Monday, May 20, 2024

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This 2016-2017 school year is a big one for the Jesuit Medical Society. So far, they’ve introduced two new courses this year on top of the pre-existing cat dissection and structure function classes. The two new courses which were introduced this year are the organic chemistry class and the microbiology and infectious disease class. On top of that, the Medical...
Smiling children bustle cheerfully throughout a bright, happy kindergarten classroom, laughing, making new friends, and playing with toys. One child sits by himself, staring at the ground, repetitively moving a truck back and forth. Efforts from the other children to interact with this lonesome child are spurned and rejected. Most people have interacted with a person like this, an individual...
For some, chemical explosions or intriguing manifestations from simple chemicals still have the capacity to captivate their inner child. With the renewal of the Mad Scientists Club, students can rekindle their love for science. Meeting every Thursday after school, the club is led by Mrs. Smith, Ms. Matthews, and Mrs. Sanchez, who revitalized the club. The beginning of the year is a hectic...
Ladies and gentlemen, prepare your evidence and start your brain motors, debate season has indeed begun. Opening the season at the Grapevine Invitational where over seventy teams from ten different states competed, James Ferrara '14 and Jackson Pyke '14 of the Jesuit varsity debate team cleared through the preliminary rounds with a 4-1 record, beating out teams from schools such...
The Engineering Club completed their first major project of the year with the showcasing of their new Pedal Car. It drove in it's first race as the leadoff car in the final chariot race at ranger day for all to witness this past October. The pedal car marked the first of many awesome inventions the Engineer club looks to...
We’ve all experienced it: that day at the beginning of freshman year, when herds of wide-eyed Jesuit newcomers flock into the cafeteria to find innumerable, brightly decorated tables manned by squawking club moderators lobbying for attention, incessantly insisting that the freshmen sign up for their club.   Of course, the ping pong club table is always surrounded by freshmen eager to...
A whopping 96 teams of students convened at Plano Senior High School on September 3rd, for the first debate tournament of the year. Jesuit achieved a closeout: students placed first, second and fifth! The Jesuit debate team performed very well at the tournament, with Beomhak Lee ’17 and Alandro Valdez ’17 and the team of seniors Jake LoRocco and Emmanuel...
Bam! Screech! Pop! Under the Terry Center, students drill away at their robots, adjusting them to face fierce competition.  The On November 4th, the Jesuit Robotics team sent multiple teams to the first FTC Tournament of the year.   So what exactly happens at a Robotics Competition? Well, as Ryan Chiang ‘19 stated, “There are two seasons, FTC is primarily during...

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