Timeless Fun at Basketball Homecoming Basketball Homecoming was Friday, January 15. Activities throughout the week included dress-up days set around the theme “Timeless.” Students dressed accordingly for each of the following days: Mad About Fads Monday (dressing in fads they do not want to come back in style), Tardy Tuesday (pajama day), Way Back Wednesday (dressing as an old television or movie character), Throwback Thursday (dressing as themselves when they were younger and attaching a picture of themselves dressed that way to their costumes), and Forever Friday (USJ Day—Once a Bruin, Always a Bruin). At lunch on Friday, the classes played one another in a basketball tournament (9th played 11th and 10th played 12th). The winners played before the afternoon pep rally, with the winner of that game ultimately going on to play the faculty team. (The faculty were victorious.) Later that evening, alumni who returned home for the games against Sacred Heart were welcomed with a chili supper in the alumni hospitality room. The girls’ game was opened by the USJ Combined Choirs, who sang the national anthem a cappella. Both the Bruins and Lady Bruins won their games. Following the evening’s festivities was a casual dance with a Decades theme. SGA President Molly Morris says, “I have enjoyed putting together the plans for this week with the other SGA officers and our sponsors. I could have never picked a better group to work with. They each bring different, valuable qualities to our team, and time spent with them is always memorable.”
2016-2017 Calendar Highlights August
January
8/2-8/4 Administrative Days 8/5 Student Orientation 8/8 Full day for students
1/3 Administrative Day 1/4 Classes Resume 1/16 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday (no school) 1/27 Basketball Homecoming 1/28 Boots & Bowties
September 9/5 9/30
Labor Day (no school) End of Quarter 1
October 10/3-10/7 Fall Break (no school) 10/10 Classes Resume 10/14-10/15 Homecoming Weekend 10/24-10/25 LS Conferences 10/25-10/26 MS/US Conferences
November
2/17-2/20 2/21
Winter Break (no school) Classes Resume
March 3/10 3/20-3/24 3/27
11/18-11/20 Holiday Mart 11/23-11/25 Thanksgiving Break (no school) 11/28 Classes Resume
April
December
May
12/12-12/15 Semester Exams 12/15 End of Quarter 2; Last day for students 12/15 Young Alumni Brunch 12/16 Make-up day for exams/ Administrative Day 12/19-1/3 Christmas Break (no school) 26
February
4/14-4/17 4/18 4/21-4/22
End of Quarter 3 Spring Break (no school) Classes Resume Easter Break (no school) Classes Resume USJ Weekend
5/1-5/12 AP Exams (tentative) 5/13 Commencement 5/16-5/19 Semester Exams 5/19 End of Quarter 4; Last day for students 5/22 Make-up day for exams/ Administrative Day 5/23-5/24 Administrative Days 5/25 Summer Break Begins