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"BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP," goes the alarm of junior Garrett Amy '15 at 6 a.m. as he wakes up for varsity football practice. After the tough practice he heads to school for the day, trudging through an AP U.S. History test and Honors Pre-Calculus quiz. He attends an Interact meeting and Student Council meeting during lunch, and works on...
December assessments are never a hit for Jesuit students. And because of this, I wanted to get a deeper look – via a student opinion poll – at the dreaded December assessments. Methodology To conduct this poll in a method that avoided potential and probable skews, I decided to get 20 students from each of the four grade levels; and in...
The following is a partial transcript of the prayers, readings, and reflections presented at the school-wide Friday Prayer Service on February 6th, 2015. Good Morning. This morning, the students who regularly lead us in Morning Prayer and the Examen have joined together to offer us their reflections on trying to incorporate prayer into their daily - often very busy - lives. We...
The Roundup Podcast invites Dom Iannelli to speak for the first and last time on the Podcast. Enrique also says goodbye to everyone as he is the first founding member of the podcast to graduate and leave. At the same time however, Alex is made the official replacement for Enrique this episode. One last thing: we have changing pictures...
With winter break’s end and the spring semester kicking off, Jesuit Dallas acquired six new transfer students! So who are they? All from western states, new transfers came from Jesuit prep schools who share that “Men for Others'' mentality. Of course these students work to continue in spreading Jesuit culture and hope to experience such culture here. Nicolai Valenta, a freshman from...
On April 15, 2023, at around 7 PM, masses of Jesuit students and their dates and friends from other schools crowded outside the entrance. At the entrance, Jesuit and Ursuline administrators formed a tunnel and greeted the eager students. Soon, dinner was served through fresh catering of chicken parmesan, baked ziti, and salad. After the dinner, the students crowded...
To preface this article I'll need to provide a little bit of information about myself. My name is Lachlan Broad, and I'm currently a sophomore in Jesuit's Class of 2025. Prior to Jesuit unlike many of my peers, I did not attend a feeder school within the metroplex, or any school within Texas or the United States for that...
After 3 years in high school, many Jesuit students in the class of 2014 have come to know just about all 261 students in their class. In addition, many have come to know anywhere from 5 to 100 students in the other classes as well.  Each student is different, though. Some participate in theater while others participate in football....

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