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St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School
St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School
Address
	5150 Hylan Boulevard; Staten Island, New York 10312; United States
Coordinates	40°31′32″N 74°10′36″W / 40.52556°N 74.17667°W
Information
Type	Private, coeducational
Motto	Ipsius Est Mare; (The Sea is His)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s)	Saint Joseph
Established	1963
CEEB code	335-383
Principal	Michael Reilly
Faculty	55
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	~1,200 (2014)
Student to teacher ratio	23:1
Color(s)	Blue and gray
Sports	Baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, track & field, football, golf, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, volleyball, wrestling, sailing, archery, fencing, dance
Nickname	Vikings
Accreditation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Newspaper	The Viking Press
Yearbook	SAGA
Website	josephsea.org

St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School (also known as SJS or Sea) is a co-educational Catholic school in the Huguenot neighborhood of Staten Island, New York, United States. Though technically an independent school with its own board of trustees, it functions for all intents and purposes as a school of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The school serves approximately 1,200 students in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades.

The school property was previously owned by steel magnate Charles M. Schwab, who was developing it as a summer resort. In 1909, he donated it to the Sisters of Charity of New York, as a seaside home for children from the New York Foundling hospital. Then after many years as a children's home and a convent, the Sisters transformed the property into a high school, first for girls in 1963, then co-educational since 1973.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Notable alumni

Melissa Anelli (1997), New York Times best-selling author ^{[citation needed]}
Joseph Borelli, politician, New York State Assemblymen
Sheena Colette, actress
Pete Davidson, comedian, actor^[5]
Matt Festa, baseball player^[6]
Ollie Ogbu (2005), NFL/CFL professional football player, Hudson Valley Fort
Chris Terrio, screenwriter
Joey Salads, YouTube personality

Notes and references

^ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Archived from the original on 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
^ Staff (December 12, 1909). "Schwab Playground for Poor Children". The New York Times. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
^ Holden, Edna (2003) [1964]. "Staten Island: The History of Richmond County". Center for Migration Studies Special Issues. 18 (1): 214. doi:10.1111/j.2050-411X.2003.tb00307.x. For many years a children's hospital known as St. Joseph's-by-the-Sea was operated by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul in a mansion formerly owned by Charles M. Schwab who was president of United States Steel Corporation and Bethlehem Steel Company. This property along the shores of Raritan Bay at Huguenot had been designed as a seaside resort... The Sisters of Charity used the estate as a convalescent home for the New York Foundling Hospital... The mansion is now used as a convent for the Sisters of Charity. Plans were announced in July 1962 for the erection of a Catholic high school for girls on the grounds.
^ Dalton, Kristin F. (July 30, 2015). "Vintage photos of Staten Island schools". SILive.com. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
^ Tacopi, Joe (12 May 2016). "Pete Davidson on vulgar SI priest: He's 'an epic piece of s–t'". New York Post. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ Waggoner, Jim (June 10, 2016). "Ex-Sea pitcher Matt Festa taken by Seattle in 7th round". SILive.com. Retrieved January 17, 2018.