a variety of Studio Art Comparative Government fields. The school does recognize that some students Art History European History find appropriate challenge at higher levels. Honors and Calculus AB Macroeconomics Advanced courses are intended to provide additional Statistics U.S. History challenges within the standard areas of the curriculum. Spanish Language World History The wider body of electives offers 18 Advanced Placement Spanish Literature courses as well as the opportunity to take classes at Fordham University. With permission from the Assistant College Courses Principal, some students may opt to take seven classes Qualified students can attend college classes at Fordham after freshman year, allowing more elective opportunities. University and do research at the University library. For all students, however, the curriculum provides a full college preparatory education. Faculty Development Freshman Courses The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius, the principles of Ignatian • Latin or Greek 1 Honors pedagogy, and the close reading of key Fordham Prep • English 1 or English 1 Honors documents – including our mission Statement and Philosophy • Algebra 1, Algebra 2 Honors or – help our faculty gain deeper insights into what makes a Geometry Advanced Jesuit school Jesuit. Non-tenured faculty work together; • Religious Studies 1 tenured faculty create individual professional development • Biology or Biology Honors plans each year and select projects which will enhance their • Global Studies 1 or 1 Honors Ignatian contribution to the school. Research and practice • Health and Physical Education help expand the imaginations of all faculty in it means to • Introduction to Computers help students learn.

Mentoring Program Each student is a member of a mentor group, a small group of students assigned to a teacher for academic and personal support. Freshman mentor groups meet for two 40-minute periods per week. This is in addition to the weekly group sessions with a counselor.

Mentors serve as role models and guides for each student. The student’s interaction with his mentor and teachers has a significant formative effect upon academic and personal growth. This close relationship is one of the hallmarks of Jesuit education.

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Service

The mission of the Society of Jesus has been from the Junior Year beginning to “help souls” and to do all things “for the The upperclassmen fulfill individual service requirements. greater glory of God.” The schools the Jesuits founded Our juniors are primarily responsible for responding to were to be both an object and an instrument of that the needs that exist within our school. They are required to mission. Today, the ideal of Jesuit education is expressed give 15 hours of their own time to a service activity or club, in the phrase “educating men and women for and with such as tutoring peers who are struggling academically, others.” Fordham Preparatory School works to cultivate raising awareness and funds for a medical mission program in its students the ability to find God in all things, to founded by a Prep alumnus, directing underclassman recognize the call to wonder, to revere, to thank and retreats and hosting visitors to the Prep. Eight of the 15 to serve God and all creation, especially people in need. hours may be performed at an outside agency approved The Service Program is responsible for organizing a by Fordham Prep. curriculum, programs and activities that provide students with opportunities to hear and to respond to Senior Year this vocation. In their final year, students are expected to have developed the maturity, knowledge, social skills and judgment Overview that will enable them to go out into the world to provide direct service to people in need. Seniors give 70 hours of In order to achieve the goal of making service an integral their own time to approved service projects as part of part of every student’s experience, Fordham Prep has a their graduation requirement. All seniors are enrolled in four-year service requirement for all students. a service course that offers reflection, discussion and instruction on issues of faith and justice. Seniors can be Freshman Year found comforting the sick and dying in hospitals and Our first-year students perform service with their mentor hospices. They visit the elderly and people who need groups in order to build a sense of community. The theme assistance and companionship at nursing homes. They of freshman service is social justice. Freshmen begin in pair up with persons who have disabilities in therapeutic the fall when they make crafts under the supervision of programs. Our seniors feed and provide clothing to the Fine Arts Department that are distributed to elderly persons who are poor and homeless at shelters and persons during the holiday season. At Christmas, mentor soup kitchens. They also teach children in after-school groups participate in a toy drive for youngsters at a tutoring and CCD programs. Catholic elementary school in the South Bronx. In February, they participate in a Valentine’s Day card project, sending personal notes to residents of local nursing homes where our seniors are doing their Notable service projects. In addition, each mentor group • 4-year service program carries out its own service project. • Service immersion trips to Tennessee, Ecuador and Camden, NJ Sophomore Year Our sophomores also perform service through their • Leadership opportunities for students mentor groups to strengthen the idea that service is a communal responsibility. The theme of sophomore year service is social justice. Sophomores participate in the same annual projects as the freshmen: holiday crafts, Christmas toy drive and Valentine’s Day cards. Sophomore mentor groups also design and implement their own projects, and are asked to focus their efforts on an issue or agency that seeks to promote Catholic social teaching. Recent projects have sought to understand the plight of and to aid refugees, immigrants and sweatshop laborers.

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Service Immersion Trips In addition to the four-year requirement, students can also volunteer to travel to the Appalachia Mountains of Tennessee, Camden (NJ) and Ecuador to live in community and to provide 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.

Social Justice Initiatives Fordham Prep is intensifying its efforts to educate itself about and bear witness to Catholic social teaching. The Campus Ministry and Service Departments currently sponsor a number of social justice events to increase student awareness of justice issues. These include Hunger Awareness Week, a school-wide canned food drive, a Good Friday Peace Walk and assemblies on environmental justice, immigration reform, domestic poverty and human trafficking. The Just Serve Club provides opportunities for students to participate in justice initiatives in our neighborhood.

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The McNamara Library

As the heart of the school, Fordham Prep’s library Holdings provides an attractive environment, quiet study carrels 10,000 print and electronic titles, with a major emphasis and a comfortable atmosphere that affords students on reference works personal space and relative quiet, an opportunity to Overdrive: Our collection of current and classic fiction keep up with their daily assignments and achieve the ebooks grades and scores they will need to gain admission to Follett Shelf: Nonfiction ebooks of academic and colleges and universities of their choice. The library is personal interest designed to be both inviting and practical, a sanctuary for our students. Periodicals In addition, the library has been brought into the age of 50+ subscriptions to newspapers and magazines the Internet, providing access to digital as well as hard- copy materials for reading and research. The availability Newspapers of traditional print materials is enhanced by easy access Catholic New York to electronic resources. The Computer Center is located The New York Times directly above the library, creating a media and information Wall Street Journal center equal to the educational needs of contemporary National Catholic Reporter students and their teachers. New York Amsterdam News

Because many school assignments cannot be completed Electronic Holdings unless students have access to the collections, the library The Prep library participates in the NOVELny, New York is open before, during and after school: 8 AM to 4:30 PM. State’s online collection of research and reference sources. The library also owns an extensive electronic Facilities reference collection. • Guidance Center • Seminar Room • Conference Room Notable • Art Reference Library • Multi-media computers linked with the computer center The Guidance Center, Seminar Room and Conference • Wireless access for internet-capable devices Room each have an LCD projector and electronic • Fordham University Library privileges whiteboard. • Extensive reserve collection to support course work

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Technology

Technology plays an integral part in all aspects of Prep Computer Facilities life. A high-speed wired and wireless network extends • Black/white and color laser printers throughout the building, connecting our powerful multi- • Personal e-mail account for each student media computers to the Internet. Using their individual, • Internet and e-mail access for all students via dedicated Prep network accounts, students have access to the World dual T1 connection Wide Web, e-mail, productivity applications like Microsoft • School web site (http://www.fordhamprep.org) Office, educational software, CD-ROM’s, periodical databases • Web-based access to network files and resources and more. • Professional-quality scanners and digital cameras and video cameras Fordham Prep’s faculty has received extensive training • Industry-standard software titles, including Novell in the use of technology to ensure that students make NetWare, Microsoft Office 2000, Adobe Photoshop, safe and productive use of this powerful resource. Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Macromedia Design Studio Student projects have included creating web pages, and many others graphing scientific data via a spreadsheet, performing • Smart classrooms throughout the school Internet research, authoring multimedia presentations • Campus-wide wireless network and much more. The Prep’s website, much of which is • Home access to e-mail, files and class assignments student-created, contains over 3,000 individual pages and has won numerous awards, including a citation in The Computer Center in the mezzanine area of Fordham’s Multimedia Schools magazine. library is open throughout the day for student use with faculty always present to assist those who need help. Computers are also available in the library, smart classrooms and in individual classrooms.

Training and Use • Proctors available for assistance during and after school. • Technology integration and instruction throughout the content areas. • Computer programming courses. • Rolling cart with 30 tablet PC’s. • Classrooms have ceiling-mounted projectors with 1 to 1 Computing DVD, VCR and PC connections. Fordham Prep introduced our 1 to 1 program last year. All students are encouraged to use computers as an aid Students and teachers employ laptops, notebooks, telephones to learning in traditional subject areas. Over the course and tablet PCs for continuous use in the classroom, around of his four years, each student masters a basic set of school and at home, allowing the FP community to learn, computer skills, ranging from doing research on the research and create on a 24-7 basis, and to become fluent Internet to using a spreadsheet to record, manipulate in the technological tools of the 21st century. and graph data. Students in Junior and Senior year may elect to take specialized courses in computer science Using the community’s wireless access to the Internet, and programming. Extracurricular activities such as the word processing and multimedia tools on a 1 to 1 basis school paper, the yearbook and Student Government encourages new styles of teaching and learning, support 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 Computer Science Advanced The center includes a Smart Technology Classroom. This room provides teachers and students a first-class environ- Students with an interest in computers may elect to take ment for learning with technology. Resources include PC’s, Java Programming during their junior and/or senior years. digital whiteboard, smart podium, LCD projector, DVD and This course emphasizes hands-on lab work in the Computer VCR. The main Computer Center was recently renovated to Center. No previous computer experience is necessary. create a more comfortable and usable environment for student computer access. The campus boasts a wireless network and smart classrooms in every department.

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Classical Languages English Department Department

Goals Goals • Learn the languages, cultures and histories of Ancient • Foster literacy in the English language Greece and Rome • Prepare students for a demanding college curriculum • Understand and relate to the roots of Western • Create life-long readers and learners Civilization • Enable students to evaluate information critically, speak • Explore the debt of English to Greek and Latin in effectively, appreciate language vocabulary and language structure • Develop a sense of the traditions and values of the past Department members integrate technology into the and to integrate these into their own lives curriculum to encourage new styles of teaching and learning, to support improved research and assignments, Courses and to promote differentiated, collaborative and project- based learning. Virtual learning environments used Greek Honors 1, 2, 3, 4 include OneNote, Moodle, Turnitin, Prezi, Google Drive/ Latin 1, 2, 3, 4 Docs, Socrative, and eduCanon. Latin Honors 2, 3 Latin 3 Advanced Honors Latin Prose and Poetry Honors Courses (grades 9-11) Advanced Placement Latin English 1, 2, 3 English Honors 1, 2, 3 Department members integrate technology into the English 2 Advanced Honors curriculum by:using the Moodle learning management Advanced Placement English system to post homework daily, to help students learn Language and Composition and review vocabulary and grammatical forms and to deliver notes and course content. Students and faculty Senior Year Electives use the OneNote package to deliver course content Advanced Placement English and notes, Power Point for cultural and historical Literature and Composition presentations, Google Books to provide classical materials, Detective Fiction Honors and the Perseus Project to provide digitized texts with The Graphic Novel interactive features. The Quest Motif in Literature Honors Short Story Writing for the Media Notable Writing Seminar Honors • The opportunity to take a three or four year sequence in Greek and/or Latin which is unique in the metropolitan area Notable • College level texts and programs in upper levels • The sequence of honors courses begins in freshman year of both languages • Honors and Advanced courses are available to all who • Opportunity for students with previous language qualify experience to advance to a higher level • Advanced Placement Programs in Language and • Advanced Placement program in Latin Literature

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Fine Arts Department

Goals • Enable students to understand and appreciate how a work of art is created and viewed • Stimulate growth through self-discovery and self- expression • Develop skills through practice and appreciation of techniques

Courses Music Music Composition 1 & 2 History of Jazz Intro to Western Music Architectural Drawing Computer Graphics & Web Design Instrumental Ensemble Vocal Music Visual Art Studio Art 1 & 2 Advanced Placement Studio Art Art HistoryHonors Advanced Placement Art History Computer Graphics & Web Design

Clubs Art & Publicity Club Drama Society: includes acting, singing, dancing, stage crew, sound and lighting FP TV: digital video production Theatre Orchestra Yearbook: includes photography, design and production

Notable • A three-year sequence or one-year electives • Hands-on experience • Exposure to computer art • Student Orchestra • Portfolio preparation for college • Two Advanced Placement courses (AP Studio Art and AP Art History) • Member of NYSSMA

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Guidance and Counseling Department

In the spirit of care of the individual, the focus of the Parent Programs Guidance and Counseling program at Fordham Prep is • Freshman Parent Night on academic success for every student via a variety of targeted services and activities in three primary areas – • Sophomore Parent Night academic, college/career and personal/social. The Prep’s nine counselors spend the majority of their time Assemblies providing direct services to the students, ensuring that • Alcohol & Other Drug Prevention Education every student receives the program’s maximum benefits. • Bullying Prevention The Guidance and Counseling Department is an integral • Internet Safety part of the overall educational program. Group guidance • Crafting a Personal Mission Statement is a scheduled class that every student takes throughout • Sophomore Dream Day his four years. Students meet with their assigned counselor once every cycle. At every grade level, the curriculum is structured, developmental and flexible, Key Components of the enabling the counselors to more effectively address the students’ various needs. In addition, counselors meet Group Guidance Curriculm with students individually to discuss important issues • Transition to High School including academic goals, course selections, the college process and personal/social concerns. Other counseling • Time Management/Study Habits & Skills services include multi-session support groups, family • Standardized Testing consultations, crisis intervention and professional • Interpretation of Standardized Testing Results referrals. A variety of evening programs are also offered • Character Education to students and their parents on freshman transition issues, course selection and the various aspects of the • Wellness/Stress Management college admissions process. • Alcohol/Drug Education • Goal Setting • The Power of a Positive Attitude • The Connection between Gratitude & Happiness • Course Selections • College & Career Exploration/Transition to College

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College Counseling College Counseling Curriculum The College Counseling program at Fordham Preparatory • Standardized Testing School is designed to help students and their families • PSAT Preparation navigate the intricacies of the college search and college •Review of PSAT Score Reports application processes. Each student at the Prep is aided in his growth by the caring guidance of his counselor, and • SAT – Subject Test Awareness the school’s goal is to find a post-secondary opportunity • SAT and ACT Awareness that is an appropriate “match” for each senior. Care of the • Career Awareness and Exploration individual is a hallmark of Jesuit education and is a corner- • Resources for the College Search stone of the College Counseling program. • The Family Connection (TCCi Naviance) In the lower years, counselors address what students can • College Visits and College Fairs be doing to prepare for college. The importance of staying • Application Procedures focused and working hard to achieve their academic • The Essay potential is stressed. Moreover, students are encouraged to join activities and become involved in the life of the • Letters of Recommendation school. By junior year, students are inevitably beginning • Mock Admissions Committee to focus on their college aspirations, and guidance classes • Financial Aid devote a significant amount of class time to the search • Transition Issues process. Students are introduced to print and Internet resources to research colleges and are encouraged to • Decision Making explore options throughout the country. In senior year, counselors conduct a thorough review of application policies and procedures as well as work closely with each Parent Programs student to craft a list of appropriate colleges that meets • Financial Aid 101 his particular academic and extracurricular needs. • Introduction to the College Search Each fall Fordham Prep welcomes more than 100 for Sophomore Parents admission representatives from colleges and universities •College Search Kick-off Night for Juniors across the country to conduct information sessions during • Selective College Admissions Panel the school day. Seniors are encouraged to take advantage • Final Steps to College for Senior Parents of these wonderful opportunities to interact with officers from the various universities. Prep counselors also forge • Individual Meetings on Request relationships with admission officers in order to best • The Road to College Athletics advocate for individual students throughout the application • Individual Meetings on Request process.

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Health and Physical Mathematics Education Department Department

Health Goals The Health curriculum at Fordham Prep is covered • Improve problem solving and critical thinking skills during freshman year with the Guidance Department • Acquire valuable organizational skills supplementing the curriculum relating to personal health. Health courses are designed to meet physical, emotional • Learn how to use time productively both at school and social needs with the understanding that essential and at home attitudes and beliefs are being developed during this • Make use of deductive and inductive reasoning adolescent period. The scope of topics covered within the Health curriculum in cooperation with Guidance • Use modern technology in their math studies in order includes the following. to become more self-reliant, confident, accurate and consistent • Diet • Drug Abuse Department members integrate technology in the • Nutritional Guidelines • AIDS curriculum by the use of e-books, virtual calculators, • Sexual Responsibility • Fitness shared digital notebooks and online assessments. • Diseases in Relation to Diet • Sexually Transmitted • Addictions Diseases • Tobacco • Current Health Issues Courses Algebra 1, 2 • Alcohol • CPR and First Aid Algebra 2 Honors • Marijuana Geometry Advanced Algebra 2-Trig Honors Algebra 2-Trig Advanced Physical Education Precalculus Precalculus Honors Fordham Prep requires each student to complete four Precalculus Advanced years of physical education. Classes in physical education Calculus Honors are structured to enhance student awareness of the Advanced Placement Calculus AB benefits of lifelong physical fitness. The Prep’s program Statistics Honors emphasizes the relationship of physical activity to the Advanced Placement Statistics physical, mental, social and emotional needs of its students. Java Programming Computer Science Advanced Students learn a variety of individual and team sports. Emphasis is placed on motor skill development as well as knowledge of rules and strategies involved in each sport. Fundamentals of each sport are stressed in the Notable lower grades. The Prep provides excellent facilities for • Advanced Honors and Honors classes for freshmen its students, including two gyms, our Fitness Center, an • Computer Science Program athletic field located directly behind the school and use of Fordham University’s tennis courts, indoor pool, and • Mathletics Club and Math Team new turf field.

Notable Our Fitness Center includes Nautilus machines, stationary bikes, Cybex arc trainers and treadmills, free weights, weight racks and adjustable benches. 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.

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Modern Languages Department

Goals Sequence • Be able to communicate with a high degree of Students at the Prep are required to take four years of competency; language, completing a three-year sequence in one language. During freshman year, all students study • Read authentic literature in the language; either Latin or Ancient Greek. Beginning in sophomore • Use technology to research, communicate and explore year, there are different options open to each student. in the target language; A student may continue his classical language; continue • An appreciation for cultural diversity and an openness his classical language and begin Arabic, Chinese, French, to life-long learning. German, Italian, Spanish or the other classical language; drop his classical language and choose Arabic, Chinese, Department use of technology includes the use of authentic French, German, Italian, Spanish or the other classical news, multimedia, music and cultural resources in the target language. language. Teachers and students use Digital textbooks, notebooks and interactive workbooks. Rosetta Stone is available to enhance the curriculum. Notable Courses • Preparation for college language courses Arabic Honors 1, 2, 3 College-level texts and programs French Honors 1, 2, 3, 4 • The opportunity for students with previous German Honors 1, 2, 3 language experience to qualify for advanced Italian 1, 2, 3 courses Italian Honors 2, 3, 4 Mandarin Chinese Honors 1, 2, 3, 4 • Interactive audio and video programs Spanish 1, 2, 3 • Spanish Heritage Honors Program Spanish Honors 2, 3 • Advanced Placement Programs in Spanish Spanish Heritage Honors Language and Literature Advanced Placement Spanish Language-Culture Advanced Placement Spanish Literature-Culture • New language lab including Rosetta Stone

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Religious Studies Department Science Department

Goals Goals • Offer students an opportunity to experience and • Foster a love and understanding of life, the Earth and reflect on the Catholic faith the universe • Provide an introduction to belief in God and Jesus the • Teach our students to question, observe, think critically, Christ through an exploration of Biblical Scholarship analyze, reflect, learn, grow and lead (with an emphasis on the Gospels) Christology and • Provide a foundation for college study and a possible Ignatian spirituality career in science • Help students work toward the development of a Technology Integration religious identity based on personal conviction and free response to God’s grace Our students use technology to enhance traditional laboratory experiences and to explore abstract concepts. • Assist the student toward greater love and service of Students use digital sensors to record data and software God’s people, to become a man for others applications for higher-order data analysis.

Department Integration of Technology Courses Faculty and students use OneNote to enable all Biology student work and teacher feedback to be exchanged Biology Honors automatically in one place virtually, anytime and Advanced Placement Biology anywhere. They use Moodle, a learning platform Chemistry designed to provide educators and learners with an Chemistry Honors ntegrated system to create personalized learning Advanced Placement Chemistry Physics environments, and employ Turnitin.com, which offers Physics Honors a complete web-based service to manage the process Advanced Placement Physics 1 of submitting and tracking papers electronically. Engineering Science Honors The student use digital resources and textbooks. Biochemistry Honors Forensic Science Courses Freshman Year: Faith & Revelation Sophomore Year: The Mission of Christ and the Church The Boller Science Center Junior Year: Living the Christian Life: Sacraments Our $9.5 million expansion and renovation includes 9 and Morality new science labs, a new greenhouse, 6 new classrooms Senior Year: Faith & Morality Electives: and a dedicated music room. The Center is named for Christian Quest for Social Justice the Boller family: former president Kenneth Boller, SJ, Introduction to Philosophy his father, Vincent J. Boller, Class of 1936, and his uncle Psychology and Faith and godfather, Raymond J. Boller, MD, Class of 1934. The Quest for the Male Soul Seminar Honors World Religions Notable • Nine state-of-the art laboratories: 3 Biology, 3 Chemistry, Notable 3 Physics • Use the U.S. Bishops’ High School Curriculum • All science courses involve extensive laboratory framework investigations • Engage students where they are intellectually, • Honors courses available in Biology, Chemistry spiritually, morally and socially and Physics • Inspire students to growth in finding God in all • Advanced Placement courses available in Biology, things through reflection, study and action Chemistry and Physics • Electives in Biochemistry, Forensics, Engineering and Meteorology • A greenhouse on location • Field trips to a research laboratory

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Social Studies Department Notable • Five Advanced Placement courses: European History, Comparative Government, Macroeconomics, U.S. History, Goals World History • Expose the student to Western and World Civilizations, • Honors courses beginning in freshman year histories and cultures • Introduce the student to principal ideas influencing Western, Asian and African thought • Challenge the student to read, write and think critically by analyzing and drawing conclusions from a variety of primary and secondary sources • Prepare students to be articulate, independent, tolerant, forward-thinking participants, actively involved in the 21stcentury • Invite students to embrace the Jesuit ideal of being men for others

Technology is integrated into the curriculum by using E-textbooks, OneNote, Turnitin .com and Moodle as a course management system.

Courses Global Studies 1, 2 Global Studies Honors 1, 2 U.S. History Economics Honors The Vietnam War Advanced Placement European History Advanced Placement Comparative Government Advanced Placement Macroeconomics Advanced Placement U.S. History Advanced Placement World History

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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.

Anime/Trading Card Club Choir Frisbee Club Mr. Foley Mr. Farnum Mr. LaGamma & Mr. Viele

Arrested Development/Monty Classics Club Greenhouse/Environment Club Python Club Mr. DiGiorno Mr. McNamara Mr. Distinti Computer Club Habitat for Humanity Club Art and Publicity Club Mr. Tartaglia Mr. Smith Mr. Weldon Cooking Club Intramural Basketball Asian Club Mrs. English Mr. Pettus Mrs. Estrella & Ms. Han Diversity Alliance Investment Club Astronomy Club Mr. McDougall & Mrs. Piñeiro Mr. Gilligan & Mr. Higgins Ms. Dempsey & Mr. Haag Dramatics/Stage Crew Irish Club Athletic Representative Mr. O’Sullivan Mr. Dwyer Committee Mr. Kurtin Electronic Music Club Italian Club Mr. Verlezza Mr. DiFato, Ms. Faustini & Mrs. Aviation Club Simeone Mr. Gonzalez Engineering Club Mr. Haag Jazz Ensemble Bluegrass Club Mr. LaGamma Mr. Homer Fitness Center Mr. Distefano, Mr. Kravatz & Just Serve Club Building Bridges Club Ms. Zefran Mr. Kravatz Mrs. Martinez & Mr. O’Sullivan FP TV Club Kawaida Club Business School Boot Camp Club Mr. DiGiorno Mr. Pedro Mr. Higgins French Club Literary Magazine (Labyrinth) Chess Club Dr. Morris Dr. Lee Mr. Pedro Liturgical Choir Mr. Smith

Liturgical Leadership Team Mr. Smith

Liturgy Committee Mr. Smith

Marine Biology Club Mr. Gonzalez

Math Team Mr. Verlezza

Mathletics Club Mrs. Henry

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Meditation Club NYC Explorers Club Social Justice Committee Mr. Groepler Mr. Homer Dr. Carney

Military History Club Operation Smile Club Spanish Club Mr. Corcoran Mr. Homer Mrs. Piñeiro

Ministry Leadership Team Outdoor Adventure Club Speech and Debate Team Mr. Kravatz & Mr. Smith Mrs. Frumberg & Mr. Viele Mr. Lee-Rey & Mr. Squaltieri

Mock Trial Club Photography Club Sports Debate Club Mr. Nolan Mrs. Frumberg Mr. Magner

Model UN Club Programming Club Student Government Mr. Nolan Mr. Ikheloa Ms. Dempsey, Mr. Hemsley, Mr. Ritter, Mr. Sullivan Modern Music Club Scale Modeling Club Mr. Gorup Mr. Haag Table Tennis Club Mr. Smith Mountain Biking Club Science Club Mr. Johnson Ms. Bell & Mr. Distefano Theatre Orchestra Mr. LaGamma National Honor Society Service Immersion Trips Ms. Zefran Mr. Ritter Yearbook (Ramkin) Mr. C. Lauber National History Bowl Team Simpsons Club Mr. Calamari & Mr. Mazzullo Dr. Carney Young Democrats Club Mr. Dwyer Newspaper (Rampart) Soccer Club Mr. Dwyer Mr. Mazzullo Young Republicans Club Mr. Febles

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Athletics Anthony Kurtin, 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 18 sports with 41 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 Football • approximately 24 games in a season running from 3 teams: Freshman, Junior Varsity and Varsity March to June • there is a fall Varsity team CHSFL membership • Varsity home games on Fordham University’s Jack • the season runs from late August through November Coffey Field • the Varsity season concludes with the Thanksgiving CHSAA Division Champs 2012, 2013 & 2014 game vs. Xavier High School, the oldest sports rivalry in New York City, dating back to 1906 Basketball CHSAA ‘A‘ Division Champs 2014 3 teams: Freshman, Junior Varsity and Varsity CHSAA membership Golf • approximately 22 games from November to March CHSAA membership • Jesuit school tournament in Miami, FL in December • the team is for the more experienced golfer • home matches at the prestigious Winged Foot Golf Club Bowling CHSAA City Champs 2014 2 teams: Junior Varsity and Varsity CHSAA membership Ice Hockey • the season runs from September through January 2 teams: Junior Varsity and Varsity CHSAA membership Crew • the season runs from mid-October through February In the spring, the team spends its afternoons on the Long Island Sound in the Prep’s own sculls. Winter workouts Lacrosse with erg machines take place in Fordham University’s 2 teams: Junior Varsity and Varsity Lombardi Center. • the season starts in March and runs to the end of May • Novice rowers begin their training on erg machines • the team competes in regional, state and national Varsity CHSAA ‘AA’ City Champs 2011, 2013 & 2014 competitions JV: CHSAA ‘AA’ City Champs 2011 & 2012 • qualified rowers compete in the NY State and National Scholastic Rowing Championships Rugby Nationally Ranked 18th 4 teams: Freshman, Junior Varsity and Varsity A & B • 12-15 matches across the metropolitan area NY State 3rd place in 2014 Jersey Cup Champs 2013 & 2014 20 • Fordham Preparatory School 2015-16 FP Handbook HR_Fordham Handbook 07-08 10/23/15 1:32 PM Page 21

Soccer 2 teams: Junior Varsity and Varsity CHSAA membership • the Varsity and JV play around 14 games plus playoffs beginning in late August Varsity: Archdiocesan Champs 2013 NY State Champs & Archdiocesan Champs 2012 CHSAA City Champs 2014 JV: Archdiocesan Champs 2011, 2012 & 2103 CHSAA City Champs 2012 & 2014

Squash A new program at Fordham Prep, the team’s inaugural season will begin in November.

Swimming & Diving Track 2 teams: Freshman and Varsity 3 seasons: Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field CHSAA membership • the Cross Country season runs from September • the freshmen begin in September and continue to through November November • the Indoor season extends from November through • the Varsity season starts in October and runs through March February • the Outdoor season covers the months of March • the team uses the pool and diving boards in Fordham through May University’s Lombardi Center, at the Lehman College Aquatic Center and at Sarah Lawrence College Cross Country Archdiocesan Champs 2013 Indoor Archdiocesan Champs 2013 & 2014 CHSAA City Champs 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 NYC Mayor’s Cup Champs 2013 & 2014 NY State Federation Champs 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 The Varsity ranked 10th in the nation. Volleyball Tennis CHSAA membership 2 teams: Junior Varsity and Varsity • from March through May CHSAA membership Wrestling • the team uses Fordham University’s courts for practice 2 teams: Junior Varsity and Varsity and home matches • the season starts in March and ends in May • the season starts in November and finishes in early March, including 12 dual meets and 5 tournaments CHSAA City Champs 2012, 2013 & 2014 • the team has a “no cut” policy; no experience is necessary Since 2012, the program has produces 4 JV Champs, 2 JV Mayor’s Cup Champs. 4 Varsity City Champs and 3 Catholic State Champs.

Notable • 41 teams in 18 sports • Championship-caliber teams • Students with less experience are able to participate • Renovated track, field and interscholastic gym • Over 40 CHSAA 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 Prepand 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 third year as president of Fordham Prep.

Brian Carney Principal BA, MS, Fordham

After attending Archbishop Molloy High School, Mr. Carney came to the Rose Hill Campus to attend Fordham College. Immediately after graduating, he began his career at Fordham Prep as a teacher of Religious Studies, Math and Social Studies. This is his 23rd year as a Track & Field coach at Fordham Prep; for 15 years he moderated Student Government; for the past 14 years he has been the Director of Campus Ministry. During that time Mr. Carney founded the Service Immersion Program, an important part of Ministry and Service at Fordham Prep. This year is Mr. Carney’s first asthe Prep’s Principal.

Dennis 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 42 years, rising to the role of chair of the department. In faculty development for the past 27 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 12 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 11th year as Assistant Principal.

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*Twenty Years of Service to Fordham Prep Faculty **Forty Years of Service to Fordham Prep

Susan Andrews Margaret Bratt Pierre Chavez Gregory Curran* BA, U. of Virginia; MLS, LIU BA, Harvard; MA, Columbia BA, Johns Hopkins; MSEd, BA, SUNY at Purchase; MS, Teachers College Fordham Fordham Librarian 14 years experience English Department Science Department Director of Technology Liturgical Choir Freshman Mentor Science Department, Russell Baker English 1 Service ImmersionTrips Chairperson BA, Skidmore; MS, Fordham AP English Literature Sophomore Retreat Team Physics Honors 14 years teaching Cross Country Coach 27 years teaching Modern Languages Track & Field Coach Department, Chairperson Maura Brennan Biology Patrick Deane ’88 Junior Mentor BA, MBA, Loyola U. Maryland; Biology Honors BS, Iona; MA, Fordham Senior Service MSEd, Fordham 14 years teaching Spanish 2 Honors Asst. Dean of Students Spanish 3 Honors Director of College Social Studies Department Michael Corcoran ’61* 13 years teaching Counseling Emmaus Retreat Team BA, Fordham; MA, Columbia Guidance & Counseling Senior Service Teachers College Fernand Beck III** Department Baseball Coach BA, Holy Cross; MA, Union Emmaus Retreat Team Health and Physical Global Studies 2 Theological Service Immersion Trips Education Department 13 years teaching Seminary/Columbia Junior Guidance Social Studies Department Senior Guidance Military History Club Arianne Dempsey Religious Studies 20 years experience The Vietnam War BA, St. John’s (Annapolis) Department Physical Education Freshman Mentor Mathematics Department Eugene Calamari ’82* 39 years teaching Religious Studies 1 Service Team BA, Iona; MS, Fordham 47 years teaching Ad Amorem Retreat Team Jennifer Ann Costello, LCSW Social Studies Department Astronomy Club BA, SUNY at Albany; MSW, Jennifer Bell Sophomore Mentor Liturgical Choir Hunter BA, Pace National History Bowl Team Senior Service Baseball Coach School Social Worker Student Government Science Department Global Studies 1 Honors Guidance & Counseling Precalculus Freshman Mentor AP World History Department Statistics Honors Ad Amorem Retreat Team 28 years teaching 23 years experience AP Statistics Emmaus Retreat Team 13 years teaching Science Club Martin Carney* John Costello, SJ Service Immersion Trips BA, St. John Fisher; MA, PhD, BA, LeMoyne; MA, MDiv, Regis Teresa Di Vita-Geremia Sophomore Retreat Team Fordham (Toronto) BA, Iona; MA, St. John’s Chemistry 4 years teaching Campus Ministry Campus Ministry Modern Languages Department Department Department Matthew Bobo Religious Studies Ad Amorem Retreat Team Spanish 1 BA, MA, Fordham Department Sophmore Retreat Team Ambassadors Program Junior Mentor 25 years experience 17 years teaching Social Studies Department Ad Amorem Retreat Team Sophomore Mentor Emmaus Retreat Team Medhat Credi Anthony DiFato ’99 Emmaus Retreat Team Liturgical Choir BA, Ayn Shams U. (Cairo); MA, BA, NYU; MSEd, Fordham Diving Coach Nature Retreat Team American U. in Cairo AP European History Science Department Senior Service AP Comparative Modern Languages Sophomore Mentor Service Immersion Trips Government Department Italian Club Simpsons Club 18 years teaching Arabic 1 Honors Senior Service Religious Studies 3 Arabic 2 Honors Biochemistry Honors RS 4 Christian Quest for William Bozzone* Arabic 3 Honors Chemistry Honors Social Justice BA, Lehman; MS, Iona 11 years teaching AP Chemistry 28 years teaching 13 years teaching Social Studies Department Senior Attendance Global Studies 2 AP Macroeconomics 40 years teaching

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Louis DiGiorno ’88 John Foley ’63** BA, MA, Fordham BA, Fordham Archivist Classical Languages Classical Languages Department, Chairperson Department Junior Mentor English Department Anime/Trading Card Club Freshman Mentor Emmaus Retreat Team Classics Club Senior Service Emmaus Retreat Team Greek 3 Honors FP T.V. Club Latin 2 Honors Greek 4 Honors Latin 3 Honors Latin 1 Latin 4 The Quest Motif in Lit Latin Prose & Poetry Honors Honors 49years teaching 24 years teaching Adrienne Frumberg Matthew Distefano* BA, Lafayette; MA, NYU BA, MA, Fordham Guidance & Counseling Science Department Rosanne English Teresa Faustini* Department Sophomore Mentor BA, MA, Fordham; MA, BA, MSEd, Fordham Emmaus Retreat Team Columbia Teachers College Fitness Center Modern Languages Outdoor Adventure Club Higher Achievment Program English Department Department Photography Club Sophomore Retreat Team Junior Mentor Junior Mentor Sophomore Retreat Team Science Club Cooking Club Italian Club Freshman Guidance Chemistry Emmaus Retreat Team Senior Service Sophomore Guidance Chemistry Honors Senior Service Italian 1 Senior Guidance 24 years teaching Service Immersion Trips Spanish 1 9 years experience English 3 Honors Spanish 2 Stephen Distinti The Graphic Novel Spanish 3 David Gelpi* BA, MA, Columbia 8 years teaching 24 years teaching BA, Siena; MS, PhD, Fordham Classical Languages Coordinator of International Department Rosanna Estrella George I. Febles* Jesuit Collaboration Freshman Mentor BS, U. of the Philippines; MS, BA, MS, Fordham Asst. Director, Higher Fordham Arrested Development/ Social Studies Department Achievement Program Monty Python Club Science Department Senior Attendance Religious Studies Emmaus Retreat Team Senior Attendance Track & Field Coach Department Senior Service Asian Club Young Republicans Club Freshman Mentor Service Immersion Trips Emmaus Retreat Team Economics Honors Rugby Moderator Sophomore Retreat Team Liturgical Choir U.S. History Religious Studies 1 Greek 2 Honors Forensic Science AP U.S. History RS 4 The Quest for the Latin 1 AP Physics 1 29 years teaching Male Soul AP Latin 31 years teaching 27 years teaching 9 years teaching Mallick Fitzpatrick, SJ** Anne Facendola BA, PhL, MA, Bellarmine; STB, Kevin Gilligan ’83* Craig Dwyer ’98 BA, U. of Mass-Dartmouth; STL, Woodstock BA, MA, Fordham BA, MSEd, Fordham; MA, MS, CW Post Art Reference Library English Department, Columbia Teachers College Guidance & Counseling Curator Chairperson Asst. Librarian Department Fine Arts Department Asst. Athletic Director Religious Studies Junior Guidance Guidance & Counseling Freshman Mentor Department Senior Guidance Department Investment Club Ad Amorem Retreat Team 14 years experience Art History Honors English 1 Irish Club AP Art History English 1 Honors Newspaper Kenneth Farnum ’75 57 years teaching Writing Seminar Honors Senior Service BA, Fordham 28 years teaching Sophomore Retreat Team Fine Arts Department Young Democrats Club Choir RS 4 World Religions Vocal Music 14 years teaching 36 years experience

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Raymond Gonzalez Anthony Kurtin BS, MST, Fordham BA, St. Francis; MA, Brooklyn Science Department Athletic Director Freshman Mentor 15 years exzperience Aviation Club Marine Biology Club Michael Lacinak* Biology BA, St. Peter’s; MEd, Boston C. 15 years teaching Guidance & Counseling Department Ryan Gorup ’07 Sophomore Retreat Team BA, Fordham; MST, Pace Freshman Guidance Mathematics Department 41 years experience Sophomore Mentor Modern Music Club Dylan LaGamma ’09 Lacrosse Club BM, U. of Rhode Island Geometry Advanced Fine Arts Department Algebra 2 Frisbee Club 2 year teaching Jazz Ensemble Christopher Hemsley Edward Jennings Theatre Orchestra Eric Groepler ’87 BA, Pace; MST, Fordham BS, Marist Instrumental Ensembles BA, Holy Cross; MA, Fordham Mathematics Department Religious Studies Jazz History Classical Languages Technology Department Department Music Composition 1 & 2 Department Freshman Mentor Social Studies Department Western Music History Sophomore Mentor Sophomore Retreat Team Freshman Mentor 3 years experience Ad Amorem Retreat Team Student Government Emmaus Retreat Team Meditation Club Lacrosse Coach Senior Service Christopher Lauber ’79* Senior Service Algebra 1 Service Immersion Trips BA, Lehman; MA, Hunter Latin 1 Algebra 2 Honors Sophomore Retreat Team Director of Publications Latin 2 Intro to Computers Cross Country Coach Classical Languages Latin 3 8 years teaching Track & Field Coach Department 21 years teaching Religious Studies 1 Website Suzanne Henry* Religious Studies 2 Yearbook John Haag ’84* BA, Iona; MSEd, PD, Fordham Global Studies 2 Greek 1 Honors BA, SUNY at Purchase; MS, 10 years teaching Mathematics Department, Latin 2 Honors Fordham Chairperson Latin 3 Advanced Erica Keough Science Department Sophomore Mentor 27 years teaching BA, Franklin & Marshall; MSW, Junior Mentoring Emmaus Retreat Team Fordham Astronomy Club Mathletics Club Paul Lauber ’08 Engineering Club Geometry Advanced Guidance & Counseling BA, MST, Fordham Emmaus Retreat Team Algebra 2-Trig Honors Department English Department Nature Retreat Team 35 years teaching Senior Service Fine Arts Department Scale Modeling Club Junior Guidance Sophomore Mentor Engineering Science Paul Homer* Senior Guidance Senior Service Physics BA, Adelphi; MA, U. of Virginia 19 years experience English 2 28 years teaching Director of Service Program AP English Literature Michael Kravatz Religious Studies Art History Honors Yi Han BA, MA, Fordham Department AP Art History BA, Wuhan (China); MS, Sophomore Mentor Director of Student Ministry 3 years teaching Fordham Bluegrass Club Campus Ministry Modern Languages Emmaus Retreat Team Department Patricia Lee Department Liturgical Choir Religious Studies BA, Georgetown; MA, PhD, Technology Department NYC Explorers Club Department Fordham Sophomore Mentor Operation Smile Club Ad Amorem Retreat Team English Department Asian Club Senior Service Emmaus Retreat Team Junior Mentor Sophomore Retreat Team Service Immersion Trips Fitness Center Emmaus Retreat Team Mandarin Chinese 1 Honors Religious Studies 2 Just Serve Club Literary Magazine Mandarin Chinese 2 Honors Religious Studies 3 Service Immersion Trips Senior Service Mandarin Chinese 3 Honors 29 years teaching Sophomore Retreat Team English 1 Honors Mandarin Chinese 4 Honors RS 4 Introduction to AP English Language Intro to Computers Philosophy 16 years teaching 9 years teaching 20 years teaching Academic Departments and Programs 2015-2016 • 25 2015-16 FP Handbook HR_Fordham Handbook 07-08 10/23/15 1:32 PM Page 26

Molly Lieberman Robert McLaughlin* BA, Hobart & William Smith; BA, MSEd, Fordham MSW, NYU Health and Physical Guidance & Counseling Education Department, Department Chairperson Junior Guidance Baseball Coach 3 years experience Health Physical Education William Magner, Jr. 28 years teaching BA, SUNY at Cortland; MAT, Manhattanville Peter McNamara* BS, MS, Fordham English Department Sophomore Mentor Science Department Sports Debate Club Freshman Mentor English 1 Greenhouse/Environment English 2 Club Short Story Soccer Coach 13 years teaching Biology Honors AP Biology Maureen Martinez 31 years teaching BA, SUNY at Albany; MS, Pace Claire O’Donnell Randall Pedro* John Mercorella ’07 BA, Binghamton BA, Holy Cross; MA, Fordham Guidance & Counseling BA, MS, Fordham Department, Director Mathematics Department Religious Studies Building Bridges Club Asst. Dean of Students Freshman Mentor Department, Chairperson Sophomore Retreat Team Social Studies Department Sophomore Retreat Team Sophomore Mentor Freshman Guidance Service Immersion Trips Algebra 1 Admissions Recruiting Sophomore Guidance Baseball Coach Precalculus Honors Ambassadors Program 20 years experience Global Studies1 9 years teaching Chess Club 4years teaching Kawaida Club Michael Mazzullo ’08 Stanley O’Konsky, SJ** Bowling Coach BA, Columbia; MA, Fordham Patricia Morris* BA, MA, MS, Fordham; MDiv, ReligiousStudies 2 BA, Mt. St. Vincent; MA, PhD, STM, Woodstock Social Studies Department RS 4 Psychology and Faith Fordham 25 years teaching Sophomore Mentor English Department Emmaus Retreat Team Modern Languages Junior Mentor Steven Pettus National History Bowl Team Department Ad Amorem Retreat Team BA, SUNY at Albany; MS, Soccer Club Mathematics Department Emmaus Retreat Team MSEd, Fordham Sophomore Retreat Team Service Team Senior Service Soccer Coach French Club Swimming Moderator Dean of Students Track & Field Coach Liturgical Choir English 3 Social Studies Department Global 2 Honors Senior Service English 3 Honors Intramural Basketball AP U.S. History French 1 Honors Writing Seminar Honors Global Studies 1 3 years teaching French 2 Honors 50 years teaching 23 years teaching French 3 Honors Mark McDougall French 4 Honors Elizabeth Osselaer Kevin Pigott* BA, Holy Cross; MEd, Algebra 2 Honors BA, Northern Arizona Flagstaff BA, Iona; MA, Boston U. Providence 30 years teaching English Department President, CHSAA of the English Department Junior Mentor Archdiocese of NY Daniel Nolan* Sophomore Mentor English 2 English Department BA, MAT, MSEd, Fordham Diversity Alliance English 3 Freshman Mentor Emmaus Retreat Team Social Studies Department, 1 year teaching Senior Service Service Immersion Trips Chairperson Voice of the Rams English 2 Honors Senior Attendance Thomas O’Sullivan ’98 English 1 English 2 Advanced Ad Amorem Retreat Team BS, Fordham; MA, Manhattan Writing for the Media Detective Fiction Honors Emmaus Retreat Team 35 years teaching Guidance & Counseling 12 years teaching Liturgical Choir Department Mock Trial Club Building Bridges Club Model U.N. Club Dramatics Senior Service Junior Guidance Service Immersion Trips Senior Guidance AP U.S. History 9 years experience 27 years teaching 26 • Fordham Preparatory School 2015-16 FP Handbook HR_Fordham Handbook 07-08 10/23/15 1:32 PM Page 27

Elena Soto Stephen Traendly* BA, Hunter; MS, PhD, BS, MAT, Fairleigh Dickinson Fordham Mathematics Department Religious Studies Senior Attendance Department Emmaus Retreat Team Sophomore Mentor Precalculus Honors Religious Studies 2 Calculus Honors Religious Studies 3 33 years teaching 13 years teaching John W. Verlezza ’94 Brian Sullivan ’96 BS, Fordham; MA, Lehman BS, Rutgers; MS, Mercy Mathematics Department, Science Department Chairperson Junior Mentor Sophomore Mentor Emmaus Retreat Team Electronic Music Club Red Cross Club Math Team Service Immersion Trips Algebra 2-Trig Honors Wanda Piñeiro* Mary Anne Salvatorelli Student Government Calculus Honors BA, NYU; MA, PD, Fordham BA, NYU; MA, Fordham Meteorology 18 years teaching Director of Diversity English Department Physics Honors Modern Languages Sophomore Mentor 15 years teaching Michael Viele ’01 Department Senior Prom BS, Providence; MA, Senior Attendance English 2 Honors Charles Sullivan, SJ** Manhattanville Diversity Alliance Writing Seminar Honors AB, Fordham; MA, Boston C. Social Studies Department Spanish Club 19 years teaching Director of Emmaus Retreat Freshman Mentor Spanish Heritage Honors Program Emmaus Retreat Team AP Spanish Language Patricia Simeone* Mathematics Department Frisbee Club AP Spanish Literature BA, Iona; MA, Fordham Campus Ministry Outdoor Adventure Club 38 years teaching Modern Languages Department Senior Service Department Emmaus Retreat Team Sophomore Retreat Team Steve Raptis Junior Mentor Service Immersion Trips Ice Hockey Coach BA, MS, NY Institute of Emmaus Retreat Team AP Calculus AB Global Studies 1 Technology Italian Club 50 years teaching Global Studies 1 Honors Guidance & Counseling Senior Service 8 years teaching Department Italian 1 Raymond Sweitzer, SJ* Sophomore Retreat Team Italian 2 BA, PD, Fordham; MDiv, Michael Weldon ’86 Soccer Coach Italian 2 Honors Woodstock; MA, Middlebury BFA, Massachusetts C. of Art Tennis Coach Italian 3 Classical Languages Fine Arts Department, Freshman Guidance Italian 3 Honors Department Chairperson Sophomore Guidance 24 years teaching Modern Languages Junior Mentor 17 years experience Department Art & Publicity Club Craig Smith Nature Retreat Team Architectural Drawing BA, U. of San Diego; MA, Nelson Ritter ’96 Latin 1 Studio Art 1 AB, Boston C.; MA, JD, Boston C.; MA, Loyola German 1 Honors Studio Art 2 Fordham Marymount German 2 Honors Advanced Placement Studio Art Religious Studies Campus Ministry German 3 Honors 14 years teaching Department Department 44 years teaching Junior Mentor Religious Studies Lauren Zefran Emmaus Retreat Team Department Anthony Tartaglia** BS, U. of Scranton; MSEd, Junior Prom Freshman Mentor BA, MBA, Fordham; MA, Fordham Senior Prom Ad Amorem Retreat Team Catholic U. Mathematics Department Service Immersion Trips Emmaus Retreat Team Mathematics Department Senior Attendance Student Government Habitat for Humanity Club Senior Attendance Emmaus Retreat Team Golf Coach Liturgical Choir Computer Club Fitness Center Ice Hockey Liturgical Leadership Team Precalculus Junior Prom Coach/Moderator Ministry Leadership Team Java Programming National Honor Society Lacrosse Moderator Table Tennis Club Computer Science Advanced Tutoring Program Religious Studies 3 Tennis Coach 49 years teaching Algebra 2-Trig Advanced RS 4 Seminar Honors Religious Studies 1 AP Calculus AB 16 years teaching 7 years teaching 10 years teaching

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Admissions Information

Fordham Prep seeks students who share the philosophy Academic Scholarships of the school, are able and willing to do college preparatory The following merit-based scholarships are awarded to work, are open to learning and new experiences, and are students entering the ninth grade with outstanding enthusiastic about a Jesuit education. Applicants for the entrance exam scores. Eligible students are invited for an ninth grade should follow the following guidelines. interview and further testing with their acceptance notice.

1. Application Ignatius Scholarships Send a completed application to the Admissions Office 3 full scholarships by December 15. Applications are available in the Admissions page of our website. Presidential Scholarships 10 scholarships from $4,000 to $7,000 2. Grades Send a copy of final seventh grade marks and the first Loyola Scholarships marking period of eighth grade to the Admissions 15 scholarships of $2,000 Office by December 15. Catholic grammar schools routinely send an applicant’s academic record to each This year, 45% of our students receive scholarships and/or of his three high school choices. If you attend a public financial assistance. or private grammar school, simply send copies of the report cards with our application.

3. Entrance Exam Ram for a Day Fordham Prep accepts results from several entrance Applicants are encouraged to schedule a visit to Fordham exams, including the Test for Admission into Catholic Prep. The program is open to any interested eighth-grader High Schools(TACHS), CO-OP, ISEE, STS and SSAT. If and is intended to help each applicant make a well-informed you are taking the TACHS or CO-OP, please list Fordham decision about Fordham Prep. Prep as one of your three choices. It does not matter where you list Fordham Prep; any of the three choices Visitors spend the entire day in the company of a freshman, is acceptable and does not effect admission, scholar- getting a personal view of Fordham Prep. Please visit the Admissions section of our website to register for a visit. ship or financial aid.

Tuition Tuition for the 2015-2016 academic year is $18,841. Correspondence The actual cost to Fordham Prep of educating a student is over $21,000. The difference between this actual cost Mr. Bradley Serton ’95 and the tuition is made up through continual development Director of Admissions efforts. Families with the means to do so are encouraged (718) 584-8367 [email protected] to consider funding the total cost of educating a student. At the heart of this request is the concern to keep tuition as low as possible and to ensure the character of Fordham Prep.

Tuition Assistance Fordham Prep’s Board of Trustees sets aside funds each year for financial aid for students with academic promise and demonstrated need. Last year, the Prep provided $3,463,000 in assistance. Students are not required to work in exchange for this assistance. To apply for financial aid, families should submit an application by December 15. Supporting documentation and a processing fee are required. Application forms are available from the Admissions Office.

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Fordham Prep admits students of any religion, race, Fordham Prep is accredited by the New York State Board color, national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, of Regents and the New York Association of Independent programs sand activities generally accorded or made Schools, and is a member of the Jesuit Secondary Education available to students at the school. It does not discriminate Association and the National Catholic Education Association. on the basis 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. 2015-16 FP Handbook HR_Fordham Handbook 07-08 10/23/15 1:32 PM Page D

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