On February 22nd, Jesuit students and faculty packed into the Terry Center to celebrate the beginning of the Lenten season by hosting mass on the Holy Day of Obligation of Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday honors the 40 days that Jesus spent in the desert leading up to his passion and death. Through this season of reflection, Jesus calls on...
Last week, Jesuit Debate hosted its first in-person debate tournament at the local level since 2020. Over 200 competitors from 15 local area schools competed in the 2 day event. Jesuit debaters made the event run smoothly, ensuring rounds started on time and competitors and coaches knew the way to hospitality. In addition to the type of debate Jesuit does...
On February 6, 2023, a group of students from Le Caousou in Toulouse, France arrived in Dallas. This group of students are part of an exchange program where they will accompany their host brothers to classes and extracurricular activities. The objective of the exchange is for students from both schools to experience what differences and similarities there are in...
On February 15, 2023, the entire Jesuit student body cast their votes for one of the four tickets. The four tickets were Gustavo Aldrey-Mark Trottier, Chris Simington-Drew Noonan, Ashton Krug-Jack Bradshaw, and Logan Thompson-Sam McFarland.
Throughout the remainder of the day, conversations among students included “Who did you vote for?” and “Who do you think will win?”. Eventually, Chris...
On February 7, 2023, the Jesuit community came together to celebrate a prayer service about the variety of languages students speak in our school. The service highlighted many different languages and how some of the most popular languages in Catholicism translate and sound like in different languages. In this prayer service the reflected scripture passage came from 1 Cor...
The new Jesuit trainer Greg Meek will work alongside Coach Lefebvre and Coach Sanchez up in the dell. He will help with all sports that lift in the Dell (football, baseball, basketball, etc.) and with Freshman experience lift. Throughout my interview, I gathered that Coach Meek would make an impact even when limited to a semester here at Jesuit.
Coach...
"Interact is an international Rotary-sponsored organization of community leaders who create positive, lasting change in their local communities and the global community through a motto of “service above self”. The name “Interact” is a call to International Action - it is a call to service and a call to increased international understanding." - Jesuit Dallas
On February 5th, on a...
Despite extreme weather forcing Jesuit Dallas to close for nearly a week, the Chinese Club persisted with their plans to host a celebration for the Chinese New Year. On February 5, the Chinese Club hosted a Lunar New Year event to celebrate the beginning of the lunar cycle, allowing students to share in the festivities. The festivities included a...
