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Volume 89, Issue 9
St. Louis University High School | Thursday, October 24, 2024
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SLUH welcomes international exchange students from Rambouillet, France
French students with the Jr. Billiken.
photo | Courtesy of SLUH Instagram
BY Andrew Hunt and Alex Skillman News Editor, reporter
Louis from Rambouillet, France on Saturday for a two week experience of SLUH. The French students are being group of ten international ex- hosted by SLUH French language change students arrived in St. students who stayed with their
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families in France on a trip over the summer, along with a few other upper-level SLUH French students. When they flew in on Saturday after a layover in Atlanta, many of them went and ate with their host families
to get to know each other. “Some people went to Dewey’s, some went to another restaurant in South County,” said senior Jakob White, who is hosting Marceau Koning. “Some people were just too tired and went home.” The two-week trip falls into the category of short-form exchange programs run by SLUH Global Education through its director, Rob Chura. The students do not take official classes at SLUH, but have begun to engage in a variety of academic and cultural activities, and will continue to do so for their two weeks here. This exchange program with Institution de Sainte Thérèse, the Catholic school in Rambouillet from which these students hail, is a relatively new addition to this system of exchange programs: it is the second time that SLUH has hosted students from the school. Unlike the students from Colegio Irabia-Izaga in Pamplona, Spain who visited for two weeks in September, the Rambouillet students did not
travel here with a faculty advisor from their school. The point of contact with whom Chura organized the event—an English teacher at Institution de Sainte Thérèse, originating from the United States—was unable to make the trip. Global Ed also hosts quarterlong programs, as they did in the first quarter for students from Jesuit partner schools in Colombia, Chile, and Poland. On Monday, the French students experienced their first day at SLUH. They took a tour around the school, and played some basketball during Activity Period. After that they visited the Science Center as well as the IMAX theater and the Planetarium. “We saw the Planetarium,” said Edouard Couillet-Breton, who is staying with senior Joss Thenhaus. “That was pretty nice, with the view of the galaxy.” On Tuesday, they visited the St. Louis Arch. They visited the top, but did not get to go into the museum.
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First quarter ends with a Band, Orchestra kick off Electrifying! Energy Team year with annual fall concert blast at annual Fall Ball Lincoln Shorley and Band, Symphonic Band, Chamber takes data for Henry Fitzpatrick Orchestra, Jazz 1 and Jazz 2. SevCore Staff, reporter eral Combo groups, made up of better efficiency musicians from different classes BY
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BY Madhavan Anbukumar Staff
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he St. Louis U. High EnergyBills have been hard at work, recently bringing the school’s electrical and gas meter up to date in the Energy Star Portfolio Manager (ESPM). With rising costs of fossil fuels impacting budgets at home and at school, the team’s efforts are enhancing SLUH’s energy efficiency and sustainability. On Oct. 12, members of the Energy Team gathered from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. to tackle the tremendous task of logging energy data. The team for the day—senior and Student Leader Luke Schall, junior Griffin Grabowski, freshman Peter McGroarty, former Chevron Petroleum Engineer and Energy Team Mentor John Hohenberger ’70, and Energy Team Mentor Ross Watson—dove into an extensive data collection, sifting through energy consumption data records dating back to 2019. “Luke Schall and Griffin Grabowski were both genuinely amazing to work with,” said McGroarty. “They put in the longest time of
usic rang throughout the Si Commons on Thursday, Oct. 10 as the St. Louis U. High Band and Orchestra groups took the stage for the annual fall concert. Surrounded by friends and family enjoying picnic-style dinners, the bands, led by band directors Jeff Pottinger and Thomas Curdt, played songs that ranged from classical to hip-hop. Over 90 students in five different classes performed: Concert
who work closely together, also performed. “I thought it went wonderfully. It was a lot of fun. I thought the music was a good variety of music, and the people seemed to really enjoy it,” said Pottinger. “I felt like the kids, in a lot of ways, exceeded my expectations which is always a pleasant thing to happen.” Chamber Orchestra kicked off the night playing “Atlantic Crossing”
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continued on page 4 Senior Ryan McKinney playing the saxophone.
photo | Interstate Studios
Juniors at the dance.
early 700 St. Louis U. High students, alongside many more guests, gathered for the annual Fall Ball to wrap up a big first quarter. The freshman class had the largest turnout. There was dancing, socializing, moderate moshing, and an overall great atmosphere. For more than a month before the Fall Ball, SLUH had been promoting the event. Emails, announcements, and reminders during Advisory were | photo Kathy Chott dished out to build up the excitement
and buzz. “These events require a lot of preparation,” said Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson. “A lot of credit goes to StuCo, Mr. Corley, Mrs. Menne, the EVS staff and the chaperones for organizing such a large event.” “Dances are actually planned pretty far in advance, sometimes as far as nine months to a year. The dates for the dances were set in February the previous year. The DJs and photographers are planned and booked over the summer, and the chaperones are determined at the beginning of the year,” said Director of Student
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