ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL ACCEPTING BOYS AND GRADUATING MEN WHO CHANGE THE WORLD! The St. Augustine Admissions brochure brings you an interactive experience. Use your smartphone camera to scan the QR codes located throughout the brochure to hear from members of our Apply online at sahs.org community and to learn more about the Saints Experience. St. Augustine High School • Admissions 2021-22 THE SAINTS EXPERIENCE Four fantastic years that made me a better thinker, do-er, and servant leader. It also gave me 176 brothers when originally I had none. Saints is a strong, caring and supportive environment for – Saintsman Jason Misleh, National Merit Finalist; attending Harvey Mudd College young men looking to grow, learn and mature. Our son has thrived through rigorous sports and academics! We Saints has given me all that a young man could need love the staff and the school. from sports to faith support to educational rigor. - Joe Strazzeri, I couldn’t have asked for a better high school experience. Father of Saintsman ‘18 – Saintsman Sebastian Rohrer; attending UCSD Brotherhood, Faith and Community play a very My coaches and teachers have important role in students’ daily experiences. forced me into leadership spots Saints delivers! Your son will be changed to a that, at the time, I didn’t want, chivalrous, courteous, confident and honorable but am now so grateful for young man. having. Saints helped me to grow – Christina Dashwood, Mother of Saintsmen ‘16 and ‘17 as a student and a leader. I will forever be grateful. – Saintsman Brendan Silvia, St. Augustine Gold Medal Recipient; attending Montana State University I think the most important lesson I have learned in my time at Saints was the importance of respecting other people’s thoughts and opinions. – Ben Danielski ‘19 WHERE OUR SAINTSMEN ARE COMING FROM The Saints experience is comprised of a diverse collection of students who attend our school from communities throughout San Diego County and Northern Baja California. St. Augustine High School • Admissions 2021-22 ALL-BOYS EDUCATION In an independent study commissioned by the New Zealand government over a 12-year period, groundbreaking research shows that boys in single-sex schools achieve significantly higher academic results than those in co-educational institutions at all levels and across ethnicities. St. Augustine High School is not just a “school comprised of boys,” but a school FOR boys. Saints is designed in every way to respond to boys’ needs, to harness their potential and to guide them along the journey towards becoming responsible Christian gentlemen. At St. Augustine High School, our boys benefit from our ability to: Offer an engaging curriculum, specifically Approach teaching and learning in a way that developed for the ways boys think and learn, helping is tailored to how boys learn helping them to thrive build their confidence and pride in their abilities in order academically, socially and spiritually. Our experiential and to thrive academically. The scope and diversity of our internationally focused methods help boys connect with program helps encourage boys to want to be at school the world around them. We take care to vary curriculum and want to learn. Our school activities include leadership content and methodologies of teaching, learning and training, community service, an award winning science thinking, and use diverse technologies to support our program, extensive creative and visual arts program, faith goals. Importantly, we understand that there is great development and enrichment programs, and athletics. diversity in the way boys learn. Our school’s inquiry-based and hands-on approach builds upon boys’ natural curiosity. Help boys focus on academic and extracurricular activities without the pressure Raise expectations of what boys can achieve, to perform for girls. Boys can show interest without encouraging each boy to achieve his potential and discover inhibition and are able to interact with learning his own unique interests and talents. programs, often achieving more highly as a result. Build a safe, happy and secure school Choose teachers that understand, value environment in which boys receive the right balance of and are passionate about working with boys boundaries, high expectations and the freedom to explore and who act as positive Catholic role models. within them. Promote strong bonds of friendship between Gear the school environment to maximize the the boys and their classmates as well as with their way boys will respond and participate in their teachers and coaches. learning. We develop exciting resources geared toward boys, from the books they like to read, to the furnishings Provide supervised social, spiritual, cultural and fixtures in classrooms, high levels of technology, and and academic activities with our sister school the large open spaces in which to play. Academy of Our Lady of Peace. MUSIC MASS BAND MATH TUTORING CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATION JAZZ BAND DRUM LINE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INTRAMURALS MARCHING BAND DRAMA STUDENT LIFE LOYAL SONS PEER TUTORING CERAMICS EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS TECHNICAL THEATER OVER 40 DIFFERENT CLUBS BIG BROTHERS DRAWING THE BROTHERHOOD THE PIT PAINTING STUDENT ATHLETIC TRAINERS St. Augustine High School • Admissions 2021-22 CAMPUS MINISTRY FAITH SERVICE RETREATS 4 4 3 Years of religion class Border Day immersions Kairos retreats for the Junior/Senior classes • Weekly all-school Mass • Annual service • Annual class retreats hour commitment • Daily Mass for neighbors • Freshmen overnight retreat and parents • Monthly trips to Hogar Infantil, focused on Unity the Augustinian Orphanage • Pilgrimages (World Youth Day, in Tijuana • Sophomore one-day retreat Camino, Augustinian Youth focused on Love Encounter) • All Freshmen serve at the SD Food Bank • Junior one-day retreat focused • Advent and Lenten on Truth Penance Services • All Sophomores serve a lunch at St. Vincent de Paul • Senior one-day retreat focused • Weekly confession on Gratitude • Over $20,000 raised annually • Student led prayer services for Hogar Infantil and Stations of the Cross • Yearly Peru and Panama student exchanges • Yearly service immersions to Italy and Guatemala • Spring Break Service Trips St. Augustine High School • Admissions 2021-22 ACADEMICS St. Augustine High School has the highest percentage of students meeting or exceeding the college readiness standards of any Catholic High School in the Diocese of San Diego. Proud Partner School 14 University of 13 University of 26 University of California approved California approved California approved area D lab science area C math courses area F Visual and THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN courses Performing Arts inspiring tomorrow’s problem solvers courses In partnership with The University of Texas- Austin’s Cockrell School THE LAST 5 YEARS of Engineering Saints offers a unique program focusing on: 34 8 • The development of National Merit National Merit engineering design skills Commended Scholars Semi-Finalists • Collaborative, student- directed projects 8 35 National Merit Finalists National Merit • The exploration of various Hispanic Scholars engineering disciplines A state of the art makers’ space featuring courses in 100% college-bound Robotics and Engineering, and St. Augustine graduates over the last decade. in the near future courses in 92% 4-year schools; 8% community college. computer electronics and the industrial arts. IN THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR SAINTS STUDENTS EARNED THE FOLLOWING AP DISTINCTIONS: 82% scored a 3 or above on their exams; 11 classes achieved a 70% pass rate; 66 were designated as AP Scholars, including 18 Scholars with Honors and 15 Scholars with Distinction St. Augustine High School • Admissions 2021-22 AP COURSES SAINTSMEN IN COLLEGE English University of Alabama New York University • English Language Arizona State University Northeastern University and Composition University of Arizona Northern Arizona University • English Literature Auburn University Northwestern University and Composition Boston College University of Notre Dame Boston University University of Oklahoma Mathematics Cal Lutheran University University of Oregon • Statistics Cal Maritime Pepperdine University • Calculus AB Cal Poly Pomona Pitzer College • Calculus BC Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Point Loma Nazarene University • Computer Science-A University of California (all campuses) Princeton University Science California State University (15 campuses) Purdue University California Institute of Technology University of Redlands • Biology Cardiff Metropolitan University (Wales) University of St. Andrews (Scotland) • Chemistry Chapman University San Diego State University • Physics 1 and C University Colorado Boulder University of San Diego Visual and Performing Arts Cornell University University of San Francisco • Music Theory Creighton University San Jose State University • Studio Art 2-D Dartmouth University Santa Clara University • Studio Art Drawing Fordham University Seattle University Georgetown University University of Southern California Social Studies Gonzaga University Southern Methodist University • World History Harvard University Stanford University • US History Harvey Mudd College Texas Christian University • American Government Johns Hopkins University US Air Force Academy • Economics: Macroeconomics Iona College US Coast Guard Academy • Economics: Microeconomics Loyola Marymount University US Military Academy • Psychology Marquette University US Naval Academy World Languages Merrimack College Villanova University