Thursday, November 21, 2024

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Since the reign of the Roman Empire, the culturally rich Italy has had a profound impact on Western Civilization. From the food we eat, to the language we speak, Italian influence is ever-prominent in today’s world. This year is the first year that Jesuit Dallas Latin students participated in an exchange program with students from Istituto Leone XIII, a Jesuit...
As the bell rings to signify the start of parent teacher conferences, the slender English teacher shoves his round silver framed spectacles back onto his nose, opens the large mahogany door, and invites the middle aged Latino parents into the empty class room. Shy smiles barely show across the parents' faces, and their eyes widen with a frozen look in...
Some might think that you have to travel across half of a country and a massive ocean to East Asia in order to experience China's unique culture. However, similar experiences sometimes lay right around the corner from you. Jesuit's Mandarin Chinese students recently trekked across the metroplex to a Chinese supermarket called 99 Ranch. Mandarin instructor Mrs. Margaret Rodriguez commented on...
The 6th period bell echoes throughout the halls of Jesuit as a sea of boisterous students surges towards the cafeteria. Following in their wake, teachers quietly drift through the cafeteria and into the faculty commons, leaving behind a rowdy world of English, and entering the new, tranquil world of Spanish less than ten feet away. Mrs. Klickman, a Spanish...
Every year, Jesuit sends its students on a myriad of trips throughout the Americas, from summer government classes in Washington D.C. to service trips in Nicaragua and Peru, and even Marine Biology expeditions to the British Virgin Isles. A new offering this summer will take Jesuit students out of the Americas, and on to a place unventured by past...
Chinese culture is one rich in traditions, and, due largely to the addition of Chinese to Jesuit's language options, the culture has begun to grow in popularity at Jesuit. With Chinese New Year being the most widely-celebrated holiday in China, it would only be appropriate to celebrate it. This year marked Jesuit's first Chinese New Year celebration, with hopefully many more to come. Ms....
This year at Jesuit there have been many new exciting additions and changes.  One of which is the incorporation of the Mandarin Chinese class being taught by Ms. Margaret Rodriguez. While it is Ms. Rodriguez's first year teaching at Jesuit, she is very excited to start and develop the Mandarin course while also teaching an English II class. For years, introducing a...
Félicitations Sophomores Alejandro Hippolito and Andrew Arraj! The 10th place winners of the National French Contest Gino Piamonte Killing zombies in a video game that uses the French language and studying quizlet cards may not sound like the most effective means of studying , but Sophomores Alejandro Hippolito and Andrew Arraj managed to do so as they won 10th place in the...

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