Subiaco Academy

Subiaco Academy is an American Roman Catholic day and boarding school for boys founded in 1928. It is part of Subiaco Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Subiaco, Arkansas.

Bird's Eye View of the School

Subiaco Academy
Address
Subiaco Academy
405 North Subiaco Avenue Subiaco , Logan , Arkansas 72865 United States
Coordinates	35°18′4″N 93°38′0″W
Information
Type	Private, All-Male
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s)	St. Benedict
Established	February 1928
Status	Open
CEEB code	042375
NCES School ID	00047708[1]
Headmaster	Dr. David W. Wright
Chaplain	Deacon Roy Goetz
Teaching staff	21.0[1] (on FTE basis)
Grades	7–12
Gender	Male
Enrollment	193[1] (2017-2018)
• Grade 8	15
• Grade 9	36
• Grade 10	49
• Grade 11	42
• Grade 12	35
Student to teacher ratio	8.2[1]
Campus size	100 Acres
Campus type	Open College Campus
Color(s)	Blue      Orange
Slogan	Benedictine Leaders of Tomorrow!
Athletics	Football, Basketball, Soccer, Baseball, Tennis, Cross Country, Golf and Track
Athletics conference	4A
Sports	Football, golf, cross country, basketball, soccer, tennis, baseball, track and field
Mascot	Trojan
Nickname	Subi
Team name	Subiaco Trojans
Accreditation	Independent School Association of Central States,[2] Arkansas Nonpublic School Accrediting Association[3][3]
Newspaper	Periscope
Yearbook	Pax
Affiliation	Subiaco Abbey
Academic Dean	Cheryl Goetz
Dean of Men	Jeff O'Neal
Admissions Director	Pat Franz
Athletic Director	Mike Berry
Website	www.subiacoacademy.us

History

The school came into existence as a result of the German migration to the Arkansas River Valley in the 1870s and especially in the 1880s and 1890s. The Little Rock-Fort Smith Railroad Company had thousands of acres of free land in the area. They had resolved to sell this land only to German Catholic settlers if possible. This company approached the Swiss Benedictine Monks in Indiana to send missionaries to Logan County Arkansas in 1878. These monks brought with them their Swiss Benedictine heritage of a monastery school. Until the First World War, numerous additional monks and recruits from Switzerland strengthened this educational tradition.[4]

In 1887 the monks opened a school called St. Benedict's College to educate young men between the ages of 14 and 20 in the basic humanities. There were never more than 20 students in this school and it was terminated in the summer of 1892. The monks reorganized this educational project that summer, and in the fall, the school was reopened as a seminary to train students for the ministry. This school was called The Scholasticate. Modeled upon European "Gymnasium" lines, it consisted mostly of classical languages and musical training. This form of the school reached its peak with some 70 students in 1901 when the institution was largely destroyed by fire.[4]

In December 1927, the institution was again destroyed by fire, but a primitive school, Subiaco Academy, was reopened in February 1928, in what was left of the Main Building. This school barely survived the Depression Years.[4]

The earliest administrators and teachers were all Benedictine monks. By the time of the First World War, there were one or two male lay teachers. Hired coaches were added after the mid-1920s. The great number of non-monk staff (teachers and administrators), including female faculty members, came only in the mid-1970s.[4]

Notable alumni

• John Adams, professional football player for the Washington Redskins[5]
• Frank Stanford (1966), poet[6]
• Harvey Wheeler (1937), author, political scientist, and scholar [7]

References

1. "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Subiaco Academy". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
2. "Subiaco Academy". Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS). Retrieved 1 April 2013.
3. "Member Schools". Arkansas Non-public Schools Accrediting Association. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
4. Assenmacher, Hugh (1977). A Place Called Subiaco: A History of the Benedictine Monks in Arkansas. Little Rock, Ark.: Rose Publishing Company. ISBN 9780914546160.
5. "John Adams Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
6. "The Long Goodbye by Ben Ehrenreich". Poetry Foundation. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
7. "1st--Harvey Wheeler". Subiaco Academy. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

External links

• Official website