Authors Articles by Jackson Slaughter '15
Jackson Slaughter '15
Jackson's hobbies include writing, recreational sports, and playing video games with his friends. He joined The Roundup because he enjoys writing and meeting new and interesting people, and The Roundup is the perfect place to learn about everything in the school.
Head to head, the swimmers of the 200 Medley Relay team surge forward as fast as they can, attempting to beat out their competition. For most, years of training have led to moments like these, intense moments of both unrest and nervousness. With the rest of his team counting on him, Nolan Daniels '15, the last to swim, jumps...
Smashing, clashing, and slicing, the various wedges, blades, and titanium plates of the Jesuit robotics team ram into the carefully constructed battlebots of the various schools competing in the National Robotics League competition. From simple wedges with sawblades to tank-like invincible masses of steel and titanium, the Jesuit robotics team has just begun constructing their battlebots that will be entered...
Eighty feet below the surface of the ocean, just off the coast of Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands, the RMS Rhone, a 310 foot sunken British packet ship lies still, resting on the sand. After 145 years, the RMS Rhone is teeming with life ranging from corals to stingrays to barracudas. Up at the surface, nineteen Jesuit...
It’s a warm and humid day in Nicaragua, dozens of elementary school children have gathered for a brand new day of school. However, when they arrive, they find an assortment of over 20 young men ranging from 14 to 18 years old and of every kind of ethnicity and physique. The kids introduce themselves to the Jesuit guys who...
As the races begin to start, the runners tense their muscles, shaking with excitement, sweating profusely as they wait for the sound of the gun. Jesuit Ryan Mehl ‘13 looks up into the sea of people cheering. He looks around, taking in all that is around him. He breathes slowly, hardly nervous at all. He has nothing to prove...
It’s after school Thursday April, 18th. All the students have gone home but the faculty remains on campus. The men and women who have dedicated their lives to teaching and running Jesuit have all gathered for a special dinner and awards ceremony. As the award ceremony begins to pick up, the announcer begins to describe the recipient of the...
Mr. Al Pierotti “just wants to know how much can get done.” Over the course of his life, Pierotti has been involved in insurance, written two books (he is currently working on his third), earned two Eddy awards for Editor of the year, graduated from Jesuit in the first class of the new location at Inwood Road in 1964,...
Preparing the carefully assorted meals, Jesuit students and faculty volunteering for the Meals on Wheels program sought to follow Jesus’ example and feed the hungry. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, Jesuit became host to yet another community service success. Serving meals to those in need, Jesuit has once again displayed its benevolence and dedication to charity.
Run by sophomore counselor, Raul...
