JC hosts annual FIRST LEGO League robotics competition
Adam Kuester, News Editor
December 31, 2011
The CIA paid JC a visit during the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) robotics competition on Saturday, Dec. 17. The Chicken Investigation Agency, that is. This event marked JC’s second year hosting the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League robotics competition. FLL is... Read more »
“Talk that talk” impresses Rihanna’s fans
Eva Bialobrzeski and Imani Love, A&E Editor and Sports Editor
December 18, 2011
Rihanna is one of the world’s biggest stars, and if “Talk that Talk” mirrors her career in any way, she truly deserves her fame. There is no stopping her now. Rihanna’s new album “Talk That Talk” will fly off the shelves. Everyone seems to love Rihanna except those die-hard Chris Brown... Read more »
Patriot of the month: Mackenzie Reese
Kailey Tracy, Copy Editor
December 18, 2011
Junior Mackenzie Reese’s adrenaline was pumping. Her heart was racing. There were five minutes left in the 2011 IAAM ‘B’ championship game, and the women’s varsity basketball team was down by two points after coming back from a 16 point deficit. One more basket and they would be able to... Read more »
New coach takes over baseball team
Emily Clarke, Managing Editor
December 18, 2011
The varsity baseball team is swinging into unknown territory this year as new head coach Gary Steve Teter takes over. Teter will be replacing former two-year head coach Joe Stetka, who resigned at the end of the 2011 season. “I loved Coach Stetka. He was like a father to me. Sad to see him go, but... Read more »
New Sherlock Holmes film kicks it up a notch
Grace Kim, Online Chief
December 17, 2011
The detective-doctor duo is back and better than ever. While dressed in the finest English fashion of the late 19thcentury, Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his dashing partner John Watson (Jude Law) are hot on the heels of Holmes’s greatest adversary yet: the ruthless Professor Moriarty (Jared... Read more »
Patriot of the month: TJ Centi
Amanda Graziano, Opinion Editor
December 17, 2011
20 more seconds, senior TJ Centi is sure he can do this. 15 more seconds, and Centi doubts what he just thought 5 seconds ago. 10 seconds later, Centi hears people yelling and screaming his name. The countdown begins: three, two, one. The ref blows his whistle, Centi has made his 30 second pin. Centi... Read more »
Music department brings Christmas cheer in Christmas concert, prayer service
December 16, 2011
The music department put on their annual Christmas concert on Dec. 15. Belle Voce, the chorus, the orchestra, and the band and jazz band all performed songs such as “A Christmas Festival” and “Carol of the Bells.” On Dec. 16, the music department put on another Christmas... Read more »
School work proves detrimental to teen sleeping habits
Megan Foard, Multimedia Editor
December 16, 2011
Getting at least eight hours of sleep is a joke. For most students, six hours of sleep is how much they get a night. It is hard to get through the day and the truth is, it’s costing the students everything. According to the National Institution of Health and the Office of Science Education’s... Read more »
JC News Update- It’s Christmas Time!
Megan Battaglia and Megan Foard, Multimedia Editors
December 16, 2011
“The Patriot” brings you the JC News Update with Megan Foard and Megan Battaglia. Each week Foard and Battaglia discuss recent events happening around JC. This week Foard and Battaglia talk about Christmas activities happening around JC and the winter concert.
Week in Pictures: Week of Dec. 12
December 16, 2011
Photography by Megan Battaglia and Taylor Hooper. This Week in Pictures shows students during their last week before Christmas break. Donations were collected on Tuesday, Dec. 13 for Grace Leung’s “Support our Troops” fundraiser. On Wednesday, Dec. 14, JC defeated St. Frances with... Read more »
