April brings more than showers for the Sant Bani Senior class. It brings big decisions. Continuing with Sant Bani’s one hundred percent college acceptance rate, the Class of 2010 has a wide array of choices. The eleven Seniors have to choose from over thirty colleges. East coast, west coast, north, south, large and small, from Los Angeles to the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, art schools, polytechnic institutes—this class hasn’t gone for uniformity.

The schools Sant Bani seniors have been accepted to so far are: Bates College, Bentley University, Boston University, Colby Sawyer College, College of the Holy Cross, Cornell College, Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Emerson College, Hofstra University, Keene State College, Loyola Marymount University, New England Institute of Art, Ohio Wesleyan University, Savannah College of Art and Design, Sterling College, St. John’s University, Suffolk University, Unity College, University of Central Florida, University of Charleston, University of Michigan, University of New Hampshire, University of Puget Sound, University of Vermont, Uppsala Universitete, Wheaton College, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Guidance counselor Susan Dyment says she isn’t surprised. “Sant Bani School supports individual differences and helps students develop their unique talents. This, together with a strong academic base and the value placed on service, makes my job easy. By the time they are seniors, these students have a strong sense of who they are and the skills to get where they want to go.” Dyment adds that “Seniors will have to make their college choices by May 1. We expect a lot of sunny faces next month when the visits are complete and the decisions are finally made!”

Dyment shares that even though Sant Bani begins at kindergarten for many, new students can join at any point where there are openings. “Our lower grades are looking full, but there is still room in the high school for new applicants.” She invites interested families to visit the school’s website (santbanischool.org), come to the high school open house in May, or call 934-4240 to set up a tour. She adds that “three quarters of our students receive financial aid, so concern about the cost of tuition shouldn’t stand in the way of applying.”