Senior on fast track to NASCAR career
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyle Editor
March 1, 2011
Senior Mike Goettner won’t need very many notebooks or pencils next year at college. Instead, a toolbox might be of better use to him while attending the NASCAR Technical Institute in Mooresville, North Carolina. Goettner got his start in the mechanical industry by working with his dad at a family-owned... Read more »
Barker announces June resignation
Allison Walczyk, Section Chief
February 14, 2011
After serving 10 years as principal of JC, Paul Barker announced his resignation on Monday, Feb. 14. Barker will leave at the end of this school year to become the president of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Olney, Maryland. Barker will officially start his new position July 1, 2011. “I have not looked... Read more »
Winter premiere of ‘Pretty Little Liars’ stirs up new suspicion
Taylor Schafer and Allison Walczyk, Features Editor and Section Chief
January 9, 2011
Join Allison Walczyk and Taylor Schafer every week for reviews and commentary on PLL episodes! This week’s episode of Pretty Little Liars was the winter premiere for the second half of the season. The eerie opening theme song immediately lit our PLL fire once again as secrets were revealed and lingering... Read more »
Seniors collaborate to ‘govern’ Maryland
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyle Editor
December 29, 2010
For a straight week, seniors Joe Frank and Ryan Eilerman were woken up at 4:30 a.m. to clean bathrooms under the command of ex-marines. They were not in boot camp at juvenile hall, but rather at McDaniel College for the annual Maryland Boys State program. Throughout the week of June 20-25, 2010, the... Read more »
JC family cares for kids in Kenya
Magge Cassidy, Taylor Schafer, Managing Editor, Lifestyle Editor
December 17, 2010
While most JC students will be decking the halls with boughs of holly over Christmas break, junior Ethan Slusher, sophomore Amy Slusher and their parents Barbara Slusher, class of ’82, and Charles Slusher will be spending their holidays in Nairobi, Kenya, volunteering at an orphanage. The Slushers... Read more »
Students, teachers must reexamine laptop use
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyle Editor
December 16, 2010
Every JC student with a functioning computer knows firsthand how easy it is to sign into Skype or to play games like Bubble Shooter when it’s 2 p.m. and your brain has shut down for the day. I’ll admit it, getting lost stumbling across the internet or trying to hold in laughter from photos of awkward... Read more »
Alum shares her knowledge with ’60 Minutes’
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyles Editor
November 30, 2010
When Michelle Boniface, class of ’05, landed a page job with “60 Minutes” last September, she never imagined she would be working on set so quickly. But when executive producer Jeff Fager and executive editor Bill Owens decided to do a segment on champion racehorse Zenyatta, they knew... Read more »
Theatre department soars to new heights
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyle Editor
November 8, 2010
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s senior Kelly Vaughn! For the first time in JC history, the theatre department is taking flight with this fall’s production of “Peter Pan.” A professional rigging system, which was installed on Oct. 23 in the auditorium, will allow four student actors to fly... Read more »
Patriots overcome 2-0 deficit to bring home championship title
Brian Reid, Sports editor
November 3, 2010
After watching the IAAM C Conference championship go into five games, the JC women’s volleyball team was ready to take the court. They played for the B Conference Championship against archrival Maryvale. The Patriots were 2-0 against the Lions in the regular season. The first game was close. It was... Read more »
[Updated] Tropical storm batters Harford County, causes school closings
Jenny Hottle and Taylor Schafer
September 30, 2010
The administration dismissed students from class Thursday at 11:03 a.m., following the Harford County Public Schools’ decision to close “due to deteriorating conditions caused by Tropical Storm Nicole,” according to HCPS.org, the Harford County Public Schools’ official site. Baltimore, Carroll,... Read more »
