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Malu Tshitenge-Mutombo ended the very long and stressful recruiting process by committing to North Carolina over Notre Dame on Sept. 13. “North Carolina felt like home. The way the campus was and how welcoming the players and staff were was amazing,” Mutombo said. “The way the coaches welcomed me and
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This summer, Sara Miller ’19 spent four weeks in Costa Rica and had the chance to visit her family and learn from doctors at La Hospital Catolica in San Jose. A typical day for Miller began with breakfast and Costa Rica’s famous coffee, before making the hour drive to
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Summer is the time for students to pursue their passions without being interrupted by schoolwork. Responsibility pretty much melts away for three solid months, and most students travel to the beach or get a summer job. However, this relaxed lifestyle isn’t for all students. Michael Penafiel, a senior at
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On a rainy Thursday afternoon, the boys’ freshman, JV, and varsity soccer teams all gather on the field behind Gallagher Gymnasium for warmups. They all practice together, something third-year Head Coach Sal Caccavale began at the start of his tenure. When asked if the group mentality affected how the JV
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Ms. Katie Blanchard is one of the new faces at St. John’s this year. She will be teaching both AP statistics and pre-calculus, as well as coaching cross country, which she previously ran in college at the University of Delaware. She says that she enjoys teaching pre-calculus because “there
This Saturday’s highly anticipated game between St. John’s varsity football team and IMG Academy (FL) has been postponed indefinitely. Due to the state of emergency Maryland declared on Sept. 10, IMG cannot fly to Washington for the game. According to St. John’s official announcement, both schools are
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You might not have heard of Carl Sagan, but you probably know who Bill Nye is. According to Mr. Dean Howarth, a new science teacher at St. John’s, Carl Sagan was the “Bill Nye the Science Guy of my generation,” as well as his inspiration for becoming a science