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'{{Infobox school | name = Subiaco Academy | native_name = | latin_name = | image = | imagesize = | caption = | streetaddress = 405 North Subiaco Avenue | city = [[Subiaco, Arkansas|Subiaco]] | state = [[Arkansas]] | county = | zipcode = 72865 | country = United States | coordinates = {{Coord|35|18|4|N|93|38|0|W|type:edu_region:US-AR|display=inline,title}} | schoolnumber = | schoolboard = | district = | authority = | religion = [[Roman Catholic]] | denomination = | oversight = | affiliation = [[Subiaco Abbey (Arkansas)|Subiaco Abbey]] | superintendent = | trustee = | founder = | specialist = | president = | head of school = | headteacher = | head_label = | head = | headmaster = Mike Berry | principal = | viceprincipal = | asst principal = | dean = | administrator = | rector = | chaplain = Deacon Roy Goetz | director = | custodian = | us_nces_school_id = {{NCES Private School ID|00047708|school_name=Subiaco Academy|access_date=1 April 2013}} | enrollment = 193<ref name="nces_psch" /> | enrollment_as_of = 2017-2018 | grade8 = 15 | grade9 = 36 | grade10 = 49 | grade11 = 42 | grade12 = 35 | other_grade_label = | staff = | ranking = | faculty = | teaching_staff = 21.0<ref name="nces_psch" /> (on [[full time equivalent|FTE]] basis) | ratio = 8.2<ref name="nces_psch" /> | ceeb = 042375 | school code = | testaverage = | testname = | national_ranking = | classes = | gender = Male | lower_age = | upper_age = | houses = | schooltype = | fundingtype = | type = [[Private school|Private]], [[Single-sex education|All-Male]] | system = | fees = | tuition = | endowment = | grades = [[Seventh grade|7]]–[[Twelfth grade|12]] | campus = | campus size = 100 Acres | campus type = Open College Campus | hours_in_day = | athletics = Football, Basketball, Soccer, Baseball, Tennis, Cross Country, Golf and Track | conference = 4A | slogan = Benedictine Leaders of Tomorrow! | song = | fightsong = | motto = | motto_translation = | accreditation = Independent School Association of Central States,<ref name="isacs">{{cite web |url=http://www.isacs.org/page/472118_Search_for_a_School.asp?school=254 |title=Subiaco Academy|publisher=Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) |accessdate=1 April 2013}}</ref><br />Arkansas Nonpublic School Accrediting Association<ref name="ansaa" /><ref name="ansaa">{{cite web|url=http://www.ansaa.com/memberschools.htm |title=Member Schools |publisher=Arkansas Non-public Schools Accrediting Association|accessdate=1 April 2013}}</ref> | rival = | mascot = Trojan | mascot image = | sports = Football, golf, cross country, basketball, soccer, tennis, baseball, track and field | patron = St. Benedict | team_name = Subiaco Trojans | nickname = Subi | colors = {{color box|blue}} Blue<br />{{color box|orange}} Orange | yearbook = Pax | publication = | newspaper = Periscope | established = February 1928 | status = Open | closed = | alumni = | nobel_laureates = | other = | communities = | feeders = | free_label = Academic Dean | free_text = Cheryl Goetz | free_label1 = Dean of Men | free_text1 = Jeff O'Neal | free_label2 = Admissions Director | free_text2 = Pat Franz | free_label3 = Athletic Director | free_text3 = Greg Timmerman | free_label4 = | free_text4 = | free_label5 = | free_text5 = | footnotes = | picture = | homepage = {{URL|http://www.subiacoacademy.us/}} }} '''Subiaco Academy''' is an American Roman Catholic day and [[boarding school]] for boys founded in 1928. It is part of [[Subiaco Abbey (Arkansas)|Subiaco Abbey]], a [[Order of St. Benedict|Benedictine]] monastery in [[Subiaco, Arkansas]]. == History == The school came into existence as a result of the German migration to the Arkansas River Valley in the 1870s and especially in the 1880s and 1890s. The Little Rock-Fort Smith Railroad Company had thousands of acres of free land in the area. They had resolved to sell this land only to German Catholic settlers if possible. This company approached the Swiss [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] Monks in Indiana to send missionaries to Logan County Arkansas in 1878. These monks brought with them their Swiss Benedictine heritage of a monastery school. Until the First World War, numerous additional monks and recruits from Switzerland strengthened this educational tradition.<ref name=placecalledsubiaco>{{cite book|last=Assenmacher|first=Hugh|title=A Place Called Subiaco: A History of the Benedictine Monks in Arkansas|year=1977|publisher=Rose Publishing Company|location=Little Rock, Ark.|isbn=9780914546160}}</ref> In 1887 the monks opened a school called St. Benedict's College to educate young men between the ages of 14 and 20 in the basic humanities. There were never more than 20 students in this school and it was terminated in the summer of 1892. The monks reorganized this educational project that summer, and in the fall, the school was reopened as a seminary to train students for the ministry. This school was called The Scholasticate. Modeled upon European "Gymnasium" lines, it consisted mostly of classical languages and musical training. This form of the school reached its peak with some 70 students in 1901 when the institution was largely destroyed by fire.<ref name=placecalledsubiaco /> In December 1927, the institution was again destroyed by fire, but a primitive school, Subiaco Academy, was reopened in February 1928, in what was left of the Main Building. This school barely survived the Depression Years.<ref name=placecalledsubiaco /> The earliest administrators and teachers were all Benedictine monks. By the time of the First World War, there were one or two male lay teachers. Hired coaches were added after the mid-1920s. The great number of non-monk staff (teachers and administrators), including female faculty members, came only in the mid-1970s.<ref name=placecalledsubiaco /> == Controversies == The school has been heavily criticized for its treatment of students, often giving out ridiculous punishments for the smallest of things. Reports have come out about deans, residential advisers, beating students horribly. In addition, racism plays a huge role in the student body, often towards the international students. Racial slurs are common places on campus, with even some teachers playing a part. As a result, there has been a huge decline of new international students. Former headmaster, Matthew Stengel was accused of [[nepotism]], often hiring other family members and friends, and firing those who didn't agree with him. This all came to ahead with the hiring of his step uncle, who had assulted two students years prevously. Mr. Stengel was fired as a result of the controversy. ==Notable alumni== *[[John Adams (offensive lineman)|John Adams]], professional football player for the [[Washington Redskins]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AdamJo20.htm|title=John Adams Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=12 February 2018}}</ref> *[[Frank Stanford]] (1966), poet<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poetryfoundation.org/article/181083|title=The Long Goodbye by Ben Ehrenreich|date=12 February 2018|website=Poetry Foundation|accessdate=12 February 2018}}</ref> *[[Harvey Wheeler]] (1937), author, political scientist, and scholar <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.subiacoacademy.us/index.cfm?load=photoalbum&album=120|title=1st--Harvey Wheeler|website=Subiaco Academy|accessdate=12 February 2018}}</ref> ==References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{official website|http://www.subiacoacademy.us/}} {{Portal|Catholicism|Arkansas|Schools}} {{US Benedictine hs}} {{Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Subiaco Academy}} [[Category:Benedictine secondary schools]] [[Category:Boarding schools in Arkansas]] [[Category:Boys' schools in the United States]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1928]] [[Category:Private middle schools in Arkansas]] [[Category:Private high schools in Arkansas]] [[Category:Catholic secondary schools in Arkansas]] [[Category:Catholic boarding schools in the United States]] [[Category:Schools in Logan County, Arkansas]] [[Category:Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock]] [[Category:Preparatory schools in Arkansas]] [[Category:1928 establishments in Arkansas]]'