It’s my honor to welcome you to the start of our 65th academic year. The 2021-2022 year is an important milestone in the ongoing fulfilment of the long-ago dream of Cardinal James McIntyre. Decades ahead of his time, the Cardinal foresaw the needs of today’s professional world and more, society, with his vision of Bosco Tech. He and the Salesians of St. John Bosco created a school that would produce a new type of labor leadership in Los Angeles, an area exploding in growth at the forefront of the aeronautical age.
The goal was to educate engineers and technicians possessing sound ethical standards and management potential to enter industry or enroll in college upon graduation; these young men were to be prepared to lead amidst the rigors of rapidly developing industries.
Today, the Tech is the only all-male Catholic high school in the nation that integrates a rigorous college preparatory curriculum with a comprehensive university-modeled, project-based applied science, engineering and technology program. Our consistent goal remains cultivating students who are prepared and motivated to pursue advanced study and, ultimately, careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). This is a natural evolution of the original mission of the school, appropriately realigned with today’s needs in industry and technology.
Current students, and those in the generations before them, have benefitted immeasurably from the vision that guided Cardinal McIntyre and the Salesians, and the precepts upon which the school’s cornerstone was laid. We are incredibly proud of our students who are making the most of every opportunity:
• 100% of the Class of 2019 earned college acceptances, with many attending top universities such as John Hopkins University, UCLA, UC Berkeley, the University of Notre Dame and Loyola Marymount University with generous financial packages.
• 22 rising seniors completed prestigious summer internships, under the mentorship of engineers, architects, doctors and attorneys, providing them with practical experience in professional and STEM fields.
• Our largest freshman class in several years, comprised of 113 ambitious, bright and hardworking young men, successfully completed the freshman summer program and are gearing up for their time at the Tech in the coming weeks.
• A recent overview of our faculty shows that the Tech’s dedicated and esteemed faculty has an average of 18 years of teaching experience and an average of 13 years teaching at Bosco Tech. Since 2014, we have seen an increase in the number of teachers with advanced degrees by 33%. More than half of our faculty hold master’s degrees and 5% have their doctoral degrees. Their dedication is a reflection of the Salesian principals of educating the young.
• Our long-anticipated Biological, Medical & Environmental Technology (BMET) classes have begun. Uniquely integrating biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics, BMET students will explore several areas including genetic and pharmaceutical advancements, environmental awareness, agricultural developments, biomedical informatics, bio manufacturing, health care improvements, and social responsibility.
This is a very exciting time in Tech history! As we move in to the Fall semester, it’s my prayer and the prayer of our faculty and staff that the academic year ahead be one of great educational, personal and spiritual growth for each student, and that the lessons learned through the coming year would be positive, impactful and lasting. We are extremely grateful to our forward-thinking predecessors as we eagerly anticipate the new school year!
In the spirit of St. John Bosco,
Mr. Memo Gutierrez (AU '83), President