State Champions! Congratulations to Devon Hunter '21, Maria Castellanos '20, Elias Doering '21, Dom Needham '21, and Coach Jacob Maddaus. They are the state champions in Maine Public Television's "High School Quiz Show: Maine" state final competition. Congratulations also to Marshwood High School of Read More
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John Bapst student wins Penobscot County Bar Association Law Day Contest
The Penobscot County Bar Association has announced the winners of their annual Law Day Essay and Poster contest and Tong Edward Wu '21 has won first place in the poster contest. The topic was the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment. View the official announcement from Associate Justice Andrew M. Read More
The 2020 John Bapst Virtual Talent Show is here!
Please enjoy this year's John Bapst Talent Show. Thank you to Ms. Bennett for volunteering to take this annual event and make it virtual. Thank you also to Liam for his excellent hosting and to Mr. Zelz for putting it all together. We have to remain physically separate, but John Bapst is very much Read More
Getting creative during COVID-19 times
Ms. Burns writes, "After letting the dust settle, following the instructions to stay at home, a few students shared the creative things they were doing to fill their time and help alleviate the stress they were feeling. I (Ms. Burns) put out a few requests for students to send her photos of what Read More
View John Bapst in Round 2 of MPBN’s “High School Quiz Show: Maine,” Thursday, May 14 (taped earlier)
BIG NEWS! Sports might be on hold for a while but we still have a team to cheer for! A FEW MONTHS AGO, the John Bapst High School Quiz Show Team (Maria Castellanos '20, Devon Hunter '21, Elias Doering '21, and Dom Needham '21) competed in this year's HIGH SCHOOL QUIZ SHOW: MAINE. Their first-round Read More
Purple Day Assembly Assembly, Feb. 13, 2020: “You Say”, performed by Kelsey Hardy and McKayla Alden
Students Kelsey Hardy and McKayla Alden perform "You Say," written by Lauren Daigle. Video by Matthew Hafener. Read More
“Poetry Out Loud” competition at John Bapst. Cheer on student Hannah Nilsson as she moves on to compete at the Regional Competition at Hampden Academy, Monday, Feb. 3, 3 p.m.
Congratulations to Jayda Smith, Hannah Nilsson, and Emily Kennedy who participated in John Bapst's Poetry Out Loud competition last month, under the guidance of English faculty member Matt Rich. We now invite you to cheer on student Hannah Nilsson as she moves on to compete at the Regional Read More
A Trip to Salem: Bapst Beyond the Classroom
In November 2019, a number of John Bapst students traveled to Salem and Plymouth, MA for an educational trip through the Social Sciences and English Departments. The trip supported what is studied in Bapst's AP U.S. History, American History, Honors English II, and English II classes and included a Read More
Enjoy The Maine Steiners’ Jan. 13 performance at John Bapst
The Maine Steiners visited John Bapst on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. Thank you to tenors Charlie Lees and Eli Smith; leads Julien Leavitt, Elijah Verhoff, and Michael Flannery; baritones Dylan Robinson, Andrew Gardner, and Torin Smith and bass Bruce Wilson for a wonderful morning of music. The Maine Read More
The John Bapst 2020 Winter Art Show
John Bapst art students exhibited their first semester's work on Wednesday, January 15 at the well attended Winter Art Show in Sekera Auditorium. Exhibited were student works from a semester of Drawing, Digital Photo, Advanced Art, and AP classes. Congratulations to all who made the evening such a Read More