Turn Back the Clock

Circus animals aside, Jesuit Dallas has long maintained a friendly relationship with various characters of the animal kingdom. The School owes its nickname, at least in part, to the dog Ranger, who roamed the campus grounds for a decade after the School first opened. In Sept. 1965, thanks to the efforts of Dr. and Mrs. David Henry, Jesuit unveiled its first official mascot, a 185-pound horse named Otis. Otis was a regular on the sidelines for at least three seasons, but not much is known about what happened to our diminutive equine pal. Do you remember Otis? Can you shed some light on this cool fact in Jesuit history? Send us a message to connect@jesuitcp.org!

Last Issue: Alumnus Robert Nicoud ’75 wrote to the Jesuit Today to shed some light on George Matthew’s Great London Circus and the mystery elephants that took up residence for a short time on campus. Said Robert, “I remember the elephants. The circus was set up in what was then an open field at the southern end of the campus. They arrived several days before a weekend performance. We would walk down to the field between classes to see the elephants. I don't recall any wrecks, but it certainly caused some slowdowns on Inwood. The picture did not show it but I recall a baby elephant. Mama got very upset if strangers (us) approached. I recall that there was a license issue with the city, so the circus never ended up happening.”

Jesuit Dallas musicians (L-R) Michael Gradisher ’23, Derek Zhang ’22, Adam McCutcheon ’21, Joshua Lim ’23, and Ricky Ponte ’20 were named to the Texas Private School Music Educators Association (TPSMEA) All-State Band following a long and competitive audition process. In addition to their recognition among the state’s top high school performers, Jesuit’s contingent was selected to participate with the 2020 All-State Concert Band, which performed earlier this year at the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts in Richardson, Texas.

Lillian Curran was recognized for over a decade’s worth of outstanding service at the 2020 Jesuit Women’s Auxiliary Spring Luncheon. A special day on the calendar also reserved to honor the mothers of the senior class, the highlight of the event was Curran’s announcement as JWA Woman of the Year.

Curran served as president of the JWA Board during the 2018-19 academic year, while her finger prints are all over JWA’s broad slate of activities, ranging from the annual Christmas Bazaar to St. Ignatius Closet, the JWA’s new community outreach project that provides gently used/previously loved school clothing to current and future Jesuit students.

The mother of Jesuit Dallas graduates Michael ’10 and Christopher ’12, Curran served on the Parent Executive Board and the Jesuit Dallas Museum Art League Board, and volunteered many times over for the Celebration Auction before ultimately co-chairing the event in 2011.

AUGUST 17 Student Orientation 18 Vos Parate 19 First Day of Class

SEPTEMBER 4 Football Home Opener (vs. Rockwall) 15 College Night

OCTOBER 12 MAGIS Golf Classic 13-15 Community Days

NOVEMBER 3 Sons of Alums Breakfast 6 Homecoming Football (vs. Richardson) 7-8 Fall Theater Production 7 Alumni & Family Day 8 Alumni Memorial Mass 13-14 Fall Theater Production 15 Open House 15-19 Alumni Phonathon 23-27 Thanksgiving Break

DECEMBER 3-5 Knights of Columbus Bob Stras Dallas Classic Basketball Tournament 5 JWA Christmas Bazaar 13 Adopt-a-Family 21 Christmas Break Begins

All dates subject to change. Check www.jesuitdallas.org for up-to-date information.

Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas offers young men an excellent, Catholic education in the classical Jesuit tradition with the purpose of forming a community of men of high moral principles and service to others.

The Senior Mass & Breakfast is one of our most cherished end-of-year traditions, and we were excited to celebrate with our families virtually on Mother’s Day! Over 500 members of our family joined us for an online Mass, celebrated by Fr. Wally Sidney, S.J., Rector of the Jesuit Dallas community. Mass was followed by messages to the senior class from this year’s Jesuit Schools Network (JSN) Award winner, Will Nickols ’20; faculty representative Dr. Mark Knize, who was voted to speak by the students in the Class of 2020; and Principal Tom Garrison ’92. The morning’s festivities concluded with the debut of the annual senior class video.

“No one said living for others is easy. People might let you down. People might push you away. You might never receive a single thank you. But at Jesuit, we’ve never been about what’s easy. We’re about what’s right. If you can go to bed each night knowing that you helped someone in your community, knowing that you made a family member feel loved, knowing that you made a friend smile, you will have done the right thing. I hope that we, as Jesuit graduates, can live our lives always doing the right thing. ” Will Nickols ’20

“To the Class of 2020, I loved your singing of the alma mater.

I loved firmly correcting you as freshmen after a noisy Friday morning on the Terry Center bleachers.

I loved watching you play in the senior courtyard. And I loved your fist bumps in the hallways. I couldn’t do without your energy. I couldn’t do without your humor. I couldn’t do without your passion. Although it’s not easy to let you go, we need you to get out there and share your courage. Use your gifts to start a new journey as a Man for Others. Dr. Mark Knize ”

Thank you @jesuitdallas for celebrating c/o 2020. What a beautiful day to step outside and see this surprise. We miss seeing you every day!

Thank you to everyone that has shared and donated to our book drive! A big shoutout to Michael Esteve, a rising senior at @jesuitdallas, who ran his own book drive for us and collected over 1,000 books! Together, we are ensuring continued learning for all our students.

Honored and blessed to have been awarded the MAGIS award by @jesuitdallas and the Jesuit community today! Thank you to all my brothers for supporting me these last four years! #AMDG

Thank you so much Jesuit students for your service to our community! We really appreciate the support to our students during Saturday school!

Coach Delong is a great role model that has impacted so many lives not just at Jesuit Dallas but at FC Dallas as well! Someone I’ve looked up to for many years! Much love Coach Delong! Wish you all the best! #legend

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Members of the debate team (L-R) Joshua Ramos ’21, Gabe Skariah ’21, Garrett Nagorzanski ’20, Adam Hall ’20, Justin Burns ’21 and Jack Martin ’21.

In a season cut short by the continuing global health crisis, the team of seniors Adam Hall and Garrett Nagorzanski finished their decorated high school debate careers with a third-place finish at the 2020 Texas Forensic Association State Debate Championships. Widely considered the most competitive state-level event in the country, Jesuit’s dynamic senior duo cruised through the first three elimination rounds before falling to eventual state-champion Round Rock Westwood in the semifinals.

“Adam and Garrett represent the reasons why I continue to coach,” offered assistant coach Dr. Tracy McFarland, who was the 2002 recipient of The Acolyte Award, which recognizes the nation’s most outstanding debate coach. “I am lucky to have had the opportunity to work with them, and to be challenged to match their intensity and effort throughout the season. The fact that they ended the regular season in the top 10 of the National Debate Coaches Poll demonstrates the respect they have earned from across the country.”

Hall and Nagorzanski qualified for the 2020 national championships, after both finishing in the top 20 at nationals last year. In addition, the team of juniors Jack Martin and Joshua Ramos finished in ninth place at the state championships, and helped to extend Jesuit’s streak of placing a team inside the top 20 at state to 21 years. All four Jesuit Dallas debaters earned TFA All-State recognition.

Jesuit Dallas head coach Charlie DeLong earned his 600th coaching victory on Feb. 5, 2020, as the Rangers used a late second-half goal from junior Ryan Shea to defeat Plano Senior H.S., 1-0, at Postell Stadium. With the victory, DeLong became the 19th coach in the history of high school soccer and the third coach in Texas to reach the 600-win plateau.

A 17-time state champion coach, DeLong has led Jesuit Dallas to victory in 87 percent of its games going back to 1981. DeLong has earned two consensus Texas Coach of the Year honors (2010, 2017) since the Rangers joined the University Interscholastic League (UIL) in 2004 and is a fourtime Dallas Metroplex Coach of the Year (1988, 2006, 2010, 2017).

From 1988-91, DeLong helped lead Jesuit Dallas to a state-record 72- game unbeaten streak (69-0-3), while the Rangers became the first private school to ever claim a UIL state championship title in any sport following an undefeated run in 2010 that saw Jesuit Dallas finish the season as the top-ranked team in the nation according to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and ESPN. The Rangers, who are perennially considered among the best programs in the country, won their second UIL state title in 2017.

Andy Civello (Intro Psychology) Jonathan Segal (AP Psychology)

0.5 Social Studies credit

Intro Psychology: This one semester elective course teaches students to apply approaches such as the cognitive, behavioral, biological, psychoanalytic, and humanistic theories to examine people and their responses to the world. Students also examine topics such as motivation, emotion, theories of learning, definitions of abnormality, psychological disorders, and approaches to treatment. Additional areas covered include social psychology, group dynamics, conformity, theories of personality, and career opportunities in the field of psychology.

AP Psychology: The AP Psychology course is designed to introduce students to the systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings and other animals. Students are exposed to the psychological facts, principles, and phenomena associated with psychology. They also learn about the ethics and methods psychologists use in their science and practice. In particular, the AP Psychology course seeks four primary goals: give students a working knowledge of the theories and key concepts of each of the major sub fields within psychology; expose them to many of the contributing psychologists and significant research studies, both historical and current, that have shaped our understanding of behavior and mental processes; train them to apply psychological principles and understand connections between ideas and theories; and leave them with an appreciation of the scientific methods and ethical procedures that produce such knowledge.

Both courses combine lecture and practical application. Students regularly work in groups to apply course concepts to everyday examples that they may observe in their own lives. Outside of class readings/ videos usually include recent articles from scholarly publications as well as TED talks and interviews with theorists who are at the forefront of psychological research.