Graduation 2012 keynote speaker announced
Maggie Cassidy, Print Chief
May 3, 2012
The recipient of the 2012 Reverend Charles K. Riepe Alumni Award is David Sedney of the class of 1969, according to Campus Minister Patti Murphy Dohn. As the recipient of the award, Sedney will also be the keynote speaker for the Class of 2012’s graduation commencement. According to the U.S. Department... Read more »
Ball, Seiler expand International Students Program
Grace Kim, Online Chief
May 2, 2012
The International Students Program is evolving. Beginning with baby steps in Korea, then China, it is now opening up to the rest of the world. “I felt when I came here in July, we had international students, but there wasn’t really a program…There’s an agency that handles the students... Read more »
April 2012
April 30, 2012
Click the image to view the April 2012 print edition of The Patriot. Top stories include updates on enrollment within JC, library renovations, and the Academic Team’s results in a televised competition. Open publication - Free publishing - More april 2012
Five Patriot staffers win national Quill and Scroll awards
Brianna Glase, Managing Editor
April 30, 2012
Five members of the Patriot staff won awards for either stories or pictures from the Quill and Scroll International Honor Society for High School Journalists in their 2012 International Writing/Photo Contest. There was a total of 3039 entries submitted across the nation in 12 categories. Out of these,... Read more »
Academic team finishes with best record in JC history
Martha Schick, Managing Editor
April 27, 2012
“Richard Roundtree played this private dick who’s a sex machine to all the chicks,” the judge said. The question hung in the air for a moment as senior Adam Kuester hurriedly scribbled his response on his paper. He then held it out to academic team captain senior Nick Henninger to answer. Henninger,... Read more »
JC News Update: Induction Week
Megan Battaglia and Megan Foard, Multimedia Editors
April 27, 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 Quill & Scroll memember were inducted. There were many other inductions this week including servive honor society and the language... Read more »
Top scholars attend Archdiocesan Convocation
Amanda Graziano, Opinion Editor
April 26, 2012
Seniors Miranda Ripken, Jon Galarraga, and Stephanie Meadowcroft took part in the 2012 Archdiocesan Distinctive Scholars’ Convocation at Maryvale High School on Tuesday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. They earned the spots of the three highest ranking members of the class of 2012. Student were able to choose... Read more »
Firewall malfunction leads to inconsistent Internet connection
Kailey Tracy, Copy Editor
April 26, 2012
Due to a malfunction in the network’s server beginning on Monday, April 16, the wireless Internet has not cooperated with the school community. According to Director of Technology Greg Russell, “there was a part of the authentication on the place of the firewall was getting overloaded, so it was... Read more »
School nurse prepares to depart
Ashley Moxley, Multimedia Editor
April 25, 2012
The main office hallways will be losing one of the smiling faces that greeted the students throughout the day, after this week. Nurse Laura Frank has announced that the week of April 23 will be her last week at JC. Frank decided to leave for personal reasons and to continue her work in medicine at Gilchrist... Read more »
Principal takes hard stance on cyber-bullying
Martha Schick, Managing Editor
April 20, 2012
The website HSMemes has not only been blocked by the administration before spring break, but publicly condemned by Principal Madelyn Ball in a school-wide meeting on April 16. The site allows users to make memes, concepts that spread via the Internet through pictures and captions, about their high schools... Read more »
