School to launch revamped website
Alex Bahr, Copy Editor
January 7, 2010
For the first time since its launch five years ago, JC’s official school website will get a fresh facelift. According to Director of Communications Sue Cathell, the host of the current website no longer supports the version of software that the school uses. Therefore, Cathell said the school has... Read more »
Food Drive draws less cans than previous years
Alex Bahr, Copy Editor
November 17, 2009
Vice Principal Gary Scholl danced into chorus homeroom, waving a sign and hoping to present senior Alex Schmidt with apple juice and an oversized Otis Spunkmeyer chocolate chip muffin. However, since Schmidt had not brought in her canned goods, her homeroom teacher Mark Bolden would enjoy her breakfast. Main... Read more »
Hospitals stop the swine with visiting restrictions
Alex Bahr, Copy Editor
November 17, 2009
On Tuesday, October 13, secretary of the Guidance Department Ricki Malone waited anxiously in the waiting room of Upper Chesapeake Hospital with three of her grandchildren. In the next room, Malone’s daughter was in labor. As Malone heard the first cries of her sixth grandchild, Evan, as he came into... Read more »
Frustrated students drop online classes
Alex Bahr, Copy Editor
October 21, 2009
Doubled over a mess of printed out AP French papers, senior Nicky Hatzidimitrou expresses her opinion of online classes this year with a long, drawn-out sigh. Introduced this year to combat low enrollment, online classes, and the majority of the students enrolled in them, have proven to be slowly failing. After... Read more »
Decorations on entranceway not considered vandalism
Alex Bahr, Copy Editor
October 18, 2009
Early Thursday morning, SAC Treasurer Trent Shaw was interrupted mid-count of homecoming court ballots. Dean of Students Thomas Vierheller requested that Shaw either find the person responsible for the blue balloons and streamers adorning the entranceway of JC, or clean up the mess himself. And so... Read more »
Pack your scuba gear, prom’s at the aquarium this year
Alex Bahr, Copy Editor
October 10, 2009
Last spring, as I danced among the seniors of 2009 on a small square of dance floor facing the less-than-appealing view of the two exit doors of M&T Bank Stadium, I tried to picture how prom with my own Class of 2010 would play out next year. I was already excited enough at the prospect of being... Read more »
Alex Bahr – Copy Editor
August 31, 2009
Alex Bahr is a copy editor of “The Patriot” for the 2009-2010 school year. Feel free to contact Bahr with questions and/or comments at abahr@jcpatriot.com.
