AFTERCLASS II
KAREN CALLES ’21 AND ERIC DUARTE ’21 GIRLS AND BOYS PREP DIVISIONS
Moving Forward With Open Minds Three days into Summer Phase, Karen Calles ’21 and Eric Duarte ’21 shared their perspectives on the new Girls Prep Division that formed after the closure of Benedictine Academy (BA), and their hopes for the year ahead. St. Benedict’s Prep and Benedictine Academy (BA) were brother and sister schools for some time. How did studentleaders from the two schools work together before BA announced it would close? Karen: The first major thing that we worked on together was BA’s Fall Fest last year. And our Benedictine Leadership Team (BLTs) worked with St. Benedict’s on their Black History Month event. But we always had a friendly dynamic. So, it was really easy for us to 12
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come to the boys for help when BA was going to close. They never made us feel like we were girls, they made us feel like we were people. It has been really easy for us to work with them throughout the years.
Eric: My grandma is an alumna of BA. My sister was accepted to BA when I was in 8th grade, too. I went to a few of their dances, Halloween events and stuff like that. I became Maroon Section
