For the class of 2020, it has obviously been a difficult year. Their favorite events, final memories of their time in high school, such as prom and other senior rituals, are being cancelled. Furthermore, the uncertainty of this time is so massive that schools cannot postpone events, and are forced to cancel events until a later time. It can...
In celebration of the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio on the 17th of February, Cistercian Preparatory School hosted an Interscholastic Colloquium on Shakespeare's plays, Much Ado About Nothing and Hamlet. Schools from across the Metroplex attended, including Hockaday and Fort Worth Country Day. The colloquium has been a reoccurring annual event since 2013 when it was first hosted...
On Wednesday and Thursday of the past week, February, 23 - 24, 2011, students from Mrs. Mary Beth Farrell’s and Dr. Michael Degen’s Junior AP Literature classes participated in a unique reflection activity about their required reading material, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. This synthesis activity is known as a News Conference, where about half of the...
The date was March 11, 2020, just another regular Jesuit Wednesday. As students sit quietly in their 8th-period class, Dr. Dion comes on the intercom, stopping all activity in the room.
"Is what I think going to happen actually going to happen? Are the rumors true?"
He announces a potential COVID-19 case with ties to Jesuit Dallas. As a result, the...
Whenever a Jesuit student thinks of red hair and biology, only the famous Mrs. Jones could come to mind. Teaching biology throughout her many years at Jesuit, she is known to most students as the guiding light of medical society, an outstanding biology teacher, or the lady who will convince other students to buy medical supplies for the annual...
The 6th period bell echoes throughout the halls of Jesuit as a sea of boisterous students surges towards the cafeteria. Following in their wake, teachers quietly drift through the cafeteria and into the faculty commons, leaving behind a rowdy world of English, and entering the new, tranquil world of Spanish less than ten feet away. Mrs. Klickman, a Spanish...
In conjunction with reading the Swedish novelist Henning Mankell, the Honors English Seminar class visited the Jack Evans Police Headquarters on Lamar St. near downtown Dallas. Built in 2003, the new police headquarters houses 3,600 Dallas police officers who make up the 9th largest Police Department in the United States.
Our tour began in the Chief of Police’s office and...
In the spring semester of last year, Jesuit students learned about the new Stage & Film area and science lab rooms. Many were excited to hear about the expansion of the Jesuit Film Program through a new film class along with a new editing room furnished with state-of-the-art equipment. After a trial run last year, Jesuit decided to have the majority of...
