Newspaper moderator named single recipient of international award
Brianna Glase, Managing Editor
May 17, 2012
On May 3, the phone rang in the Patriot room. The class went silent, and newspaper moderator Mark Ionescu was informed that he had been named Journalism Educator of the Year by the Youth Journalism International (YJI) organization. “Someone from Youth Journalism International called during class... Read more »
Technology Department tests new network monitoring program
Martha Schick, Managing Editor
May 17, 2012
Youtube is available on and off, students are required to log in to the internet, and websites are blocked and unblocked depending on the day. This is due to the temporary replacement of SonicWall MS8 3100 with Cymphonix Network Composer as the program that controls the flow of traffic on JC’s wireless... Read more »
Jansing-Kaestner, Medrano move out of state, will not return to JC next year
Ashley Beyer and Maggie Cassidy, Lifestyles Editor and Print Chief
May 16, 2012
Next year, Science Department Chair Rebecca Jansing-Kaestner and Spanish teacher Jennifer Medrano will not be returning to teach. Jansing-Kaestner will be moving to Nashville because her husband was offered a job there as an airport designer for airports in the Nashville area, after working on BWI... Read more »
Former biology teacher returns while Deroba takes maternity leave
Emily Clarke, Managing Editor
May 14, 2012
Former biology teacher John Low will be returning for the first semester of the 2012-2013 school year. Low will be taking over for biology teacher Megan Deroba while she is on maternity leave. According to Vice Principal of Academics Gary Scholl, Low will be teaching Biology, Honors Biology, and AP Biology.... Read more »
JC News Update: Farewell Seniors
Megan Battaglia and Megan Foard, Multimedia Editors
May 4, 2012
“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 is the last week for seniors. Senior college t-shirt day was today and sport’s teams had several wins throughout the week.... Read more »
Three Patriot staffers win international awards
Brianna Glase, Managing Editor
May 4, 2012
On Thursday, May 3, three Patriot staffers received awards from the Youth Journalism International organization. Opinion Editor Scott Novak won first place in the General Columns category for his column “Pro-Choice’s time to scream.” Copy Editor Kailey Tracy won an honorable mention in the Sports... Read more »
Phonathon contributes to annual budget
Brianna Glase, Managing Editor
May 4, 2012
Junior Sidney Griffin hesitantly walked into the spring Phonathon, nervous about asking strangers for money and worried that they would reject her attempts to ask for donations to the school. She soon found that she was the only student volunteer there, and would be the only student volunteer to help... Read more »
Seniors hasten to meet service requirements
Chioma Iheoma, A&E Editor
May 4, 2012
In the school mission statement, it is promised that “sensitivity to others” will be “cultivated” in each student. Part of this cultivation is the requirement of 60 service hours in order to graduate. JC leads Archdiocesan high schools in service requirements, but it seems like every year seniors... Read more »
JC community commemorates Xavia Pirozzi
Brianna Glase, Managing Editor
May 3, 2012
Coping with the loss of sophomore Xavia Pirozzi, the Pirozzi family and the JC community are coming up with many ways to honor her memory. After Pirozzi’s passing, members of the National Art Honors Society (NAHS) came up with a way to commemorate her. They wanted to find some tangible way to keep... Read more »
Midterms moved to December
Adam Kuester, News Editor
May 3, 2012
This year, exams were shortened to an hour and a half, and an even bigger change will begin next year when midterms will be held before Christmas break. Ball was motivated to move exams with the hope that it would produce better results. “Student achievement goes up with exams before Christmas…... Read more »
