St. Joseph's Preparatory School, known as "St. Joseph's Prep" or simply "The Prep", is an urban, private, Catholic, college preparatory school run by the

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, United States. It was founded in 1851.

Curriculm

The credits must satisfy the minimums in religious studies (4), English (4), mathematics / computer science (4), history (3), science (3), classics & modern language (5), fine arts (1), electives (2). A minimum of two of the language credits must be in classics.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

St. Joseph's Prep's athletic teams compete as one of the 16 schools in the

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. The Prep joined the

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in the 2007–2008 school year. The Prep offers the following athletic programs: ''Fall:'' cross country, football (varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen),

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(varsity and junior varsity), rugby, soccer (varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen), squash (varsity and junior varsity), Ultimate Frisbee (club), and golf. ''Winter:'' basketball (varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen), bowling (varsity and junior varsity), indoor track and field, swimming, wrestling (varsity and junior varsity), and ice hockey (varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen). ''Spring:'' baseball (varsity, junior varsity, and freshman),

(varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen), volleyball, lacrosse, outdoor track and field, tennis, Ultimate Frisbee (club), and rugby (varsity, junior varsity, freshmen/sophomore). The boys senior eight crew team has won the

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in national competition 13 times; in 1955, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999–2001, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2019 and 2021. In 2000, the Prep Varsity 8 won the

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at the

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. In 2021, St. Joseph's Prep won the

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Youth National Championship in the Men's 8+ for the first time. This was the first time a scholastic team won the national championship in over a decade. The Prep football team won back-to-back state championships, winning the Class 4A state championship in 2014 with a 49–41 win against

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in the finals. Despite losing to La Salle College High School early in the 2015 playoffs, the St. Joseph's Prep football team won the first ever Class 6A PIAA state championship, defeating Pittsburgh Central Catholic by a score of 42–7 at HersheyPark Stadium in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The team won the program's fourth state title in 2018 with a 40–20 win against Harrisburg High School in the Class 6A tournament final.

Notable alumni

Business * W. Nicholas Howley (Class of 1970), founder/chairman of

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, the Phanatic *

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who has played in the NHL for the

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. *

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quarterback *

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Lightweight Men's Crew *

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advance to

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and

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football team, defensive coordinator,

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football team *

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basketball team, current assistant coach of

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Writers / Authors *

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(Class of 1961), film critic and editor for ''TIME'' magazine. * Chris McDougall (Class of 1980), author of Born to Run

References

* Twyman, Anthony S., "''Prepped for Politics''". Philadelphia Inquirer. 23 November 2005.

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