 | Tuesday morning, Blue Jays complete forms to measure their interest in the community novel, Boy’s Life. Freshmen Jason Quigley (left) and Jordan Rice work on their responses. |
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 | Pre-freshmen Coury Miller (front) and Gavin Pertuit |
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 | Principal Michael Giambelluca (left) and Alumni Director Mat Grau welcome Boy's Life author Robert McCammon. |
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 | Mr. Giambelluca opens the special assembly. |
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 | Jesuit English teacher Jeff Wilson sets the stage for the morning’s presentation. Mr. Wilson talked about Mr. McCammon and introduces the band Clockwerk, which offered the Blue Jays a sample of the music from the 1960’s. |
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 | Clockwerk performed music from The Beatles, The Zombies, and The Guess Who. On the keyboard is Jesuit’s Music Director Joe Caluda. The music from the 1960’s plays a role in the novel. |
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 | Robert McCammon talks to the Blue Jays about overcoming disappointment and taking advantage of opportunities to discover, to learn, and to think. |
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 | After his talk, Mr. McCammon answered questions from the audience. Here, junior LG Williams poses his question about the novel. |
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 | Senior Fritz Metzinger |
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 | Mr. McCammon answers the question of this young Blue Jay. |
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 | Mr. McCammon answers a question from senior Paul Mickan (right). |
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 | Mr. McCammon responds to pre-freshman Sean Stephens’s question. |
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 | Mr. McCammon chats with English teacher Gale Alexander at a luncheon reception in the school’s recource center. |
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 | The Big J Read Committee takes a photo with Robert McCammon: Jeff Wilson (left), Malcolm Villarrubia, Sylvia Schild, Robert McCammon, Mat Grau, and Michael Giambelluca. |
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