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Editorial note: Liana Harris ’19 has survived four years of exams at St. John’s College High School, and she has five tips for how to handle next week. As summer approaches, the last thing that any student wants to do is study for their final exams. Unless you are
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As the school year comes to a close, St. John’s will dedicate its final days of classes to its 2019 graduates. May 20-24 is Senior Week, with each day featuring a different activity for the seniors before we say goodbye. Monday’s activity was likely the most anticipated: College
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Beginning this fall, St. John’s will once again be able to offer female students the option to wear pants as part of their uniform. In years prior to the 2013-2014 school year, female students were permitted to wear pants as part of their uniform. But when Flynn and O’
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While St. John’s offers a wide variety of sports, from crew to lacrosse to rugby, one sport it doesn’t offer is figure skating. This sport has been rising in popularity over the years, and if you’ve ever been to an ice rink, you can surely relate to
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In the fall, Sophia Donnelly ’20 began a new program at St. John’s. She teams up once a month with other members from Music Ministry, the SJC choir group that sings at Masses, and they volunteer at Malta House, an assisted living home in Hyattsville, MD, where they sing
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Jack Carey ’19 goes behind the scenes of what it’s like on competition day for the SJC Robotics team.
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On April 30, the sophomore De La Salle Scholars traveled to the US Courthouse to meet with Senior Judge Richard J. Leon. This field trip was one of their field experiences, through which they work on becoming more active learners by visiting many locations in the DC area. Earlier in
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During the week of April 14-20, SJC students Aela Riley ’21 and Shannon Dempsey ’21 competed in the 2019 World Irish Dancing Championships. The competition took place in Greensboro, NC, and lasted the entire week. There were four categories for competitors: solos, drama, choreography, and teams. Riley competed in drama
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This slideshow requires JavaScript. The Easter season is a typical time when new members are brought into the Catholic Church. This year, St. John’s hosted its own Mass to initiate Rian Haigler ’19 and Alahna Sabbakhan ’19 as full members of the Catholic Church. Haigler was receiving the final
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Applying to college next year? Here are five recommendations based on my own college application experience to help make the application process smoother: 1) Begin working on your personal statement early The Common Application Essay: the most feared 650-word essay of my life. As my senior year approached, I worried
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Cece Bowe ’19 had a very eventful spring break as she traveled to Bethlehem, Palestine, to run a half-marathon. This race started in April 2013 and has been an annual thing since then. The marathon is organized to raise awareness for the movement of freedom for Palestinians, and Bowe ran