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On Thursday, Feb. 13, a group of students from Mr. Howarth’s astronomy class and the Astronomy Club traveled to Ford’s Theatre to see a production of Lauren Gunderson’s Silent Sky. The play tells the story of Henrietta Swan Leavitt, an early astronomer who worked against limited roles
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Junior year at St. John’s is packed with SAT prep, AP courses, and the pressure to perform well for college applications. Additionally, many students participate in a sport or club that takes up significant time. Because of this, few students have time for a job. However, these three Juniors
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January 18, the Women’s March Network hosted their 4th annual march in DC for women, feminists, femmes and allies to show their collective power and join together to make a statement about attacks on their bodies, rights, immigrant communities and the planet. The Women’s March website explained that
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Every year, thousands of women, men, teenagers, and children from all over the country attend the annual “March and Rally for Life”. This year, that included faculty members and students representing Saint John’s. They gather with other pro-lifers on the National Mall and march on Capitol Hill occurring on
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St. John’s Theatre will be producing Chicago as this year’s spring musical. The show will run from April 23-25. They hosted a workshop on Jan. 22 to help new members prepare for the auditions, which took place on Wednesday and Friday of this week. This will be the
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On Jan. 15, Cadet seniors Thomas and Daniel Cohen became Eagle Scouts. Fellow Cadet Corps members attended the ceremony to celebrate the Cohen twins’ accomplishment. Daniel Cohen said that becoming an Eagle Scout was not his end goal. “[I was more] interested in the deep-wilderness, survival-style camping that took us
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This January, SJC welcomed a new face to the social studies department, Mr. Baum. Mr. Baum takes over for Dr. Carter and will teach AP Psychology and regular Psychology. Mr. Baum grew up in Washington, DC, and previously taught for eight years at Catholic schools in the Diocese of Arlington.
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In the two weeks leading up to exam week, Mr. Navas, a religion teacher here at St. John’s, was in Cuba as a part of a teaching seminar. He worked with one of his former professors at Emory University who contacted him about the opportunity and other students. “I
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Trump’s impeachment is history in the making and Mrs. Gelso decided to include this event in her AP Lang class in order to review rhetorical analysis. For the latest on the impeachment trial, read Orla Collin’s overview. The lesson about impeachment was focused on rhetorical analysis, a big