St. Anthony's High School Home of the Friars |
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275 Wolf Hill Road South Huntington / Melville, New York 11746 United States |
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Coordinates | 40°48′45″N 73°23′19″W / 40.81250°N 73.38861°WCoordinates: 40°48′45″N 73°23′19″W / 40.81250°N 73.38861°W |
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Type | Private, Coeducational |
Motto | Deus Meus Et Omnia (My God and My All) |
Religious affiliation(s) |
Roman Catholic; Franciscan |
Patron saint(s) |
St. Anthony of Padua St. Francis of Assisi |
Established | 1933 |
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Principal | Br. Gary Cregan, OSF |
Chaplain | Rev. Khoa T. Le |
Faculty | ~150 |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 2625 (2011) |
Average class size | 30–35 |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) | Black and Gold |
Slogan | Capture the Heart and the Mind Will Follow. |
Mascot | The Friar |
Team name | Friars |
Rival | Chaminade High School |
Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
Test average | 1000 |
Publication | Friar Focus |
Newspaper | The Paduan |
Yearbook | The Anthonian |
School fees |
$600 Registration Fee (2015-2016) |
Tuition | $9,950 (2016-2017) |
Enrollment Exam | C.H.S.E.E |
Athletic Director | Joe Minucci |
Academic Dean | Br. Robert Gabriel, OSF |
Dean of Discipline | Br. Joshua DiMauro, OSF |
Dean of Men | Mr. Robert Arrigo |
Dean of Women | Dr. Christina Buehler |
Website | http://www.stanthonyshs.org |
$600 Registration Fee (2015-2016)
St. Anthony's High School is a Roman Catholic college preparatory private high school (grades 9-12) located in South Huntington, New York on Long Island. The school was founded in 1933 by the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn
The school was originally founded as St. Anthony's Juniorate by the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn, New York in September 1931. At the time, it was designed to be an all-boys preparatory boarding school for prospective novitiates.
On August 31, 1933, ground broke on the Juniorate's new facility in Smithtown, New York. Students interested in the Juniorate attended St. Francis Preparatory School, which was then located in Brooklyn. The ground-breaking marks the founding of St. Anthony's and appears on the school's crest. The school never expanded to more than 50 or 60 pupils at one time during the early years. The first five students graduated in June 1935.
In 1949, the Franciscan Novitiate moved from Smithtown to Wyandanch, New York.
In 1958, the Juniorate expanded into a day school to serve the boys of the nearby towns. Anticipating this change, the school admitted no freshmen for a period of one year and changed its name to St. Anthony's High School. The school began to grow in size to its current population of nearly 2,500.
In June 1969, the school's juniorate program was terminated. Following the end of the program was a substantial increase in the percentage of lay faculty members and the presence of nuns.
On December 5, 1983, Most Reverend John R. McGann announced that, as part of extensive changes in the educational plans of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, Holy Family Diocesan High School, South Huntington, New York, would close in June 1984, and St. Anthony's High School will re-locate in the Holy Family facility. The two schools were athletic rivals and were forced to blend into one school.