Empathy is a theme that has been emphasized at Jesuit this year, and a push for empathy between teachers and students seems to have been an effect of that.
Two weeks ago, the faculty built empathy with seniors by visiting their service sites for a few hours. Instead of attending morning classes, each Wednesday seniors leave campus to serve the...
Going on trips is always exciting especially if it is somewhere far away and unexplored. That was the case for the Jesuit students going to Washington D.C. to have a blast by not only helping themselves but also by helping others on the trip.
This past week, nineteen Jesuit students from all four grade levels and some staff took a...
2,584 miles. Language and culture barriers. There are many things separating Dallas, Texas from Quito, Ecuador. To many of us, Ecuador would seem to be in a different world or on a different planet. Many of us haven’t experienced such a unique culture or had the opportunity to meet an Ecuadorian.
However, this past summer, 12 Jesuit students and 4...
Among the games, pep rallies, and festivities of Ranger Day this Friday, the halls of Jesuit will be filled with hundreds of boxes of laundry detergent, donated by freshman students.
These boxes will be awaiting delivery to the Hillcrest Home, a transitional housing facility for low-income individuals in Dallas living with AIDS. The Hillcrest House provides a stable living environment...
A throat grotesquely scarred by an 8-inch knife gash, scraggly white and tan fur singed by the blazes of an arson house fire, and tattered paws cut by the jagged streets she ambled on perpetually. For this precious pooch - appropriately deemed by her saviors as Khaleesi, a spirited character in the hit drama Game of Thrones - the...
A bustling group of young teenagers with the Jesuit logo plastered across their chest and elderly folks wearing their native clothes, approach a golden beach. Soon one group ventures into a separated small lagoon, marked by a shallow sand bar, while another settles down by some rocks overlooking the ocean. At the lagoon, the elderly wade into the water...
When it comes to community service and immersion, Jesuit Dallas has been recognized as an excellent model of an institution that brings awareness of the social injustices and socioeconomic issues that many people face.
Jesuit Dallas has offered the Nicaragua trip for a while and has only recently opened the South American trips. These trips offer students the chance for...
Poverty terrorizes people and families in America. Â People struggle to provide food for children, make payments on a house, or simply keep running water in their systems. Â Poverty has become an increasingly prominent issue and affects people's everyday lives.
However, despite the immense poverty in America, most countries suffer far more than we do. Â Regardless of our desire to help...
