The students walk into the main study hall room and sit in their assigned seats. They fire up their school-issued Chromebooks and open their notebooks to complete their assignments. As the clock ticks by, the students frets over whether or not they budgeted enough time to complete the assignments. Perhaps, they think, they could have…
Above: RocketTimes Editor-in-Chief Trevor Anderson browses on his phone. Photo provided by Trevor Anderson The dynamics of society continue to change as a result of smartphones and social media The year is 2020, and it is now “acceptable” to be on a smartphone at the dinner table. Bright screens and social media have…
As a member of the school’s fitness team, I was scared when the school closed due to the coronavirus. After a solid win at the state competition, the fitness team needed to be no less than full steam ahead in order to win the national competition. On the last day of school, the team came…
Graduation is a very important and symbolic time for the school and it comes with unique preparation. This year’s event saw a quick change of venue as the weather went from threatening to beautiful. Mr. Steve Straessle made the call to first move the graduation indoors on the morning of May 25. As skies and…
Sophomores Cole Cameron and Sam Shroyer found themselves at a crossroads. They could either return to school or take online classes at home. With many factors at stake, both students and their families faced a big decision. Cameron’s father works for an AT&T company and goes to people’s homes and repairs TVs for them. Cameron’s…
The Catholic High Rockets earn a tough bounce-back win on Senior night. The Rockets had everything working against them: battered spirits after a blowout loss, the absence of dynamic playmaker Hayden Roaf for the first three quarters, and facing an excellent Marion team with 4-star LSU commit Carius Curne. This game boiled down to the…
Not even a year ago, in the dim days of January, three musicians came together to create something original, loud, and expressive. That something was Poor Richard. Poor Richard is a garage band that consists of seniors Grant Diffee, Patrick Finnegan, and Connor Griffin. It all began when Diffee met Finnegan while they were auditioning…
A sign in the cafeteria warns students here not to be victims, not to be perpetrators, but above all else not to be bystanders. This is a school motto the student body and faculty take to heart. The sense of camaraderie here is unmatched by any other school, due in large part to the near…
This senior class doesn’t need a destiny to prove their worth as the leaders of the school. Many classes have gone through the school quickly and were forgotten just as quickly. The class is here to find out what kind of men they will be. It’s early to tell, but its members are hopeful that…
