The Cove on Broad Street was hopping in December at the memorial concert for David Cervetti (’09) , who died in March, 2016. David’s brother Matt (’05) and his former band “Jerry Has No Skates” (all SBA alums) provided the entertainment. It was an SBA alumni party for a great cause (Daivd’s Rescue Animals Club at St. Francis School).
Class of 2016 alum Ben Jones stopped by SBA for a visit during his fall break from Mississippi State University. Ben is one of only 12 students around the world that received a Presidential Scholarship from MSU. He is in the Aerospace Engineering department. After viewing the new SBA STEM Lab, he encouraged current SBA students to take advantage of all the opportunities they have at St. Benedict. He was especially impressed with the software our students were using as he is using the same in his classes. “Lots of schools claim to be college prep, but SBA really is.” He credits his success, so far, to the excellent foundation he received in high school.
SBA seniors Erin O’Brien and Malia Sorce visited Southeast Missouri State University in late February and attended the SEMO Conservatory of Theater and Dance production of “BIG RIVER: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” in which Malachi Marrero (‘15) and Adam Schween (‘16) were performing.
SBA recently had a visit from former German exchange student (2008) Karoline Rauschen and her friend Philip Rlohert. Guidance Counselor Jennifer Brannon and science teacher Jamie Schneider gave the visitors a tour of the school and stopped in Ms.Sanders’ German class for an impromptu presentation (mostly in German) on Germany.
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