Student Life

House System

Chesterton Academy’s House system is drawn from the 1,000 year-old tradition of Christian education exemplified in the colleges at Oxford and Cambridge. The Houses provide real, tangible community within the larger school, giving students the opportunity to take ownership, fulfill the call to leadership, and to cultivate the ideal conditions for virtue. Each House has two Senior and two Junior prefects, two faculty advisors, and several parent liaisons.

Encountering Christ

Catholicism is central to our mission. For this reason, every school day begins with Mass. Students pray the Morning Offering and Angelus each day. We teach theology out of the Bible, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and papal documents.

Faith in Our School

  • Daily Mass

  • Regular opportunities for Adoration

  • Retreats, Confession, and Spiritual Formation

  • Faith incorporated into every subject

  • Regular visits from priests and religious

Pilgrimages

  • Each year Chesterton Academy seniors have the incredible opportunity to go on pilgrimage to Italy with their peers from other Chesterton Academies within the Chesterton Schools Network. Chesterton Academy of St. Benedict will send its first group of pilgrims in spring 2027.

  • Chesterton Academy of St. Benedict students receive opportunities to join a March for Life and live out the school motto of Cultura Vitae (Culture of Life). They give voices to the voiceless by celebrating every human life with joy!

Clubs & Activities

  • Mock Trial

  • Yearbook Club

  • And much more to come, as students form athletic teams & groups based on their interests!