There’s no better way to kickoff the school year than blastingsome music, enjoying some ice-cold snowballs, and a lot of danc-ing.

This year’s Back-to-SchoolDance took on a Hawaiian flairwith a luau theme, turning theTraditions Courtyard into a tropi-cal paradise. The luau themeinspired many to don grass skirts,coconut bras, and leis as theydanced the night away.

The dance, which was heldon Sept. 7, was beautifully deco-rated. The flashing lights keepingthe energy high and the musicdrew participants to their feet todance.

Ice-cold snowballs served asrefreshments and, of course, the

dance provided tons of opportu-nities to reunite with old friendsand hang out with new ones.

“Everyone is just having alot of fun, said pre-freshmanChristian Butler. “It’ s just a greatopportunity to grab some friendsand hang out.”

Kristen Tholen, a student ofDominican High School, said, “Ibasically went because it was asocial event, which I enjoy, and Ilike to go and have fun atdances.”

Tholen said she found thetheme original and fun, andbrought several friends with herto the dance.

Overall, the dance served asan informal, fun and lively eventfor both Blue Jays and the guestsfrom the various girl’s highschools throughout the NewOrleans area. The turnout wasamong the highest seen in recentyears.

The new year brings a newlook to Jesuit’s Web site, giving ita more streamlined look andmaking it more maneuverable forthe various audiences it serves.

The site, located atwww.jesuitnola.org, first cameonline in 1999, but hadn’t under-gone a major upgrade since 2002.

“We wanted to make theWeb site look more modern andmake it search and navigate bet-ter,” said Mrs. Wendy Schneider,Alumni Events Coordinator inthe Office of InstitutionalAdvancement. She and Mrs.Meghan Weaver, CreativeDirector with the office, designedthe new site.

Visitors to the jesuitnola.orgwill immediately notice thatenhanced graphic appeal. TheWeb site now looks more up todate, both visually and in howusers can approach it.

The site features the latestJesuit High School news on ablue and white background that’smore polished and clear, with the

words more maximized sothey’re easier to read.

Another noticeable differ-ence is the Web site’s pagelength, which is shorter, limitingthe information on the mainhome page to the top stories,rather than putting everything onone, long scrolling page. All theinformation is still available,however, by clicking on the vari-ous links from the home page.

The search box is moreprominently featured, and alsodoes a better job now of refiningchoices to reach what users areseeking more quickly.

While some students werehesitant to accept the changes,being accustomed to using theolder version of the site, mostusers have expressed satisfactionwith the upgrades to the site.

Several teachers said it ismuch more convenient to godirectly to the information theyneed, including quick access toJ.A.Y.S.O.N., the class schedul-ing and homework portal withinthe site.

Mrs. Schneider noted thatsuch ease of use was one of their

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Web site getsuser-friendlymakeover

Tropical island flair makes Back-to-School Dance a hit

By Seth Schmitt Staff Writer

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By Alex Thomas Staff Writer

Hawaiian shirts and leis were the look of the night as Blue Jays kicked offthe school yearwith a luau theme for the annual Back-to-School Dance, oneof the most successful in memory. Staff photo by Matthew O’Neill

Ar chbishop Gregory Aymond,above left, celebrated Mass

with the school community onOct. 2 in the Chapel of the

North American Mar tyrs. Onthe feast of the Guardian

Angels, the archbishopreminded us that the angelsare “messengers from God

who carry His dreams forourlives, and bring us closerto

the Lord.” As such, he notedthat we must follow their

example and recognize theangels among us, and strive to

lead one anotherto God.Following the Mass,

Ar chbishop Aymond met withseveral students from CampusMinistr y, right, who gave him

a tour of the campus.Photos from jesuitnola.org

Blue Jays hit the Big Apple last monthfor a pilgrimage that was both spirituallyand culturally uplifting.

The Sodality took 10 Jesuit sopho-mores and juniors on the journey to NewYork. While not as arduous a trip as pil-grims of old faced, modern travel doeshave its headaches. After a two-hour delayin New Orleans, followed by a 30-minutedelay in Philadelphia because of badweather, the group arrived in New York atmidnight. There the adventure began.

A bus ride took us through Rockaway,a Brooklyn neighborhood, followed by a1:30 a.m. subway ride into Jersey City,N.J. In the city that never sleeps, there aresome interesting riders on the subway thatlate at night. By 2:30 a.m., we had arrivedat our lodgings for the trip, St. Peter’sPrep, a fellow Jesuit high school in JerseyCity, N.J., where we bunked down in theirlibrary.

Within a few hours, however, we wereup and ready to explore the city. Our firstfull day consisted of typical sightseeingaround Manhattan. A breakfast of tradi-tional bagels was followed by a tour of theMetropolitan Museum of Art, walks

through some beautiful churches, and evenan impromptu game of football with a shoein Central Park. The day concluded with amore professional sporting event, a Metsgame at the new Citi Field.

Following the buzz of our first day inthe city, the pilgrims began the moresolemn part of the trip, traveling to OurLady of Compassion Shrine in nearbyWoodbourne, N.Y. The day at the shrinewas marked by prayer and celebratingMass.

As our Blessed Mother is thepatroness of Jesuit’s Sodality, the visit tothe shrine was a particular highlight. InSodality, we always pray for the interces-sion of Mary in our prayers.

Personally, learning that I can pray toMary under the title of Our Lady ofCompassion is comforting to know. WhileI pray to Mary every night, I never thoughtof asking her intercession in the form ofcompassion before. This new-found aspectof my own spirituality is one of the bestresults that I took away from this trip.

Our final day of the pilgrimagebrought us back to Manhattan for Mass atone of the greatest churches in the UnitedStates, St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

The Mass was celebrated by CardinalTimothy Dolan, the archbishop of NewYork, who also is an excellent speaker. Hishomily on why we need God in our lives

was one of the most engaging that I haveever heard. Following the Mass, the cardi-nal graciously met with our group.

The purpose of the pilgrimage was togrow our relationships with God, and I feelthat I have grown closer to Him. This triphas helped me to rekindle my spark with

God in my prayer life. I feel good when Ipray, and I am happy to go to Mass.

Membership in the Sodality hashelped me grow in my faith in ways that Ithink I could not have achieved on myown.

Leaders among the studentbody at Jesuit can be readily seenin many capacities, ranging fromathletic teams to Student Council.One of our school’s leaders, how-ever, exercises his leadership in aquieter way, focusing on the spir-ituality of the Blue Jay communi-ty.

As viceroy (the studentleader) of Campus Ministry, JohnGuerra is involved in nearlyevery aspect of the spiritual for-mation of Jesuit students, fromassisting at regular Masses tohelping organize retreats and thevarious grade-level evenings ofreflection. The devoted Blue Jayalso is a member of the BlessedBernardo de Hoyos Sodality.

We caught up with himrecently to learn more about him,and found a genuine joy andsense of humor in living his faith.The Blue Jay: What’s it like tobe the leader of CampusMinistry?John Guerra: As viceroy, I’vebeen so blessed and honored tosee all my best friends grow morein love with Christ and with all oftheir families in the Jesuit com-munity. I’ve been so blessed tosee the entire student body learnto listen, to live, and to teachthemselves throughout theirgrowth.

I have been able to growcloser to students of all gradesand background and to set a tonefor their Jesuit career ahead withChrist.

I’ve also had the blessing offorming great friendships withfaculty, staff, and student leadersof school organizations. I’vegrown very close to the Campus

Ministry board and especiallyMr. Jeremy Reuther, director ofCampus Ministry, who teachesme more and more every day inhis class and his office with hiscriticism, his patience, his advice,and his workTBJ: How have this year’s activ-ities gone, so far, particularly theNights of Reflection?JG: Campus Ministry this year isawesome. Literally. What Godhas done with it fills me withawe. We’ve taught so well andseen so many men begin to livewith Christ and take Mary astheir mother.

The hard work and dedica-tion of Mr. Reuther, the board,and all the ministers has paid offand is surely pleasing to God inthat they have given so much

time for the good of the Jesuitfamily. The eighth- and ninth-grade Nights of Reflection bothinspired me and led me back toChrist myself and allowed Christto work through us and get tothese young men in a new, per-sonal, and intimate way. Therenewal of faith at Jesuit is per-petually moving forward.TBJ: What was your experiencelike at World Youth Day in Rio?JG: World Youth Day remindedme of all the things I have that Idon’t need, the presence of Christeverywhere, the beauty and lovethat comes from the sufferings ofa poor life, the importance ofbrotherhood and legacy, theamazing and undeserved gift ofthe Society of Jesus, and thetreasure that Jesuit New Orleansis in every way. That’s that in anutshell. I can’t tell you the storyin full, because then you’d haveto add at least five more full

pages to The Blue Jay!TBJ: Who is your favorite saint?JG: Mary, Mother of God. But,besides her, I don’t have onefavorite saint. But I do have a fewpersonal patrons: St. Therese ofLisieux, Bl. Teresa of Calcutta,Bl. John Paul the Great, and St.Maximilian Maria Kolbe, who ismy Confirmation saint.

I like them the most becauseof their understanding of humandignity, a need for Christ in theworld, their message that Christis among us very much alive andactive, and their having been sorecently canonized or beatified.

I feel they understand myworld and my struggle and knowhow to purify my intentions soGod hears them and is mercifultowards them. And also becausethose names are just really coolsounding.TBJ: Your favorite prayer?JG: The Our Father. It reminds

me to praise God, to try to knowHim, search for Him, want whatHe wills, ask what we need tolive that will, persevere throughtemptation, be forgiven and befair by always forgiving and lov-ing others, and telling the worldthat God is alive, awesome, mosthigh and perfect, and triumphantagainst all evil.TBJ: Who’s been your favoriteteacher or time in class?JG: Beginning class one day, Mr.Powers did the Sign of the Cross(in Latin, of course), and beganpraying, “Dearest Lord, friendand brother, most merciful,”when he saw someone in the backof the class talking.

He yelled out to him, “Getout in the hall!” The studentasked in surprise, “But why, Mr.Powers.” And he replied,“Because you’re being a jack-ass!”

He walked outside and Mr.Powers sat in the chair with hiseyes closed and looked up for afew seconds in silence. We didn’tknow what was going on since itwas still the middle of the prayer.

Then Mr. Powers slowlywalked to the door, opens it andsaid to the student in a soft andslightly British voice, “Comeback in here. I’m sorry, you knowI love you.”

He came in smiling and satdown and Mr. Powers askedwhere we were and we told him“Prayer.” So he immediately toldus to pray loudly and he began:“O my God, I am heartily sorryfor having offended you.” TBJ What do you enjoy doing inyour spare time?JG: I play piano, classical mostlybecause that is all my teacherteaches me. I love Pelicans

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Campus minister finds blessings in service By Quinn StillerFeatures Editor

Blue Jayof the Month

By Jason LaHatte Staff Writer

Sodality pilgrims take spiritual bite of Big Apple

Members of the Sodality had the opportunity to meet with Cardinal TimothyDolan, archbishop of New York, following Mass at St. Patrick’ s Cathedral duringthe group’s recent pilgrimage. Photo by Mr. Jason Lalonde, S.J.

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As the student leaderof Campus Ministry, John Guerra’s duties include addressing the eighth-gradeclass on its annual Night of Reflection. His sharing of his own spiritual journey makes John ourBlueJay of the Month. Staff photo by Connor Gruntz

games, Saints games, and kayak-ing and hiking.TBJ: Where are you consideringgoing to college?JG: The University of Dallas(Rome Campus), FranciscanUniversity, Spring Hill, andCatholic University.TBJ: What are you planning onmajoring in?

JG: Theology, philosophy, andmaybe music. I want to comeback and teach theology at JesuitHigh, and from there, I’d behappy to discern marriage, thepriesthood, or even the“Reutherian” lifestyle.TBJ: What advice would youlike to leave with the Blue Jaycommunity?JG: I don’t think I’m the best toask for advice, but I do have aquote that I suggest you reflecton and try to be inspired to liveby. It’s from Father William

Farge, who lives here at Jesuitand teaches Japanese languageand history at Loyola University.

He told me in confessiononce: “You don’t choose thesaints, the saints choose you.”Never forget this, and don’t letthem down, or Christ. They praywithout ceasing for us in Heaven.

Perhaps if we kept this inmind always we would live andact differently and try to help oth-ers to know this as well. Pray foryour brothers. I’m praying foryou.

After our long summer ofoff-time, where Jack explored thejungles of Costa Rica andBrendan danced on CopacabanaBeach with Pope Francis, theTaste Buds are back! And wedon’t have to go far from ourneighborhood for a variety ofexciting new dining options.

The new shopping complex,just across Canal Street onCarrollton Avenue, is just fourblocks away and includes severallong-awaited new restaurants thatcaught us by surprise. One daywill driving in the Besh-mobile,the Taste Buds saw with theirown eyes a Five Guys Burgersright next to a Felipe’s Taqueriaright next to a Panera Bread.

“By Jove!” we exclaimed,“new restaurants right by Jesuit!”Now to make things clear, wedon’t usually stop at chain-restaurants, but we decided tomake an exception due to theproximity and popularity of thesenew spots. So let’s dive into theserestaurant locations one by one.

Five Guys BurgersFor those of you who have

not been to the Elmwood orCovington location of thisnationally acclaimed restaurantchain, the concept of Five Guys

is very elementary: a juicy burgerand a large cup of crispy fries.You know what you’re gettingwhen you walk in and, oh man, isit satisfying!

The burgers are juicy andtender and when you ask for theburger “all the way” (includingdelicious grilled onions andmushrooms) it makes for the per-fect bite.

Along with a side of Cajunfries (spicy, but oh so delicious)this makes for the perfectlygreasy meal. Their quality staffthat focuses on excellent serviceand customer satisfaction will beglad to serve you every time youwalk in. Nothing follows a greatJesuit win on a Friday night bet-ter then walking into Five Guysand being received like family.Our pick: A bacon cheeseburgerall the way, with Cajun fries.Remember: Cajun fries!

Panera BreadThe obvious strength with

Panera is its large menu with tonsof healthy and delicious foods forboth morning and afternoon. Wehave gotten something differentevery time we have gone there.The drink selection also is verylarge and Panera has some of thebest iced teas we’ve ever tasted ata chain restaurant.

With their variety of breads,favorite sandwiches have includ-ed the turkey, avocado, bacon,lettuce, and tomato sandwich.The chicken Caesar salad also is

a hit. All in all, a great chain witha great selection of healthy andtasty choices.

Felipe’s TaqueriaFelipe’s takes the concept of

quick Mexican food and mastersit. With its wide selection ofmeat, beans, salsas, and othertoppings, Felipe’s focuses oncustomizing your burrito, taco, ornachos into what you feel wouldtaste the best.

The best meat by far is theTinga Chicken, a chicken that issoaked in a spicy tomato mari-nade before it is grilled to perfec-tion. In one bite, you get thatgreat savory taste of the tomatomarinade with a spicy kick.Along with the savory refriedbeans and cool sour cream, thechoice of a Super Burrito withTinga Chicken, refried beans,rice, salsa verde, sour cream, andguacamole (which costs extra) isthe perfect burrito one cravesafter an exhausting day at school.

As far as other menu itemsthe house-made queso dip is par-ticularly great with chorizo andpico de gallo on top.

Felipe’s is the best quickMexican you can get anywhere inthe city.

We hope you check out thesenew restaurants nearby and enjoytheir convenience as much as wedo! Tune in text time as we diveinto some of the great dives ofUptown. Until then, stay hungry,Jesuit High School.

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By Brendan Beshand Jack Hebert The Taste Buds

Felipe’s Taqueria is just one of the new dining options right in the neighborhood.The Taste Buds have scoped out theirfavorite meals here, as well as at PaneraBread and Five Guys Burgers. Staff photo by Brendan Besh

Taste Buds find much to likeon Carrollton’s dining row

Some flexibilitywould benefittesting calendar

At Jesuit, students often hearthe words “testing calendar”through the course of a day butthey may not understand it.

The goal of the testing calen-dar is to help busy studentsthrough Jesuit’s rigorous curricu-lum. It only allows certain sub-jects to administer tests on cer-tain days.

For exam-ple, the ScienceDepartment canonly test on threedays out of theseven-day rota-tion. This pre-vents studentsfrom being over-whelmed by hav-ing to prepare formore than threetests in one day.

The purposeis to help stu-dents keep upwith their workand not get poorgrades becauseof an overload ofwork at one time.

However, Ihave often won-dered if this system really worksto the benefit of the students. Ihave no doubt that the idea iswell-meaning, but the practicali-ty sometimes makes me wonder.

As sticking to the testing cal-endar has been rigorouslyenforced by the administrationfor the past year, some difficul-ties have emerged. Strictly adher-ing to it gives teachers and stu-dent alike little wiggle room.

We have all heard teacherssay, “We can’t test that daybecause it is not a testing day.”Even if that day is the best dayfor testing, following the conclu-sion of a part of the syllabus, thetesting calendar rules.

As a result, the teacher willoften move forward with newmaterial, hoping the students willremember the older material thatthe test will cover. When the test-ing day does come around, thismay require students to back-track to study material covered asfar back as five or six days.

If the teacher reviews theolder material on the day beforethe test, the students will general-ly do better once they have had achance to ask any new questionsthat have arisen.

This option is not a perfectsolution, however, as the teachermay be backtracking for someslots and not others, resulting inlost instruction time. If one classis behind because its testing dayis several days after the otherslots, that class must move morequickly through the new material

in order to catch up to the otherslots.

That faster pace could leavestruggling students behind ormake the material being present-ed unclear. The problem onlycompounds itself when a slotrotates out on the day a subjecttests. To combat this, teacherssometimes try to jam too muchmaterial in too little time to makesure the test is administered on

the day that allof their slotsmeet.

The overallgoal and resultsof the testingcalendar aregood things. Inpreventing astudent fromhaving morethan three testsin a single day,it allows stu-dents to studyproperly forevery subjectand have theability to keeptheir headsabove water,even when thepace of the classstarts to pick up.

A student can do better on eachassessment because he has thetime needed to prepare fully.

In addition, if different sub-jects test a few days apart, thematerial will be spread out givingthe student an easier time pickingup the material. If a test had justbeen administered in one course,that class will move a little moreslowly in introducing brand newmaterial.

This pace contrasts drastical-ly with a class that is nearing anew test, cramming in new mate-rial while also reviewing oldmaterial, all to meet the test daydeadline.

The subjects on the testingcalendar also are paired in such away that two subjects requiringlots of memorization are not test-ed on the same day.

For example, Latin requiresits students to learn and be able totranslate many lines on a singletest. This requires lots of studytime. Math, on the other hand,requires a broader understandingof a topic and an ability to do cer-tain problem types. These testswould require less studying thana subject like Latin or history.

Whether you like the testingcalendar or you hate it, it has itsbenefits, as well as its challenges.

Perhaps it does have roomfor some adjustments and flexi-bility, but ultimately, it is up tothe individual student to takeresponsibility for how he does inschool.

By Patrick Fine Managing Editor

An Analysis

The overall goalof the testing cal-endar is a good

thing. In prevent-ing a student

from having morethan three tests in

a single day, itallows students tostudy properly for

every subject.

After a strong start of theyear, Jesuit's football team findsitself facing some tough losses asit reaches the peak of its season

with a 4-4 record. The Blue Jays ended

September well, extending theirrecord to 3-1 in reestablishing thehistoric rivalry against thePensacola Tigers. Althoughalmost 50 years had passed sincethe teams last met, the Blue Jays

showed why they led the series12-6. Jesuit gained another victo-ry with a score of 28-7.

After a scoreless first quar-ter, junior quarterback TreyLaForge threw two touchdownpasses to juniors Malcolm Benand Alex Rabalais, giving theBlue Jays a 14-0 lead to end thefirst half. During the second half,tailback Benplowed throughthe Tigerdefense to scoretwo touch-downs, whichgave Ben threetotal touch-downs on theday and dou-bled Jesuit’slead to 28-0.P e n s a c o l a ’soffense wasshut down bythe powerful“Blue Curtain.”

The Jaysdid not have thesame successagainst the statechampionship contender EastJefferson. The Warrior defense,having only given up 17 pointsduring the season thus far, heldJesuit from scoring a touchdown.The game resulted in a 21-0 EastJeff win.

Though all games are impor-tant, few are as highly regardedas the Jesuit-Holy Cross. This

year’s contest proved to be anintense battle until its end. In thefirst quarter the Jesuit Blue Jaysand Holy Cross Tigers tradedfield goals as the score was tiedas a result of Crew Jacobs’trustyleg. The second quarter, however,proved to be the deciding factoras the Tigers scored 10 points toacquire a 13-3 lead.

At the sec-ond half theJays ralliedback in theirshutting downthe Tigeroffense andscoring 10points of theirown, withanother Jacobsfield goal and a1-yard touch-down run forrunning backM i c h a e lM c M a h o n ,tying the gameat 13.

With twoseconds left,

however, Holy Cross booted itsway to a 16-13 victory, Jesuit’sfirst loss in six years to the his-toric rival.

The Jays’record hit the 50percent mark at 4-4 , with a 24-17win over Archbishop Shaw, fol-lowed by a heartbreaking home-coming loss to ArchbishopRummel of 24-21.

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vs. Rummel (Oct. 25)LOSS 24-21

vs. Shaw (Oct. 19)WIN 24-17

vs. Holy Cross (Oct. 11)LOSS 16-13

vs. East Jeff (Oct. 3)LOSS 21-0

vs. Pensacola (Sept. 27)WIN 28-7

main goals in the redesign.“We also wanted to add new

sections and features and to caterpages to all users,” she said.“Every user has a page undereither: Student, Alumni, Faculty,and Parents.”

For example, students canclick into the “Student’section toquickly see the day’s announce-ments, cafeteria menus andschedules of the events on agiven day. Under the “Parents”section, parents can gain thesame information, as well as log-ging in to check progress reportsand receive their son’s quarterlygrades.

Sports fans can more quick-ly reach the overall athletics sec-tion, which leads to stories, pho-tos, scoreboards and schedules.Alumni can readily find informa-tion on upcoming reunions andother such events.

Mrs. Schneider said she andMrs. Weaver also were attentiveto the changing ways in whichusers access the any site on theinternet today - on the go.

“We also made mobile ver-sions of the Web site, to be usedon phones and tablets, whichalso work just as well. Anotherinteresting feature was the abilityto share articles through anysocial network and even throughe-mail.”

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Photo EditorMatthew O’Neill ’17

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Beginning a new season with a newcoach and a number of new runners, the crosscountry team has begun its quest to win thestate title

The team finished in third placestatewide last year but appear poised for aneven stronger showing this year. Under theguidance of Coach Rudy Horvath, Class of1986, the team has seven returning seniorsand six returning juniors. They have prepar-ing all summer for the season.

This year, the Jays will participate in sev-eral season meets as well as in the post-sea-son. The team started the season strong with

wins at the Wolfpack Invitational and theCountry Day Classic. The team was led byLiam Fitzgerald with individual third and sec-ond-place showings in those meets. The Jaysstarted post-season play with the NOLAchampionship on Oct. 31. The district cham-pionship was on Nov. 2, followed by theCatholic League championship on Nov, 7.(Results were not yet available at press time.Check jesuitnola.org for current standings.)

The swim team also has begun its seasonstrongly. Coach Bret Hanemann, Class of1986, leads the team in its defense of its statechampionship title, as well as its unprece-dented 31st straight Metro Championship.

The Blue Jay swimmers opened the sea-son strong with a win at the JesuitInvitational. They had great performances by

Chris Simmons, Michael Conrad, FrancisPlough, Felix Rabito, and Cade Fuxan.

Jesuit’s swimmers captured the District9-5A championship at the UNOLakefrontArena, beating rivals Holy Cross, BrotherMartin, and Archbishop Rummel on Oct. 19.The Blue Jays took first place in the 200- yardmedley relay and 400-yard freestyle relay,and took second place in the 200-yardfreestyle relay.

Individual swimmers taking first placewere junior Chris Simmons in the 200-yardindividual medley and junior Michael Conradin the 500-yard freestyle.

Daily practices and hard work have paidoff as the swimmers look strong heading intopost-season meets.

Whether on land or in the water, BlueJays are racing to the top. Come out and sup-port their efforts. The runners and swimmersall say they get a boost of motivation whenthey see fellow classmates cheering them onat their meets.

By William Fine News Editor

Tough season has football team at 4-4

Runners, swimmers race to top

Senior Liam Fitzgerald, left, who took second place overall,makes a move toward the front of the pack at the Oct. 12 CountryDay Classic at City Park. Photo from jesuitnola.org

Junior Chris Simmons took first place honors in the 200-yardindividual medley as the Blue Jay swim team won the District 9-5A championship earlierthis month. Staff photo by Brady Stiller

By Jerry SpencerSports Editor

Cross country, swim teams are poised for strong showings in post-season

‘We also wantedto add new

sections and fea-tur es and to

cater pages to allusers.’

Mrs. Wendy Schneider,on new Web site design