Fr. Augustine Curley
Mr. Richard Gallerani Br. Thomas Hall Fr. Albert Holtz
Mrs. Grace Lenahan Mrs. Jenny Ramos Br. Patrick Winbush
The Religion Department of Saint Benedict’ s Prep works to develop in our students the knowledge of the Christian faith and its practical consequences for behavior in everyday living. Within the context of the Benedictine monastic tradition we communicate the fundamentals of religious knowledge, an experience of Church, an acceptance of Jesus Christ, openness to the Holy Spirit, and the vision of the Kingdom of God.
Religion
• The Story of the Church
• The Story of Jesus
• Religion I – Old Testament
• Religion II – New Testament
• Religion III- Morality
• Religion IV – Personal Ethics
• World Religions
• Introduction to the Rule of St. Benedict
• Our Immigrant Stories
The English department provides a structured curriculum consisting of required level-year courses and numerous electives. The department’ s purpose is to ready St. Benedict’ s students to do college level work by developing in them productive habits of reading, precise writing, critical analysis, and open-minded discussion.
St. Benedict’ s English teachers maintain clear learning objectives and high standards; by graduation, their students demonstrate the ability to do:
Comprehensive literary analysis, both spoken and written; Critical thinking in response to a spectrum of literary and visual texts from traditional and non-traditional sources; Reading across the disciplines, engaged with a range of nonfiction and information texts; Discriminating research in both primary and secondary sources, in print and on the internet.
While maintaining college preparatory standards, all St. Benedict’ s English teachers work with students of varying skill levels and abilities. As needed, we modify teaching approaches to meet the learning styles and needs of all of our students. We teach our students the literacy skills that will serve them as writers and thinkers, at work and in leisure, throughout their adult lives.
Mrs. Noreen Connolly
Mrs. Jaqueline Arias Mr. Shawn Berger Ms. Lorraine Elias
English
• Foundations I – grammar and usage
• Foundations II – composition and grammar
• English I: Freshmen Composition
• English II: Coming Of Age Across Cultures
• English III: Inventing America
• English IV: Regeneration through Violence: Myth, Macbeth, Grotesques and Invisibility
• Introduction to Journalism
• Convergence Media
• Advanced Journalism / Newspaper Production
• Search and Suffering in Contemporary Native American Literature
• Poetry and Self-expression
• English Classics: The Problem of‘ Pride’
• The Personal Essay
• Two American Warriors – Crazy Horse and General Custer
• Into the Jungle – The Amazon Rainforest
• Prince to King: King Henry IV
Mr. Craig Gillespie
Mr. Mike Malinowski Mr. Rich Molina Mr. Justin Ross Mr. Craig White Dr. David Wolf
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