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Senioritis epidemic sweeps Class of 2019
It’s second semester and, as of late, the senior class has shown record symptoms of the deadly virus senioritis. We’ve been mailing it in all year, but it’s finally starting to show. Never in history have we seen more absences in a given week. Ladies and gentlemen,
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Theater Review: The Marvelous Wonderettes
From April 4-6, St. John’s Theatre performed their spring musical, The Marvelous Wonderettes. It is about four girls who are in a high school a cappella group that performs at their high school prom, and then again at their high school reunion. As soon as you walked into the
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Letter from the Editor: My experience on the spring break service trip to the Bronx
During spring break, nine SJC students traveled to the Bronx for a week of service and fun. During our time there, we stayed in the Lasallian Community of Bedford Park, a home in the Bedford Park neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City where Christian Brothers and Lasallian Volunteers
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SJC Gallery Night 2019
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Before Spring Break, St. John’s hosted its annual gallery night. The event hosts a large display of art contributed by students in all grades and art classes. With a jazz band playing lightly in the background, students and parents can walk around the school and
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Marvelous Wonderettes opens this week
From April 4-6, St. John’s Theatre is putting on a production of The Marvelous Wonderettes. It features a cast of 14 SJC students and is directed by Mr. Emerson, St. John’s theater director The musical is about four choir students in the 1950s. It uses pop songs from
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Deen Bakir on competing in Strongman competitions
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Teacher Spotlight: Mr. Macklin on his time in the Peace Corps
This slideshow requires JavaScript. We often say to ourselves that we have all the answers, that we know how to fix the problems, but the fact of the matter is that until you’ve lived in [poverty], until you understand it, you don’t understand or know what [other people]
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SJC Alumni Shine in Service
On March 8, three St. John’s alumni spoke to seniors about their careers in service to cap off Poverty Education Week. Ms. Jillian Griffith ’10, Ms. Mary McCarthy ’12 and Mr. David Street ’04 spoke about how St. John’s affected their decisions to enter a career in service.
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SJC students living out service
Each individual student at St. John’s has a number of service hours required of them each year, and as a LaSallian school there are a number of different ways to give back to the community. St. John’s connects students to Catholic charities all around the country and offers
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The Meal of Solidarity: Is It an effective way to teach students about poverty?
For the past 11 years, St. John’s has hosted schoolwide events to address world hunger during Poverty Education Week. In the past they have done the Hunger Banquet, where students are fed either rice, rice and beans, or a full course meal based global economic disparities and poverty rates.
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Students illustrate effects of poverty around campus
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Every year the Art Department, with the help of the art students, create displays around the school to illustrate the effects of poverty. They range from simple to very elaborate, and come from all grades and classes. Most are placed in the big hallways, such as