Curious Cadets

What next year looks like for Cadets

By Myles Bridges ‘23

Benedictine Cadets will have a change in scenery, since St. Gertrude will be moving out, which will allow Cadets to experience what BCP was before. The last time BCP had only boys inside the school was the 2019-20 school year, before it was shut down due to Covid19. “I am intrigued to see what happens next year,” said Pierce Moten ‘24. “I never experienced what an allboys school looks nor feels like, so it should be interesting.”

Next year, there should be more space with more open classrooms, on the second and third floor, which will lead to the expansion of classes to take. These new classes are: AP Comparative Government and Politics, AP Art History, AP Physics, Global Military History I and II/ Honors, Forensic Sci- ence and Astronomy. This opens Cadets to expand their interest, to a career they might want to pursue in the future.

Benedictine can expect a rise in upcoming Cadets. The ability of having more space eliminates having to crowd classrooms with more than 20 students, and fill up the classrooms of the new classes. With more locker space for Cadets, can possibly go back to hallway classes, for example, the ‘23 class their freshmen year had a freshman, sophomore, junior hallways and then the seniors lounge. “I would love to welcome new students,” said Christian Ferrell ‘24. “It is rumored that we received the most applications in the past 10 years.”

Benedictine’s current senior class is the last class to experience all-boys inside the school. Many of them mentioned that “This is the last real BCP class.” Traditions that BCP would do when it was all-boys are on the urge of falling off, for example, slam halls have slowed down each year with less than five this year. BCP going back to having slam halls and more, could help the Cadets experience what the alumni experienced. It can generate the spirit in Cadets to have fun and build a brotherhood bond, while also being able to have a great education. “I wish I could experience what an all-boys school feels like again,” said Freddy Gonzalez ‘23. “If I come back to visit next year, I would definitely love to see how everyone acts.”

The last time Benedictine was allboys was the 2019-20 school year. Since then, a lot of changes happened, including St. Gertrude moving in and now moving out to their new school. It will be an experience to watch how the Cadets next year will react, with this new change to ol’ BC.

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19-and 20-year-olds are running around and tackling 14-17 year olds, which is not only unfair, but also unsafe. Safety is not the only issue, as reclassing can ruin an underclassmen’s shot at playing time. If a starter reclasses and is allowed another year, it can force players that could possibly fight for a spot to be at a disadvantage. It can also be hurtful from an academic standpoint, as those who reclass will end up behind, as they can only take core classes one time and will end up with a schedule full of unchallenging electives. These two methods have a high reward but also have an equally high risk. There are more cases in which reclassing or jurisdictional jumping does not work out as ex- pected. Jurisdictional jumping needs to be more tightly monitored and the reclassifying process should receive a much deeper evaluation. The latter should not be solely based upon sports, as it can hurt players and the sport.