In the summer going into seventh grade, Mabeth Diaz, a current junior at Jesuit, got into a four-wheeling accident that truly changed his life forever. Even though this particular accident seemed awful at the time, it has allowed him to grow immensely and become the man he is today.
Mabeth and his family have a tradition of going up to...
One of the many, many benefits of attending Jesuit College Preparatory is the opportunity to go on a retreat every year with classmates. To begin their Jesuit careers, all students first attend the Freshman Retreat in which they discover the school-wide spiritual community at Jesuit. Next, near the end of their sophomore year, students go on the Midpoint Retreat...
As Mr. Hanley and current Student Council executives Zander Erturkuner & Garrett Amy stood patiently, yet intently, the scantron machine slowly tallied up the votes, one by one. Two more for Wunderlick. Another vote for Pontikes. Hamrick gets three more votes. This went on until finally the final ballot was accounted for, and the new names of Student Council emerged.
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German soldiers use hand grenades to exterminate all signs of life within the homes of Jewish Poles in the Warsaw Ghetto. Failing to massacre every Jew in hiding, they send the survivors to concentration camps throughout Poland and Germany. This is one of the many events witnessed by Max Glauben. On April 7, Jesuit welcomed Holocaust survivor Max Glauben,...
On Wednesday, March 25th, members of the Jesuit Engineering Society ventured over to the UT Southwestern Medical School as part of a field trip sponsored by the STARS, or Student Teacher Access to Resources at Southwestern, program. Students were granted the opportunity to listen to two guest lectures, both presenters working as postdoctoral fellows at the medical school, and...
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...
Either in the halls or in class, many students have probably seen Michael Boyson ’16 around Jesuit at least a few times. For those who see him on a regular basis, it might be known that he is an honors student, a varsity swimmer, and a participant in a variety of Jesuit’s clubs. However, it is likely that very...
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...
