Rugged Magazine - Winter 2023-2024

Rugged

The Literary Arts Magazine of Bishop Dunne Catholic School

Winter2023-24

Rugged is the literary arts magazine of Bishop Dunne Catholic School, a digital publication of student work.

The first issue of Rugged came out in spring 2012. Today, the creative work of Bishop Dunne students continues to shine.

This issue features the poems of several students.We also are happy to share some of the projects from class assignments.

Sophomores in Dr. Jason Walker’s classes studied Dante’s Inferno in the fall semester. They created artwork imagining the nine levels of hell as Dante described them in his epic poem.

Students in Mrs. Tabitha Silva’s sophomore theology classes also called on their artistic imaginations to depict creation as they studied Genesis.

Thank you to the students, who have worked hard, and to their teachers, who support their creative work every day. We hope you enjoy it.

INTHISISSUE

Sophomore students grapple with Dante’s Inferno

Theology students explore the story of creation

Student writers and photographers share their creativity

DONKEY

PHOTO BY ARI BUCK

WINTER

POEM BY SOPHIA COOPER-REYNOLDS

Winter brings families

Mothers and daughters

Laughing and playing

But winter also brings hunger and fights

Family disfunction

The cold winds can kill

Taking spirits and sparks

Lives and bodies

Winter brings love and nostalgia

Gifts and trees

Winter brings the light and the dark

The yin and yang

Winter brings the good in people

Winter brings the bad in me

GATOR

PHOTO BY ARI BUCK

POEM

BY ETHAN LEVY

A mother born of cement

In the garden of delta

The road of glass & the things of fiction

We cannot see of the invisible gun

Hiding civil & the death of a girl

Hidden away, Belonging revenge

Approaches a cycle of bliss & the fire next time

Born of restoration

CREATION

BY ELIZABETH CASTRO

SCROLL

BY ALANAH REGALZI

POEM BY SOPHIA COOPER-REYNOLDS

The ocean is a mirror

Reflecting feelings and photos

It’s calm yet loud

Soothing but scary

Mysterious and all-knowing

It’s knows how you feel

Keeping secrets in the depths of trenches

The ocean is full of love

But we fill it with trash

Why does the ocean do so much for us

When we do nothing for it

We are selfish

Only caring about the now

We don’t care how the ocean suffers

How its animals die

If we don’t stop

The ocean will give up

Share our secrets

Lose the knowledge

Lose the life

The ocean cries for help

Yet we act deaf

PLANETEARTH

BY LEONIE KHAN

MARSH

PHOTO BY ARI BUCK

BLUE

POEM BY SOPHIA COOPER-REYNOLDS

Blue is the sky above

Blue as she's left my heart

Blue as it was her favorite

Blue as she was my favorite

Kendall Boone

SING, UNBURIED, SING

Dr. Jason Walker’s seniors read Jesmyn Ward’s novel , Sing, Unburied, Sing last semester. They created posters highlighting some of the themes of the book. The illustrations here show the character Jojo’s conflicts and struggles: he is a child who must care for his little sister, while longing to pursue his own dreams and deal with the shortcomings of the adults in his life.

CAMERASTILLLIFE

PHOTO BY ARI BUCK

DANTE’S INFERNO

Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy, in 1265. After he was exiled from his home, he wrote The Divine Comedy, an epic poem envisioning the afterlife. The poem is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.

Dr. Jason Walker’s sophomores studied Dante’s Inferno last semester. As part of their analysis, they created artwork of their own visions of the nine levels of hell, as described by the poet. Four of these works appear on the next two pages.

Midway along the journey of our life

I woke to find myself in a dark wood, for I had wandered off from the straight path.

Inferno, Canto I . 1-3

Alex Castillo & Savannah Wakeling

Dalilah Rojas

Kennedi Hyder & Matthew Mondragon

Emily Gonzalez & Maddon Powell

Rugged Winter 2023-24

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Mission Statement

Bishop Dunne Catholic School empowers each student to explore, inquire, lead, and serve through a college preparatory education in a joyful community of faith.

Bishop Dunne Library: A Message from the Librarian

The Bishop Dunne Library is a place for students to explore and discover the joys of reading, as well as a place to learn the skills to navigate a constantly changing, technologically sophisticated environment.

My mission as the librarian is to help students become lifelong learners, equipped with the tools to navigate, evaluate, analyze, and understand the wealth of information they will encounter throughout their lives.

Rugged began as a platform for students to share their creative work. Like many of the books that are available to students in the library,

these works are often not directly connected to an assignment or to a course; they may sometimes be far from typical classwork.

But learning is not confined to the school walls. Reading, writing, and creating are joyful enterprises that we encourage in every part of our students’ lives.

It is a pleasure to share their work. I hope you enjoy it.

Melanie M. Gibson School Librarian Editor of Rugged