Last Wednesday, Apple introduced its upgrade to perhaps its most revolutionary product to date - the iPad. The original iPad, the iPad 2 and now the “new iPad,” as it has been referred to, have completely revolutionized the tablet market while also dominating it in sheer numbers and marker share. In fact, Apple sold 1 million iPad 2 units...
With spring break one day away, many Jesuit students are already mentally checked out from their day-to-day work at school. And with sandy beaches, placid lakes, and, most importantly, cozy beds on the near horizon, most students have stopped giving thought to the long-term developments of Jesuit. These are problems for our post-vacation selves, they reason.
Although they will also...
There was a time when one could circumvent the classrooms of Jesuit College Preparatory School without passing a single electronic device, save the occasional overhead projector. In this not-so-distant past, cell phones were a rarity on campus, and only the most dedicated programmers owned personal computers (PC’s).
These days of electronic disconnect are a thing of the past. According to...
On Wednesday, January 18, 2012, Principal Tom Garrison participated in his second press conference with The Roundup to kick off the new semester. Questions varied from his experience as principal and second semester transitions to planned renovations of the school.
The press conference began with the topic of the start of the new semester, saying that admissions decisions are on...
On Thursday, January 12, 2012, Jesuit students filed in to the Terry Center throughout the day to participate in discussions on the topic of human rights at this year’s Issues Day. Issues Day is an annual event put on every January by the Jesuit social studies department. The event’s purpose is to educate students about current events on a...
On December 3, 2011, hundreds of people from the Jesuit community piled into the Terry Center to kick off their holiday shopping with a bang at the Jesuit Women’s Auxiliary Christmas Bazaar.
The Christmas Bazaar is an annual fund-raiser to help make Jesuit education possible for more students. The event brings together the entire Jesuit community to get a leg...
On November 13, 2011, local youngsters and their families flocked to the Jesuit campus for our school’s annual Preview Day. For three hours, prospective future students roamed the characteristically busy halls of Jesuit, gaining their first taste of the school.
Preview Day activities began at 1:00 p.m. when an unusually large crowd of parents and children descended upon the Terry...
As all Jesuit students know, there is a lot of speculation as to whether or not Jesuit will be implementing the use of an iPad or other tablet device as a part of the required supplies for students during the 2011-2012 school year. Speaking with Mrs. Michele Williams, a math teacher and the head of the committee of teachers...
