Pa. The private school was originally built on Skidaway Island to educate the children of former slaves in the late 1800s. Later, they opened the Benedictine Military College with 21 boys and three faculty members in 1902 at 31st and Habersham streets. It was renamed the Benedictine Military College in 1920. The current campus at 6502 Seawright Drive opened in 1963. The school now has about 420 students who are educated in a normal college preparatory curriculum by 10 monks and about 35 faculty members.
Students also receive religious and military education.
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