Baginski, FSC Scholars Program was created in 2002 by Brother Richard Grzeskiewicz in honor of the beloved teacher and Vice Principal for whom the program is named. Embodied by three related concepts —scholarship, brotherhood, and service it offers an engaging intellectual forum to highly motivated students. These students become part of a community of peers and faculty advisors and meet regularly
through seminars, mentoring, programmatic retreats/trips, and symposia. The program prepares students for advanced studies at the university level through a liberal arts curriculum that is interdisciplinary and multi-faceted. Students work closely with their advisors, teachers and peers on exploring the humanities and understanding their intersection with science and technology through issue-oriented investigations. Having shown an interest in the liberal arts, students apply to the program in the spring of their sophomore year through a rigorous and competitive process. Once admitted, students enroll in a humanities seminar in their junior year to engage in critical inquiry and social justice perspectives. In their senior year, they write, defend and present a college-level, research-based thesis. Students in the program also participate in a multitude of enrichment activities offered by the Scholars Forum, go on study trips, and are encouraged find an intrinsic connection between their intellectual development and their responsibility as global citizens through community-focused service projects.
