Blue Jays were entertained with a jazz tunes in a Brown Bag Concert by German students from Clavius Gymnasium.The German students spent the week with members of the Blue Jay Band and their families as part of a biannual exchange program. The program, in its 15th year, is a musical and cultural exchange between the two schools.

Members of Jesuit’s Marine Corps JROTC Program, guided by retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. Tim Huete and Master Gunnery Sgt. J.R. Piseno, practice unfolding a 40-by-60 foot American flag on Will Clark Field. The same flag will be unfurled in front of the crowd gathered at Tad Gormley Stadium during Friday’s Holy Cross rivalry pregame ceremony. It will take about 40 Blue Jay cadets to display the flag. The flag was graciously loaned for use at the game from the U.S. Navy VR-54 Naval Air Station in Belle Chasse.

Blue Jays take textbook theory and put it into practice. To study parabolic motion, seniors in Mr. Kyle White’s physics class fire air-powered rockets and measure the force of gravity on Will Clark Field. Matthew Cedro fuels the rocket with compressed air as Cade Arbour, Josh Talbot, Jack Doherty, and Anthony Smith look on.

Seniors Matthew Stuckey and Sam Clutter show off their 2014 Jesuit vs. Holy Cross Rivalry T-Shirts. The shirts are on sale for $10 each in the Student Commons each day this week before school, during the 10-minute break, and at lunch. Jays are encouraged to wear them for Blue and White Day on Friday, Oct. 10.

Seniors Seth Jacobs (left) and David Moolekamp meet with an admissions representative from Loyola Marymount University, a Jesuit university located in Los Angeles. Representatives from universities across the country regularly visit Jesuit to give Blue Jays information about their degree programs, scholarships and financial aid, and campus life. Students can keep up with the many colleges and universities visiting Jesuit by viewing the College Planning Office’s college representative schedule.

Fast Friends… From left, pre-freshmen Carlos Bengoa, Wade Wentzell, Richie Foley, and Russ Heath use the second floor breezeway to go to their post-lunch Friday classes, discussing any number of topics and issues along the way. The four Blue Jays soon spotted the Wild Photographer and began to ham it up, wondering the whole time if they will be the Wild Photo on the web. And so they asked. And so they are.

Senior Ethan Hess tries to thwart Mr. Tim Harris’s throw in a drill called “King of the Hill” with the Ultimate Frisbee Club. The team is practicing to compete in a citywide tournament in the spring. The club is one of over 60 co-curriculars offered at Jesuit.

Juniors John Nimmo (left) and Francesco Pineda paint a banner in anticipation of Friday’s Homecoming Game against East Jefferson High School. Several junior class homerooms created banners that will hang in the Traditions Courtyard, serving as a fitting backdrop for Friday’s Pep Rally.

Seniors Chris Mills (left) and Dillon Knight dress up as video game characters from Nintendo’s Mario franchise for Monday’s Morning Assembly in the Traditions Courtyard. The two put on a skit at assembly to kick off the video game-themed Homecoming Week activities. Throughout the week, the Student Council will pay homage to the best-selling video game franchise of all time, as well as other video games, with special activities each day during lunch.

Coach Mark Songy leads the varsity football team in prayer below the Mary Statue that is affixed to the Louis J. Roussel Building on Banks Street. The team was moments away from boarding three buses that will bring them to Pensacola for Friday night’s football game against the Tigers.

Ms. Andrea Mika helps to answer junior Paul Ineich’s question about his Alegebra II homework after school. Ms. Mika, who has been teaching at Jesuit since 2009, is one of 14 math teachers at Jesuit this year.

Dana Kirkpatrick, a representative of the Harry Tompson Center, talks with Blue Jays about homelessness in New Orleans. The Harry Tompson Center is a nonprofit day center started by Rev. Harry Tompson, S.J. that provides showers, laundry services, a telephone room, legal aid, medical care, and prescription assistance to the homeless of downtown New Orleans. Students who volunteer with the center are able to put names and faces to a part of the population that often gets overlooked by society. Blue Jays are challenged to become “men for others” in imitation of Jesus and serve their fellow man by volunteering regularly. Last year, the Class of 2014 volunteered more than 27,000 hours, an average of 105 hours per student, to 50 different programs and agencies.

In the Role Playing Club, students break into small groups to play a variety of games every Tuesday afternoon. Sophomore Jason Grana heads up a casual Munchkin card game while the group behind him is playing a more intense game of Dungeons & Dragons. The club is one of about sixty co-curricular activities offered at Jesuit.

A quintet of Blue Jays relax under the oak trees of the Traditions Courtyard Monday afternoon. Pictured from left are sophomores Graham Buck, Troy Broussard, Matt Nguyen, Gary Zeringue, and Hanson Chokr.

Why, they’re in the Traditions Courtyard, playing Four Square, a fast-paced variation of handball, racquetball, and volleyball. On any given day in the Courtyard at lunch, groups of Blue Jays will be playing Four Square, including (clockwise, from left) junior Andrew Nguyen, pre-freshman Ben Willis, and juniors Brady LeBlanc and David Zazulak. According to the website squarefour.org, “The object of the game of four square is to eliminate players in higher squares so that you can advance to the highest square yourself. Four square is played with a rubber playground ball on a square court with four players, each occupying a quarter of the court. The ball is bounced between players in squares until someone makes an error and is eliminated. Eliminated players leave the court, all players advance to fill the empty squares, and a new player joins at the lowest ranked square.” Basically, that’s saying the ball can’t hit the courtyard bricks twice in a square or the player is bounced. Next time someone invites you to join in the fun, don’t be a square. Get in the square and play the game!

Juniors Charles Glass (left) and Joshua West turn the phrase “thinking outside of the box” inside out as they gather recyclable materials for pickup. Members of the Green Club regularly conduct school-wide collections of recyclables as part of the club’s mission to promote awareness of a variety of environmental issues. The club is moderated by environmental science teacher Ms. Lori Fasone.