Regis High School (New York City)
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Regis High School (New York City)
| Regis High School | |
|---|---|
.jpg) As seen from 84th Street (2019) | |
| Address | |
55 East 84th Street New York ,New York 10028 | |
| Coordinates | 40°46′46″N 73°57′32″W [96] |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Motto | Deo et Patriae Pietas Christiana Erexit (Built by Christian Piety for God and Country) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Patron saint(s) | St. John Francis Regis |
| Established | 1914 |
| Founder | Julia M. Grant |
| President | Rev. Daniel K. Lahart, SJ |
| Principal | Rev. Anthony Andreassi, CO |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrollment | 529 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 10:1 |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Scarlet, Silver and White |
| Song | Regis Alma Mater |
| Athletics conference | CHSAA |
| Mascot | Owl |
| Nickname | Raiders |
| Rivals | Xavier High School Fordham Prep |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | The Owl |
| Yearbook | The Regian |
| Affiliation | Jesuit |
| Website | www.regis.org [97] |
| [3][4][5] | |
Regis High School is a private Jesuit university-preparatory school for Roman Catholic young men located on Manhattan's Upper East Side.[6] Annual class enrollment is limited to approximately 135 male students from the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut tri-state area. The school is ranked as both the best Catholic high school in the United States and the best all-boys school in New York.[7][8] Regis is also consistently ranked in the top five high schools in the nation in regard to SAT/ACT scores.[9]
| Regis High School | |
|---|---|
As seen from 84th Street (2019) | |
| Address | |
55 East 84th Street New York ,New York 10028 | |
| Coordinates | 40°46′46″N 73°57′32″W [96] |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Motto | Deo et Patriae Pietas Christiana Erexit (Built by Christian Piety for God and Country) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Patron saint(s) | St. John Francis Regis |
| Established | 1914 |
| Founder | Julia M. Grant |
| President | Rev. Daniel K. Lahart, SJ |
| Principal | Rev. Anthony Andreassi, CO |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrollment | 529 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 10:1 |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Scarlet, Silver and White |
| Song | Regis Alma Mater |
| Athletics conference | CHSAA |
| Mascot | Owl |
| Nickname | Raiders |
| Rivals | Xavier High School Fordham Prep |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | The Owl |
| Yearbook | The Regian |
| Affiliation | Jesuit |
| Website | www.regis.org [97] |
| [3][4][5] | |
History
Regis High School was founded in 1914, through the financial bequest of a single formerly anonymous benefactress: Julia M. Grant, the widow of Mayor Hugh J. Grant. She stipulated that her gift be used to build a Jesuit high school providing a free education for Catholic boys with special consideration given to those who could not otherwise afford a Catholic education.[10] The school continues that policy and does not charge tuition.[11] The Grants' former home is the residence of the Vatican Observer to the United Nations, where the pope stays when he visits New York City.[12]
Following the death of her husband in 1910, Julia Grant met with Father David W. Hearn, S.J. and, with a stipulation of strict anonymity, gave him an envelope with the money needed to start a school to educate Catholic boys. After Mrs. Grant died, her children took over the funding of the school. The last surviving member of the family, Lucie Mackey Grant, a daughter-in-law of Julia Grant, died in 2007. Since the 1960s, Regis has relied primarily on the Grant endowments and alumni donations to keep the school tuition free. Following Lucie Mackey Grant's death, at an auction of her estate, Regis bid successfully for the original golden chalice used during Mass when the school was founded in 1914.[13] The identity of the school's founding benefactor was officially kept secret for decades, though the large portrait in the school's first floor conference room titled "Julia Grant" contradicted the official policy. The online announcement, of an auction that included items related to the school's founding, did so as well.[13] Finally, on October 26, 2009, a documentary film revealed her identity and detailed the circumstances of her gift.
The school building was designed by Maginnis & Walsh.[14]
On Saturday, May 14, 2011, a two-alarm fire destroyed the school's principal gymnasium and caused some peripheral damage. The school re-opened the following Tuesday.[15]
Admission
A prospective student, any 8th-grade Roman Catholic male who has demonstrated superior academic ability, first completes an application that includes the composition of a short essay and then sits for Regis's own admission test. Of the approximately 1,000 students who sit for this test each year, about 230 are selected for two interviews with faculty or alumni, and around 135 students are admitted.[10]
Athletics
Sports currently available to Regis students include baseball (on the junior varsity and varsity levels), basketball (on the freshman, junior varsity, and varsity levels), cross country, soccer (on the junior varsity and varsity levels), indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball (on the varsity level). The school is a member of the Catholic High School Athletic Association (C.H.S.A.A.). Regis's athletic teams have seen success in recent years, including several City Championships in their division at the junior varsity and varsity levels. In 2005, the year after winning the city championship, the Varsity basketball team won the B division State Federation Championship in Glens Falls, NY, beating the best of the private and public schools of New York. Between 2006 and 2008, the Regis Baseball team, which has played in the A division for only 6 years, finished 3rd, 2nd, and 3rd respectively. This streak of top 3 finishes is a feat no other CHSAA A division school has accomplished since Regis joined the league. Senior Christopher Bates was drafted in the 15th round of the 2010 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers. Also, in 2009, the varsity Volleyball team won the CHSAA championship over league rival Xaverian and made it to the final again in 2010 in an attempt to defend their title. The volleyball team continued their dominance over the CHSAA in 2011 and 2012, winning the championship each year, and losing just one league match. On February 22, 2013, the Regis Freshman Basketball team won the CHSAA A Division City Championship. The Team had an overall record of 22-3 and was 16-1 in conference play.[16] Recently, the Regis Varsity Basketball team has experienced great success as they captured the CHSAA "B" City Championship as well as the CHSAA "B" New York State Championship in 2014. The majority of that same team returned in 2015 and repeated as CHSAA "B" City Champs while falling just short in state championship. The Regis Cross Country Freshman team also placed second in the Manhattan Invitation in 2017.[17] The freshman team also gained success in 2015 winning their own CHSAA "B" City Championship.[18]
Golf and tennis were offered until the 2007-2008 season, and non-competitive tennis is now offered as an extracurricular.
Regis uses several athletic fields and complexes, including Central Park, Randall's Island, Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, and the Armory on West 168th Street.
2018 was a very successful year for Regis athletics. The Varsity Soccer Team won the New York City Championships, and the Varsity Basketball won the State Championships.
Extracurricular activities
Students who attend Regis have many extracurricular activities to select from in addition to athletics. The school carries with it a strong debate tradition, and as such the most popular activity is the speech and debate team, known as "The Hearn" (named for Fr. David Hearn, S.J.). The team competes on state and national levels in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, Student Congress, Extemporaneous speaking, Declamation, Duo Interpretation, and other forms of dramatic interpretation of literature. The Hearn is atypically large for a high school debate team (roughly 40% of the student body is on the team), and is considered one of the best high school teams in the United States. The Hearn's most notable achievements include: 28 state championships in the past 34 years, 5 national collegiate debate champions and one world collegiate champion, including first place in the World Schools Debate in Birmingham, Alabama, in 2017.[19] A $2.5 million endowment was created in 2008 for the debate society's exclusive use.[20]
There are also various publications that students can work on, such as the newspaper (The Owl) and yearbook (The Regian) as well as several literary publications such as a sports magazine (The Falcon), a journal of opinion (The Crow), a movie review magazine (Flix Pix), and a literary magazine (The Raven). Regis Repertory stages a musical in the fall and a drama or comedy in the spring, relying on the efforts of over 90 students in the cast, stage crew, business staff, and band, as well as talent from neighboring girls schools.[21] Recreational clubs include the Flag Football League, Billiards Club, Games Club, Comedy Club, Rock Music Club, Tennis Club, Foreign Affairs Club, Yoga Club, Ultimate Frisbee Club and various cultural and special interests/political clubs.[22] The Regis Historical Society, in addition to being a forum for general and school-specific historical debate, publishes its own journal, Cliographia. The Owl interviewed CIA leak case prosecutor and alumnus Patrick J. Fitzgerald in 2006. Its article was linked on the Drudge Report and quoted by the Associated Press.[23]
In popular culture
The Regis High School building has been used as the setting for parts of several television shows and movies:
Law & Order: Criminal Intent—Season Six, Episode Two, "Tru Love".
Rock group Of A Revolution (O.A.R.) filmed the music video for their song "Lay Down," which is featured on their 2005 album Stories of a Stranger, at Regis High School.
The 2000 film Finding Forrester uses the school building to represent the Mailor Academy.
Classroom scene in Prince of the City.
Director Allen Coulter filmed his movie Remember Me at the school in July 2009.[24] Actor Pierce Brosnan was also there during filming.
On July 30, 2009, auditions were held in the Regis upper gym for a movie starring Queen Latifah, Just Wright.
On August 6, 2009, Common, a rapper and actor, visited the school building in anticipation of his role in the film Just Wright.[25]
On January 8, 2012, Regis provided the setting for the Florrick children's private school in Season 3 Episode 12 "Alienation of Affection" of The Good Wife.
A Jimmy Fallon segment that aired on March 30, 2016 where The Tonight Show played the Harlem Globetrotters in a pickup game of basketball was filmed in Regis's upper gym.
Notable alumni
Vito Acconci, performance artist and architect[30]
Norberto Barba, TV/Film Director
Adrian Basora, U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic (1993-1995)
Michael Bérubé, Paterno Family Professor in Literature, Pennsylvania State University[31]
Kevin Burke, Chairman, President, and CEO of Consolidated Edison
Frank Caggiano, Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut[32]
Thomas Cahill, scholar and writer, author of the Hinges of History series[33]
Timothy Chorba, U.S. Ambassador to Singapore (1994-1997)[34]
Bill Condon, director and Academy Award-winning screenwriter[35]
Edward Conlon, NYPD police officer and bestselling author[36]
John M. Corridan (1911-1984), Jesuit priest and organized crime fighter on the NYC waterfront, inspiration for Fr. Barry in On the Waterfront[37]
John D'Agostino, exchange markets expert and subject of Ben Mezrich's Rigged[38]
John D'Emilio, academic, historian, and activist[39]
Lou DiBella, boxing promoter[40]
Donald Donahue, President and CEO (retired) Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation[41]
John Donvan (born 1955), journalist, ABC News Nightline correspondent[42]
Anthony Fauci, head of the NIAID, HIV/AIDS researcher[34][36]
John D. Feeley, diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Panama (2016-2018)[43]
Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney and CIA Leak Investigation Special Prosecutor[34][36]
Steve Fuller, founder of social epistemology, professor at University of Warwick, UK[44]
Greg Giraldo (1965-2010), comedian and television personality[45]
Robert Giroux (1914-2008), publisher at Harcourt, Brace & Company and Farrar, Straus and Giroux[46]
Frederick Gluck, Managing Director of McKinsey & Company from 1988-1994[47]
Pete Hamill (born 1935), writer and columnist, did not graduate, attended until age 16, awarded honorary diploma in 2010[48]
Charles Harbutt (1935-2015), photographer[49]
Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M., former president of St. John's University, former president of Niagara University[50]
Andrew P. Harris, M.D., Member of Congress[51]
Timothy Healy, S.J. (1923-1992), president of Georgetown University and the New York Public Library[52]
Robert Hilferty, filmmaker, journalist, and noted HIV/AIDS activist [53]
Steve Hirdt, Executive Vice President, Elias Sports Bureau[54]
Colin Jost, Head Writer and Weekend Update co-anchor at Saturday Night Live, stand up comedian[55]
John F. Keenan (born 1929), U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York[56]
Thomas C. Kelly (1931-2011), Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky[57]
Tom Kelly (1924-2008), Boston Celtics basketball player[58]
Phil Klay, winner of the National Book Award for fiction in 2014 for Redeployment[59][60]
John Koeltl, U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York[34][61]
David Lat, founder and Managing Editor of legal blog, Above the Law[62]
Peter Labbat, Managing Partner Energy Capital Partners[63]
Joseph M. Leccese, Chairman of Proskauer Rose[64]
John Leo, author and former columnist, U.S. News & World Report[65]
Thomas Lippman, journalist and author, Middle East specialist
Chris Lowney, Christian author and speaker[66]
Gerard E. Lynch, circuit judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit[67]
John Maguire (1904-1989), Bishop, New York archdiocese[68]
Eugene T. Maleska (1916-1993), editor, New York Times crossword puzzle[69]
Mark Mazzetti, Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times writer[34][72]
Ken McCarthy, Internet commercialization pioneer, educator, activist[73]
Mac McGarry (1926-2013), host of the Washington, D.C., and Charlottesville, Virginia, versions of It's Academic[74]
John McGiver (1913-1975), motion picture and television character actor[75]
Kevin McKeown (born 1948), Mayor, City of Santa Monica, California[76]
Joseph M. McShane, S.J. (born 1949), president of Fordham University[77]
Ronald J. Mellor, scholar of ancient history and religion[78]
Arthur Minson, Jr., President and Chief Operating Officer, WeWork [79]
Alexander J. Motyl (born 1953), political scientist at Rutgers University
Thomas Murphy (1906-1995), government official, in the perjury trials of Alger Hiss.[80]
Craig Newton (born 2002) , hip-hop artist
John Nonna (born 1948), 1972 Summer Olympics fencer[81]
Frank S. Nugent (1908-1965), New York Times film critic, screenwriter (The Quiet Man, 1952; The Searchers 1956)[82]
Edward J. O'Donnell '49, Bishop, Diocese of Lafayette, LA
Joseph A. O'Hare (born 1931), President of Fordham University, Chairman of New York City Campaign Finance Board, editor at America Magazine.
John O'Keefe (born 1939), Nobel laureate 2014[83]
F.E. Peters (born 1927), scholar of Middle East religion, New York University
Patrick Quinlan, political activist and author
Gerard Reedy, S.J., President of the College of the Holy Cross[84]
Ken Rosato, journalist and WABC Eyewitness News Anchor.
Luc Sante (born 1954), writer and critic[85]
Jon Sciambi (born 1970), sportscaster for ESPN[86]
Jim Sciutto, journalist, Chief National Security Correspondent for CNN[34][87]
James Russell Shea (1935-2017), US civil servant, Director of the Office of International Programs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1976-1998)[88][2]
Brian Thomsen (1959-2008), science fiction writer[90]
Robert Tomasulo (born 1934), computer scientist who devised the algorithm named for him[91]
Pablo S. Torre, sportswriter for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine, panelist on ESPN shows such as Around the Horn
Mike Walczewski (born 1956), New York Knicks/Madison Square Garden public address announcer Mike Walczewski
William Braucher Wood (born 1950), diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Colombia (2003-2007) and Afghanistan (2007-2009)[34]
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan above 59th to 110th Streets
List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 59th to 110th Streets