Programs
The Chaminade course of studies has been devised in conformity with the school's consistent policy of promoting the greatest intellectual competence together with the highest moral character. The scope of the curriculum provides for a liberal education which meets the most stringent of college entrance requirements.
All students take four years of English, social studies, language, mathematics, religion, science, and physical education. All students also study one year of music and art, one year of health, and a second year of art and music. In addition, all students take four years of Academic Enrichment and two years of Bloomberg Financial.
- Academic Enrichment
- English
- Fine Arts
- Language
- Mathematics
- Physical Education & Health
- Religion
- Science
- Social Studies
Academic Enrichment
The four-year academic program is anchored by the Academic Enrichment 9, 10, 11, and 12 courses. Each course is designed to complement instruction in the six core subjects, while developing in students the necessary skills to be successful, responsible, and conscientious learners.
Academic Enrichment 9 focuses on the transition to high school, teaching students to apply evidence-based study skills in their learning. Additionally, students will be introduced to computer programming, guided through lessons in digital citizenship, and given the chance to develop 21st-century skills like communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking.
Academic Enrichment 10 is a continuation of the freshman program. Continuing with lessons in digital citizenship, study skills, computer programming, and 21st-century skills, students are also given standardized-test preparation and focused instruction on research and inquiry.
Academic Enrichment 11 continues previous instruction in study skills, computer programming, and standardized-test preparation but also introduces students to financial literacy. Students work in the Bloomberg Financial Center, learning how to use Bloomberg Financial software on our 20 terminals.
Academic Enrichment 12 helps students turn toward the college process. In addition to continuing previous instruction in study skills, computer programming, and the Bloomberg program, students work with the College Placement Office to complete their college applications and begin the transition to post-secondary study.
English
The English program combines the study of literature with developmental instruction and exercise in vocabulary, speech, composition, and grammar. Classroom discussion of reading assignments covers the major aspects of American and English literature.
Mr. Peter Vanderberg English Department Chair
English III
pvanderberg@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Jason Booth
Advanced Language, English IV
jbooth@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Michael Bruno ’90
English IV
mbruno@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Joseph Caso
English I
jcaso@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Thomas Dillon ’92
English III
tdillon@chamiade-hs.org
Ms. Meaghan Dodson English II, III mdodson@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Denis Flood ’89
English II
dflood@chaminade-hs.org
Ms. Heidi Hafner
English I
hhafner@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Michael Ingrassia ’94
English II, IV
mingrassia@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. John Maldonado English III jmaldonado@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Cole Malsky
English II
cmalsky@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Patrick Reichart ’01
English I
preichart@chaminade-hs.org
Fine Arts
All students follow a three-year sequence in Fine Arts. Freshmen take music -- an appreciation course emphasizing major musical styles and composers along with the development of critical listening skills. Studio art, offered to all juniors, provides students with studio experiences in drawing, painting, and calligraphy in order to learn the principles of design and composition.
Seniors study advanced fine arts, which consists of a half a year of advanced music and a half a year of advanced art. These courses explore significant historical and critical elements of the contribution of the arts to our shared human experience. The courses focus on selected outstanding works of art and music and the many cultural connections that can be drawn from them.
Bro. Karl Hornberger, S.M. ’77
Fine Arts Department Chair
khornberger@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Justin Accordino
Studio Art, Advanced Art
jaccordino@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Anthony Bovota
Crimson Band Director
abovota@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Robert Evans
Flyers Band Director
revans@chaminade-hs.org
Mrs. Viktoriya Khokhlova
Music I
Vocal Chamber Ensemble Director
Glee Club Moderator
vkhokhlova@chaminade-hs.org
Bro. Robert Lahey, S.M. ’65
Music I
rlahey@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Brian Lewis
Gold Band Director
Jazz Band Director
Pit Band Director
blewis@chaminade-hs.org
Mrs. Sally Zehnter
Music I, Advanced Music
String Orchestra Director
szehnter@chaminade-hs.org
Language
Chaminade offers four-year language programs in Chinese, French, Spanish, and Latin. Each student studies his chosen language for four scholastic years. The first two years of language studies focus primarily on structure, vocabulary, and culture. Levels III and IV emphasize complex grammatical and verb formations as well as literature, culture, reading, and writing. Level V, for accelerated students, encompasses in more detail the study of culture, history, and literature.
Mrs. Alanna Kump
Language Department Chair
Spanish IV
akump@chaminade-hs.org
Mrs. Maria Agosti
Spanish II, V
magosti@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Sebastian Agosti ’09
Spanish I
sagosti@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Thomas Cassidy ’93
Spanish IV
tcassidy@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Declan Hart ’11
Spanish I
dhart@chaminade-hs.org
Bro. Richard Hartz, S.M. ’59
German IV
rhartz@chaminade-hs.org
Rev. Garrett Long, S.M. ’62
Latin IV
glong@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Shuchao Luo
Chinese II
sluo@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. William Maddock Latin I, II wmaddock@chaminade-hs.org
Ms. Kayley Mavridis
Spanish III
kmavridis@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Terence McCormick ’03
French I, IV
tmccormick@chaminade-hs.org
Bro. John McGrory, S.M. ’84
German III; Latin V
jmcgrory@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Gabriel Ramos ’04
Spanish II
gramos@chaminade-hs.org
Mrs. Rita Santiago-Espinal
French II, III, V; Spanish I
respinal@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Gregory Saporita ’02
Spanish III
gsaporita@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Daniel Terzulli
Latin III
dterzulli@chaminade-hs.org
Mathematics
All students follow a four-year mathematics program. Concepts cover two- and three-dimensional geometry, algebra, trigonometry, advanced functions, and calculus. Conceptual understanding is emphasized and computational skills are developed and reinforced during math practicum periods.
Mr. Terence Fitzgibbon ’00 Mathematics Department Chair
Advanced Calculus, Calculus II
tfitzgibbon@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Kevin Beirne ’00
Algebra 10
kbeirne@chaminade-hs.org
Ms. Danielle Borroni
Precalculus 10, Calculus 11
dborroni@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. John Callinan ’84
Calculus
jcallinan@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Peter Carriero ’96
Math 11
pcarriero@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Andrew Corcoran ’01
Calculus
acorcoran@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Gregory Gerner ’10
Geometry
ggerner@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Daniel Haslbauer ’11
Geometry, Precalculus 10
dhaslbauer@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Brian Hayes ’99
Geometry, Algebra 10
bhayes@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Robert Hazelton ’82
Geometry
rhazelton@chaminade-hs.org
Bro. Karl Hornberger, S.M. ’77
Precalculus
khornberger@chaminade-hs.org
Mrs. Carol Leotta
Math 11
cleotta@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Shuchao Luo
Geomtery
sluo@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Michael Strandberg ’09
Calculus I, Advanced Calculus I, Precalculus 10
mstrandberg@chaminade-hs.org
Dr. Daniel Summers Precalculus 10, Calculus II dsummers@chaminade-hs.org
Physical Education & Health
All students are required to take four years of physical education. The activities of the program for the four years are: physical fitness testing (twice annually), calisthenics, aerobics and weight training, softball, basketball, team handball, soccer, swimming, volleyball, speedball, mass games, and classes in the Chaminade Physical Fitness Center.
The one-year health course is given to sophomores. Units are taught with the understanding of how health issues in today's society affect students as citizens and as Catholics.
Mr. Daniel Feeney
Physical Education Department Chair
dfeeney@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Michael Moran
Health Department Chair
Physical Education
mmoran@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Kevin Carroll
Physical Education
kcarroll@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Scott Cole ’95
Physical Education
scole@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Christopher Lynch ’82
Physical Education
clynch@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Thomas Paul
Health
tpaul@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Robert Pomponio
Physical Education
rpomponio@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Jorge Vargas
Physical Education
jvargas@chaminade-hs.org
Religion
The Chaminade Religion Department seeks to demonstrate the vitality of Christ's message to the present age so students might find personal identity in the framework of Christian commitment. The four-year course includes the study of Scripture, the Person of Christ, Church history, the sacraments, the growth and development of the person, self-knowledge, human relationships, the meaning of Christian maturity, faith, belief in God, and Catholic social teaching.
Bro. Patrick Sarsfield, S.M. ’86
Religion Department Chair
History of Salvation II
psarsfield@chaminade-hs.org
Bro. Stephen Balletta, S.M. ’74
Christian Existence
sballetta@chaminade-hs.org
Bro. Joseph Bellizzi, S.M. ’78
History of Salvation I
jbellizzi@chaminade-hs.org
Bro. Thomas Cleary, S.M. ’81
Christian Existence
tcleary@chaminade-hs.org
Bro. Ryszard Decowski, S.M. ’77
History of Salvation II
rdecowski@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Michael Dolce ’99
History of Salvation I, Christian Humanism
mdolce@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Michael Foley ’99
Christian Humanism
mfoley@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Thomas Griffin
Christian Existence
tgriffin@chaminade-hs.org
Rev. Peter Heiskell, S.M. ’86
Christian Humanism
pheiskell@chaminade-hs.org
Mrs. Cheryl MacDougall
History of Salvation I
cmacdougall@chaminade-hs.org
Bro. John McGrory, S.M. ’84
Christian Existence
jmcgrory@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Daniel Petruccio
Christian Humanism
dpetruccio@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Denis Sugrue
Christian Humanism
dsugrue@chaminade-hs.org
Bro. Thomas Terrill, n.S.M ’10 History of Salvation I tterrill@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Daniel Terzulli
History of Salvation II
dterzulli@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Benjamin Volpe
History of Salvation I, II
bvolpe@chaminade-hs.org
Science
Students at Chaminade complete a four-year program in science. Students begin their freshman year with a rigorous honors-level biology course, followed by chemistry, physics, and a natural science offering. During the sophomore, junior, and senior years, students may apply for Advanced Placement (AP)-aligned courses in biology, chemistry, and physics. Students not enrolled in the AP-aligned physics course during senior year may choose from several honors or AP-aligned Earth and space science courses.
The goal of the science program is twofold: to present students with the opportunity to discover the orderliness and wonder of the natural world and to understand the laws governing this order. The science program provides enhanced opportunities to students naturally gifted in mathematics and science while providing all students a thorough background in the natural sciences.
Bro. Benjamin Knapp, S.M. ’93
Science Department Chair
Physics
bknapp@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Joseph Amorizzo ’07
Chemistry 11
jamorizzo@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Matthew Chicavich ’98
Physics
mchicavich@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Andrew Corcoran ’01
Advanced Biology
acorcoran@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Peter Dubon ’99
Advanced Biology, Biology, Chemistry 11
pdubon@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. P. Casey Giordano ’93
Chemistry
cgiordano@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Daniel Haslbauer ’11 Physics dhaslbauer@chaminade-hs.org
Dr. Elias Kotsovolos
Chemistry 10
ekotsovolos@chaminade-hs.org
Dr. Karen Kuntz
STRC Co-Director
kkuntz@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Thomas Liguori
Physics
tliguori@chaminade-hs.org
Bro. Dermot Meehan, S.M. ’74
Biology
dmeehan@chaminade-hs.org
Dr. Brianna O'Neill
STRC Co-Director
boneill@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Pasquale Razzano
Biology 10
prazzano@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Richard Rosin ’14
Chemistry 10, 11
rrosin@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Ahmed Sarhan
Chemistry 10, Biology
asarhan@chaminade-hs.org
Dr. Melinda Viscusi
Biology
mviscusi@chaminade-hs.org
Social Studies
Courses in global studies, European history, and United States history focus on the events and forces which shaped the world. Students also examine current events, studying contemporary trends in the context of political, economic, and social history.
Mr. Brian Anselmo ’89
Social Studies Department Chair
U.S. History
banselmo@chaminade-hs.org
Ms. Colleen Gilroy
Global History II, Advanced European History
cgilroy@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Michael Griffin
Global Studies I
mgriffin@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Patrick Hoey ’01
Topics in U.S. History, Advanced U.S. History
phoey@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Vincent Jeffrey ’04
Advanced Government and Politics
vjeffrey@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Patrick Kemp ’04
Advanced Government and Politics
pkemp@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. John Mazzello
Global Studies II, Advanced European History
jmazzello@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Michael McCarthy
Global Studies II
mmccarthy@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Terence McCormick ’03
U.S. History
tmccormick@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Martin Munnelly ’87
Global Studies I, U.S. History
mmunnelly@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Robert O'Keefe ’04
Topics in U.S. History, Advanced U.S. History
rokeefe@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Kevin O'Neill
Global Studies I
koneill@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Kevin Parente ’82
Topics in U.S. History
kparente@chaminade-hs.org
Mr. Christopher Safrath ’04
Global Studies I
csafrath@chaminade-hs.org