As St. Benedict’s welcomes in a New Year, we take a moment to reflect on 2020, and, at The Hive, like the rest of the word, it was no ordinary year. Click here to view the top stories from St. Benedict’s in 2020.
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Five members of the Class of 2021 have been offered Early Decision acceptances at selective colleges, no small feat given the complicated nature of college admissions this year and particular hurdles in the college process for St. Benedict’s students. Read more.
Students' Monograph Tackles Climate Change as part of St. Benedict's Project Acceleration Program. Project Acceleration is a concurrent enrollment program within the College of Arts and Sciences at Seton Hall University, which allows Gray Bee students to earn college credits while at The Hive. Read more.
The Hive presented its 48th Annual Christmas Program on Dec. 17, but for the first time virtually. Read a reflection and watch a replay of the program by clicking this link.
Operation Christmas Surprise: Thanks to all our students, faculty, staff, family and friends, including our generous donors, who made "Operation Christmas Surprise" a wonderful experience for our Elementary Division. Over 120 families received gifts at the event set up in the HAB gym three days before Christmas. Click here to view photos.
St. Benedict’s student-run organization, Race to Action, has, since its inception in August, tackled major issues – from voter registration and the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, to gun violence and other important issues making headlines. Click this link to read more.
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Congratulations to Jonathan Capehart ’85, a Pulitzer Prize winner and television commentator, who received his own program – The Sunday Show – on MSNBC. He gave an emotional thanks to his family, and many other people, on the show’s launch last month.
Join Fr. Edwin when St. Benedict’s hosts a virtual New England Alumni & Friends Reception today (Jan. 7) at 6:30 p.m. There’s still time to register by clicking this link. For further information, please contact Mary Hauck at [email protected].
Abdul Haiyy Moore ’96 and Didier Jean-Baptiste ’86, are featured in a story by a N.J. business publication, ROI-NJ, entitled, “School ties: St. Benedict’s alumni continue to shape Newark, both within famed prep school’s walls and without.” Click here to read story.
Thanks to all of our college Alumni who have helped thus far with our Benedict's College Alumni Round Tables (B-CART's). Since we can’t conduct our usual trips out to visit college campuses due to the pandemic, Dean of Administration Mike Scanlan H’97 and College Placement Counselor Jacob Drill did the next best thing and organized these virtual round tables with alums at their respective colleges/universities. Alums represented 11 different schools during the Fall Term and there are many more lined up for the Winter Term.
Turn Yourself In! Have you started a new job, won an award, gotten married or welcomed a child to your family? Let us know. We are currently working on the Spring 2021 issue of St. Benedict's Magazine, so if you have news to share with your classmates, keep us informed. Submit your requests to Noreen Connolly by Feb. 8 at [email protected] to be included in the next issue of our magazine in the Class Notes column.
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St. Benedict's has been offering in-school COVID-19 testing every Wednesday for a month now. The testing by The Hive, one of the few schools to offer it to their entire community, was featured on the front page of The Star-Ledger on Monday. Click here to read story. You can also schedule your COVID test by clicking this link.
“The St. Benedict’s Prep Boys Prep Division has done an incredible job, and it is our hope that the Girls Prep Division can follow in their footsteps.” – a statement from the Buckley Foundation after they made a generous $200,000 gift to St. Benedict’s Girls Prep Division. Click this link to read more.
Our Headmaster offered a pair of videos greetings over the holiday – one recording of his Christmas Blessing and the other wishing everyone in the community a Happy New Year.
Have a January Birthday? Then come to our Gray Bee Shop, spend $40 or more, and receive a free gift on us. Also get 15% off of select performance wear. Read more on how to claim your free gift.
St. Benedict’s wins when you use Amazon Smile Program, which is perfect for those of us home-bound and relying on online orders during this pandemic. The Hive participates in Amazon's Smile program. In order to help (at no additional cost to you), go to smile.amazon.com, and when prompted for a charity, enter "St. Benedict's Newark." Then find “St. Benedict's Preparatory School” among the different institutions with similar names to ours. To date, the Amazon Smile program has raised over $4,000 for The Hive.
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