Catholic High School for Boys in Richmond VA

Benedictine High School, Richmond:
Located in Richmond in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Benedictine High School is an independent Catholic military boys' high school for grades 9-12. We are Virginia’s only Catholic, military, boys’ school. As an Honor JROTC Unit of Distinction, qualified cadets may be nominated to national service academies as well as for ROTC scholarships. After completing their course of studies at Benedictine, our students move on to attend many high-caliber academic institutions of higher learning. We also are the nation's largest feeder school to Virginia Military Institute. Benedictine is proud to offer a traditional college preparatory secondary education with a variety of subjects, the arts and athetics. We also offer advanced placement courses.

Military High School Programs for Boys in Grades 9-12: 

Military Program:
The Benedictine High School military program is an approved Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program. The military curriculum is designed to prepare our young men for future challenges in education and in life. Our Corps of Cadets is an honor unit with distinction, which is the highest recognition a JROTC program can achieve.

Benedictine's Army JROTC program is designed to instill discipline and the values of honor, courage, commitment, kindness, responsibility, and accountability into our young men as they progress toward graduation from this great school. Our Cadets are expected to comply with a military standard of appearance.

Cadets are trained to demonstrate proper military courtesy and respect and are expected to behave like gentlemen at all times. Our goal is for each Cadet to leave this school a better person by virtue of their tenure here.

Academics:
Benedictine is proud to offer a traditional college preparatory secondary education in an atmosphere that sustains our fundamental mission - To help our Cadets develop morally, academically, physically and spiritually so that they are ready to succeed as adults in college and in life. Key subjects include English, math, foreign languages, science, social studies, theology, technolgy and robotics, fine arts, athletics.

As part of the spiritual formative component of our mission, Benedictine seeks to provide its students a rigorous, comprehensive education that respects and embraces Catholic teaching. We do so at Benedictine while respecting other Christian traditions and persons of other faiths.

In forming the whole Cadet, our strong co-curricular programs in Military leadership and Athletics work hand in hand across the educational process to help the Benedictine Cadet reach new heights in serving the common good beyond himself. All of these formative steps are structured to help the young man to strengthen, enabling him to understand more deeply his own identity, to engage a proper love of self, and to comport himself in a manner that respects his personal duty to and responsibility for the world around him.

Our excellent faculty consists of 38 dedicated educators, many of whom hold advanced degrees. Benedictine has an average class size of 14.7 students.

College Prepartion Courses:
We offer College Preparation Courses for PSAT, SAT and ACT.

Advanced Placement Courses:
We offer AP Courses in the following areas: Biology, English, Calculus AB / BC, Latin, Studio Art Drawing / Ceramics, US History, and Government.

Athletics:
Benedictine sponsors a very balanced and diverse athletic program which allows a wide range of students the opportunity to participate in interscholastic sports. Benedictine's program is well respected both locally and statewide. Sports include football, soccer, cross country, basketball, baseball, swimming, tennis, lacrosse, golf.