Chaminade High School

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Chaminade High School
Fortes in Unitate - Strength in Unity
Established 1930
School type Private
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Campus Main Building, Residence, Ott Field, Thomas Field, Physical Fitness Center(PFC), future Activity and Athletics Center, Meribah Retreat House, Founder's Hollow Retreat House
Enrollment 1625
Faculty 78
Average class size 32-40 students
Student:teacher
ratio		 21.6:1
Average SAT
scores (2006)		 620 verbal
640 math
Athletics 31 Interscholastic Teams
Color(s) Crimson and Gold
Mascot Flyers


Chaminade High School is a Roman Catholic high school for young men in Mineola, New York. In 1930, Alexander Ott, S.M., a member of the Society of Mary, founded the school and named it after William Joseph Chaminade.

The school, long noted for its academic excellence, has a student body of 1600 with both lay and religious faculty. Students follow a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, including four years of Religion, English, Social Studies, Foreign Language (French, German, Latin or Spanish), Mathematics, Science, including Earth Science (Oceanography), Biology, Chemistry, Physics, three years of Fine Arts, and one year of Health.

Qualified students also have the opportunity to enroll in a full year of collegiate study during their senior year. Professors from Long Island University directly teach at the school. Over 99% of Chaminade graduates attend college. [1] In 2006, all 390 graduates were accepted into college, with 265 offered scholarships[2].

An extensive selection of extracurricular activities bolsters Chaminade's outstanding academic program. Most students partake in one or more school activities and more than half participate on interscholastic athletic teams.{{Link}}

The school's athletic teams are nicknamed the Flyers, which honors the first non-stop solo transatlantic flight from the U.S. to Europe, departing nearby Roosevelt Field in the United States to Paris, France in 1927 by Charles Lindbergh. Accordingly, the school paper is called the Tarmac.


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Over the years Chaminade has established top programs in baseball, bowling, cross country, track & field, rowing, swimming, diving, soccer, riflry, chess, hiking, tennis, volleyball, wrestling, football and lacrosse. Its crew team ranks as one of the top teams in the nation, with their varsity boat winning the Head of the Charles Regatta in two of the last four years.

Until a second place finish to Fordham Prep of the Bronx New York in the 2007 CHSAA swimming finals, the Swim Team remained undefeated in the CHSAA for six consecutive years. Despite finishing second in the 2007 championships, the team finished it's 2006-2007 duel meet season undefeated for the the sixth consecutive season. During the 2004-2005 season, the team ranked first in New York state among public and private high schools and eleventh nationally in Dual Meets.[1]

On the gridiron, Steven Boyd, a former NFL linebacker for the Detroit Lions, recently joined the faculty as a member of the the Physical Education Department and as a coach of the football team.

Fall of 2006 Varsity Championships:
Crew - Undefeated Season - Head of the Charles Regatta - 1st Place High School
Cross Country - NSCHSAA League Champions - CHSAA Intersectional Champions
Soccer - New York State Champions



The following statistics provide a sample of Chaminade's college placement for the classes of 2005 and 2006:

Amherst College 9
Boston College 18
Bowdoin College 2
Brown University 2
Bucknell University 4
Colgate University 1
College of the Holy Cross 26
College of William & Mary 4
Columbia University 9
Cornell University 10
Dartmouth College 3
Duke University 1
Fordham University 31
Georgetown University 13
Harvard University 1
Johns Hopkins University 1
Lafayette College 3
Lehigh University 6
New York University 15
Oxford University (U.K.) 1
Princeton University 4
Tufts University 1
U.S. Air Force Academy 1
U.S. Naval Academy 6
U.S. Military Academy 3
University of Chicago 2
University of California Berkeley 1
University of Maryland 4
University of Michigan 3
University of Notre Dame 28
University of Pennsylvania 5
University of Virginia 2
Vassar College 1
Villanova University 35
Wake Forest University 8
Washington & Lee University 2
Washington University (WUSTL) 2
Williams College 2
Yale University 2. [3]

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

Chaminade is well known for its academic rigor and its success in forensics. The Robert C. Wright Speech and Debate Team (named after alumnus and Vice Chairman of General Electric Robert Charles Wright) consistently competes with Long Island's Catholic Forensic League and regularly competes on the national debate circuit.

Chaminade is one of the only high schools in America to own and operate a pipe organ similar to the instrument found at Radio City Music Hall in New York City [4]

Chaminade is also known for its out-spoken opposition to American "prom culture." On November 29, 2005, Chaminade decided to dissolve what was formerly its junior prom and senior prom following a similar decision by an affiliated high school, Kellenberg. Chaminade's president, Father James Williams, noted his opposition to the "over-the-topness" of contemporary prom culture adding that a high school social event should not amount to merely a contest to see who has "the biggest limo", the "most elaborate weekend planned" -- the prom is no longer "the focus."[5]

  1. ^ "2004-05 NISCA National Dual Meet Team Rankings", National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association, August 23,2005.

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