Saint John's High School
Ryken Center
Address
378 Main Street Shrewsbury , (Worcester) , Massachusetts 01545-2299 United States
Coordinates	42°17′33″N 71°43′45″W / 42.29250°N 71.72917°W / 42.29250; -71.72917
Information
Type	Private High school
Motto	Latin: Concordia Res Parvae Crescunt (In Harmony Small Things Grow.)
Religious affiliation(s)	Xaverian Brothers
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Established	September 1898 (1898-09)
CEEB code	222-515
Chairperson	Carl Rapp
Principal	Margaret Granados
Headmaster	Alex Zequeira
Chaplain	Edward Niccolls
Teaching staff	80
Grades	7–12
Gender	Boys
Enrollment	1008 (2022-2023)
• Grade 9	287 (Class of 2026)
• Grade 10	259 (Class of 2025)
• Grade 11	234 (Class of 2024)
• Grade 12	228 (Class of 2023)
Campus	Suburban
Campus size	125 acres (0.51 km2)
Color(s)	Red and White
Athletics	16 interscholastic sports
Athletics conference	Catholic Conference (MIAA)
Mascot	Pioneer
Team name	Pioneers
Rival	St. John’s Prep (Danvers), Boston College High, Xaverian Brothers High, Catholic Memorial
Accreditation	New England Association of Schools and Colleges[1]
Newspaper	The Red & White
Tuition	$16,850.00
Website	www.stjohnshigh.org

Saint John's High School is a private Catholic boys' high school located in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester. The school was founded and is currently sponsored by the Xaverian Brothers.

History

The Xaverian Brothers' association with Worcester dates back to September 1893, when a pioneer community of four Xaverians arrived in the city to formally open Saint John's Parish Grammar School for Boys. In 1898 a three-year high school curriculum was introduced. A fourth, or senior year, was added in 1906, when the College of the Holy Cross dropped that institution's college prep or high school senior course to concentrate solely on college-level work.

In November 1953, John Cardinal Wright, who was then Bishop of Worcester, transferred the high school property under the new title of Saint John's Preparatory School of Worcester to the Xaverian Brothers. This event coincided with the centennial celebration of the Brothers' arrival in America in 1854. The school population in 1954 consisted of eleven Brothers and 354 students. The brothers purchased a large acre estate in neighboring Shrewsbury. This acquisition was the first step in the expansion of Saint John's to a regional high school serving all of Worcester County. In 1959, one hundred twenty-five acres at the foot of Main Street hill were purchased, and Pioneer Field came into being. In 1962, all classes had transferred to the Shrewsbury location. A gym and cafeteria were added in 1963 and 1964.^[2]

From an enrollment of slightly over 410 and a staff consisting of four Brothers, Saint John's has emerged during the last ten decades as a regional, private, catholic, college-preparatory school with a student body of over 900. After the January 2008 retirement of Brother Plunket Doherty, there are no longer any Xaverian Brothers on the faculty, which is now composed solely of lay men and women.

Controversy

In July 2019, a report compiled by a former FBI agent named six former Xaverian Brothers and one member of another order of sexually abusing underage school children, including two who committed offenses at the Shrewsbury school.^[3]

Athletics

St. John's has 16 varsity men's sports. In the fall, they compete in football, soccer, golf, and cross country. They also have a club rowing team in the fall. In the winter, they compete in swimming, basketball, wrestling, alpine ski, and indoor track and field. In the spring, they compete in rowing, lacrosse, baseball, and outdoor track and field.

St. John's has had several alumni play professionally in the National Football League, National Hockey League, and Major League Baseball.

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

• Fred Borchelt, former Olympic rower, silver medalist at the 1984 Summer Olympics

References

External links

• School website