Photography credits: Celina Estrada and Emily Wilson
Junior year is one of the most rigorous years for students, and striving for excellence academically and in the community embodies the Profile of the Graduate. For their excellence, they receive various awards and scholarships. On Thursday, May 19, Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas held its annual Junior Convocation.
Academic/Extracurricular Awards
Andrew Abraham
Men’s Chorus
Jonathan...
What are 3D Printers?
A 3D printer is a machine that through the melting of filament material, creates a three-dimensional object. The filament is melted through the nozzle of the printhead and is squeezed out by gears pushing it from behind. At first, the melted filament is oozed out on the heated bed of the printer, and then after the...
Annually, each grade level has a convocation to commemorate their academic and extracurricular achievements the year. Consisting of a prayer service and speakers awarding students various certificates of excellence, scholarships, and special awards for academic excellence or service to the community, the Senior convocation occurred on Thursday, May 12th. The Senior class will have their graduation soon, and the...
It is no secret that the eccentric public figure Elon Musk handles the largest private space company in the world, SpaceX. But how has the company gained such prestige, and what is in store for its future?
A devout advocate of chasing interests, Elon Musk highly values expansion, and after his online company successes of Zip2 and PayPal; His imagination...
The College Admittance Process. Dread it. Run from it. It arrives all the same.
I spend my free periods in the college counseling commons with Mr. Fitzsimmons and Mr. Shoemaker along with groups of other seniors. However, there’s now a new group joining us: the juniors, and with them, their parents.Â
For the majority of Jesuit students, college is the next...
Mr. Goll is an English teacher at Jesuit who pushes his students to excel in and outside the classroom. He truly models the mission and philosophy of Jesuit Dallas: "to offer an excellent, Catholic education in the classical Jesuit tradition to form a community of men with high moral principles who are dedicated to serving others."
So, I conducted a...
Hobbies allow for relaxation and a sense of escapism from the responsibilities of everyday life. I had the opportunity to sit down with Casimir Kenjarski '24 to discuss how he escapes with his hobby of reef keeping and building terrariums.
What's a Terrarium?Â
"It's an ecological habitat you set up for pets; people have been doing it for a long, long...
After preparing tirelessly to score high, Jesuit students have finally finished the PSAT. With the COVID-19 situation, some things were handled differently than before the pandemic, with the protocols making sure that everyone stayed safe while taking the test. The Ray Dass prep materials were excellent study tools for the PSAT, helping students to do even better on the...