Thirty-three Jesuit students traveled thousands of years into the past for this year’s Texas State Junior Classical League convention. After qualifying at Area C earlier this semester, these linguistically elite went on to represent Jesuit’s cream of the crop on March 27th at Amarillo High School. The Texas State Junior Classical League, one of 1,000 NJCL chapters around the...
The 24th annual Dallas Morning News High School Journalism Day and Competition was held this last Thursday, March 26. The competition boasted hundreds of impressive young writers and high schools which all deserved to be recognized.
The finalists from Jesuit were Michael Lanham ’15 for his piece “Earsing Completes Ice Bucket Challenge, Inspired by Father Fitzgerald, S.J.” in the Best...
By the time you read this article, it will have undergone an incredible process. By the time you glance at it quickly between classes, or take the time to complete it during a free period, it will have been written on my 2009 MacBook laptop, edited by two or more of the devoted Junior Editors, returned to me for revisions,...
The 2015 student council race is finally upon us here at Jesuit and many students have probably already taken notice.Throughout the halls, bright election posters of all different shapes and sizes have been plastered along the walls, desperately bidding for every passerby's attention.
During this time of year, the Freshmen Steps act as the epicenter for this storm of construction paper, for it...
A lone, sharp clap echoes throughout the empty halls of Jesuit. After a moment's pause, another rings out, along with another pair of hands colliding. More start to join in a slightly faster rhythm, gaining speed and intensity. Soon a bellowing voice begins to count one to three. The Jesuit JCL students erupt in a day-ending Jesuit yell. The...
One student had a goal, to create an elite group of Jesuit students who share a common love for politics. The Model UN club is a newly founded organization, started by President Henry Ainsworth '16, whose goals are to "receive recognition for the prestige of the Jesuit Program," and to "compete on an international level." The club was started this year...
January 23rd marked the start of the clinical rotations for Medical Society members at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. Earlier in the year, the clinical rotations were put on hold as a result of the devastating Ebola outbreak, putting the welfare of students above all. However, after Dallas had been officially declared Ebola-free, and the hospital safe from infection,...
On February 17, a minute before midnight, the defending champion Team 2848 Jesuit All Sparks finalized their "groundbreaking build season as they bagged another tournament robot," according to club moderator Mr. Michael Couvillon. Reflecting on the season, he mentioned that with this year came "a more thorough prototyping process supported by an arsenal of fabrication machinery. The CNC laser...
