The assigned reading books seem very daunting to students. One easy solution involves using only simple summaries of those books, but this method and these summaries in general lead to missing out on why the teachers carefully selected those books. Book summaries, such as SparkNotes and CliffNotes, provide students with simple and easier-to-digest versions of…
Catholic High School for Boys. “Catholic” is even in the name of the school. Does that mean that all of the faculty have to be Catholic? Does that mean that all of the faculty have to agree with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church? Not all of the teachers at the school are Catholic….
Water bottles crush Catholic High In Catholic High’s classrooms, teachers wage a silent war with students over something that most would consider harmless: the water bottle, the bane of teachers and the student’s best friend. Whether it’s a plastic bottle from the cafeteria, an aluminum bottle from home, or even a gallon jug from the…
Students today face more difficult challenges than generations before them. These challenges can be difficult to defeat, but they are not impossible. It is no secret that high school can be difficult. Making friends, preparing for the next step after high school, and navigating toward adulthood are all things that high school students go through….
Sacrifice, prayer, and fasting are the typical attributes associated with the season of Lent, especially on Fridays, but there is always light in the darkness. For central Arkansas Catholics, parochial fish fries are their beacon in this time of fasting. Immaculate Conception in North Little Rock hosts only two fish fries a year during Lent,…
Button up. Fasten. Zip. Fix the tie. Every morning Catholic High students clothe themselves in a contributing essence of the school. Walking down Kavanaugh or driving down Cantrell, parents and friends see these distinct uniforms and immediately recognize a Catholic High student. Whether people scoff at these uniforms or approve them, it doesn’t make a difference to the…
Modern cinema is dead. The box office may still heat up, but movies can’t hold a candle to television. I looked up the top ten grossing movies right now. Three are book adaptations (four if Big Hero 6 counts). Two are direct sequels with Penguins of Madagascar being a spin-off of the Madagascar series. Only three of these…
As anyone walks down Kavanaugh, they’ll see black and green scooters flash by. These are not some kids on toy scooters gone rogue; this is the newest form of transportation in Little Rock. Little Rock Soiree reports that these scooters are from a program called Lime. Lime is based out of San Francisco and started…
As dawn breaks after the cold darkness of a winter night, a kind man prepares to guide young men to eternal life through Mass. This by itself is an extraordinary event. However, Fr. Patrick Friend does this every single day, bright and early at 7:15. And that’s just the beginning of the generosity that Fr….
