Bellarmine College Preparatory
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Bellarmine College Preparatory is an all-male, private secondary school
located in San Jose, California
, USA. Founded in 1851, it is the oldest secondary school in California
.
It is a Catholic
school within the Diocese of San Jose
and sponsored by the Society of Jesus
(Jesuits). It is home to successful basketball, volleyball, baseball, football, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, water polo, golf, cross country, tennis, speech and debate, quiz bowl, and robotics teams and has high graduation and college attendance rates.
, S.J.
founded Santa Clara College for elementary
, secondary
and college
age students. This structure continued until 1903 when the elementary grades were discontinued.
In 1912 Santa Clara College became Santa Clara University
and the high school division became Santa Clara Prep. For five years Santa Clara and the College of the Pacific—as it was known then—deliberated over the sale of the Emory and Elm property behind the historic College Park train station (immortalized in Jack Kerouac
and Jack London
's works) http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/contentview.asp?c=153176. Finally in November 1925 the decision was made to purchase the campus for $77,500 and the high school moved from the Santa Clara campus to its new location. The change also saw a change in school colors from the red and white of Santa Clara to blue and white, to honor Mary, the Mother of Jesus. In 1926 the school opened its doors with only 200 registered students, and the name was changed to Bellarmine at the prompting of Archbishop of San Francisco Edward Joseph Hanna
. He suggested, while visiting the school in its early days, that the school honor Cardinal
Robert Bellarmine
, a Jesuit of the sixteenth century, who had recently been canonized a saint
and declared a Doctor of the Church
. The Jesuits accepted his suggestion and the name Bellarmine became synonymous with the school at Emory and Elm Streets.
For almost 20 years the number of students remained at 200 until the school needed to increase its student population and improve its campus buildings. Fr. Gerald Sugrue, S.J. was given this task and began the process which would lead the school into the post-war era. The old College of the Pacific buildings were replaced by new classroom buildings, the Schott Academic Center, a library, St. Robert's Jesuit Residence Hall, Vincent O'Donnell Residence Hall, Samuel L. Liccardo Center, Wayne Valley Memorial Gymnasium, James A. Carney Science Center, the Leontyne Chapel and Matthewson Hall. Bellarmine was a boarding school until the 1984-1985 academic year, when the O'Donnell dormitory was converted to classroom and administrative functions. From an enrollment of 200 Bellarmine has grown to more than 1,500 students from all parts of the San Francisco Bay Area
. In 2001, Bellarmine celebrated 150 years of educating young men in the Jesuit tradition. The latest addition to Bellarmine's campus is the Sobrato Center for the Humanities and the Arts, an amazing structure that includes numerous classrooms and a state-of-the-art theater. Currently, construction is under way for a new building to house math, religious studies, and social science courses. Construction began on June 1, 2010, with the demolition of the Steve and Patricia Schott Academic Center and completion is scheduled for July 2011.
counties, with some students commuting for hours each day to attend the school in the South Bay
. In terms of religious affiliation, 75% of the students are Christian (60% Catholic, 14% Protestant). Approximately one in five students receive partial or full scholarships. Additionally, one in five students have a father or brother who attended Bellarmine.
, mathematics
, social studies
, science
, foreign language, fine art
s, physical education
, and theology
, with additional courses in computer science available. With its emphasis on college preparation, Bellarmine also provides an honors and Advanced Placement program, preparing students to take more than 24 AP
tests, with 87% of test scores qualifying for college credit, as of 2007.http://www.bcp.org/academics/achievements.aspx In 2007, 95.2% of the graduates chose to attend four-year institutions throughout the United States and abroad, both public and private, including the University of California
system, the Big Ten, the Big East, the Ivy League
, the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
, the NESCAC, and the United States military academies
.http://www.bcp.org/documents/College_Statistics_Class_2007.pdf
(WCAL), one of the most intense athletic leagues in California. Sports include football
, basketball
, baseball
, soccer, volleyball
, water polo
, swimming
, lacrosse
, tennis
, cross country
, golf
, wrestling
, track and field
, and ice hockey
. As of the 2009-10 school year, Bellarmine welcomed rugby
to its athletic resume. The new rugby team competes during the spring season in the Skyhawk Conference. Athletic facilities on campus include an outdoor swimming pool, a new all-weather track, new soccer field, baseball diamond, new football field, a gymnasium and a weight-lifting room. Since 1981, Bellarmine has won more than 115 Central Coast Section
(CCS) Division 1 team titles, more than any other school in the section. Bellarmine's 2002 varsity soccer team was said to be one of the top five high school boy's soccer teams in the past decade after a 25-0-0 season.
Swimming
, Cross-Country, soccer, volleyball
and water polo
are six of Bellarmine's most notable sports. Under the direction of Coach Larry Rogers, the swim team has won every CCS championship since 1985 and the water polo team has won 14 of the last 15 CCS championships. The swim team title streak caught the eye of The San Francisco Chronicle’s Mitch Stevens who wrote, "That put [Bellarmine Coach Larry] Rogers...and the Bells...above such storied high school programs as Poway of San Diego wrestling, Mission Viejo
swimming and yes, even De La Salle
football." Bellarmine's volleyball team has won nine of the thirteen CCS volleyball championships awarded since 1997. In 2010, Coach Scott Petersen's volleyball team was ranked #5 in the country by ESPNRise. Former volleyball coach Patrick Adams is the most successful volleyball coach in CCS history with 305 victories. In the same year, the lacrosse team was ranked #1 in the nation as well at one point during the season. Also, the soccer team has won 17 of the past 18 WCAL championships and has been ranked in the top 20 in the nation almost every year with a #13 national rank in 2010.
and morning prayer, and fosters spirituality among Bellarmine's staff and faculty.
Campus Ministry's partner, The Christian Service Program (CSP) provides each student opportunities to engage directly with groups that are often marginalized including youth, the physically and mentally disabled, and the socio-economically disadvantaged. Students are required to complete 75 hours of service before graduation, including an extensive senior service project. CSP also oversees service learning in the school curriculum, administers service projects for alumni and faculty and staff, and guides the student run CSP Corps. Emphasizing direct experience and compassionate human interactions, Bellarmine sponsors Immersion trips to Guaymas
, Tijuana
, Uruguay
, downtown San Jose
, rural Salinas
, and El Salvador
in order to directly experience the lives of the poor. Trips have also been added to Los Angeles, Guatemala, Appalachia, Central Mexico and India.
. In 1994, Bellarmine won the team speech and debate National Championship in Kansas City, MO. In both 2003 and 2004, the Speech and Debate program were back to back California State Champions. In 2005, the team took second in the state and received an honorary award as one of the top two teams in the nation. In 2006, its policy debate
team captured the National Championship. Over the last six years, (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) Bellarmine's Speech and Debate program has been the California State Champions.http://www2.bcp.org/BCP/ext/news/story.jsp?typ=news&id=12995http://webs.bcp.org/nfl/archives/000041.htmlhttp://www.bcp.org/news/detail.aspx?pageaction=ViewSinglePublic&LinkID=3973&ModuleID=191&NEWSPID=1http://www.bcp.org/news/detail.aspx?pageaction=ViewSinglePublic&LinkID=6520&ModuleID=191&NEWSPID=1 Bellarmine also competes against local schools in the Coast Forensic League.http://www.coastfl.org/main.php?page=whoswho In 2009, Bellarmine reached the final round of the prestigious Tournament of Champions
cementing its place amongst the top performing nationally competitive policy debate teams in the country.http://toc.bluetubd.com/2009/05/finals-westminster-v-bellarmine/
Robotics Team 254, the Cheesy Poofs. Currently led by AP Physics teacher Ann Roemer and computer science teacher Brad Lindemann, the team has won the World Chairman's Award (the highest award in FIRST), won the World Championships in 2011, placed second at the world championships twice, won the Silicon Valley Regional for twelve of the regional's thirteen years (1999–2006 and 2008–2011), and has the most FIRST regional victories in the world. In 2008, Bellarmine began what has become a successful VEX Robotics program, which currently holds the single-season tournament win record. In the 2009-2010 season, Bellarmine's VEX team won 16 regional competitions, 6 of them being international championships. In the 2010-2011 season, Bellarmine's flagship VEX team, Team 254A, won the VEX World Excellence Award (the highest award in VEX). The Robotics Club is one of the largest organizations at Bellarmine with 79 active members in the 2010-2011 school year; interested students are invited to join the team regardless of previous experience.
tournament, and the 2011 Quiz Kids tournament. On December 10, 2010, Bellarmine achieved first place nationally, for the first time. They did this with only 17 students on the KMO team, compared to second place, Montgomery Blair's 121 students. In addition, Bellarmine took 4th place at the 2010 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament; the following year they improved to 3rd place.
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, Extreme Networks
, Network Appliance
and Cisco Systems
.
Jack Kerouac
would pass by the school everyday when he worked in the trainyards and even referenced the school in a prose piece he wrote entitled "October in the Railroad Earth" as part of the longer book, Lonesome Traveler
.
The Bellarmine train station, College Park Station, is the starting point for Jack London
's novel The Call of the Wild
.'
Bellarmine is the fourth oldest Jesuit institution in the United States and the second oldest Jesuit institution west of the Mississippi River (after St. Louis University High, founded 1818). Bellarmine is the oldest high school in California. http://www.bcp.org/about_us/index.aspx
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in San Jose, California
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
, USA. Founded in 1851, it is the oldest secondary school in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
It is a Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
school within the Diocese of San Jose
Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San José; in California is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It comprises Santa Clara County, and is led by a bishop. Its patron saints are Saint Joseph and Saint Clare of...
and sponsored by the Society of Jesus
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
(Jesuits). It is home to successful basketball, volleyball, baseball, football, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, water polo, golf, cross country, tennis, speech and debate, quiz bowl, and robotics teams and has high graduation and college attendance rates.
History
Bellarmine has its origin in 1851 when Father John NobiliJohn Nobili
John Nobili, born Giovanni Pietro Antonio Nobili, was an Italian priest of the Society of Jesus. He was a missionary in the Oregon Territory and later founded Santa Clara College in California, United States....
, S.J.
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
founded Santa Clara College for elementary
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
, secondary
Secondary education
Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...
and college
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
age students. This structure continued until 1903 when the elementary grades were discontinued.
In 1912 Santa Clara College became Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University is a private, not-for-profit, Jesuit-affiliated university located in Santa Clara, California, United States. Chartered by the state of California and accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, it operates in collaboration with the Society of Jesus , whose...
and the high school division became Santa Clara Prep. For five years Santa Clara and the College of the Pacific—as it was known then—deliberated over the sale of the Emory and Elm property behind the historic College Park train station (immortalized in Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac
Jean-Louis "Jack" Lebris de Kerouac was an American novelist and poet. He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Kerouac is recognized for his spontaneous method of writing, covering topics such as Catholic...
and Jack London
Jack London
John Griffith "Jack" London was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone...
's works) http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/contentview.asp?c=153176. Finally in November 1925 the decision was made to purchase the campus for $77,500 and the high school moved from the Santa Clara campus to its new location. The change also saw a change in school colors from the red and white of Santa Clara to blue and white, to honor Mary, the Mother of Jesus. In 1926 the school opened its doors with only 200 registered students, and the name was changed to Bellarmine at the prompting of Archbishop of San Francisco Edward Joseph Hanna
Edward Joseph Hanna
Edward Joseph Hanna was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of San Francisco from 1915 to 1935.-Early life and education:...
. He suggested, while visiting the school in its early days, that the school honor Cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
Robert Bellarmine
Robert Bellarmine
Robert Bellarmine was an Italian Jesuit and a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was one of the most important figures in the Counter-Reformation...
, a Jesuit of the sixteenth century, who had recently been canonized a saint
Saint
A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
and declared a Doctor of the Church
Doctor of the Church
Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their contribution to theology or doctrine.-Catholic Church:In the Catholic Church, this name is given to a saint from whose...
. The Jesuits accepted his suggestion and the name Bellarmine became synonymous with the school at Emory and Elm Streets.
For almost 20 years the number of students remained at 200 until the school needed to increase its student population and improve its campus buildings. Fr. Gerald Sugrue, S.J. was given this task and began the process which would lead the school into the post-war era. The old College of the Pacific buildings were replaced by new classroom buildings, the Schott Academic Center, a library, St. Robert's Jesuit Residence Hall, Vincent O'Donnell Residence Hall, Samuel L. Liccardo Center, Wayne Valley Memorial Gymnasium, James A. Carney Science Center, the Leontyne Chapel and Matthewson Hall. Bellarmine was a boarding school until the 1984-1985 academic year, when the O'Donnell dormitory was converted to classroom and administrative functions. From an enrollment of 200 Bellarmine has grown to more than 1,500 students from all parts of the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
. In 2001, Bellarmine celebrated 150 years of educating young men in the Jesuit tradition. The latest addition to Bellarmine's campus is the Sobrato Center for the Humanities and the Arts, an amazing structure that includes numerous classrooms and a state-of-the-art theater. Currently, construction is under way for a new building to house math, religious studies, and social science courses. Construction began on June 1, 2010, with the demolition of the Steve and Patricia Schott Academic Center and completion is scheduled for July 2011.
Student body
Most of Bellarmine's 1,600 students come from the nine San Francisco Bay AreaSan Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
counties, with some students commuting for hours each day to attend the school in the South Bay
South Bay (San Jose, California)
The South Bay is a subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States and is roughly synonymous with Silicon Valley, the Santa Clara Valley, and Santa Clara County...
. In terms of religious affiliation, 75% of the students are Christian (60% Catholic, 14% Protestant). Approximately one in five students receive partial or full scholarships. Additionally, one in five students have a father or brother who attended Bellarmine.
Academics
Graduation requirements require coursework in EnglishEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, social studies
Social studies
Social studies is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence," as defined by the American National Council for the Social Studies...
, science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, foreign language, fine art
Fine art
Fine art or the fine arts encompass art forms developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than practical application. Art is often a synonym for fine art, as employed in the term "art gallery"....
s, physical education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
, and theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
, with additional courses in computer science available. With its emphasis on college preparation, Bellarmine also provides an honors and Advanced Placement program, preparing students to take more than 24 AP
Advanced Placement Program
The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...
tests, with 87% of test scores qualifying for college credit, as of 2007.http://www.bcp.org/academics/achievements.aspx In 2007, 95.2% of the graduates chose to attend four-year institutions throughout the United States and abroad, both public and private, including the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
system, the Big Ten, the Big East, the Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
, the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...
, the NESCAC, and the United States military academies
United States military academies
The United States Service academies, also known as the United States Military Academies, are federal academies for the undergraduate education and training of commissioned officers for the United States armed forces.There are five U.S...
.http://www.bcp.org/documents/College_Statistics_Class_2007.pdf
Athletics
The Bellarmine Bells field 34 teams in 13 sports over three seasons in the West Catholic Athletic LeagueWest Catholic Athletic League
The West Catholic Athletic League or WCAL is a highly competitive high school athletic conference in the Central Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation. The boys division is made up of seven private Catholic schools and one Christian school in the Western and Southern portions...
(WCAL), one of the most intense athletic leagues in California. Sports include football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, soccer, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, wrestling
Scholastic wrestling
Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
, track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, and ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
. As of the 2009-10 school year, Bellarmine welcomed rugby
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
to its athletic resume. The new rugby team competes during the spring season in the Skyhawk Conference. Athletic facilities on campus include an outdoor swimming pool, a new all-weather track, new soccer field, baseball diamond, new football field, a gymnasium and a weight-lifting room. Since 1981, Bellarmine has won more than 115 Central Coast Section
California Interscholastic Federation
The California Interscholastic Federation is the governing body for high school sports in the state of California. It mirrors similar governing bodies in other states; however, it differs from some of the others in that it covers most high schools in the state of California, both public and...
(CCS) Division 1 team titles, more than any other school in the section. Bellarmine's 2002 varsity soccer team was said to be one of the top five high school boy's soccer teams in the past decade after a 25-0-0 season.
Swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, Cross-Country, soccer, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
and water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
are six of Bellarmine's most notable sports. Under the direction of Coach Larry Rogers, the swim team has won every CCS championship since 1985 and the water polo team has won 14 of the last 15 CCS championships. The swim team title streak caught the eye of The San Francisco Chronicle’s Mitch Stevens who wrote, "That put [Bellarmine Coach Larry] Rogers...and the Bells...above such storied high school programs as Poway of San Diego wrestling, Mission Viejo
Mission Viejo, California
Mission Viejo is a city located in southern Orange County, California, U.S. in the Saddleback Valley. Mission Viejo is considered one of the largest master-planned communities ever built under a single project in the United States, and is rivaled only by Highlands Ranch, Colorado, in its size...
swimming and yes, even De La Salle
De La Salle High School (Concord, California)
De La Salle High School is a Roman Catholic Private school for boys in Concord, California, United States. Located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland, the school was founded in 1965 as a Lasallian institution. De La Salle currently enrolls just over 1,000 students, and roughly 99% of each...
football." Bellarmine's volleyball team has won nine of the thirteen CCS volleyball championships awarded since 1997. In 2010, Coach Scott Petersen's volleyball team was ranked #5 in the country by ESPNRise. Former volleyball coach Patrick Adams is the most successful volleyball coach in CCS history with 305 victories. In the same year, the lacrosse team was ranked #1 in the nation as well at one point during the season. Also, the soccer team has won 17 of the past 18 WCAL championships and has been ranked in the top 20 in the nation almost every year with a #13 national rank in 2010.
Spirituality and service
Central to Bellarmine's mission is its Campus Ministry and Christian Service Program. Campus Ministry, in the tradition of Jesuit spirituality, offers the Freshmen Retreat, one day Sophomore Breakaways, three day Junior Search, and the four day Senior Kairos, the capstone of the Bellarmine retreat experience. The Freshmen Retreat used to include an overnight stay in a classroom on campus, but that was dropped in 2004. Other retreats also include weekend Mother/Son and Father/Son retreats, the Silent Retreat, and the 4th Day Retreat. Campus Ministry also provides personal counseling, assists in student sponsored monthly liturgies, guides the Student Campus Ministry Team, leads Christian Life Communities, sets up daily MassMass (liturgy)
"Mass" is one of the names by which the sacrament of the Eucharist is called in the Roman Catholic Church: others are "Eucharist", the "Lord's Supper", the "Breaking of Bread", the "Eucharistic assembly ", the "memorial of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection", the "Holy Sacrifice", the "Holy and...
and morning prayer, and fosters spirituality among Bellarmine's staff and faculty.
Campus Ministry's partner, The Christian Service Program (CSP) provides each student opportunities to engage directly with groups that are often marginalized including youth, the physically and mentally disabled, and the socio-economically disadvantaged. Students are required to complete 75 hours of service before graduation, including an extensive senior service project. CSP also oversees service learning in the school curriculum, administers service projects for alumni and faculty and staff, and guides the student run CSP Corps. Emphasizing direct experience and compassionate human interactions, Bellarmine sponsors Immersion trips to Guaymas
Guaymas
Guaymas is a city and municipality located in the southwest part of the state of Sonora in northwestern Mexico. The city is located 117 km south of the state capital of Hermosillo, and 242 miles from the U.S. border, and is the principal port for the state. The municipality is located in the...
, Tijuana
Tijuana
Tijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics...
, Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
, downtown San Jose
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
, rural Salinas
Salinas, California
Salinas is the county seat and the largest municipality of Monterey County, California. Salinas is located east-southeast of the mouth of the Salinas River, at an elevation of about 52 feet above sea level. The population was 150,441 at the 2010 census...
, and El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
in order to directly experience the lives of the poor. Trips have also been added to Los Angeles, Guatemala, Appalachia, Central Mexico and India.
Co-curricular program
Bellarmine's co-curricular program offers nearly 90 different student groups and clubs emphasizing the arts, athletics, hobbies, diversity, leadership, service, scholastics and student government. Bellarmine also features an intramural athletic program that features touch football, dodgeball, basketball and softball.Speech and Debate
This program is one of the more popular and successful programs at Bellarmine with over 170 participants and it regularly captures both state and national championships via the National Forensic LeagueNational Forensic League
The National Forensic League is a non-partisan, non-profit educational honor society established to encourage and motivate American high school students to participate in and become proficient in the forensic arts: debate, public speaking and interpretation. NFL is the America's oldest and largest...
. In 1994, Bellarmine won the team speech and debate National Championship in Kansas City, MO. In both 2003 and 2004, the Speech and Debate program were back to back California State Champions. In 2005, the team took second in the state and received an honorary award as one of the top two teams in the nation. In 2006, its policy debate
Policy debate
Policy debate is a form of speech competition in which teams of two advocate for and against a resolution that typically calls for policy change by the United States federal government or security discourse...
team captured the National Championship. Over the last six years, (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) Bellarmine's Speech and Debate program has been the California State Champions.http://www2.bcp.org/BCP/ext/news/story.jsp?typ=news&id=12995http://webs.bcp.org/nfl/archives/000041.htmlhttp://www.bcp.org/news/detail.aspx?pageaction=ViewSinglePublic&LinkID=3973&ModuleID=191&NEWSPID=1http://www.bcp.org/news/detail.aspx?pageaction=ViewSinglePublic&LinkID=6520&ModuleID=191&NEWSPID=1 Bellarmine also competes against local schools in the Coast Forensic League.http://www.coastfl.org/main.php?page=whoswho In 2009, Bellarmine reached the final round of the prestigious Tournament of Champions
Tournament of Champions (debate)
The Tournament of Champions is a high school debate tournament held annually at the University of Kentucky on the first weekend of May. It is the most prestigious tournament on the "national circuit," representing some of the most competitively successful debaters from the nation's most prestigious...
cementing its place amongst the top performing nationally competitive policy debate teams in the country.http://toc.bluetubd.com/2009/05/finals-westminster-v-bellarmine/
Robotics
Another international championship winning program is the FIRSTFirst
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one.First or 1st may also refer to:* First , minor summit below the Schwarzhorn in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland* First , mountain in Bernese Alps in Switzerland...
Robotics Team 254, the Cheesy Poofs. Currently led by AP Physics teacher Ann Roemer and computer science teacher Brad Lindemann, the team has won the World Chairman's Award (the highest award in FIRST), won the World Championships in 2011, placed second at the world championships twice, won the Silicon Valley Regional for twelve of the regional's thirteen years (1999–2006 and 2008–2011), and has the most FIRST regional victories in the world. In 2008, Bellarmine began what has become a successful VEX Robotics program, which currently holds the single-season tournament win record. In the 2009-2010 season, Bellarmine's VEX team won 16 regional competitions, 6 of them being international championships. In the 2010-2011 season, Bellarmine's flagship VEX team, Team 254A, won the VEX World Excellence Award (the highest award in VEX). The Robotics Club is one of the largest organizations at Bellarmine with 79 active members in the 2010-2011 school year; interested students are invited to join the team regardless of previous experience.
Journalism
Bellarmine also has an amazing student run newspaper, The Cardinal, and nationally recognized yearbook, The Carillon. The articles of The Cardinal are written by student journalists, where the objective is to inform. Every issue of the Cardinal is an absolute masterpiece, a journalistic, sound, professional copy that motivates readers. Unlike the Carillon, the Cardinal comes out once a month. There is also a student group at Bellarmine known as the Writers Guild, who publishes a biyearly publication called the Written Echo which contains poetry, short stories, and art. Bellarmine also has their own student-operated radio station, KBCP.Radio
As of 2008, Bellarmine has its own radio station, running daily from 3pm to 5pm. It hosts a variety of programs including 15-minute newscasts, College Football Thursdays (seasonal), and a twice-a-week sports show, as well as the 7th period jam with Erik Thorne and Erik Daniels, the Entertainment Weekly and the Joe Sarmiento Show. It runs on an AM transmitter, broadcasting within a 1-mile radius of the school and on iTunes/NiceCast and www.youcastr.com as belltalk radio. It attends school events with live sports broadcasts.Fine arts
In addition to course electives in painting, photography, ceramics, art history, sculpture, drawing and graphic design, Bellarmine also supports various student groups including a cappella and improvisational humor groups. Music electives include symphonic band, lab band, jazz ensemble, percussion ensemble, wind ensemble, music appreciation, and choir. The symphonic band, percussion ensemble, and jazz ensemble have placed extremely highly, and in the Heritage Festival in L.A. California, the Bells won 1st place in symphonic band, 1st and 2nd place in percussion ensemble featuring Percussion 2&3 and Percussion 4(the most advanced) and above all the Bells won the sweepstakes award for having the highest overall score. Student concerts are held often to showcase these groups effort along with that of outside student bands. Over 100 students also participate in the Theater Arts program which produces a fall drama, a winter musical, and spring comedy. Students also get a chance to display their film talents in the Bellarmine Film Festival which occurs between the months of April and May.Freshman Experience Program
Established during the 2006-07 school year, Bellarmine's Freshman Experience program is composed of the Big Brother program and the yearly Freshman Retreat, both of which had existed separately long before they were combined under the "Freshman Experience" name. The Big Brother program is made up of upperclassmen who are selected to act as guides and advisers (hence the name "Big Brother") to the incoming freshman class each year. Though there are many activities in which Big Brothers partake with their freshmen, the Freshman Retreat is the most prominent. Each year (usually in October), a day-long retreat is scheduled solely for freshmen and their big brothers that allows freshmen to be introduced to the retreat experience while learning about Bellarmine's emphasis on "brotherhood." Each year, a select group of Big Brothers is chosen to make up the Freshman Retreat Cadre, which works directly with faculty members to plan and schedule the retreat. In addition, a small group of big brothers are chosen each year to act as Big Brother Commissioners. The commissioners work directly with the director of the Freshman Experience program to plan and schedule various activities throughout the school year.Quiz Bowl
Bellarmine fields a Knowledge Masters Open and Quiz Bowl team. In the Fall 2008 KMO competition, the team placed second in California and third in the world. In the Fall 2009 competition for the KMO, the Bellarmine team took second in California and eighth in the world, while their freshman team took first in the world for the junior high competition. In the Spring 2010 KMO competition, the Bellarmine team once again took second place in California and eleventh place globally, while the freshman team repeated as first globally in the junior high competition. The team won the 2008 Northern California NAQT championship, the 2009 Quiz KidsQuiz Kids (San Francisco)
Quiz Kids is an academic quiz Public-access television show for San Francisco Bay Area high schools.From its beginnings in 1999 it has been hosted by , the Drama Director at San Mateo High School....
tournament, and the 2011 Quiz Kids tournament. On December 10, 2010, Bellarmine achieved first place nationally, for the first time. They did this with only 17 students on the KMO team, compared to second place, Montgomery Blair's 121 students. In addition, Bellarmine took 4th place at the 2010 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament; the following year they improved to 3rd place.
Publications
- Connections - A magazineMagazineMagazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
published for the alumni, friends of the school, and parents of current students, replacing the parent magazine called "The Bell News" - The Family Newsletter - produced by the Bellarmine Mothers' Guild, offers news of interest to the current students and their families
- The Cardinal - The Official Student Newspaper, produced by students
- The Carillon - The Yearbook, produced by students
- The Written Echo - A semestral collection of various prose and poetry works from students. Plans have been made to publish a joint edition with sister school Presentation High SchoolPresentation High SchoolPresentation High School is a private, Catholic, college preparatory school for girls established in 1962. It is owned and run by the Sisters of the Presentation, and operates within the Diocese of San Jose in California...
.
Graduate at Graduation
The Graduate at Graduation, which is known to most as the "Grad at Grad," is a statement that outlines the goals of a Bellarmine education. It emphasizes academic growth as well as spiritual and leadership growth.https://www.bcp.org/about_us/community_students.aspx It includes six overall attributes of the perfect graduate:- Open to Growth
- Intellectually Competent
- Religious
- Loving
- Committed to Doing Justice
- Pursuing Leadership Growth
Many teachers include variations of the statement in their course summaries, which are given to students at the beginning of the school year. The teacher will often use the six overall attributes to list various course outcomes. For example, under the attribute of "Open to Growth," Mr. Scott C. Benson writes that a student of his Literature of the Counterculture class will "become aware of alternatives to current cultural, political, and literary models."
Notable alumni
- Joe AlbaneseJoe AlbaneseJoseph Peter "Joe" Albanese was a professional baseball player whose career spanned eight seasons, including a part of one in Major League Baseball with the Washington Senators . Albanese was a pitcher...
: MLB (1958) http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/A/joe-albanese.shtml - Sunkrish BalaSunkrish BalaSunkrish Bala , on May 21, 1984) is an American actor.Bala was born in Bombay, Maharashtra, India and is of Tamil ancestry....
'02: Actor, played Eric on ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's Notes from the UnderbellyNotes from the UnderbellyNotes from the Underbelly was an American sitcom that debuted on ABC as a midseason replacement. The series is based upon the novel of the same name by Risa Green, and is produced by Eric and Kim Tannenbaum for Warner Bros. Television... - Justin BaughmanJustin BaughmanJustin Reis Baughman is a retired professional baseball player who played 2 seasons for the Anaheim Angels of Major League Baseball....
'92: MLB (1998–2000) http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/justin-baughman.shtml - Jim Beall '70: California's 24th District State Assemblyman (2006-)
- John Belardi: MLB (1950–1956) http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/wayne-belardi.shtml
- Paul Bernal '80: Santa Clara County Superior Court judge
- Michael Berns '81: supervising producer and writer for Las VegasLas Vegas (TV series)Las Vegas was an American television series broadcast by NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working at the ficticional Montecito Resort & Casino dealing with issues that arise within the working environment, ranging from valet parking and...
(2004–2005) - Craig BraggCraig BraggCraig Milton Bragg is an American football wide receiver. He attended UCLA and Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, CA...
: NFL (2005-), attended UCLA, drafted by Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... - Walter BriggsWalter BriggsWalter Briggs may refer to:*Walter Briggs, Sr. , owner of the Detroit Tigers and Briggs Manufacturing Company*Walter Briggs, Jr. , son of Walter Briggs, Sr. and owner of the Detroit Tigers...
'66: US Navy forester in charge of all Navy land in AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, Washington, OregonOregonOregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, and ArizonaArizonaArizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, honoree of the Walter R. Briggs Old Growth Forest - Alex Brightman '09: Actor, appeared as Boq in the Broadway musical Wicked
- Copeland BryanCopeland BryanCopeland Bryan is an American football defensive end for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Arizona. From 2007 to 2009, he played for the Buffalo Bills...
: NFL (2006-), attended University of ArizonaUniversity of ArizonaThe University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
, currently plays for the Detroit LionsDetroit LionsThe Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and... - Pat BurrellPat BurrellPatrick Brian "Pat" Burrell , nicknamed "Pat the Bat," is a Major League Baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. He stands tall and weighs . He bats and throws right-handed...
: MLB (2000-) (1st overall selection in the 1998 MLB draft) World SeriesWorld SeriesThe World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions since 1903. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and awarded the Commissioner's Trophy...
Champion with the Philadelphia PhilliesPhiladelphia PhilliesThe Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
and San Francisco GiantsSan Francisco GiantsThe San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/pat-burrell.shtml - Ron Caragher '85: Head football coach of University of San DiegoUniversity of San DiegoThe University of San Diego is a Roman Catholic university in San Diego, California. USD offers more than sixty bachelor's, master’s, and doctoral programs...
(2007-); assistant coach at UCLA (1994–2002) and at University of KentuckyUniversity of KentuckyThe University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
(2003–2006) - Ming W. Chin: Associate JusticeAssociate JusticeAssociate Justice or Associate Judge is the title for a member of a judicial panel who is not the Chief Justice in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the United States Supreme Court and some state supreme courts, and for some other courts in Commonwealth...
, Supreme Court of CaliforniaSupreme Court of CaliforniaThe Supreme Court of California is the highest state court in California. It is headquartered in San Francisco and regularly holds sessions in Los Angeles and Sacramento. Its decisions are binding on all other California state courts.-Composition:...
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/supreme/justices/chin.htm - Bill ConnorsBill ConnorsBill Connors is a jazz musician notable for being a legato technique master, adept at both the acoustic and electric guitar, and successfully played jazz-rock, free and fusion material in the '70s and '80s. His best early solos were in the jazz-rock genre, where his use of distortion and...
: MLB (1966–1968) http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/C/bill-connors.shtml - Raymond Davilla '65: Santa Clara County Superior Court judge
- David Diaz-InfanteDavid Diaz-InfanteGustavo David Miguel Diaz-Infante is a former professional American football guard and center and current sports analyst. In the National Football League, he played for the San Diego Chargers, Denver Broncos, and the Philadelphia Eagles...
'82: former NFL lineman, current ESPNUESPNUESPNU is a television channel that specializes in college sports, and is produced by, affiliated with and owned by parent network ESPN. ESPNU originates out of ESPN Regional Television's ESPNU (often referred to as The U) is a television channel that specializes in college sports, and is produced...
broadcaster. - Conn FindlayConn FindlayConn Francis Findlay is a four-time Olympic medalist, and is one of the few to medal in two distinct sports.In college, Findlay rowed for the University of Southern California....
'48: Holds four Olympic medals, three in Rowing (1956 Gold, 1960 Bronze, 1964 Gold) and one in Sailing (1976 Bronze) - Kevin FrandsenKevin FrandsenKevin Vincent Frandsen is a Major League Baseball third baseman who is currently in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.-Career:...
: MLB player, currently for the Philadelphia PhilliesPhiladelphia PhilliesThe Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
(2006-) http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/14455352.htm - Bob GallagherBob GallagherRobert Collins Gallagher is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox , Houston Astros and New York Mets .Listed at 6' 3", 185 lb., he batted and threw left-handed...
: MLB (1972–1975) http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/G/bob-gallagher.shtml - John W. GallivanJohn W. GallivanJohn W. Gallivan is an American newspaper publisher, cable television pioneer, and civic leader. A major figure in the promotion and development of Salt Lake City and Utah's ski industry, he was instrumental in starting the campaign to bring the 2002 Olympic Winter Games to Salt Lake City...
'33: publisher of The Salt Lake TribuneThe Salt Lake TribuneThe Salt Lake Tribune is the largest-circulated daily newspaper in the U.S. city of Salt Lake City. It is distributed by Newspaper Agency Corporation, which also distributes the Deseret News. The Tribune — or "Trib," as it is locally known — is currently owned by the Denver-based MediaNews Group....
, 1960–1984 - Ed GiovanolaEd GiovanolaEdward Thomas Giovanola was a Major League Baseball infielder. He is an alumnus of Bellarmine College Preparatory and Santa Clara University....
'87: MLB (1995–1999) http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/G/ed-giovanola.shtml - John Glaspy '71: professorProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
at UCLA School of Medicine, Estelle Sanders Endowed Chair in Cancer Research - Greg GohrGreg GohrGregory James Gohr was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1993 to 1996 for the Detroit Tigers and California Angels. He was drafted in the first round of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft....
: MLB (1993–1996) http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/G/greg-gohr.shtml - Kelly GrovierKelly GrovierKelly Grovier is an American poet.Grovier was educated at the University of California, Los Angeles and Christ Church, Oxford, where he was a Marshall Scholar...
: Poet and literary critic - Thomas HastingsThomas HastingsThomas Hastings may refer to:*Thomas Hastings , English Puritan settler in early Colonial America; deacon who left Ipswich in 1634; served in many Massachusetts public offices...
'56: Santa Clara County Superior Court judge - Matt Hatzke: MLSMajor League SoccerMajor League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
player (2008-), signed by San Jose EarthquakesSan Jose EarthquakesThe San Jose Earthquakes professional soccer team is located in the San Jose, California, United States suburb of Santa Clara, and participates in Major League Soccer , the top level soccer league in the United States and Canada.... - Nick HatzkeNick HatzkeNick Hatzke is an American football player.Hatzke played college soccer at the University of California, Berkeley, before being drafted in the first round of the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft by Houston Dynamo.Having spent time with Dynamo's reserves, Hatzke made his full professional debut for...
: MLSMajor League SoccerMajor League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
player (2007-), drafted by Houston DynamoHouston DynamoThe Houston Dynamo is an American professional soccer club, based in Houston, Texas, that plays in Major League Soccer, the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Founded in 2005 as Houston 1836, the team name was renamed to Houston Dynamo following protests from Hispanic... - Nick HoltNick Holt-External links:* - Nick Holt - Assistant Head Coach & Defensive Coordinator - 2009-* - Nick Holt - Defensive Coordinator - 2006-08* - "Holt bolts for Rams," - 07-Feb-2006* "In Holt he trusts." - 19-Aug-2006...
'81: Defensive coordinatorDefensive coordinatorA defensive coordinator typically refers to a coach on a gridiron football team who is in charge of the defense. Generally, along with his offensive counterpart, he represents the second level of command structure after the head coach...
of the Washington HuskiesWashington Huskies footballCollege football has a long history at the University of Washington. The Washington Huskies have won 15 Pacific-10 Conference championships, seven Rose Bowl titles, and three national championships. Washington's all-time record of 653-398-50 ranks 20th by all-time winning percentage and 21st by...
, former head coach of the Idaho VandalsIdaho VandalsThe Idaho Vandals are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Idaho. They participate in NCAA Division I - FBS in the Western Athletic Conference .... - Gregg HurwitzGregg HurwitzGregg Hurwitz is a writer of crime novels and comics.-Biography:Gregg Hurwitz is the critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling author of The Tower, Minutes to Burn, Do No Harm, The Kill Clause, The Program, Troubleshooter, Last Shot, The Crime Writer, and Trust No One...
'91: Author - Amaechi IgweAmaechi IgweAmaechi Igwe is an American soccer player who is currently playing for SV Babelsberg 03.-College:Igwe played college soccer at Santa Clara University, where he played forward and scored five goals and had three assists to finish third on the team in scoring. Both his sister, Chioma, and his older...
: MLSMajor League SoccerMajor League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
player (2007-), drafted by the New England RevolutionNew England RevolutionThe New England Revolution is an American professional association football club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...
, attended Bellarmine from 2002–2004 - Randy KirkRandy KirkRandall Scott Kirk is a former American football linebacker and special teams member who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League. He played college football at San Diego State University....
'83: NFL (1987–1999) - Peter Kirwan '77: Santa Clara County Superior Court judge (2006-)
- Sam Liccardo '87: San Jose City Councilmember (2007-)
- Tom McEneryTom McEneryTom McEnery is an American author, businessman, and teacher from San Jose, California, who served as the 61st mayor of that city from 1983 to 1991.McEnery attended Santa Clara University, graduating with a B.A. in 1967 and an M.A. in 1970...
: Former mayor of San Jose http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/04.22.99/cover/bellarmine1-9916.html - Kevin McMahonKevin McMahon (athlete)Kevin McMahon is a retired track and field athlete from the United States, who competed in the hammer throw. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. A two-time USA Champion he claimed the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg,...
'90: OlympianOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
(1987–1990) http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/oldBios/2003/McMahon_Kevin.asp. He came back to Bellarmine, and now teaches as part of the Visual and Performing Arts department. - Stephen MirrioneStephen MirrioneStephen Mirrione is an American film editor. He won an Academy Award for his editing of the film Traffic .-Life and career:...
'87: Academy Award-winning film editor for his work on TrafficTraffic (2000 film)Traffic is a 2000 American crime drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Stephen Gaghan. It explores the illegal drug trade from a number of perspectives: a user, an enforcer, a politician and a trafficker. Their stories are edited together throughout the film, although some of the... - Pablo MoralesPablo MoralesPablo Morales is an American former swimmer. He attended Bellarmine College Preparatory, in San Jose, California under the supervision of Larry Rogers...
'83: OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
gold and silver medalist (1979–1983) - Hugh F. Mullin III '60: Santa Clara County Superior Court judge (1986–2006)
- Marv OwenMarv OwenMarvin James Owen was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played nine seasons in the American League with the Detroit Tigers , Chicago White Sox , and Boston Red Sox ....
: MLB (1931–1940) http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/O/marv-owen.shtml - Billy Owens: MLB '89: Oakland A's Director of Player Personnel (2004-) http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/oak/team/executive_bio.jsp?loc=owens
- Dan PastoriniDan PastoriniDante "Dan" Anthony Pastorini is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Rams, and the Philadelphia Eagles.-NFL career:...
: NFL (1971–1981, 1983), played in 1975 Pro BowlPro BowlIn professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those... - Marc Poche '52: Santa Clara County Superior Court judge
- Stephen SchottStephen SchottStephen Schott is a real estate developer and businessman from California, best known for his ten-year co-ownership of the Oakland Athletics.-Early life and career:...
: Former owner of the Oakland AthleticsOakland AthleticsThe Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/04.22.99/cover/bellarmine1-9916.html - Jim SmallJim Small (baseball)James Arthur Patrick Small is a former professional baseball player who played Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1958 for the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Athletics....
: MLB (1955–1958) http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/S/jim-small.shtml - Marv Teixeira '52: Mayor of Carson City, NevadaNevadaNevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
(1989–1996, 2004–Present) - John VasconcellosJohn VasconcellosJohn B. Vasconcellos Jr. is an American politician from California and member of the Democratic Party. He represented the Silicon Valley as a member of the California State Assembly for 30 years and a California State Senator for 8 years...
, California State SenatorCalifornia State SenateThe California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. There are 40 state senators. The state legislature meets in the California State Capitol in Sacramento. The Lieutenant Governor is the ex officio President of the Senate and may break a tied vote... - Nik Visger '04, Associate Producer - Attack of the Show (2009 - )
- Jim WilhelmJim WilhelmJames Webster Wilhelm was a outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1978 to 1979 for the San Diego Padres.-External links:...
: MLB (1978–1979) http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/W/jim-wilhelm.shtml
Miscellaneous
Technology on campus is supported by companies such as IBMIBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
, Extreme Networks
Extreme Networks
Extreme Networks, founded in 1996, is a publicly listed company that designs, builds, and installs Ethernet network solutions for enterprise and Carrier Class networks.-Corporate History:Extreme Networks is located in Santa Clara, California...
, Network Appliance
Network Appliance
NetApp, Inc. , formerly Network Appliance, Inc., is a proprietary computer storage and data management company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It is a member of the NASDAQ-100 and is also Fortune magazine's fifth best place to work...
and Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...
.
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac
Jean-Louis "Jack" Lebris de Kerouac was an American novelist and poet. He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Kerouac is recognized for his spontaneous method of writing, covering topics such as Catholic...
would pass by the school everyday when he worked in the trainyards and even referenced the school in a prose piece he wrote entitled "October in the Railroad Earth" as part of the longer book, Lonesome Traveler
Lonesome Traveler
Lonesome Traveler is a collection of short stories and sketches by American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac, published in 1960. It is a compilation of Kerouac's journal entries about traveling the United States, Mexico, Morocco, the United Kingdom and France, and covers similar issues to his novels...
.
The Bellarmine train station, College Park Station, is the starting point for Jack London
Jack London
John Griffith "Jack" London was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone...
's novel The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London. The plot concerns a previously domesticated dog named Buck, whose primordial instincts return after a series of events leads to his serving as a sled dog in the Yukon during the 19th-century Klondike Gold Rush, in which sled dogs...
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Bellarmine is the fourth oldest Jesuit institution in the United States and the second oldest Jesuit institution west of the Mississippi River (after St. Louis University High, founded 1818). Bellarmine is the oldest high school in California. http://www.bcp.org/about_us/index.aspx