Energy filled the auditorium as our students received certificates recognizing their accomplishments for First and Second Honors. We also welcomed Mrs. Karen Hatcher, the Director of the Student In Action Leadership Program.
Benedictine Academy is the first certified Jefferson Award Student In Action Leadership School in New Jersey. Service Leadership is a hallmark of our Benedictine charism and what it means to be a Christian.
Seventeen of our Student Leaders were formally inducted as members of the Student Leadership Team and will be attending a Student In Action Leadership Conference in a few weeks. Their goal is simple. To be role models and inspire their peers to help make our world a better place.
This day was EXTRA SPECIAL because eleven of our students were nominated for the Jefferson Award Student In Action Outstanding Volunteer Service Award.
Special guest, Chocolate Thunder, former player of the New Jersey Nets, is best known for his shattering of backboards as he dunked winning baskets. The Basketball Man of the Millennium opened the sealed envelope and presented this prestigious Award to sophomore, Barbara Borges.
Barbara began a new volunteer service project known as Erica's bracelets. She and her friends make bracelets to give with their prayers to cancer patients in hospitals. After the awards, Darryl Dawkins coached our girls in a free throwing event.
It was truly an A+ day at Benedictine Academy. 
