According to the U.S. News and World Report, 80% of Americans fail to follow through with their New Year’s resolutions. However, one student is completely undaunted by this statistic. Junior Kyrilos Sadaka committed to a resolution to improve his basketball abilities for the church league season at the beginning of this year and is showing…
Basketballs pounded the gym floor as dozens of boys played in REACH’s annual tournament. Everyone who signed up played friendly basketball games and raised money for charity. REACH, the volunteer group, held the tournament to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation. “We raised about $500 from the tournament,” said REACH president senior Julian Alvarez. REACH provides volunteers for various charities…
Senior Charlie Singkhek tells the story of his family’s immigration to the United States.
In early June, students, teachers, and chaperones undertook the school Europe trip, an event that had not occurred since 2019. From a beginning marked by aircraft issues to an end impacted by Covid-19, as well as many extraordinary events in-between, the trip was an unforgettable experience for all involved. In a reminder that Covid-19 still…
Thunderous booms, screeching whistles, and the yells of coaches were constant at the state wrestling finals where the varsity wrestlers snatched a victory from the defending champions, Bentonville. But what comes next for the newly crowned state champions? The returning seniors all agreed that if the wrestling team is going to deliver another state championship,…
Senior Duncan Diaz exemplifies the cliché, “When the going gets tough, the though get going.” Everyone can say the phrase, but Diaz has had to live it throughout his entire high school athletic career. Diaz has played more than one sport at Catholic High. He said, “I played football, but got injured sophomore and…
In a first for the Catholic High Rockets in many years, the football and basketball teams have dropped a division, from 7A to 6A and from 6A to 5A respectively. This is due to the new “Competitive Equity Rule,” in which non-public schools must remain “overly competitive” to stay in their divisions. The current design…
As the school year comes to an end, it’s important to acknowledge a few of the many people that kept it moving along. The 2022 Class Officers were pivotal in maintaining a healthy and exciting year at the school. Not only did the officers impact the year for the student body, but they also impacted…
The school recently held the second Intramural Field Day, where classes compete against each other in a variety of sports to win the Field Day trophy. This event takes place as a way for students to destress and enjoy their last few days on campus before finals. This year’s Field Day was very similar to…
When students, teachers, and parents attend a musical produced by Mount St. Mary’s Academy, they most likely expect a lighthearted comedy, maybe featuring a bit of romance. Instead, what they got was a horror show about a mutated plant which feeds on human blood and flesh. Ms. Jenny Moses, the director of the musical, chose…
