St. John Vianney High School is a private

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four-year

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, serving students in grades nine through twelve. The school is located on a campus in Holmdel Township, in Monmouth County,

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, and is operated under the supervision of the

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. The school is accredited by AdvancED.Saint John Vianney High School
AdvancED. Accessed November 7, 2017. As of the 2017–18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 979 students and 64.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 15.2:1. The school's student body was 82.8% (811) White, 5.0% (49) Hispanic, 4.9% (48) Asian, 3.7% (36) Black and 3.3% (32) two or more races.School data for St John Vianney Regional High School

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. Accessed September 1, 2020. The school motto is "Knowledge – Commitment – Involvement". The St. John Vianney High School Lancers wear the school colors of Gold, White and Black.

Education

Saint John Vianney High School offers its students

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. Block schedules enrolls students in four courses each semester that meet every day for 90 days. Each of the four blocks lasts 77 minutes. All students and staff have the same lunch/activity period in the middle of the day.

Athletics

The St. John Vianney High School LancersSaint John Vianney High School

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in Division B North of the

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, an athletic conference comprised of private and public high schools in

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and Ocean counties along the

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.Shore Conference Realignment for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020

. Accessed November 15, 2020. The league operates under the jurisdiction of the

(NJSIAA). With 718 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Non-Public A for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 381 to 1,454 students in that grade range (equivalent to Group II for public schools). The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Non-Public Group III for football for 2018–2020. The school participates as the host school / lead agency for joint cooperative ice hockey team with

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. The co-op program operates under an agreement scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year. The boys' cross country team won the Non-Public Group B state championship in 1973. The girls' cross country team won the Group II state championship in 1978 and 1981, and won the Non-Public A title in 1983. The 1978 boys' basketball team came into the playoffs with a 12-12 record and went on to win the Non-Public Group B state title, defeating runner-up

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by a score of 65-58 in the tournament final. The football team won the Non-Public A South state sectional championship in 1980. The baseball team won the Non-Public Group A state championship in 1981 (defeating Saint Joseph of the Palisades High School in the tournament final) and 2014 (vs. St. Joseph Regional High School of Montvale). In 2014, St. John Vianney's baseball team defeated

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by a score of 3-2 to win the NJSIAA Non-Public South A sectional final and won the state Non-Public A title as an 8 seed in their own section when they defeated St. Joseph Regional High School, the representative from North A by a score of 3-1 in the state championship gane. The girls' tennis team won the Non-Public A state championship in 1988, defeating runner-up

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in the final match of the tournament. The girl' basketball team won the Non-Public Group A state sectional championship in 1990 (defeating

in the tournament final), 1991 (vs. Immaculata High School), 1992 (vs. Queen of Peace High School), 1993 (vs.

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). 1994 (vs. Immaculate), 1997 (vs. Paramus Catholic), 1998 (vs. Pope John XXIII High School), 1999 (vs. Immaculate Heart Academy), 2003 (vs. Immaculata), 2005 (vs. Roselle Catholic High School), 2008 (vs.

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), 2009 (vs. Immaculate Heart), 2010 (vs. Immaculate Heart), 2011 (vs. DePaul Catholic High School), 2015 (vs. Immaculate Heart) and 2016 (vs. Immaculate Heart) and won the Non-Public B state title in 1995 (vs.

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). In 2020, the school was declared as Non-Public South A sectional champion, after the finals were cancelled due to COVID-19. The 16 state group titles are the most of any school in the state. The team has won the Tournament of Champions in 1991 (vs. second-seeded Ridgewood High School in the finals), 1993 (vs. fourth-seeded West Side High School), 1995 (vs. second-seeded West Milford High School), 1997 (vs. second-seeded Piscataway High School), 1999 (vs. second-seeded

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), 2009 (vs. fourth-seeded Colts Neck High School) and 2016 (vs. second-seeded

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). The program's seven titles in the Tournament of Champions are the most of any school. In 2005, the girls' basketball team won the Non-Public, South A title over

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, 51-39. The team moved on to the group championship, defeating Roselle Catholic High School to earn the state group championship. The team advanced to the finals of the 2005 girls' basketball Tournament of Champions, falling to Woodrow Wilson High School, 64-45. In 2008, the girls' basketball team won the Parochial A state championship and moved on to lose in the Tournament of Champions semifinals to

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by a score of 75-35. In 2009, the Lady Lancer basketball team, led by Coach Dawn Karpell, won the Non-Public A title with a 77-46 win against Immaculate Heart in the finals at the Ritacco Center in Toms River and was ranked #1 in the New York Metropolitan region by the MSG network after winning their record sixth Tournament of Champions title, defeating Colts Neck by a score of 56-44 in the tournament final. The team won the 2010 NJSIAA Non-Public A state title and finished the season as the #2 ranked team in the state by ''

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'' after a 53-39 win over Immaculate Heart that marked the team's 13th victory in a Non-Public A final with no defeats. The Lady Lancers lost to

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by a score of 67-48 in the finals of the Tournament of Champions at the Izod Center. The wrestling team won the Non-Public Group B South state sectional championship in 1995 and 1996, and won the Non-Public B state championship in 1995. The 2000 girls' soccer team won the Parochial South A state championship, defeating Holy Cross High School 4-0 in the tournament final. The softball team won the Non-Public Group A state championship in 2001 (against runner-up

in the finals of the tournament), 2002 (vs. Immaculate Heart Academy), 2004 (vs.

), 2010 (vs.

), 2011 (vs. Immaculate Heart), 2013 (vs. Immaculate Heart) and 2018 (vs. Mount Saint Dominic). The six state group titles are ranked seventh-most in the state. The 2001 team won the program's first state championship, winning the Parochial A title with a 2-1 defeat of Paramus Catholic. The team won the 2002 Parochial South A sectional championship with a 3-2 win over

. The 2004 team repeated as sectional champion, with a 5-0 shutout of Red Bank Catholic High School and moved on to win the Group A state championship with a 1-0 win over Mount Saint Dominic Academy, the lone run coming in the bottom of the seventh due to an error on a bunt that allowed a runner to score from second base. The 2004 team finished the season with a perfect 33-0 record, setting the state mark for the number of wins in a season by a girls' softball team, and gave the Lady Lancers three state titles in four years, the only exception being an extra innings loss in the 2003 tournament final to Immaculate Heart Academy. The Lady Lancer softball team, led by Coach Kim Lombardi, won the 2010 NJSIAA Non-Public A state title with a 4-1 victory over Paramus Catholic High School, the program's fourth state title and its first since 2004, finishing the season as the #2 ranked team in the state by ''The Star-Ledger''. NJ.com / ''

'' ranked St. John Vianney as their number-one softball team in the state in 2002, 2004, 2011 and 2013. The ice hockey team won the Handchen Cup in 2013, 2018 and 2019. The girls' bowling team was the Group I state championship in 2019. The cheerleading team won the NJCDCA Non-Public state championship title in 2017.

Popular culture

Nine girls from this school were featured on an episode of ''

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'' in 2008, in which each designer was asked to create a modern prom dress for each girl.

Notable alumni

* Anthony Brown,

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for the

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. *

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since 2012.. * Sydney Cummings (born 1999),

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who plays as a defender for the Brown Bears and the Guyana women's national team. * Pamela Day, contestant on the second season of ''

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''. *

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(born 1959), third-place finisher on '' Survivor: Panama''. * Jim Hunter (born c. 1959, class of 1977), sports announcer, currently with the

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team. * Ishmael Hyman (born 1995),

wide receiver for the

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of the NFL. *

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(born 1996),

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player who plays as a

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for the

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. * Christian Miele (born 1981), politician who has been a member of the

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since 2015. * Frankie Montecalvo (born 1990, class of 2009), racecar driver in the

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, 2015 Pirelli World Challenge GTA Driver’s Champion. *

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(born 1978), actress. * Jerry Recco (born 1974), sports

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, who is a morning anchor on the ''

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'' program on sports radio station

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. *

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(born 1994), professional

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for the

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of the

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Notable faculty

Monica Aksamit Monica Aksamit (born February 18, 1990) is an American Olympic saber fencer. She represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics, earning a bronze medal in the Women's Saber Team competition. She won a gold medal with Team USA at t ...

(born 1990), fencing coach who represented her country at the

2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

where she earned a

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in the Women's Saber Team event.Carino, Jerry
"Local fencer brings home Olympic bronze"
''

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'', August 24, 2016. Accessed October 9, 2017 "A couple of hours after her flight from Rio de Janeiro landed Tuesday, Monica Aksamit was back at St. John Vianney High School. That's where she coaches the fencing club and runs a weeklong summer camp for kids who are learning the sport."

References

External links

St. John Vianney High School website Data for St. John Vianney High School

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