The start of the new year always brings about a certain level of confusion, apprehension, and hopefully a bit of excitement. The three-month break between the spring and fall semesters separates many classmates, and the first few weeks of school serve to reacquaint them. Each year, Jesuit welcomes new students from schools far and near. These transfer students add a new flavor to the hallways and open the door for new friendships. The 2017 fall semester welcomed twenty-two transfer students from eight states and even a student from out of the country. The group includes six new additions to the junior class and sixteen to the sophomore class.
The transfer students coming into the junior class hail from all over the country, one even from Mexico. Three of the students (Cameron Crowly ’19, Joseph Geisendorfer ’19, Harrison Kimatian ’19) are coming from other Jesuit schools in Boston, Seattle, and San Francisco. Antonio Paternostro Cardoso de Almeida ’19 transferred from a local school and Raul Lahud Hirasawa ’19 moved from a Japanese-American school in Mexico.
Ryan Kroll ’19, a junior transfer from a servite school in California, said about his time at Jesuit so far: “Coming from an all boys catholic school, that aspect of the transition was rather normal for me. So far the Jesuit brotherhood has been awesome and very welcoming and it reminds me of what I experienced before at my previous school.” He commented that he was nervous about making friends, but “[has] made some great friends already and [looks] forward to [his] last two years of high school at Jesuit.”
The large majority of sophomore transfers are from local schools, but six of the sixteen have migrated from other states to join the Jesuit Dallas Community. Ryan Boyle ’20 and John Devereux ’20 will join junior Joseph Geisendorfer as transfers from Seattle Prep, a Jesuit high school in Seattle. Mitchell Campbell ’20, Kijung Kim ’20, and Nicolas Rowe come to us from schools in Chicago, Baton Rouge, and New York City respectively. The vast mileage that once separated these Jesuit students to be, is no more.
Many new faces now wander the halls of our school, hailing from many cities across North America, but these students are now united under a common theme: Jesuit brotherhood. As they get accustomed to lay of the land, hopefully they will take in stride all that Jesuit has to offer.
The Roundup welcomes these new students and wishes them the best.
