St. Anthony's High School is a Roman Catholic

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(grades 9–12) school located in South Huntington, New York on

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. The school was founded in 1933 by the

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History

The school was 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

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for prospective

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s. On August 31, 1933, ground broke on the Juniorate's new facility in Smithtown, New York. Students interested in the Juniorate attended

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, 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

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. 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

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. On December 5, 1983, Most Reverend

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announced that, as part of extensive changes in the educational plans of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre,

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, 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 the students and faculty were blended into one school. The last mixed class graduated in 1987, and the first class to spend all four years at St. Anthony's H.S. in Huntington graduated in 1988. Following this, the school began to admit young women. St. Anthony's is currently located in this former Holy Family location at 275 Wolf Hill Road in

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Curriculum

The basic curriculum at St. Anthony's includes required courses in Theology, English, Social Studies and Physical Education (4 years); Mathematics, Science, Foreign Language (3 years); Fine Arts (Health, Art, Music or Drama) (1 year). Honors and Advanced Placement courses are offered to students who qualify, with electives in all disciplines. The passing grade at St. Anthony's is 75% to ensure that each student leaves with a higher standard of excellence before entering college and a minimum grade of 80% is required for any letter of recommendation to college.

Notable alumni

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,('02), WBO Light Welterweight Champion, ISKA World Welterweight Champion, WKA World Super Welterweight Champion. * Chris Armas, Former USA Soccer National team member *

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, Head Coach of the Brooklyn Nets * Dan Barry ('76), NY Times reporter *

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, Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district since 2023 * Brian McNamara ('78), actor *

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References

External links

St. Anthony's High School official website

St. Anthony's Fathers' Guild

St. Anthony's High School Alumni Association website
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