Sunday, December 22, 2024

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As a hopeful high school senior waits for a decision letter to roll out, they anxiously await an answer only a few minutes away. As the minutes tick by, the time comes for the letter to come out: the senior clicks on the message through the admissions portal and reads the note: Congratulations! To get to this point, however, there...
One of the benefits of taking Latin at Jesuit is the opportunity to participate in JCL. JCL is a national league that brings awareness to Latin and Greek culture, studies, and mythology. This helps bring back appreciation for the classics. Thousands of schools across the nation participate, including Jesuit. Jesuit JCL is made possible by our two Latin teachers,...
In 2018, Mr. Claudio Eduardo Pinto joined the Jesuit Dallas community as a Spanish teacher. Since then, Mr. Eduardo Pinto has been an integral part of our school, whether it is through Spanish or TED-Ed. On December 13, 2022, Mr. Eduardo Pinto completed his process of becoming a US citizen. Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Mr. Eduardo...
In celebration of the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio on the 17th of February, Cistercian Preparatory School hosted an Interscholastic Colloquium on Shakespeare's plays, Much Ado About Nothing and Hamlet. Schools from across the Metroplex attended, including Hockaday and Fort Worth Country Day. The colloquium has been a reoccurring annual event since 2013 when it was first hosted...
On February 6, 2023, a group of students from Le Caousou in Toulouse, France arrived in Dallas. This group of students are part of an exchange program where they will accompany their host brothers to classes and extracurricular activities. The objective of the exchange is for students from both schools to experience what differences and similarities there are in...
Howdy y'all. Have y'all ever wondered what the word y'all means? Never have I until a week ago when the idea had appeared to me in a dream. So if you say yes then welcome as I educate you in the etymology of "y'all." If you said no, well...then hopefully the sunken cost fallacy keeps you here. (After all...
For the past few years, Mrs. Ying Lu has been an integral member of the Jesuit community. Currently, Mrs. Lu teaches Mandarin and serves as a moderator of the Chinese Club. On January 29, 2023, she successfully completed her process of becoming a US citizen. Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Ms. Lu about her path to citizenship.  How...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a rapidly growing field that has the potential to transform the way we live, work, and interact with the world around us. From self-driving cars to intelligent personal assistants, AI is already providing new opportunities for people and businesses in a variety of sectors. However, this is just the beginning, and the potential for AI...

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