What a weekend of fishing, scrambling, hiking, and enjoying the movies as it rained. Thank you, Robber's Cave State Park!
🏈🎉Made lots of memories last night at our Super Bowl watch party! Kept us on the edge of our seats til the last second! The friendly rivalry was strong. Great time, great food, Subi brotherhood. #subiacoacademy #onwardtrojans
Welcome to this week's Subiaco Academy Spotlight! Our faculty and staff work tirelessly for our students and families, and we want to celebrate them! Every week, we feature a different faculty or staff member and learn more about what makes them tick. Today's spotlight is on Director of Subiaco Outdoor Adventure Program, Biology Teacher, Residential life Coordinator, Head Cycling Coach, and Assistant Wrestling Coach, Nick McDaniel.
What's your favorite part of your job?
Seeing the long term growth of our young men on the Hill. I am blessed to work with students in the classroom, dorms, on a bike, on the wrestling mat, camping trips, and everywhere in-between, and in doing so I get to see them develop as a person. Not just a student. Not just an athlete. But their whole person change.
Do you have sons or daughters? What are their ages?
No, just a dog named Bella. She is three and loves to explore outdoors even more than I. Especially if any boys from the Hill are with us.
Where were you born and where did you grow up?
Southern Iowa. Chariton, more specifically.
What's your favorite spot on campus?
Anywhere on a cold morning looking to the east as the sun rises over the main building. Please, name a more beautiful sight.
What's your favorite food?
My mom's homemade biscuits and sausage gravy.
What was your favorite subject in school?
The sciences, with a focus on my engineering courses.
What activities or sports were you involved in during high school or when you were younger?
Hunting, Fishing, Football, Wrestling, Track, and spending time with my friends around farm shops and pastures- as one does in Southern Iowa.
Who is your favorite sports team?
Iowa Hawkeyes
When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A Mechanical engineer or Conservation Biologist
What's your strongest memory from your first day ever at Subiaco?
The awe of cresting the ridge to the north of campus and seeing all that the Subiaco Abbey is with Mt. Magazine in the background. For a native born flatlander- it was a pretty breathtaking view and unbelievable reality that it could be my home and workplace.
What's a fun fact about yourself that others might be surprised to know?
I played baseball for two summers, 6th and 7th grade. I was a B-team Allstar in baseball my seventh grade summer. After two bombs over center field in practice, I was 4th on the batting line-up where the real sluggers hangout.
🏀BASKETBALL DISTRICT TOURNAMENT Feb 12-17. Trojans play Thursday Feb 15 at 5:20pm in Clarksville, AR. See the bracket for next week as well as the link for online admission tickets. Fans can pay cash at the gate or purchase online. https://csdar.brushfire.com/srhighgirlsbasketballclassictournament/570896
STP! #onwardtrojans
Father Richard Rocha, the “Team Priest” for the Kansas City Chiefs might be the most influential person cheering at the Super Bowl this Sunday February 11th as KC takes on the San Francisco 49ers, and his impact can be eternal.
Fr. Rocha grew up in Atchison, Kansas and was educated in Benedictine Catholic schools all his life, including his university years at Benedictine College.
The priest will give this advice to players: “Keep grounded in your faith and focused on your purpose in life. You are here to know, love and serve God in this life and one day be happy with him in the next.”
Committed Catholic players on the Kansas City team include kicker Harrison Butker, as well as some coaching staff and medical staff. To read more about the Chiefs’ team priest, and the influence that a Catholic Benedictine education had on his life, go to https://www.ncregister.com/interview/super-bowl-catholic-chaplain-father-richard-rocha-kansas-city
💦Trojan 2024 Swim Team is the runner-up in 4-1A Conference!
Daniel Wu, team captain, earned the highest points. Each swimmer contributed to making it a success. The boys brought home 15 medals and a Runner-up plaque.
State Meet will be on Feb. 24 in Russellville Aquatic Center.
🎉Congratulations Subiaco Swim Team!!!🎉4A-1A West Conference Runner-Up.🏆
🥇Daniel Wu,the team captain, won 100 Yard Backstroke.
🥇🥇The relay team won two races in 200 IM and 400 Free.
🥉Garreth Scheffe placed third in 100 breaststroke
🏅Each swimmer contributed to the success. So proud of them!
We wish you all a happy Year of Dragon!
Over the last six weeks, students were instructed by Br. Augustine DeFoore OSB in Greek-Byzantine iconography (Icons are holy images painted on boards that became the primary religious art form in the Christian East). The students learned the rich history of iconography, the many different styles of icons that developed within the Eastern Churches, a bit of Greek, and how to write traditional icon inscriptions. Most of their time was spent creating their own icons with the option to make an Icon of the Blessed Mother (the Theotokos) or Christ 'the Mandilion'. The class ended with the traditional icon blessing including lots of chant and a shower of holy water. Fr. Cassian Elkins OSB provided the blessing and Br. Augustine filled the role of cantor.
More results from West 1A-4A conference. 🏅🏅Two seniors brought home some medals tonight. 🥈Daniel Wu in 200 Yard Medley (SQT)🥉Garreth Scheffe in 200 Yard Freestyle. So proud of our Trojans!
West 1A-4A Conference🥈Samuel Wu, the swimmer with the highest points during the season, took 2nd place in 100 Yard Butterfly (SQT). Swim hard, swim fast! Onwards Trojans. 🎉
🏀VICTORY!! Great season Trojans! Finishing with an impressive record of 26-1! Continue to support the Trojans in the District Tourney next week! Playing Thursday Feb. 15 at 5:20pm in Clarksville.
Exciting news! 🥇Subiaco's 200 Yard IM won at 4A-1A West Conference today! Way to go,Subi Swim Team! #onwardstrojans
The freshman Honors Biology class
took learning beyond the classroom walls today. They explored biology terms through games, while enjoying the great outdoors.
This week our students met for their parallel curriculum courses. We encourage whole person development here at Subiaco Academy. Our parallel curriculum complements our academic program, and is developed around concepts of academic and life skills. Strengths-based learning, emotional intelligence, character and integrity-filled leadership, and entrepreneurship are the focuses of each grade-based group. See our 7-8th graders discussing life skills under the direction of our Subiaco community's registered nurse, as our freshmen class concentrates on strengths-based learning under the guidance of our Assistant Head of School for Academics and Communication. To learn more about our Parallel Curriculum, visit
https://youtu.be/HxlVQdNeai4 on our Academy channel.
💦SWIM DISTRICT MEET DAY! Good luck to our swimming Trojans today! STP!
#onwardtrojans #subiacoacademy
Senior student-athletes from the Swim Team were honored last Tuesday evening. We thank this great group for their excellence in the classroom and in the pool! Seniors honored were Garreth Scheffe, Daniel Wu, and John Bui. We are so proud of our 2024 Swim Seniors! Congratulations on a great senior year season! #onwardtrojans#subiacoacademy
Wishing our Trojan Swimmers the best of luck in their conference meet today! Meet starts at 4:00 in Russellville Aquatic Center. Onward Trojans!
Make plans to join us for a fun evening! Games, food, music, and more! It’s Spring Carnival time!
🏀FINAL HOME GAME Feb 9, 5:00pm Sr High JV followed by Sr Varsity. Come support our Trojans Vs Mena Bearcats , or watch livestream on the Subiaco Academy You Tube channel. #onwardtrojans #subiacoacademy
