Oratory Preparatory School
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Oratory Preparatory School, commonly known as Oratory Prep, is a Roman Catholic
college preparatory
day school
for boys in grades 7-12, located in Summit
, New Jersey
, United States, approximately 19 miles (30.6 km) west of Manhattan
. The school is positioned one block away from the Kent Place School
and is in close proximity to Summit High School.
The school is associated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
. Oratory Preparatory School is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Commission on Secondary Schools since 1973.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 259 students and 28.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
The school was founded in 1907 as Carlton Academy, with grades 4-12. Most of the students lived on campus. Due to the school's relatively small size, students in a given grade are not individually ranked. Oratory is home to young men from over 70 towns in the New York metro area. Tuition and fees for the 2011-12 academic year was $16,400, not including transportation, books, and meals. Financial aid and scholarships are offered to more than 30% of Oratory families. Each year 100% of Oratory seniors are accepted to four-year colleges.
. However, there may have been an association in the past, as advertisements for the school in The New York Times
during the 1910s mention the Oratorian Fathers. The reason for the name change is said to be that the school wanted to attract Oratorian Priests, however this plan proved to be unsuccessful. Oratory was founded as an exclusive boarding school serving boys in grades 4 through 12, although in 1964 it became strictly a day school.
Oratory originally resided on a 15 acres (60,702.9 m²) lot, but was reduced to its current ten after selling off a portion of land in the 1960s. In 1967, the school was sold to the Archdiocese of Newark after running into financial difficulties. Among century-old specimen trees and rolling hills, the campus consists of two main academic buildings, athletic fields, and a prayer garden. The Newman Hall mansion, located at 14 Bedford Road, houses two classrooms, a chapel, and admission/development offices. At the turn of the century, the campus was conversationally referred to as "The Park" by Summit residents because it had various athletic fields, intricate lamp posts, its own irrigation system, and a small pond that was used for skating during the winter season. The Fr. John J. Bain Academic building, built in 1959, contains classrooms, cafeteria, library, gymnasium, weight room, guidance offices, computer lab, chemistry lab, and art room. Oratory's Cavalero Memorial Field, an artificial turf field constructed in 2010, hosts a baseball diamond as well as Northern New Jersey's largest high school soccer field. Three practice tennis courts are adjacent to Kelly Field.
In 2006, the land was assessed at $6,270,000, and the buildings at $2,752,700, a total of $9,022,700.
With support from all resources, Oratory has made significant changes to the school in the past five years. Beginning in 2003, the school has required, as part of the "Anytime, Anywhere Learning Program", personal laptop computers for grades 9-12, and put the entire campus on a wireless internet network. In the summer of 2004, a $1.3 million renovation to Fr. John Bain Academic Building was completed, resulting in major renovations to each classroom, and the installation of smartboards. In 2005, a new library and art studio was built in the location of the previous stage area. In 2010, an artificial turf field, named Cavalero Memorial Field, was constructed on the former Kelly Field. That same year after the observation that the library was unused, they turned the library into a state of the art music room, and started a very successful first year jazz band directed by Doctor Clifford Whitelegg.
Throughout the summer of 2006, improvements included renovations to the main lobby and gym, and the installation of an up-to-date security system, complete with 18 security cameras and new servers. A new marquee is located on the Morris Avenue side of the campus.
(50 miles away), to one block down the street. Students get to school using New Jersey Transit
rail and bus services. The Summit train station is located approximately 1 miles (1.6 km) from the school. Additional busing is provided by county-run bus services. Juniors and seniors are allowed to park in designated parking spaces in the school lot.
Students participate in community service programs such as Bridges, Operation Helping Hand, Habitat for Humanity. Meetings run on a weekly basis, where fundraiser ideas are discussed. Proceeds from two or more dress-down days throughout the school year are donated to the Bridges Program.
Overnight Emmaus retreats run continually throughout the year for all grades. Every school year, each class travels on a day trip to the Xavier Retreat Center at the College of Saint Elizabeth
. The lower school holds their retreats at Newman Hall during the fall season. The freshmen have an overnight retreat in Blairstown, New Jersey for team building exercises, and finish their trip at Newman Hall the following day.
, Italy
and the United Kingdom
. One highlight from the 2006 trip was having Easter mass at the Santa Maria del Fiore
Church in Florence
, Italy.
Popular at Oratory is the annual ski trip to Italy (however in 2007, they went to Utah instead of Italy). Not only do the students have the opportunity to ski on the Italian Alps, but they also experience the life of the surrounding towns.
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More than 80% of students at Oratory participate in at least one sport. The athletic teams participate in the 20-team Mountain Valley Conference
, and compete in parochial B state finals because of the school's small population. Oratory has recently held the most titles of any school in the conference.
Oratory Golf's home course is Canoe Brook Country Club. The golf team was NJSIAA Non Public B State Champions in 2004-05, and won the NJSIAA Prep B State Championship in 2005-06. For the 2006 season, the Oratory golf team was ranked 20th in the state by The Star-Ledger
. Steve Zychowski won the state and Mount Valley tournaments and helped lead the golf team to a win in the NJSIAA Parochial B tournament in 2009.
For 14 consecutive years through 2009, the swim team won the Mountain Valley Conference and won the NJ Prep B Championship in 2004. The cross country team was the NJISAA Prep B State Champions in 2004, and has continually placed first in the conference for the past ten years. The team is led by Coach E.J. Cronin, who is also the junior varsity
baseball coach. The varsity
baseball team were conference champions in 2006, a feat not accomplished since 1956, and had a perfect in-conference record of 12-0.
The spring track team won the New Jersey Prep B Championship two years running (2009 and 2010). The track team won the inaugural winter track Prep B championship in February 2011.
Oratory employs three part-time athletic trainers for strength and conditioning year-round.
style event, called OPalooza, twice a year, in the spring and fall. Most of the performers are school or local bands.
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
college preparatory
University-preparatory school
A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school is a secondary school, usually private, designed to prepare students for a college or university education...
day school
Day school
A day school—as opposed to a boarding school—is an institution where children are given educational instruction during the day and after which children/teens return to their homes...
for boys in grades 7-12, located in Summit
Summit, New Jersey
Summit is a city in Union County, New Jersey, United States. At the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 21,457. Summit had the 16th-highest per capita income in the state as of the 2000 Census....
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States, approximately 19 miles (30.6 km) west of Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
. The school is positioned one block away from the Kent Place School
Kent Place School
The Kent Place School is an all-girls kindergarten through 12 independent college-preparatory day school in Summit, Union County, New Jersey, United States...
and is in close proximity to Summit High School.
The school is associated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
The Archdiocese of Newark is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern New Jersey, United States. Its ecclesiastic territory includes all of the Catholic parishes and schools in the New Jersey counties of Bergen, Union, Hudson and Essex .-History:Originally established as the Diocese of...
. Oratory Preparatory School is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
The New Jersey Association of Independent Schools serves independent elementary and secondary schools throughout the state of New Jersey. The Association consists of 70 member schools with a total enrollment of approximately 26,000 students...
and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association dedicated to educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation and accreditation...
Commission on Secondary Schools since 1973.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 259 students and 28.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
The school was founded in 1907 as Carlton Academy, with grades 4-12. Most of the students lived on campus. Due to the school's relatively small size, students in a given grade are not individually ranked. Oratory is home to young men from over 70 towns in the New York metro area. Tuition and fees for the 2011-12 academic year was $16,400, not including transportation, books, and meals. Financial aid and scholarships are offered to more than 30% of Oratory families. Each year 100% of Oratory seniors are accepted to four-year colleges.
History
Though the school is named Oratory, it does not have any connection to the Oratorian FathersOratory of Saint Philip Neri
The Oratory of Saint Philip Neri is a congregation of Catholic priests and lay-brothers who live together in a community bound together by no formal vows but only with the bond of charity. They are commonly referred to as Oratorians...
. However, there may have been an association in the past, as advertisements for the school in The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
during the 1910s mention the Oratorian Fathers. The reason for the name change is said to be that the school wanted to attract Oratorian Priests, however this plan proved to be unsuccessful. Oratory was founded as an exclusive boarding school serving boys in grades 4 through 12, although in 1964 it became strictly a day school.
Oratory originally resided on a 15 acres (60,702.9 m²) lot, but was reduced to its current ten after selling off a portion of land in the 1960s. In 1967, the school was sold to the Archdiocese of Newark after running into financial difficulties. Among century-old specimen trees and rolling hills, the campus consists of two main academic buildings, athletic fields, and a prayer garden. The Newman Hall mansion, located at 14 Bedford Road, houses two classrooms, a chapel, and admission/development offices. At the turn of the century, the campus was conversationally referred to as "The Park" by Summit residents because it had various athletic fields, intricate lamp posts, its own irrigation system, and a small pond that was used for skating during the winter season. The Fr. John J. Bain Academic building, built in 1959, contains classrooms, cafeteria, library, gymnasium, weight room, guidance offices, computer lab, chemistry lab, and art room. Oratory's Cavalero Memorial Field, an artificial turf field constructed in 2010, hosts a baseball diamond as well as Northern New Jersey's largest high school soccer field. Three practice tennis courts are adjacent to Kelly Field.
Capital Improvement Plan
Oratory Prep is governed by a 21-member Board of Trustees, appointed by the Archbishop of Newark. Annual Giving provides approximately 20 percent of the school's annual budget, which currently averages about $3.9 million. Corporations, foundations, parents, and alumni contribute to the Annual Giving Program.With support from all resources, Oratory has made significant changes to the school in the past five years. Beginning in 2003, the school has required, as part of the "Anytime, Anywhere Learning Program", personal laptop computers for grades 9-12, and put the entire campus on a wireless internet network. In the summer of 2004, a $1.3 million renovation to Fr. John Bain Academic Building was completed, resulting in major renovations to each classroom, and the installation of smartboards. In 2005, a new library and art studio was built in the location of the previous stage area. In 2010, an artificial turf field, named Cavalero Memorial Field, was constructed on the former Kelly Field. That same year after the observation that the library was unused, they turned the library into a state of the art music room, and started a very successful first year jazz band directed by Doctor Clifford Whitelegg.
Throughout the summer of 2006, improvements included renovations to the main lobby and gym, and the installation of an up-to-date security system, complete with 18 security cameras and new servers. A new marquee is located on the Morris Avenue side of the campus.
Transportation
Students travel from towns as far away as Washington TownshipWashington Township, Warren County, New Jersey
Washington Township is a Township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population was 6,651. It is part of the eastern most region of the Lehigh Valley. It is one of six municipalities in New Jersey under the name Washington...
(50 miles away), to one block down the street. Students get to school using New Jersey Transit
New Jersey Transit
The New Jersey Transit Corporation is a statewide public transportation system serving the United States state of New Jersey, and New York, Orange, and Rockland counties in New York State...
rail and bus services. The Summit train station is located approximately 1 miles (1.6 km) from the school. Additional busing is provided by county-run bus services. Juniors and seniors are allowed to park in designated parking spaces in the school lot.
School day
Oratory starts school in September, and ends in June (May for seniors), with 180 school days, and three major vacation periods. Each day begins at 8:10 AM and ends at 2:45 PM; however, supervision is provided by the school until 6:00 PM. There are eight periods.Course Offerings
- Listing of all core and elective courses for grades 9 - 12; many non-AP courses have a College Prep or Honors option
- AP BiologyAP BiologyIn the United States, Advanced Placement Biology , is a course and examination offered by the College Board to high school students as an opportunity to earn placement credit for a college-level biology course....
- AP CalculusAP CalculusAdvanced Placement Calculus is used to indicate one of two distinct Advanced Placement courses and examinations offered by the College Board, AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC....
AB & BC - AP ChemistryAP ChemistryAdvanced Placement Chemistry is a course and examination offered by the College Board as a part of the Advanced Placement Program to give American and Canadian high school students the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities and earn college-level credit.-The course:AP Chemistry is a course...
- AP EconomicsAP EconomicsAdvanced Placement Economics consists of two, separate examinations that are offered as part of the College Board's Advanced Placement Program.*AP Macroeconomics*AP Microeconomics...
- AP MacroeconomicsAP MacroeconomicsAdvanced Placement Macroeconomics is a course offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program for high school students interested in college-level work in economics...
- AP MicroeconomicsAP MicroeconomicsAdvanced Placement Microeconomics is a course for students interested in college-level work in microeconomics and/or gaining advanced standing in college. The course begins with a study of fundamental economic concepts such as scarcity, opportunity costs, production possibilities, specialization,...
- AP English Literature and CompositionAP English Literature and CompositionAdvanced Placement English Literature and Composition is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.-The Course:This course is designated for motivated students with a command of standard English, an...
- AP English Language and Composition
- AP PhysicsAP PhysicsAP Physics defines three categories of high school physics courses: A, B, and C. Category A refers to general introductory physics courses that are not mathematically rigorous...
- AP Spanish LanguageAP Spanish LanguageAdvanced Placement Spanish Language is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.-The course:...
- AP United States HistoryAP United States HistoryAdvanced Placement United States History is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program...
- 20th Century History
- Algebra I & II
- American Literature
- Art
- Biology I & II
- British Literature
- Chemistry I
- Computer Skills
- Conceptual Physics
- Driver Education
- English
- First Aid
- French
- Geometry
- German (independent study)
- Health
- Introduction to Calculus
- Latin
- Music Appreciation
- Music Technology
- Physical Education
- Physics (Honors or Conceptual Physics)
- PreCalculus
- Public Speaking
- Religion
- Research Paper
- Spanish I, II, III, & IV
- United States History
- World History
- AP Biology
Honor Roll
Oratory operates on a numerical based graded system where no letter grades are given. Each quarter, students are awarded different levels of honors depending on their GPA. The levels are as follows:- St. Philip Neri Highest Honors - 90% in each class with an overall GPA of 95%; students who achieve this status attend a headmaster's breakfast at the end of the quarter.
- High Honors - 85% in each class with an overall GPA of 90%
- Honors - 80% in each class with an overall GPA of 85%
Campus Ministry
Faculty Supervisor: Catherine Marshall. At least once a month the gym is used as a chapel for school-wide masses. Mass highlights include the annual Christmas and Easter celebrations. A variety of spirited musicians participate during the mass, with instruments of guitar, percussion, piano/keyboard, chimes, and chorus. Although a Catholic school, Oratory welcomes students of all faiths and therefore often hosts prayer services without the inclusion of the Eucharist. There is a daily mass in the gym before school for whoever wishes to attend.Students participate in community service programs such as Bridges, Operation Helping Hand, Habitat for Humanity. Meetings run on a weekly basis, where fundraiser ideas are discussed. Proceeds from two or more dress-down days throughout the school year are donated to the Bridges Program.
Overnight Emmaus retreats run continually throughout the year for all grades. Every school year, each class travels on a day trip to the Xavier Retreat Center at the College of Saint Elizabeth
College of Saint Elizabeth
The College of Saint Elizabeth is a private Roman Catholic, four-year, liberal arts college for women. It is located in an unincorporated community called Convent Station, in Morris Township, New Jersey...
. The lower school holds their retreats at Newman Hall during the fall season. The freshmen have an overnight retreat in Blairstown, New Jersey for team building exercises, and finish their trip at Newman Hall the following day.
Study Abroad
Oratory offers week-long trips to several countries in Europe for the purpose of acquainting students with foreign environments and customs. In past years Oratory has hosted trips to FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. One highlight from the 2006 trip was having Easter mass at the Santa Maria del Fiore
Santa Maria del Fiore
The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the cathedral church of Florence, Italy. The Duomo, as it is ordinarily called, was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi...
Church in Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, Italy.
Popular at Oratory is the annual ski trip to Italy (however in 2007, they went to Utah instead of Italy). Not only do the students have the opportunity to ski on the Italian Alps, but they also experience the life of the surrounding towns.
Winter
- Basketball (Lower School JV, V High School: F, JV, V)
- Swimming (V)-Undisputed MVC Champions 14 years in a row
- Indoor Track (V)
- Bowling (V)
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Spring
- Lacrosse (JV, V)
- Baseball (LS,JV, V)
- Golf (V)
- Tennis (JV,V)
- Spring Track (V)
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Mountain Valley Conference
The Mountain Valley Conference was a New Jersey high school sports association under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association . The conference consisted of sixteen public and parochial high schools covering Union County and Essex County in northern New Jersey...
, and compete in parochial B state finals because of the school's small population. Oratory has recently held the most titles of any school in the conference.
Oratory Golf's home course is Canoe Brook Country Club. The golf team was NJSIAA Non Public B State Champions in 2004-05, and won the NJSIAA Prep B State Championship in 2005-06. For the 2006 season, the Oratory golf team was ranked 20th in the state by The Star-Ledger
The Star-Ledger
The Star-Ledger is the largest circulated newspaper in the U.S. state of New Jersey and is based in Newark. It is a sister paper to The Jersey Journal of Jersey City, The Times of Trenton and the Staten Island Advance, all of which are owned by Advance Publications.The Newark Star-Ledgers daily...
. Steve Zychowski won the state and Mount Valley tournaments and helped lead the golf team to a win in the NJSIAA Parochial B tournament in 2009.
For 14 consecutive years through 2009, the swim team won the Mountain Valley Conference and won the NJ Prep B Championship in 2004. The cross country team was the NJISAA Prep B State Champions in 2004, and has continually placed first in the conference for the past ten years. The team is led by Coach E.J. Cronin, who is also the junior varsity
Junior varsity
Primarily in North America, junior varsity or JV players are the members of a team who are not the main players in a competition , usually at the high school and college levels in the United States and Canada. The main players comprise the varsity team...
baseball coach. The varsity
Varsity team
In the United States and Canada, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, high school or other secondary school. Such teams compete against the principal athletic teams at other colleges/universities, or in the case of secondary schools, against...
baseball team were conference champions in 2006, a feat not accomplished since 1956, and had a perfect in-conference record of 12-0.
The spring track team won the New Jersey Prep B Championship two years running (2009 and 2010). The track team won the inaugural winter track Prep B championship in February 2011.
Oratory employs three part-time athletic trainers for strength and conditioning year-round.
Extracurricular activities
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Mock Trial
The mock trial team, sponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation, began at Oratory in 2003. In 2006, the team won the state regional final championship, and in 2007 the team won the state semifinals, finishing third in the state. The team has won the Union County Championship 3 of 4 years, including the past two years. In 2007 the team qualified for the American Mock Trial Invitational held in New Jersey. There the team won 2 of 3 trials, and finished fifth in the nation. The team was coached by Bill Martin, former athletic director, for all four years. championship.OPalooza
Oratory hosts a battle-of-the-bandsBattle of the Bands
Battle of Bands is a contest in which two or more bands compete for the title of "best band". The winner is determined by a panel of judges, the general response of the audience, or a combination. The winning band usually receives a prize in addition to bragging rights. Traditionally, battles of...
style event, called OPalooza, twice a year, in the spring and fall. Most of the performers are school or local bands.
Annual Events & Fundraisers
- Father/Son Communion Breakfast
- Family Mass
- Christmas Foreign Language Masses
- Oratory's Annual Golf Classic
- Spirit Week
- Fashion Show
- Christmas Tree Sale
- Ram Day
- Open Houses
- OPalooza Battle of the Bands
- Spring Gala
Headmasters
- Mr. Charles H. Schultz (1907–1917)
- Msgr. James F. Newcomb (1917–1923)
- Msgr. Joseph M. Capoano (1923–1931)
- Rev. Felix J. Kelly (1931–1945)
- Rev. John J. Bain (1945–1967)
- Rev. James F. Pindar (1967)
- Rev. Joseph W. Russell (1967–1968)
- Msgr. Michael Fitzpatrick (1968–1974)
- Rev. Theodore Osbahr (1974–1975)
- Rev. Michael Fitzpatrick (1975–1978)
- Mr. Joseph T. Boland (1978–1980)
- Rev. Floyd Rotunno (1980–1994)
- Rev. Paul Manning (1994–1996)
- Rev. F. Kevin Murphy (1996–2002)
- Bro. Robert J. Wickman (2002–2005)
- Mr. Timothy Lynch (2005–2007)
- Mrs. Marlene Kostka (2007–2009) (Interim Head of School)
- Mr. Robert Costello (2009–Present)
Noted alumni
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External links
- Oratory Preparatory School website
- Data for Oratory Preparatory School, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...