Academics

Saint Nicholas Day in Belgium

On December 6th, the freshman classes of Madame Marchand captured the aspects of Saint Nicholas Day, a special holiday in Northern Europe in the hearts of many European children, by celebrating an exciting Monday with candy-filled shoes outside the...

ArtQuest at Jesuit

Over 300 guests attended ArtQuest in November. The event included 48 pieces of art donated by artists, as well as class projects, autographed pictures, and much more. Several art contest winners’ works were displayed as well. For the ArtQuest Juried...

Jesuit Theater’s The Odyssey Re-imagines Old Tale, Thrills Audience

November 18-20, the Jesuit theater season began with Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey. Like all Jesuit theater shows, it was filled with both technical merit and acting talent, thanks to the long hours worked by the thriving...

French Students Visit the DMA

On November 16, the honors and regular French 3 classes departed on a field trip to take in the French art at the Dallas Museum of Art.  Before going to the museum, the students took a short detour to La...

Dia de los Muertos

If you happened to pass by the foreign language commons a couple of weeks ago, you might have noticed the colorful and elaborate altar celebrating Dia de los Muertos or “Day of the Dead.” For those of you unsure about...

Physics, Gunpowder, and Lead

Ask any of the juniors who are in a physics class about what they have done in the past few weeks and they will probably respond with something about creating a film that illustrates Newton’s “Three Laws of Motion.” ...

Walking Downtown Dallas

Honors English Seminar takes a walking tour of downtown Dallas.        Stepping off the bus onto Harwood Street alongside the Modern Art Museum, English students beheld a relatively familiar sight. Lingering for only a short while to glance at posters advertising...

Ranger Day Band Lineup 2010

Music undoubtedly plays a tremendous part in the lives of Jesuit students and faculty. Walking through the halls, we see a myriad of speakers attached to an even greater variety of ears. Music pours in through classic white iPod ear...

English Seminar Students Visit the Amon Carter, Kimbell, and Modern Art Museums of the Fort Worth Art District

When a high school student, especially a guy, thinks: field trip to museums, the plethora of associations usually do not include, “exhilarating” or “chill,” but that’s how Ryan Blum and the Honors English Seminar class described their trip to...