John Bapst Memorial High School is an academically challenging, independent, college-preparatory school fostering in students a respect for learning, for themselves, and for others.
The origins of John Bapst trace back to the early 1920s, when Bangor pastors from St. John`s and St. Mary`s parishes proposed a larger Catholic high school to meet an expanding need. On September 10, 1928, John Bapst High School, named for a nineteenth-century Swiss Jesuit priest and missionary, opened as a parochial high school for boys and girls. In 1929, the first class of 29 girls graduated. During the next four decades, boys and girls attended classes separately – an arrangement that ended in the 1960’s. During its early years the school achieved a strong reputation both in academics and athletics.
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