by current faculty, leaders, and alumni. The numbers of questions depends solely on who the person is, and passing will result in the students earning their colors (Garnet & Gray). During the fall-winter phase students have regular school days with classes beginning at 7:50 and daily convocation in the Shanley Gym at 7:50 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Wednesday is an early dismissal at 2:15pm. On Thursday, school begins with convocation at 7:50 followed by Mass (Catholic church service) for one of the four sections of the school. The sections alternate turns going to Mass each week, attending Mass approximately once a month. During convocation, prayers are said and songs are sung with the whole community present. At the end of convocation there is a brief time period during which the entire community takes part in sharing announcements with the rest of the school body. These announcements are about upcoming events, results from past events, meetings for leadership, opportunities for extra help, and things that the community is either doing well with or needs to improve on. Spring phase ends the academic year. Students choose projects to work on for four weeks such as community service, U.S. history, gardening, dancing, music production, photography, journalism, finance, acting, physics, intense exercising, karate, and cooking. At the end of the Freshmen year, freshmen spend a week together. They sleep in tents and team members take turns cooking for one another, preparing food they have carried on their backs. The Backpacking Project is a five-day trek over of the Appalachian Trail in the mountains of western New Jersey. Freshmen form themselves into 16 teams of eight members each and elect a leader. Upon selecting a leader, they also make decisions for the rest of available positions, which are the camping specialists (2), the cooks (2), the first aid person (1), the nature specialist (1), the navigator (1), and the captain. Four such teams make a "company" that is led by specially trained older students, first-aiders, and adults. Three weeks of intense training precede the week on the trail. Bringing back old history, transfer students no longer have choice as they too have to walk the trail. St. Benedict's is divided into 18 groups of about 20 to 30 members each. Each group, named after successful Benedict's alumnus, meets daily, competes in events, academics, attendance, and plays an active role in running the