St. John Bosco High School

Infobox Private School
name = St. John Bosco High School


established = 1940
type = Private, single-sex (all-boys) day school (formerly boarding & day - through 1979)
religion = Catholic
head_name = Director
head = Fr. Leo Baysinger
city = Bellflower
state = California|CA
country = USA
motto= "Ad Deum Qui Laetificat Juventutem Meam" ( "To God, Who Gives Joy To My Youth")
campus =
enrollment = 1041 students
faculty = 74 teachers
class = 28 students
ratio = 15:1
year = 2005
SAT =
Endowment =
Acceptance Rate = 70% of the applicants who qualify for a college prep program|remaining 30% from those who do not immediately qualify for a college prep program.

athletics = 12 varsity interscholastic sports teams
colors = Blue, white and gold
mascot = the "Brave"
homepage = [http://www.bosco.org]

St. John Bosco High School (SJBHS) is a Catholic college preparatory school located in Bellflower, California, USA; conducted by the Salesians of St. John Bosco, San Francisco Province. SJBHS is named after Saint John Bosco and was originally founded as an elementary and intermediate boarding school by the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1940. The first high-school class graduated in 1956, and in the late 1970s the boarding school closed.

During the Second World War portions of the school were used as military baracks.

Today the school is a Catholic high school in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and has a student body of 1284 students in grades 9-12.

St. John Bosco High School is one of the premiere Catholic high schools in Southern California. The schools philosophy looks to develop the "whole person" including "spiritually, morally, intellectually, socially, culturally, artistically, and physically." [ [http://www.bosco.org/history.html St. John Bosco High School website: History and Philosophy] Accessed February 28, 2009]

Alma Mater

A variant of the Alma Mater of Villanova University:
When the twilight shadows gather,
out along the campus green,
And the stalwart Bosco Brave
comes upon the scene,
Mighty sons of Saint John Bosco
sing their hymn of praise,
To their loyal Alma Mater
and their high school days

Notable alumni

*Nomar Garciaparra, signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2005
*Todd Husak, Former Stanford and NFL Quarterback
*James Cotton, Former NBA Player
*Schea Cotton, Former High School All American and one of the most hyped High School basketball players. Transferred to Mater Dei and was later entrenched in an NCAA violation scandal that would sideline his career.
*Jelani Gardner, Former McDonalds All American basketball player for Cal and Pepperdine
*Evan Longoria, Long Beach State infielder who was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays as the third overall pick of the 2006 MLB Draft, graduated in 2003.
*Joe Cowan who graduated in 2003 and holds numerous school records in track and field as well as football and Patrick Cowan who graduated in 2004 are currently part of the UCLA Bruins' football program.
*Brian Panish, a top U.S. trial lawyer who obtained the largest personal injury and product liability verdict ($4.9 billion ) in American history.
*Dennis Lamp, from 1977 through 1992, Lamp pitched for the Chicago Cubs (1977-80), Chicago White Sox (1981-83), Toronto Blue Jays (1984-86), Oakland Athletics (1987), Boston Red Sox (1988-91) and Pittsburgh Pirates.
*Roy Alugbue who graduated in 2003 is a 2006 West-Region All-American in Track & Field on the USC Men's Track and Field team.
*Patrick Cowan, current starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins football team.
*Andy Schneider, former SJB Student Body President is now a Harvard-trained anthropologist and child psychologist working at the Academy of Educational Development with projects in 150 countries. He is Vice President in the Center for Youth Development and an internationally recognized child and youth care worker.Fact|date=January 2008
*Daniel Hackett, Starting Guard for the USC Trojans Basketball team.
*Darby O'Neill, Professional mathematician.
*Benjamin Cruz, Retired Chief Justice of Guam, Democratic Senator in the Guam Legislature, former member Democratic National Committee.

Trivia

*Oingo Boingo had played at St. John Bosco's gymnasium for a dance back in the eighties
*The Cross Country Team were State Champs in 2003.
*The Cross Country Team has won 14 consecutive league titles. (1994–2007)
*Bosco is one of only two schools with a suspended floor in the basketball gym.
*Bosco was used in the 1988 motion picture "The Invisible Kid" starring: Jay Underwood and Chynna Phillips. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0095381/locations)

External links

* [http://www.bosco.org/ St. John Bosco High School website]
* [http://www.teamworkfundraising.net/bosco/donation/index.html SJB Fundraising]

References