News

Is the improv show any good? Yes and … they’re performing tonight (Friday the 13th) and tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m! Saint Louis U. High’s theater program will perform its seventh improv show this weekend, after a successful opening night last night.

Oh, what fun it is to dance and sing! The performers of St. Louis U. High celebrated the impending holiday with a riveting concert on Sunday which left attendees in awe of the high caliber of unique artistic performances, in admiration of the massive success among new singers and dancers, and with a deepened appreciation for the joy of Christmas and the prayerful expectation of Advent.

St. Louis U. High gathered together Monday morning in the Si Commons to celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception Mass. The beautiful Mass was presided over by Principal Fr. Matt Stewart SJ, and the student body was also surprised with a Senior Project missioning ceremony.

Ho ho ho! As the semester comes to a bittersweet end, StuCo is wrapping up and tying a bow on its annual 12 Days of Christmas celebrations. This year’s team has brought back time-tested classic events like the Switch Bar and dreamed up new possibilities like a students versus teachers volleyball game, among an ever-appreciated slew of cozy dress down days.

The Saint Louis U. High Scholar bowl team visited Westminster last week to compete in a tournament against many other Catholic and Christian high schools, coming home with a win. 

The musicians of St. Louis U. High finished off an amazing semester with stunning performances, first at the Jazz Concert on Thursday, Dec. 5 and then at the Band and Orchestra Concert last Tuesday, Dec. 10. 

As the exam season draws near, The St. Louis U. High community once again comes together for the long-standing tradition of giving back. This year, however, there is a fresh twist. Formerly known as the Adopt a Family drive, the Christmas Drive under the leadership of Campus Minister Simonie Anzalone and Assistant Director of Global Education María-Paz Erker has become a drive where students can interact with those who need help and walk with the excluded.

Billiken stress toys, 3D acrylic puzzles, custom trucker hats! SLUHtique had it all. Countless items were purchased at the annual SLUHtique, a Christmas boutique hosted by the St. Louis U. High Mothers Club, on Sunday, Nov. 23. A large variety of items were sold by vendors from the St. Louis area, including food, puzzles, purses, jewelry, pillows, piggy banks, and so much more. In addition, the Mothers Club had its own booth, selling custom SLUH merchandise.

Eleven Jr. Bills, along with students hailing from the various bands across the St. Louis region, participated in the All District band performance the Sunday before Thanksgiving break. The event took place at Chaminade’s theater and followed auditions which took place around a month ago, where the 11 students were selected after a tough and strenuous audition process. 

Junior Jack Auer was recently selected for Webster University’s Juried High School Photography Exhibit for a photo he took of CITY soccer player Rasmus Alm, highlighting the photographer’s growing journey of capital success in photography. 

St. Louis U. High seniors Nate Lepak, George Donahue, and Jacob Grijalva performed as part of the Vox Una choir—a co-ed ensemble headed by former SLUH choir teacher Addie Akin—on Nov. 17 at Trinity Church in Kirkwood  

Students and faculty packed the Danis Field House on Tuesday to attend St. Louis U. High’s annual Voices of SLUH forum, where a handful of speakers give talks on various aspects of their experience at SLUH. This year’s theme, in wake of the Centennial, was places around the 100-year-old school building where each person finds God.

St. Louis U. High hosted a going-away party for former EVS staffer Larry Harper last Friday, celebrating his retirement over the summer after 19 years at SLUH.

In the second meeting of a series about the refugee crisis, One World Club heard from guest speaker Carlos Suarez, Director of Economic Development at the International Institute of St. Louis. The discussion, which took place on Monday during Activity Period, focused on understanding the refugee crisis in the local area. 

The Jesuit Schools Network (JSN) Principals’ Ignatian Colleagues Gathering (ICG) stands as a forum for innovation among leaders in Jesuit education across North America. Hosted this year in our very own St. Louis, Missouri, the event brought together principals and administrators from Jesuit secondary and middle schools. The ICG took place last week from Nov. 12 through Nov. 15, and St. Louis U. High played a big role in it.

CITYPARK—or, as it is now renamed, Energizer Park—is an up-and-coming hub for lovers of St. Louis and soccer alike. Many Jr. Bills have visited the stadium on its busy, exciting summer nights. 

High Rise Bakery in Jefferson City was bombarded by hundreds of teenagers dressed in suits and black robes at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 15. What were these kids doing and why were there so many of them? They were delegates of the annual Missouri Youth and Government conference (aka MOYAG or YAG), a state-wide, weekend-long, mock government composed of Judicial, Legislative, and Media branches operated and run by students, held in Jefferson City, Missouri. 

Assistant Principal for Faculty and Staff Jim Linhares released the latest episode of the St. Louis U. High podcast, Insignis, last Friday: “Value the Truth,” covering the meaning, legacy, and production of Prep News in its 89 years of publication.

St. Louis U. High has kicked off its annual Vocation Week, featuring presentations during Advisory and Theology classes from Jesuits in various stages of priesthood and morning reflections over the intercom, led this week by Fr. Daniel Tesvich, SJ.