130 students, full of energy and anticipation, run onto the Santa Clara Academy field, eager to join their Jesuit and Ursuline mentors in a game of soccer, basketball, 4-square, and playground activities. The first day of the summer program begins, dedicated to providing these students an educational opportunity, to breaking the cycle of poverty within the Santa Clara community,...
Students sit restlessly in plastic chairs, looking anxiously at those giving blood, searching for any sign of pain. The sight of blood and needles often make students squeamish, but they overcome their anxiety and donate to this noble cause anyway. Year after year, Jesuit receives great participation in its Blood Drive, and this was no different.
This year the Jesuit...
Vroom! A mass of screaming and cheering erupts as a 150-mile per hour speeding bullet crosses the black and white chessboard. The Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) seats over 190,000 enthusiastic and loyal fans who passionately cheer for their race car to win. However, on October 18, the hustle and bustle of racing paused for the annual Walk Now for Autism...
On May 10th, many of you all thought, great the senior convocation; however, that day held more than that this year. That is because Jesuit hosted an annual event called the Special Games. They invited a multitude of schools around the Dallas Fort Worth area who teach children with special needs, one of the schools including the Notre Dame...
The start of the new year always calls for new service opportunities. This January, students partook in various volunteer opportunities, and I asked Mr. Riemer, head of the Service Department, some questions about these events.
1.) What volunteer activities took place in January?
"We have numerous regular opportunities that we resumed after returning from the Christmas break, most notably Manna for...
Starting the week of November 17th, the sophomore class started to collect reading glasses. These glasses all went to math teacher Mrs. Blackford’s family church, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Dallas.
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church has a program called the Honduras Mission Ministry, located in the city of Omoa, Honduras, which provides building materials for construction, Christian education, and clinics....
For the last fourteen years, Jesuit seniors have taken a Social Justice and Public Policy course in order to reflect on their service every week. Now, however, this class has been upgraded and renamed to the Service and Justice Capstone course.
Director of Community Service Mr. Rich Perry, who has the most influence over the material and framework of the class,...
Facts: Over one billion people lack safe access to safe drinking water; half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from a water-related disease; water-related diseases kill a child every 8 seconds and are responsible for 80% of all illnesses and deaths in the developing world; at least 1 billion people must walk three hours or...
