Capital and Connections

This school, as well as any school, has many expenses, like teacher salaries and tuition assistance. Some students may not consider how much goes into paying for these expenses, which is the job of this school’s development department. The development department of this school has one main goal. “We raise money for tuition assistance and…

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The Fish Fry: A Great Catholic Tradition Alive and Well in the Little Rock Area

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,…

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Ready for Play

A look at the banners in the gym tells the story: the school’s tennis team has more titles than any other team here. The 2021 Rocket tennis team played well enough to have won the conference championship. This year, the team will work to further the legacy of the sport. The 2021 tennis team only lost one conference game during…

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A Synopsis of A Synopsis

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…

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Let it Rip

After the pandemic hit this school, the Beyblade club was one of its victims but has returned after its year-long hiatus. Although gone for a full year, the club is now returned again thanks to sophomores A.J. Salgaonkar, John Yarberry, and James Nichols. Fr. Patrick Friend is the sponsor and host of the Beyblade club. …

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AP Season

It’s late at night and senior CJ Matthews has just completed the last of his Advanced Placement (AP) Physics homework. Matthews leans back in his chair. Out of the corner of his eye, he notices the clock tick over into the next day. His feeling of relief quickly evaporates as he realizes that the AP…

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High Riders

As the dawn of a new day breaks, the rumbling sound of cold starts cuts through the air of Little Rock and certain high school teens begin their quest for parking spots to contain their monstrous rigs. If one were to gaze upon the dozens of vehicles that line the rows of the school’s parking…

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