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As October slowly comes to an end, the long-awaited arrival of homecoming looms around the corner. Located at the Dallas Info-Mart, on October 23, this year’s celebration marks Jesuit’s 65th Homecoming. Featuring an elegant “Night at the Oscars” theme, Homecoming this year strives to capture that illustrious Hollywood appeal while simultaneously reflecting October festivities. Including life-sized Oscar and modern Cinema...
Music undoubtedly plays a tremendous part in the lives of Jesuit students and faculty. Walking through the halls, we see a myriad of speakers attached to an even greater variety of ears. Music pours in through classic white iPod ear buds-- 99 cent are computer lab headphones--and unsightly colossus headsets, bringing to us each individually our personal fix of sonic...
In a calendar sent out to prospective students last spring, Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota proposed an idea they called “the College Fair Game” that involved receiving points for completing certain tasks. For example, “greeting at least three college reps with a firm handshake and ‘Hi, my name is…’” awards you +300 points while “mumbling a vague request like...
Link to the Homecoming DJ's song request site: http://www.radioparties.djintelligence.com/request/request.asp?ID=jesuit A Night at the Oscars October 23, 2010 8-Midnight Doors close @ 9pm / Lock-in until 11pm INFOMART 1950 N Stemmons Fwy, Dallas, TX 75207 Online tickets: $25 / Door $30 Online sales: https://www.jesuitcp.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=1333
When a high school student, especially a guy, thinks: field trip to museums, the plethora of associations usually do not include, “exhilarating” or “chill,” but that’s how Ryan Blum and the Honors English Seminar class described their trip to the Museum of Modern Art, The Kimbell Museum, and The Amon Carter Museum, all in Fort Worth.  The Modern Art Museum...
  “New Teacher Orientation” is one reason why the faculty and the teacher-student relationships at Jesuit are so great.  According to Mrs. Elise Stewart (Director of Faculty Development), who made this program what it is today, the New Teacher Orientation “is a mentorship program where veteran teachers are assigned to new teachers to prepare them for their journey towards becoming Ignatian...
On a wet and rainy Saturday morning, a group of 41 small group leaders comprised of juniors and seniors began setting up for the Freshman Retreat, the first milestone of the class of 2014’s journey through Jesuit. The Freshman Retreat is the first of many retreats in a student’s Jesuit career. It is also one of the most important....

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