Saint Benedict's Preparatory School
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Saint Benedict's Preparatory School is a college preparatory school in Newark, New Jersey
, United States
. It is an all-boys, secondary school located on a 12 acres (4.9 ha) urban campus serving students in the seventh through twelfth grades. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Commission on Secondary Schools since 1990.
Established in 1868 by the Benedictine
monks of Newark Abbey, the school is guided by the sixth century Rule of St Benedict
it has been a part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
for over 130 years. It serves students from Newark and its neighboring communities; students come from 100 towns and about 215 schools. More than 60 are from 23 other countries.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 554 students and 39.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.9.
, who graduated from St. Benedict's in 1963.
During the fall/winter phase students have regular school days with a daily convocation at the Gym at 9:15. During convocation, prayers are said and songs are sung with the whole community present.
Spring phase ends the academic year. Students choose projects to work on for four weeks such as community service
, US history, karate
, and cooking
.
Freshmen don't have a choice. At the end of the Freshmen Year, Freshmen spend a week together. They sleep in tents. Freshman team members take turns cooking for one another, preparing food they have carried on their backs. The Backpacking Project is a five-day trek over 50 miles (80.5 km) of the Appalachian Trail
in the mountains of western New Jersey
. Freshmen form themselves into 16 teams of eight members each and elect a leader. Four such teams make a "company" that is led by specially trained older students, first-aiders, and adults. Three weeks of intense training precede the week on the trail.
St. Benedict's is divided into 18 groups of about 20 to 30 members each. Each group, named after successful Benedict's alumnus meets daily, competes in events, and plays an active role in running the school. Each group elects a student Group Leader and Assistant Leaders and works closely with its faculty advisers. The school is run by a Senior Group leader, four section leaders and a beginner leader. They work together in leading the school and enforcing rules.
, Cross Country
, Soccer, Swimming
, Fencing
, Wrestling
, Basketball
, Indoor Track
, Tennis
, Golf
, Baseball
, Outdoor Track
. The school has produced several notable athletes including Olympic gold medalists.
A 4-1 win against the Pennington School in the 2011 Prep A championship gave St. Benedict's a perfect 24-0 season, its 23rd consecutive Prep A title and its seventh spot as the top-ranked high school soccer team in the nation by ESPN/Rise, having previously been recognized as national champion in 1990, 1997–98, 2001 and 2005-06.
Its Drama Guild has traveled to England
, Ireland
and Bolivia
.
The band has participated in local and national shows, including competitions in Boston and Montreal.
The Benedict News is nationally recognized among student newspapers. It has won the Columbia student press award more than once. The school literary magazine, The Kayrix is published every year during spring phase.
The 520 is a student-run maintenance corporation. The goal of the corporation is to cost-effectively support the maintenance needs of the school while enhancing the environment, and providing students with the opportunity to develop skills and earn a competitive income. The corporation was established in 1998.
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is an all-boys, secondary school located on a 12 acres (4.9 ha) urban campus serving students in the seventh through twelfth grades. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association dedicated to educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation and accreditation...
Commission on Secondary Schools since 1990.
Established in 1868 by the Benedictine
Benedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
monks of Newark Abbey, the school is guided by the sixth century Rule of St Benedict
Rule of St Benedict
The Rule of Saint Benedict is a book of precepts written by St. Benedict of Nursia for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot. Since about the 7th century it has also been adopted by communities of women...
it has been a part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
The Archdiocese of Newark is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern New Jersey, United States. Its ecclesiastic territory includes all of the Catholic parishes and schools in the New Jersey counties of Bergen, Union, Hudson and Essex .-History:Originally established as the Diocese of...
for over 130 years. It serves students from Newark and its neighboring communities; students come from 100 towns and about 215 schools. More than 60 are from 23 other countries.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 554 students and 39.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.9.
History
The school was closed for the 1972-73 school year. Since its re-opening in 1973 the headmaster has been Fr. Edwin D. Leahy, O.S.BEdwin D. Leahy
Rev. Edwin D. Leahy, O.S.B., born on ; became the 23rd Headmaster of Saint Benedict's Preparatory School in 1972.He graduated from St. Benedict's Prep in 1963. He earned a B.A. in philosophy from Seton Hall University in 1968 and a Master’s in Divinity with distinction in 1975 from the Woodstock...
, who graduated from St. Benedict's in 1963.
Academic year and leadership
St. Benedict's school year differs from most high schools. The school year is divided into three "phases"; Summer phase, Fall/Winter Phase and Spring Phase. During Summer phase the whole student body of St. Benedict's gathers for a five-week session of half-day classes during August. For the members of the Freshman Class, the session begins with the five-day Overnight. The Freshman Class is divided into 18 groups of about eight students each, with an older student acting as counselor for the week. Meals are taken "family style" in the dining room as each student takes a turn being the waiter for his color, setting the table, serving the food, and clearing up afterward. Freshmen meet faculty members and older students, discover Benedict's history and traditions and learn the school songs.During the fall/winter phase students have regular school days with a daily convocation at the Gym at 9:15. During convocation, prayers are said and songs are sung with the whole community present.
Spring phase ends the academic year. Students choose projects to work on for four weeks such as community service
Community service
Community service is donated service or activity that is performed by someone or a group of people for the benefit of the public or its institutions....
, US history, karate
Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
, and cooking
Cooking
Cooking is the process of preparing food by use of heat. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely across the world, reflecting unique environmental, economic, and cultural traditions. Cooks themselves also vary widely in skill and training...
.
Freshmen don't have a choice. At the end of the Freshmen Year, Freshmen spend a week together. They sleep in tents. Freshman team members take turns cooking for one another, preparing food they have carried on their backs. The Backpacking Project is a five-day trek over 50 miles (80.5 km) of the Appalachian Trail
Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply the AT, is a marked hiking trail in the eastern United States extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. It is approximately long...
in the mountains of western New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. Freshmen form themselves into 16 teams of eight members each and elect a leader. Four such teams make a "company" that is led by specially trained older students, first-aiders, and adults. Three weeks of intense training precede the week on the trail.
St. Benedict's is divided into 18 groups of about 20 to 30 members each. Each group, named after successful Benedict's alumnus meets daily, competes in events, and plays an active role in running the school. Each group elects a student Group Leader and Assistant Leaders and works closely with its faculty advisers. The school is run by a Senior Group leader, four section leaders and a beginner leader. They work together in leading the school and enforcing rules.
Athletics
The prep school sponsors twelve sports: Water PoloWater polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
, Cross Country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, Soccer, Swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, Fencing
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
, Wrestling
Collegiate wrestling
Collegiate wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the collegiate and university level in the United States. Collegiate wrestling emerged from the folk wrestling styles practised in the early history of the United States...
, Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, Indoor Track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, Baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, Outdoor Track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
. The school has produced several notable athletes including Olympic gold medalists.
Soccer
The 2006 boy's soccer team finished the season with a 20-0 record, and was ranked first in the nation in the NSCAA/adidas National Rankings.A 4-1 win against the Pennington School in the 2011 Prep A championship gave St. Benedict's a perfect 24-0 season, its 23rd consecutive Prep A title and its seventh spot as the top-ranked high school soccer team in the nation by ESPN/Rise, having previously been recognized as national champion in 1990, 1997–98, 2001 and 2005-06.
Extracurricular activities
St. Benedict's has a music, and a visual arts program.Its Drama Guild has traveled to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
and Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
.
The band has participated in local and national shows, including competitions in Boston and Montreal.
The Benedict News is nationally recognized among student newspapers. It has won the Columbia student press award more than once. The school literary magazine, The Kayrix is published every year during spring phase.
The 520 is a student-run maintenance corporation. The goal of the corporation is to cost-effectively support the maintenance needs of the school while enhancing the environment, and providing students with the opportunity to develop skills and earn a competitive income. The corporation was established in 1998.
Notable alumni
- Sean AlvaradoSean AlvaradoSean Conrad Alvarado is an American soccer player who plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.-Youth and College:...
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. - Gregg BerhalterGregg BerhalterGregg Berhalter is a retired American soccer player who currently is an assistant coach for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.-Youth and College:...
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(1915–2003), basketball coach. - Ownie CarrollOwnie CarrollOwen Thomas "Ownie" Carroll, was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played nine seasons in the major leagues with the Detroit Tigers , New York Yankees , Cincinnati Reds , and Brooklyn Dodgers .-High school and college career:Born in Kearny, New Jersey, Ownie was a right-handed thrower who played...
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recipient. - John J. DegnanJohn J. DegnanJohn J. Degnan was the Attorney General of New Jersey from 1978 until 1981. He is currently vice chairman and chief operating officer of The Chubb Corporation.-Biography:...
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(born 1983), drafted by the Houston DynamoHouston DynamoThe Houston Dynamo is an American professional soccer club, based in Houston, Texas, that plays in Major League Soccer, the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Founded in 2005 as Houston 1836, the team name was renamed to Houston Dynamo following protests from Hispanic...
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(born 1966), footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
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player currently with the Denver NuggetsDenver NuggetsThe Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. They play in the National Basketball Association . They were founded as the Denver Rockets in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association, and became one of that league's more successful teams...
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shooting guard who was selected to compete in the McDonald's All-American GameMcDonald's All-American TeamThe McDonald's All-American Game refers to each of the all-star basketball games played each year for boys' and girls' high-school basketball graduates. Consisting of the top American and Canadian players, each team plays a single exhibition game after the conclusion of the high-school basketball...
. - Lance ThomasLance ThomasLance Thomas is a 6'8" former forward on the Duke University's men's basketball team. He is from Scotch Plains, New Jersey. He started at power forward for Duke's national champion 2010 team. Currently for the NBA D-League 2010-11 season, Thomas is playing for the Austin Toros.- High school...
(born 1988), former Duke basketball player and member of the 2010 NCAA Championship team. - Petter VillegasPetter VillegasPetter Villegas is a Ecuadorian-born Puerto Rican footballer currently playing for Puerto Rico Islanders in the North American Soccer League.-Youth and college:...
(born 1975), football wingerWinger (sport)In certain sports, such as football, field hockey, ice hockey, handball, rugby union, lacrosse and rugby league, the term winger is the name of a position. It refers to positions on the extreme left and right sides of the pitch . In American football and Canadian football, the analogous position...
, who plays for the Puerto Rico IslandersPuerto Rico IslandersPuerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....
and the Puerto Rico national football teamPuerto Rico national football teamThe Puerto Rico national football team is the national team of Puerto Rico and is controlled by Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol. Puerto Rico's national football team is a member of the Caribbean Football Union, part of the CONCACAF....
.
Notable faculty
- Ernest BloodErnest BloodErnest A. Blood was a high school and college men's basketball coach...
(1872–1955), basketball coach who led St. Benedict's Prep to a 421-128 record and five state championships from 1925 to 1950.
External links
- Web site
- Data for Saint Benedict's Preparatory School, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...