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Happening Now at BCP
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Whether it’s highlights or news feeds from the big game, a photo shoot of one of our many social events or film of the Benedictine men on the march, we make sure the info is right at your fingertips. Plus, you can find out about the gamut of Benedictine activities taking place by checking out our school calendar.
Field Day at Benedictine is a yearly event that involves the boys of Benedictine College Preparatory and girls of Saint Gertrude High School. This year, because of Hurricane Florence, a powerful storm due to hit the East Coast this week, Field Day has been moved back to October 26. The Cadets will be hosting the event again this year. This event incorporates field activities, Mass, a pizza lunch and the lowering of the American flag.
Seventy-eight new Cadets walked in the doors of BCP on August 20 a few weeks ago and began the long journey towards becoming a "real Cadet" through BCP's orientation process.
Benedictine College Preparatory was defeated by Amelia Academy in its first game of the Fall Basketball League Saturday afternoon, 69-65. This is the second year of the Cadets playing in the league, and they got off to a less-than optimal start. They have games every Saturday at Meadowbrook High School.
It All Adds Up
At Benedictine, we let our numbers speak for us.
In terms of our students’ academic success, the amount of attention we devote to our Cadets, the level of future opportunities and our dedication to the breadth and depth of our students’ intellectual capabilities, it’s hard to match the Benedictine experience.
15.6 Students Average Class Size
13 AP Courses Offered
57% Students receive grants, scholarships & financial aid to attend BCP
$3,629,000 Total college scholarships & grants awarded to last year’s grads
9-to-1 Student-Teacher Ratio
75% Upperclassmen taking fine arts courses
100% Last year’s grads accepted into college
98% Last year’s grads enrolling in college
29% Minority Representation in student body
$57,600 Last year’s grads’ average college aid packet
A Path to Success
View the stories of how Benedictine helped place Richmond’s young men on a path to adulthood that culminated in their realizing achievement as mature, thoughtful and intelligent men of conscience and discipline.
“Benedictine has been a positive driver in teaching me
leadership and teamwork, as well as preparing me academically for the rigors of
an Ivy League education.”
- Jacob Gleberman, Benedictine ’15 and Cornell ’19 (and entrepreneur)
From Cadet to Olympian
The 2015 Benedictine yearbook’s “Senior Superlatives” section featured Townley Haas as “Most likely to go to the Olympics,” an honor bestowed upon him by his classmates. It took less than a year and a half for Haas to prove his friends right, as he qualified for the U.S. Olympic swim team and its journey to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Then he surpassed even their lofty prognostications, going on to earn a gold medal at the quadrennial Summer Games in the 4 X 200 relay.
From Cadet to CEO
During his time at Benedictine, Joe Swedish (Class of '69) may not have given much of an overt indication that he was on his way to major accomplishments. But, hidden beneath an unassuming exterior, burned a passionate flame to make big things happen. That flame, as well as a well-rooted work ethic, carried Swedish through a career that culminated in his leading a Fortune 38 company today.
So, how would he advise current Cadets? “Experience all that Benedictine has to offer academically, religiously, socially and culturally…," states Swedish.
From Cadet to Entrepreneur
Just as the business he grew has stayed in the family, so has his love for Benedictine been passed down through generations of the Carreras family. Jim Carreras graduated from our school in 1958 and spent some time on Wall Street before leveraging that business savvy into his own empire, based in Richmond.
Along the way, he’s led a full and fascinating life, one which now includes keeping an eye on a pair of grandsons who don the Cadet green these days. “Benedictine was the start,” said Carreras. “It was the first of a series of motivations for me.”