Campus News

PALS Builds Community to Make Junior Retreat a Success

As a student grabs his Styrofoam plate from the busy school lunch line, he swiftly walks to the Junior Commons. Facing an army of Jesuit students, he finally reaches his destination just as Mr. Paul McDaniel covers the criteria...

Cliques: Good or Bad?

After 3 years in high school, many Jesuit students in the class of 2014 have come to know just about all 261 students in their class. In addition, many have come to know anywhere from 5 to 100 students...

Freshmen “Re-Treat” Themselves to a Meaningful Experience

  It is Saturday morning, September 28th on the 28 acres, and instead of campus being vacant, about 500 restless eyes gaze upon the school, ready to take on their first of many retreats.  A highly anticipated event, the Freshman...

Freshman Class Meeting New Friends

Name tags hooked to their shirts, khaki pants pinned to their legs, the freshman class took their first steps into the Hall of Honors, embarking on the beginning of their Jesuit journey. In only the first 6 weeks of...

A New Angle for Art

Ever wanted to be the next Picasso on your iPad? Well, Mr. Harmon has an app for you! Harmon, the Jesuit art teacher, is involved with the Society of Jesus and was born and raised in the Tyler, Texas...

New Labs Bringing Science Back into the Classroom

Hoping to mix the lab back into the classroom, Jesuit science teachers, along with other Jesuit staff, planned and overhauled three new science labs in the upstairs B Hallway over the past year. The idea for the new labs...

Down in the British Virgin Islands

  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,...

Under the Sea with Marine Biology 2

During the sophomore year of our high school experience, 27 classmates and I applied for and received a spot on the Marine Biology I summer course.  This course, designed by Dr. Todd Gruninger and Assistant Principal Benjamin Kirby, both Jesuit...