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The Benedictines threatened to close the boys' school, but were dissuaded by Abbot Daniel W. Kucera, who had graduated from St. Procopius in 1941. Under Abbot Kucera's leadership, St. Procopius Academy and Sacred Heart Academy merged to form Benet (an anglicized form of "Benedict") Academy in 1967, on the former St. Procopius campus.
It became fully accredited in 1957 and, as the area around it transitioned from rural to suburban, it grew substantially. Also in 1957, the institution's high school component began operating independently of the college and is now called Benet Academy. The college became fully coeducational in 1968, though the first female, Joan Hewitt ...
Founded in 1887, the school was initially established as the all-boys St. Procopius College and Academy by Benedictine monks in Chicago, who also operated the St. Joseph Bohemian Orphanage. The orphanage moved in 1898 to Lisle, approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of Chicago, and in 1901 St. Procopius followed.
Enrollment grew to 30 high school students by 1947. [7] The academy began to operate independently from the college in 1957. [8] The all-girls Sacred Heart Academy, founded in 1926, operated nearby. [9] Due to dwindling enrollment and funding, St. Procopius Academy and Sacred Heart Academy merged in 1967 to form Benet Academy. [10]
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It was reorganised in 2000 and became St Benet Biscop Catholic Voluntary Aided High School. Inspections judged this to be a good school in 2007, 2010 and 2013. [ 3 ] It converted to an academy in March 2015 and has since been judged twice in 2016 and 2019 as requiring improvement [ 4 ] The 2021 limited remote monitoring inspection reported that ...
Joliet Catholic joined in 1982. The conference elected to expand in 1990 by adding Benet Academy and Marian Catholic. As a result of the number of coed schools in the conference, the conference began sponsoring competition for women in 1991. In 1996, for football only, the ESCC and Chicago Catholic League merged to form the Chicago Metro League.
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