Proud Alumnus Finally Gets to Wear the Purple and White Jersey After 42 years The John Bapst annual alumni hockey game drew 25 former Crusaders to the ice on Saturday, December 27 at Sawyer Arena. The game featured players from the 2013 team all the way back to 1996... and even a graduate from Read More
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Cyber Defense Team Places in Top 8% in National Contest
On Friday, November 14, 2014, the John Bapst Cyber Defense Teams spent six hours competing in the CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Defense Competition. The competition puts teams of high school and middle school students in the position of newly hired IT professionals tasked with managing the Read More
Peace, Water, and Wisdom Race Raises over $1000
The John Bapst Student Environmental Action Committee's 4th Annual Peace Water and Wisdom Race was held on October 19th and raised over $1,000 for Initiative Eau and the BARKA foundation, which helps build wells and provide sanitation for the people of Burkina Faso in western Africa. The Read More
Outing Club Receives T3 Teens To Trails Grant
The John Bapst Outing Club, advised by Ben Hale ’99, was chosen to receive a grant of $425 from the T3 Teens To Trails program of the Association of Maine Outing Clubs. The Outing Club will use the funds to cover transportation to different events such as skiing at Sugarloaf Mountain and rafting the Read More
Cyber Defense Scores Top Ranks for New England
Last week John Bapst had five teams competing in a national Cyber Defense competition. From the official results released Friday evening, John Bapst's top scoring team has ranked 63rd in the nation. In the Northeast region (including New York and New England), they ranked number 1 tied with a team Read More
John Bapst Announces Six 2015 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists
John Bapst is proud to announce that six students have been named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists: Julia Leslie, Lydia MacKay, Karen Noble, Matthew Norris, Michael Tormey, and Charlotte Zelz. Additionally, three students were named as National Merit Commended Scholars: Anna Bryan, Marianna Read More
An Unfinished Discovery in Mr. Packard’s Room
UPDATE: We learned that once upon a time, the room was occupied by Senora Hudson, whose students undertook this project. She can't recall exacty who they were however, so we'd still appreciate any leads! When Mr. Packard moved into his new room, like everyone, he started working on making the space Read More
Meagan Rowell ’14 Spins Data into Gold
The John Bapst Music library is a work of organized chaos. Well, mostly organized chaos. Stacks of sheet music cover a large work table as they are prepared for distribution to the band. Other stacks wait their return to the three large filing cabinets or the two-door closet which houses the band Read More
2014 Fall Convocation
In the recent past, John Bapst begins each semester with a convocation speech presented by a faculty or staff member, on the theme of their own choosing. This year students were addressed by Head of School Mel MacKay and student Moritz Finkbeiner, who is from Read More
Hunter Pate ’15 Wins Bass Fishing High School State Championship
Brewer Lake in Orrington was the site of the 2014 SAF Maine State High School Bass Fishing Championship on Saturday, July 19, 2014. The fishing duo of Hunter Pate '15 of Orrington and Jacob Gauvin of Bucksport captured the title with a weigh-in of 10.8 pounds. This win qualifies them for the Read More