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Hanse 460 review: First in a new range
- David Harding
- January 26, 2023
The Hanse 460 is the first in a new range of Hanses. From new designers, she is already a big hit, with over 200 sold and a European Yacht of the Year win to its name. David Harding reports
Product Overview
Price as reviewed:.
For some of us, sailing has always been about the functional and fundamental. We enjoy sailing for sailing’s sake. But today people want so much more from a boat and, in many respects, today’s yachts undoubtedly offer a lot more and the Hanse 460 attempts to do just that.
What you might loosely call the mainstream European builders of family cruising yachts have been following this path for some time, making each generation of designs bigger and plusher than the last. For Hanse in particular, it has been a rapid evolution from the small, basic and functional to the large and luxurious.
This latest Hanse is the first to be designed by Berret-Racoupeau. After the earliest models, which used the moulds of discontinued, slim-hulled Scandinavian designs, every Hanse has been designed by Judel/Vrolijk in what became one of boatbuilding’s most enduring and successful partnerships.
In line with modern trends, each new wave of Hanses has been higher, wider and more voluminous than the last. Founder Michael Schmidt never lost sight of the performance side, however. For all their growing girths and towering topsides, Hanse has always made boats that sail – competitively-priced, high-volume cruisers but with easy handling (self-tacking jibs were used from the early days) and better performance than many of the alternatives.
The single rudder is light and responsive on the helm. Photo: HanseYachts/Nico Krauss
The Hanse 460 is different. Very different. The first model from a new alliance with the French designers, it promptly won the European Yacht of the Year as the best Family Cruiser for 2022. A Hanse 510 version now follows.
The big question was whether Hanse had managed to do something different while retaining the qualities that its owners had traditionally sought.
At a glance, the Hanse 460 looks sleeker and sportier than earlier models; more angular, with a reverse rake to the bow and a pronounced knuckle running to about half-way aft. In Hanse tradition there are no hard-angled chines but, in this case, a pronounced soft chine towards the stern. In plan view you see full forward sections which, combined with the broad stern, generous freeboard and ample beam, hold the promise of enormous interior volume.
The 460’s generous and uncluttered cockpit. Photo: HanseYachts/Nico Krauss
At the other end, a moulded bowsprit projects the anchor clear of the stem and provides an attachment point for an outer forestay which can carry a reaching headsail. Large windows in the topsides help to break up the high freeboard.
Scale those topsides and you’re faced with an expanse of wide, flat deck and coachroof. Moulded bulwarks edge the side decks to help keep feet where they belong should you venture forward when the boat’s heeled. Otherwise what stands out is the uncluttered appearance – lines are led aft beneath separate mouldings – and the plethora of deck hatches hinged every which way, including one that opens to reveal a large bow locker.
There was certainly nothing to complain about in the performance and handling department. We slipped along very nicely on a flat sea in 12-14 knots of wind, clocking around 7.5 knots with the apparent wind at just under 30°, and tacking through around 80° by the compass.
Moulded bowsprit keeps anchor clear of the stem and provides attachment for the optional outer forestay. Photo: Andreas Lindlahr/EYOTY
Enjoyable sailing
Weather helm was slight and the load on the wheels increased relatively little if I tried bearing away with the sheets pinned in, the single rudder providing plenty of grip. Provoked in the opposite direction, she coped well when pinched mercilessly and also when thrown into tight spins, only stalling briefly.
At least in the flat water and modest breeze we encountered, the cockpit worked well. In any wind and seaway you would be pleased to have the optional second table to port as a bracing point. At the helm stations you have a comfortable perch outboard of the wheel or, for energetic downwind sailing when you might need both hands, behind it. The Jefa linkage is light and direct, giving a good feel from the rudder. On the starboard side you can wind down the bifurcated backstay when extra headstay tension is needed.
Hanse 460 is from Berret-Racoupeau. Photo: Andreas Lindlahr/EYOTY
Today’s cockpits are no longer just places from where you control the boat. Controlling the boat in itself is so much easier anyway, especially if – as most owners of the Hanse 460 will – you upgrade to electric winches, electric in-mast reefing and electric furling for the genoa on the outer forestay.
Other push-button options are for the hinge-down bathing platform and the cockpit tables (either side or both), which can be lowered to create large lounging areas. Alternatively there are fixed tables, as we had on the port side. A wet-bar can be added between the helm seats. It’s all part of making the cockpit a multi-function space in which every part can serve a variety of purposes. Cockpit stowage is in the form of a half-depth locker each side and – a first for Hanse – a dedicated liferaft locker right aft to starboard. With the electric-lowering option for the starboard table comes an extra moulded seat pod, which provides readily-accessible shallow stowage forward of the starboard helm and would be good to have for that reason alone.
Portlights and windows flood the saloon with natural light. Photo: HanseYachts/Nico Krauss
Moving about the deck and cockpit, and from one to the other, is easy in good weather. The wide open spaces let you simply stroll around – or lounge if you’re so inclined. Then again, they tend to present more of a challenge when a boat’s bouncing and heeling.
Lifestyle choices
Externally, the hull lines clearly differentiate the 460 from her earlier stablemates, but down below it’s a world apart. It’s certainly a more classy finish than we’ve seen before from Hanse; restrained in tone and a level above what we have become used to. Berret-Racoupeau is one of relatively few yacht design studios to have its own interior-design division.
Stateroom forecabin has generous stowage above and below the bed. Photo: HanseYachts/Nico Krauss
A host of interior layouts is available, from three to five cabins, up to four showers and from six to 10 berths. About the only constant is the presence of twin double cabins in the stern. Otherwise you can have different arrangements in the bow (cabins and heads) and amidships with a long or short linear galley and a bunk cabin or utility room to starboard where our boat had a chart table and heads compartment.
Details include backrests that hinge down in the saloon to provide trays and drinks-holders. You can press a button to lower the table, press another to pop up the TV from its central pod, and settle in for the evening.
Down here it’s all about sight-lines, integrating the different areas so no one feels left out, and ensuring that, as in the cockpit, every part of the layout performs multiple functions. In practice it creates a thoroughly pleasant and remarkably light environment.
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Sometimes you come across a boat that makes you realise not only that yacht design has changed irrevocably, but also why it has changed and why it’s not going back. The Hanse 460 is unquestionably such a boat. How the crew lives aboard and moves around, both above and below decks, has clearly been thought about in the context of modern lifestyles. And this boat exudes style. If you like the fundamental design, you will be able to tailor many of the options and details to suit your tastes. A yacht like this is unlikely to slice to windward in heavy weather as comfortably as, say, a first-generation Swan 46, but most people aren’t really interested in that these days. I suspect the new Hanse will prove to be a pretty quick and competent all-rounder nonetheless. Simple sailing? The technology is not remotely simple any more. But with the Hanse 460, the sailing itself is simple and can still be a lot of fun.
Yachting Monthly
- Digital edition
Hanse 460: first test of this luxurious cruiser
- David Harding
- October 3, 2022
First of a new range from new designers, the Hanse 460 is very much a Hanse but also very different. David Harding sees whether the new formula works
Product Overview
- Easy handling
- Roomy and versatile cockpit
- Spacious and stylish accommodation
- Limited handholds on deck
- No mainsheet traveller
- High freeboard when boarding
Manufacturer:
Price as reviewed:.
When you have spent sizeable chunks of your life crossing oceans, racing dinghies and crashing around the cans or across the Channel on racing yachts, it can take a while to appreciate fully the extent to which the market for cruising yachts has changed in recent years.
I say this even though I have been testing boats of all types since the mid 1990s.
Before that I spent some time in the sales office of a yacht builder and, as a child, cruised with my parents back in the days when you pushed your tender across the mud and rowed out to your drying mooring.
When you got on board you had no marine fridge , no heater , no pressurised water, no self-tailing winches, no roller-reefing headsail, no GPS or chartplotter and an engine that might start if you asked it nicely.
A self-tacking jib is standard but tracks for a 105% headsail can be fitted too. Credit: David Harding
For some of us, sailing has always been about the functional and fundamental. We sail because we’re sailors and we enjoy sailing for sailing’s sake.
Then there are the other simple, elemental pleasures: the sea, the peace of a quiet anchorage and a swim before breakfast.
Fast forward several decades and things are different. People want so much more from a boat and, in many respects, today’s boats undoubtedly offer a lot more.
Priorities have changed, so those of us who test boats have to look at them from a different perspective.
The coachroof-mounted mainsheet is led aft, German style, to the helms each side. Credit: David Harding
We still think about upwind capability in 30 knots of wind against tide, and whether we can brace ourselves at the foot of the companionway to don our waterproofs at 30° of heel, but we acknowledge that these factors will matter to fewer people than they once did.
Of relevance to more prospective owners will be how the boat sails in the moderate conditions, the forward stateroom, and whether you can still see the pop-up TV in the saloon from the galley.
This is not meant to sound disparaging. It’s what people want and what builders are offering. It’s luxury on the water, and few old-school sailors would dispute that some aspects of it can be very welcome.
Twin helm stations in the uncluttered cockpit, here with the second table to port and the extra seat/stowage pod forward of the starboard helm. Credit: David Harding
What you might loosely call the mainstream European builders of family cruising yachts – the Beneteau s, Jeanneaus, Dufour s, Bavaria s and Hanses of this world – have been following this path for some time, making each generation of designs bigger and plusher than the last.
For Hanse in particular, it has been a rapid evolution from the small, basic and functional to the large and luxurious, because the company has only been around for little over 25 years.
I tested the very first Hanse – the 291 – back in 1995.
Then, this summer, I was back at Hamble Point (having sailed many other Hanses in the intervening years) to test the newest offering from Germany’s biggest boatbuilder.
Hanse 460: Time for a change
This latest Hanse is the first to be designed by Berret-Racoupeau.
After the earliest models, which used the moulds of discontinued, slim-hulled Scandinavian designs, every Hanse has been designed by Judel/Vrolijk in what became one of boatbuilding’s most enduring and successful partnerships.
Inevitably, in line with modern trends, each new wave of Hanses has been higher, wider and more voluminous than the last.
The moulded bowsprit keeps the anchor clear of the stern and provides an attachment point for the optional outer forestay. Credit: David Harding
Hanse’s founder, Michael Schmidt, never lost sight of the performance side, however. Once upon a time he did do rather well in the Admiral’s Cup.
For all their growing girths and towering topsides, Hanses have always been boats that sail. They also reached a stage a while ago when I for one – and I wasn’t alone – reckoned I had a pretty good idea of what to expect when a new model was announced.
Hanse went through a rattan and gloss-varnish-interior phase, then a shorter phase when the accommodation seemed to be littered with cubes in garish colours.
The company had, it seemed, settled down to produce boats that didn’t attract quite so many headlines and that did what Hanses were known for.
Shallow recesses next to the hatches at the aft end of the coachroof make useful bins for day stowage. Credit: David Harding
These were competitively priced, high volume cruisers that were easy to sail (self-tacking jibs were used from the early days) and that performed better than many of the alternatives.
So when I heard about the Hanse 460, I pictured something along the lines of a remodelled 458. As it turned out, it was different. Very different.
The fact that it had won the Family Cruiser category in the 2022 European Yacht of the Year awards meant something.
Perhaps more significant was a new alliance with the French design team that has been responsible for many Beneteaus, Fountaine-Pajots, Garcias and others, not to mention a host of superyachts and, back in the day, IOR racers too.
If it looks fast
The big question was whether Hanse had managed to do something different while retaining its core qualities.
At a glance, the 460 looks sleeker and sportier than earlier models. More angular too, with a reverse rake to the bow and a pronounced knuckle running to about halfway aft.
In Hanse tradition there are no hard-angled chines but the 460 has a pronounced soft chine towards the stern.
Full bow sections create a wide foredeck with space for a lot of hatches. Credit: David Harding
In plan view you see full forward sections which, combined with the broad stern, generous freeboard and ample beam, hold the promise of enormous interior volume.
Below the waterline you have a single deep rudder – Hanses have never had twin rudders – and a choice of deep (2.25m/7ft 5in) or shallow (1.75m/5ft 9in) fin keels in cast iron.
Stepped on deck is a rig of high-fractional configuration, the mast having two sets of swept spreaders and a permanent backstay.
Lines from the mast disappear under separate mouldings along the outsides of the coachroof…..Credit: David Harding
All told, the appearance is pretty rakish for a voluminous cruiser. ‘She looks like Comanche (the 100ft maxi racer) from astern,’ someone told me.
I doubted the Hanse would be quite as fast, but I could see what he meant. At the other end, a moulded bowsprit projects the anchor clear of the stem and provides an attachment point for an outer forestay on which you can carry a reaching headsail.
…to emerge through a bank of clutches and a winch forward of the wheels. Credit: David Harding
Large windows in the topsides help to break up the high freeboard. Scale those topsides and you’re faced with an expanse of wide flat deck and coachroof.
Moulded bulwarks edge the side decks to help keep feet where they belong should you venture forward when the boat’s heeled.
Otherwise what stands out is the uncluttered appearance – lines are led aft beneath separate mouldings – and the plethora of deck hatches hinged every which way, including one that opens to reveal a large bow locker.
A creative cockpit
Today’s cockpits are no longer just places from where you control the boat.
Controlling the boat in itself is so much easier anyway, especially if – as most owners of the 460 will – you upgrade to electric winches , electric in-mast reefing and electric furling for the genoa on the outer forestay.
The most energetic part will be unloading and loading up any winches – having first put down your glass of Prosecco – and then pressing a switch at one of the twin helm stations.
The Hanse 460 offers good performance in the settled conditions of our test. The single rudder made the helm feel light and responsive. Credit: David Harding
On boats of this size now it’s all pretty normal. Other push-button options are for the hinge-down bathing platform and the cockpit tables (either side or both), which can be lowered to create large lounging areas.
Alternatively there are fixed tables, as we had on the port side. A wet bar can be added between the helm seats.
It makes the cockpit a multi-function space in which every part can serve a variety of purposes.
That theme is continued below decks.
A plethora of ports and windows make the saloon particularly bright. Here the finish is in teak, but plenty of options are on offer. Credit: David Harding
From the sailing perspective, at least in the flat water and modest breeze we encountered, the cockpit worked well.
In any wind and seaway you would be pleased to have the optional second table to port as a bracing point. At the helms you have a comfortable perch outboard of the wheel or, for energetic downwind sailing when you might need both hands, behind it.
The Jefa linkage is light and direct, giving a good feel from the rudder.
A chart table can be fitted to starboard if you don’t have the longer galley, bunk cabin or extra shower. Credit: David Harding
On the starboard side you can wind down the bifurcated backstay when extra headstay tension is needed.
Whether the inner or outer stay was taking the load was hard to tell. Cockpit stowage consists of a half-depth locker each side and – a first for Hanse – a dedicated liferaft locker right aft to starboard.
A stateroom forecabin includes an island berth and generous stowage above and below. Credit: David Harding
With the electric-lowering option for the starboard table comes an extra moulded seat pod, which provides easy-access shallow stowage forward of the starboard helm and would be good to have for that reason alone.
Small oddments can otherwise be thrown into shallow recesses at the aft end of the coachroof.
Hanse 460: Enjoyable sail
Moving about the deck and cockpit, and from one to the other, is easy in good weather . The wide open spaces let you simply stroll around – or lie around if you’re so inclined.
Then again, they tend to present more of a challenge when a boat’s bouncing and heeling. You can’t have it both ways.
Talking of bouncing and heeling, Hanse’s literature stresses the performance aspects of the 460.
In-mast reefing and the upgraded tri-radial sails are proving to be popular options. Credit: David Harding
The waterline is narrower than on some high volume cruisers (at 80% of maximum beam), and this one certainly slipped along very nicely on a flat sea in 12-14 knots of wind – conditions that could hardly have been less demanding.
With a flood tide in the Solent and a log that was clearly under-reading by a considerable margin, some calculation was needed to work out our speed through the water.
It looked as though we clocked around 7.5 knots with the apparent wind at just under 30°, and we tacked through around 80° by the compass.
Weather helm was slight and the load on the wheels increased relatively little if I tried bearing away with the sheets pinned in, the rudder providing plenty of grip.
The angle clearly shows the full forward sections, the knuckle above the waterline and the rounded chine towards the stern. Credit: David Harding
Provoked in the opposite direction, she coped well when pinched mercilessly and also when thrown into tight spins, only stalling briefly before laminar flow was restored over the foils.
There was certainly nothing to complain about in the performance and handling department, and much to enjoy.
We even had an opportunity to sail upwind alongside a Hanse 458 – a model based on a hull that goes back to 2012 and that’s still in production alongside the Hanse 460.
Although we were trying to stay close together rather than to have a race, there were no obvious differences in performance in those conditions.
Ours was a newer boat and more lightly laden, but giving away some efficiency with an in-mast-reefing mainsail.
Lifestyle choices
Externally, the hull lines clearly differentiate the 460 from her earlier stablemates. On deck the differences are more subtle, while the cockpit is typical Hanse.
Down below it’s a world apart.
Part of Hanse’s mission with the new-generation designs is to move upmarket and fill a perceived gap between boats from the other large-scale production builders, with which it has commonly been grouped in the minds of the boat-buying public, and the more bespoke, hand-crafted offerings from the Scandinavian yards.
Easy access to the front of the 57hp Yanmar diesel. Panels remove each side too. Credit: David Harding
It’s certainly a more classy finish than we’ve seen before from Hanse.
Not loud, brash, futuristic or radical, but restrained in tone and a level above what we have become used to.
Berret-Racoupeau is one of relatively few yacht design studios to have its own interior-design division, and this must make it easier to integrate the inside and outside worlds.
A host of interior layouts is available.
About the only constant is the presence of twin double cabins in the stern. Otherwise you can have different arrangements in the bow (cabins and heads) and amidships with a long or short linear galley and a bunk cabin or utility room to starboard where our boat had a chart table and heads compartment.
The Hanse 460 is the first boat of a new range from Berret-Racoupeau. Credit: David Harding
Details include backrests that hinge down in the saloon to provide trays and drinks-holders.
Then you can press a button to lower the table to bunk-level, press another to pop up the TV from its central pod, and settle down for the evening.
Down here it’s all about sight-lines, integrating all the different areas so no one feels left out, and ensuring that, as in the cockpit, every part of the layout performs multiple functions.
It sounds convincing when you read about it, and in practice it is – at least in terms of creating a pleasant and light environment.
It also seemed fine when we were under sail, albeit in benign conditions.
Hanse 460: Test Verdict
Sometimes you come across a boat that makes you realise not only that boat design has changed irrevocably, but also why it has changed and why it’s not going back.
The Hanse 460 is unquestionably such a boat.
How the crew lives aboard and moves around, both above and below decks, has clearly been thought about in the context of modern lifestyles.
The port aft heads includes a shower as standard. Credit: David Harding
And this boat exudes style with a capital S.
While she will undoubtedly attract newcomers to boat-ownership, I see no reason why a few crusty old salts shouldn’t be wooed by her as well.
A boat like this is unlikely to slice to windward in heavy weather as comfortably as, say, a first-generation Swan 46 or even something more recent like a Starlight 46, but most people aren’t really interested in that these days.
I suspect the new Hanse will prove to be a pretty quick and competent all-rounder nonetheless.
Would the Hanse 460 suit you and your crew?
If you like the fundamental design, you will certainly be able to tailor many of the details to suit your tastes.
There’s a vast array of options, from cabin layouts (three to five cabins, up to four showers and from six to 10 berths) to multitudinous choices of woodwork, upholstery and sail arrangement.
Hanse’s website allows you to configure your boat and to see what it looks like if you change the hull colour, add a cabin or two or switch from the deep to the shallow keel.
Backrests hinge forward in the saloon to create trays and drink-holders. Credit: David Harding
The technology doesn’t end there. When you place your order, you can also add MyHanse Safety Cloud so you can monitor onboard systems via your phone.
Simple sailing? The technology is not remotely simple these days.
But with the Hanse 460, the sailing itself is simple and can still be a lot of fun.
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Steckbrief für Hanse Yachts AG Hanse 460
| Typ | Segelyacht |
| Modell | Hanse 460 |
| Gebraucht/Neu | Gebrauchtboot |
| Zustand | neuwertig |
| Preis | EUR 549.000,- EU-versteuert |
| Steuerung | Kurzkiel |
| Material | Kunststoff GFK |
| Standort | Grömitz |
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Abmessungen
| Länge | 14.60 |
| Breite | 4.79 |
| Tiefgang | 2.25 |
| Gewicht | 12600 |
| Antrieb | Saildrive |
| Hersteller | Yanmar |
| Motorleistung | 1 x 80 PS / 59 kW |
| Treibstoff | Diesel |
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How two high school students solved a 2,000-year-old math puzzle
By Bill Whitaker , Aliza Chasan , Sara Kuzmarov, Mariah Campbell
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A high school math teacher at St. Mary's Academy in New Orleans, Michelle Blouin Williams, was looking for ingenuity when she and her colleagues set a school-wide math contest with a challenging bonus question. That bonus question asked students to create a new proof for the Pythagorean Theorem, a fundamental principle of geometry, using trigonometry. The teachers weren't necessarily expecting anyone to solve it, as proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem using trigonometry were believed to be impossible for nearly 2,000 years.
But then, in December 2022, Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson, seniors at St. Mary's Academy, stepped up to the challenge. The $500 prize money was a motivating factor.
After months of work, they submitted their innovative proofs to their teachers. With the contest behind them, their teachers encouraged the students to present at a mathematics conference, and then to seek to publish their work. And even today, they're not done. Now in college, they've been working on further proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem and believe they have found five more proofs. Amazingly, despite their impressive achievements, they insist they're not math geniuses.
"I think that's a stretch," Calcea said.
The St. Mary's math contest
When the pair started working on the math contest they were familiar with the Pythagorean Theorem's equation: A² + B² = C², which explains that by knowing the length of two sides of a right triangle, it's possible to figure out the length of the third side.
When Calcea and Ne'Kiya set out to create a new Pythagorean Theorem proof, they didn't know that for thousands of years, one using trigonometry was thought to be impossible. In 2009, mathematician Jason Zimba submitted one, and now Calcea and Ne'Kiya are adding to the canon.
Calcea and Ne'Kiya had studied geometry and some trigonometry when they started working on their proofs, but said they didn't feel math was easy. As the contest went on, they spent almost all their free time developing their ideas.
"The garbage can was full of papers, which she would, you know, work out the problems and if that didn't work, she would ball it up, throw it in the trash," Cal Johnson, Calcea's dad, said.
Neliska Jackson, Ne'Kiya's mother, says lightheartedly, that most of the time, her daughter's work was beyond her.
To document Calcea and Ne'Kiya's work, math teachers at St. Mary's submitted their proofs to an American Mathematical Society conference in Atlanta in March 2023.
"Well, our teacher approached us and was like, 'Hey, you might be able to actually present this,'" Ne'Kiya said. "I was like, 'Are you joking?' But she wasn't. So we went. I got up there. We presented and it went well, and it blew up."
Why Calcea' and Ne'kiya's work "blew up"
The reaction was insane and unexpected, Calcea said. News of their accomplishment spread around the world. The pair got a write-up in South Korea and a shoutout from former first lady Michelle Obama. They got a commendation from the governor and keys to the city of New Orleans.
Calcea and Ne'Kiya said they think there's several reasons why people found their work so impressive.
"Probably because we're African American, one," Ne'Kiya said. "And we're also women. So I think-- oh, and our age. Of course our ages probably played a big part."
Ne'Kiya said she'd like their accomplishment to be celebrated for what it is: "a great mathematical achievement."
In spite of the community's celebration of the students' work, St. Mary's Academy president and interim principal Pamela Rogers said that with recognition came racist calls and comments.
"[People said] 'they could not have done it. African Americans don't have the brains to do it.' Of course, we sheltered our girls from that," Rogers said. "But we absolutely did not expect it to come in the volume that it came."
Rogers said too often society has a vision of who can be successful.
"To some people, it is not always an African American female," Rogers said. "And to us, it's always an African American female."
Success at St. Marys
St. Mary's, a private Catholic elementary and high school, was started for young Black women just after the Civil War. Ne'Kiya and Calcea follow a long line of barrier-breaking graduates. Leah Chase , the late queen of Creole cuisine, was an alum. So was Michelle Woodfork, the first African American female New Orleans police chief, and Dana Douglas, a judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Math teacher Michelle Blouin Williams, who initiated the math contest, said Calcea and Ne'Kiya are typical St. Mary's students. She said if they're "unicorns," then every student who's matriculated through the school is a "beautiful, Black unicorn."
Students hear that message from the moment they walk in the door, Rogers said.
"We believe all students can succeed, all students can learn," the principal said. "It does not matter the environment that you live in."
About half the students at St. Mary's get scholarships, subsidized by fundraising to defray the $8,000 a year tuition. There's no test to get in, but expectations are high and rules are strict: cellphones are not allowed and modest skirts and hair in its natural color are required.
Students said they appreciate the rules and rigor.
"Especially the standards that they set for us," junior Rayah Siddiq said. "They're very high. And I don't think that's ever going to change."
What's next for Ne'Kiya and Calcea
Last year when Ne'Kiya and Calcea graduated, all their classmates were accepted into college and received scholarship offers. The school has had a 100% graduation rate and a 100% college acceptance rate for 17 years, according to Rogers.
Ne'Kiya got a full ride in the pharmacy department at Xavier University in New Orleans. Calcea, the class valedictorian, is studying environmental engineering at Louisiana State University. Neither one is pursuing a career in math, though Calcea said she may minor in math.
"People might expect too much out of me if I become a mathematician," Ne'Kiya said wryly.
Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News.
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2,000-Year-Old Homework! Unroll a Wad of Paper and Discover the Secrets of Ancient Egypt
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