Congratulations to the John Bapst students participating in the Mathematical Association of America's AMC competition. The challenging AMC 10 and AMC 12 competitions are both 25-question, 75-minute, multiple-choice examinations in high school mathematics designed to promote the development and Read More
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The 2021-22 Induction Ceremony for the Harlow “Joe” Floyd Chapter of the National Honor Society
Every year, John Bapst Memorial High School inducts new members into the Harlow "Joe" Floyd Chapter of the National Honor Society. The most recent ceremony was held November 22, 2021 in Sekera Auditorium. Thirty-six students from the classes of 2022 and 2023 joined the 32 students currently members Read More
Purple Day Assembly: Colby Dyer ’23 performs “Venkman’s 6th Avenue Strut,” from “Ghostbusters II”
Enjoy “Venkman's 6th Avenue Strut" from “Ghostbusters II” as performed by Colby Dyer ’23. The performance was photographed by Olivia Messer '22 and filmed by Jonah Bean ’24. Read More
Amber Stokes ’22 attends the Keller BLOOM Program at Bigelow Laboratory
Amber Stokes '22 recently participated in the very selective 32nd Annual Keller BLOOM Program at Bigelow Laboratory in East Boothbay, Maine. As written on the laboratory's website, "Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is an independent, nonprofit research institute located in East Boothbay, Read More
The 2021 John Bapst Book Awards
Congratulations to all of the Juniors winning book awards in the 2020-2021 academic year. Bowdoin College Book Award: Madelyn Weston Recognizes a student in the junior class who has demonstrated extraordinary service to the common good and an unusual passion for inquiry, discovery, and Read More
Oh, The Places They’ll Go!
During an academic year like no other, John Bapst Memorial High School teachers and students rose to the challenges of hybrid learning right through the last day of classes on June 4. We cannot express enough our thanks to the faculty, staff, students, and parents of John Bapst. We congratulate the Read More
Maddie Weston earns the Diplomacy Award at the recent virtual Maine Model United Nations Conference
Congratulations to Maddie Weston '22 on earning the Diplomacy Award, the award for best delegate, for her work at the virtual Maine Model United Nations Conference. She represented the Federated States of Micronesia in the Alliance of Small Island States where she and other delegates from Read More
Jaymie Sidaway and The Ortiz Scholarship
John Bapst science faculty member Ms. Trish Ortiz and her children have created a scholarship in memory of Ms. Ortiz's late husband, Louis "Sweet Lou" Ortiz, Jr. (The students he coached called him "Sweet Lou.") The Ortiz Scholarship is a $1,000 scholarship to be awarded each year to a Read More
Available on Amazon! John Bapst students publish “Street Snippets 2020-2021”
English department chair Jennifer Babcock and her English 12: Creative Writing students have been publishing short fiction, poems, song lyrics, and graphic stories on an online platform called Street Snippets (http://www.streetsnippets.com/) throughout this unique academic year. Now, a printed Read More
Enjoy “Salut d’Amour” as performed by Colin Aponte ’22 and Wu Fei Mo
Colin Aponte '22 recorded this piece as a part of his ongoing "Bridge of Strings" project. Twenty-year-old pianist Wu Fei Mo, who is currently studying at Beijing's prestigious Central Conservatory of Music, accompanies him. Enjoy! Read More