News

September

BC announces $1 million gift from alumnus to the Capital Campaign

9/3/2020

Benedictine alumnus Patrick White, BC Class of 1982, has made a $1 million commitment to the Forward, Always Forward Capital Campaign. The gift will allow the school to renovate and upgrade the last remaining classrooms in the Academic Building.

August

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: BC Class of 1975 earns "Class of the Year"

8/31/2020

By Noell Barnidge

It’s a challenge that all high schools face. As the years pass, graduates often drift away from their alma mater. As we all know, alumni, particularly their time, talent and treasure (financial support), are the foundation of successful private schools.

When Benedictine Military School graduate Tom Hagan, a member of the BC Class of 1975, read the school’s 2018-19 Annual Report, he thought the class should be better represented by more than just nine people from his class who contributed to the Benedictine Fund.

July

Principal Horne describes BC’s blended learning model

7/31/2020

By Noell Barnidge

Forward, always forward … despite a pandemic. That is the approach – specifically, a blended learning model – that Benedictine Military School will use to start the 2020-21 school year.

“Our decision is to start back in a blended learning model where half of our student body is on campus every day,” Benedictine Principal Mr. Jacob Horne said. “As one group learns in person, in our classrooms, the other is learning online.”

POSITIVE NEWS: BC's new purification system kills COVID-19

7/16/2020

Thanks to the generous help of BC parent Mallie Seckinger, father of Mallie ’17 and Robert ’19, Benedictine students and faculty will be in a safer environment when they return to school in early August. Mr. Seckinger has provided a number of patented bipolar ionization systems which are being installed in every central air conditioning system on the BC campus. Other clients using this same technology include Google, the Mayo Clinic, Harvard University and the White House.

June

BC DEVELOPS PLAN FOR 2020-21 SCHOOL YEAR

6/1/2020

By Noell Barnidge

Because of the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Benedictine Military School administrators have developed a plan for the 2020-21 school year. BC’s three-option plan is designed to best provide a healthy and safe learning environment, while offering Cadets an experience that is as close to normal as possible.

May

Benedictine’s Alumni Network Just Caught Fire!

5/31/2020

BENEDICTINE, A SCHOOL WITH A SOUL - A Path Forward for 2020-21 Amid COVID-19

5/1/2020

Headmaster Father Frank Announces Plans for 2020-21 School Year
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

Benedictine distinguishes itself as a school with a soul and it is times such as these that reveal that. These wise words from our Benedictine founder, Archabbot Boniface Wimmer, define our resolve and our faith, "Forward, always forward, everywhere forward! We must not be held back by debts, bad years or by difficulties of the times. Man's adversity is God's opportunity."

April

BROTHERHOOD - BC community helps Horne and Polite families during tragedies

4/30/2020

By Noell Barnidge

March

A NEW FRONTIER - How COVID-19 inspired the launch of BC's CARE for THE 400 online learning program

3/31/2020

By Noell Barnidge

BC hires Dr. Frank Williams as an English teacher, varsity basketball head coach

3/16/2020

By Noell Barnidge

FORWARD, ALWAYS FORWARD- Capital Campaign Surpasses $14 Million without Adding Long-Term Debt

3/1/2020

By Noell Barnidge

Benedictine Military School’s Forward, Always Forward Capital Campaign, which publicly began in August of 2014 and has grown from $4.1 million in cash and pledges to $14 million presently, is an ambitious endeavor that has been built on a foundation of financial stability. Not only is the capital campaign the largest project in the 117-year history of the school, but it is being achieved without incurring long-term debt.