After a week of frigid morning temperatures, it should come as no surprise to St. Louis U. High students that the walk from the Science Center parking lot to the Danis Lobby has been designated by the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation as a “Class 1 Peak,” putting it on par with summits such as Mt. Everest, K2, and Denali.

Coach Erwin Claggett earned his 300th win as a coach this past month when the Jr. Bills beat McCluer on Dec. 14.

SLUH basketball departed from Quincy, Ill. this past weekend with a sharp 2-0 record across the Mississippi River, then knocked off a highly touted Webster Groves team on a last-second, game-winning three-pointer from senior Jaden McClain. 

The St. Louis U. High wrestling team brawled its way through a deep pool of opponents in last weekend’s MICDS tournament to secure medals for all three seniors and some important maiden wins for the team’s underclassmen. 

After many weeks of exclusively playing singles matches during the regular season, SLUH finally got the chance to play doubles matches in last weekend’s annual doubles tournament hosted by Vetta.

St. Louis U. High’s varsity hockey team closed out its regular season this past week with a tie against CBC and a 3-1 win against Chaminade, capping off a remarkable year in which they lost just two games and won 16.

Four days ago, I had left with my youth group to travel 15 hours on a bus to Washington D.C. for the March for Life, and to my disappointment that journey was coming to an end. I was confused, very confused: why did I not want to leave this cramped, smelly bus, and return to my home? Because I was surrounded by a community built on joy, and awaiting me on Monday was a community lacking joy.

Senior Tanner Dougherty focused his Grande Project on the problems that LGBTQ+ youth experience living in a heteronormative society and how we should work to dismantle it.

When the senior project was announced, senior Alex Nance, knew exactly the group he would be advocating for: the underappreciated Pacific Islander/Asian American community at SLUH. Nance, after noticing a discreet, yet existing sense of underappreciation for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, chose to take a stand by way of his Grande Project. 

One of the many SLUH seniors hard at work on his Grande Project earlier this month was Alec Martirez, who spent his month looking into the topic of restorative justice, and addressing it in a letter to Missouri Congresswoman Ann Wagner.