Candidates discuss student council elections at the opening pep rally on Wednesday, August 30th, 2023. (Left to right: Bethel, Foley, Hugg, Lang, Palecek) It’s that time of year again at Catholic High School. It’s election season, and the student council election is a time-old tradition of CHS. “It has been a thing as far back…
Left fo right, Bob Kilpatrick ’17, Evan Moore’20, and Alex Lucan ’21 exchange dialogue in the 2017 school play Tom Sawyer. Adrenaline pumping. The whisper of lines under one’s breath. The anticipation of the velvet curtains rising. The cast prepares themselves for another school play. For 30+ years, the school has produced countless theatrical productions….
The historic country of Ukraine sits 5,719 miles away. This prominent European country is now at war with one of the world’s superpowers, Russia. In the week before the first hostilities occurred, students here met five Ukrainians on a mission. On February 16, 2022, five delegates representing the country of Ukraine from an organization called Global Ties…
The entire journalism program has had to adapt in many ways due to the pandemic. However, as the school finally approaches a return to normalcy, the program has regrounded itself and improved across the board. Mrs. Gretchen Gowen, the Rocket Times adviser, emphasized that this year was one for rebuilding. Because the staff wasn’t able…
A Transcript of the podcast is below: Redemption: In the dictionary it means, “The action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil. To some people, it is a religious word, meaning coming back into the faith; for others, it is a means to gain back fidelity, a way to make…
Well, here it is. When I joined the Rocket Times staff as a junior, my senior farewell seemed so far away. While junior year took forever to end, my senior year has flown by, and now it has been cut short. I never would have expected to be writing my senior farewell while school was…
In football, the center position is one of the most important roles. The ball always starts with the center, and the success of the entire offense hinges on whether or not he can consistently snap the ball to the quarterback. For senior football player Audry Horn, nothing is more natural. Weighing in at a hefty…
A life can change in an instant. This has certainly proven to be the case for senior Alex Lipe. He has had the duty of changing and saving not one, but two lives in two consecutive years. Lipe works as a lifeguard at Lake Nixon where kindergarteners through fifth graders attend camp throughout the summer….
A hand strikes the volleyball and it travels over the net. The ball hovers, waiting for the next impact. The opposing teams go all out until the volleyball stops in an unknown location. The sound of the bell commences this epic skirmish and the competitors leave it for another day. Every lunch, students engage in…
Some guys go home after school, some go to practice, some to clubs, and others to work. Everyone has something they do between 3:05 and when they get home. Every day, one group does something unusual. They meet at a volleyball court to play soccer. “It started at recces at St. Edwards, the same group…
