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Community Through Kindness Rocks

Community Through Kindness Rocks

Meg Stone, Reporter March 9, 2022

What better way to demonstrate the love and community at a Catholic school than by dedicating a week to outwardly displaying kindness inside and outside school? Kindness in Action Week is a time for...

four students sit at a table playing a board game about cells and cancer

Curing Cancer?

Eliza D’Albora, Reporter March 9, 2022

This spring semester, the science department started a new class for seniors, Molecular and Cell Biology: Cancer. Students study a number of different cancers, consider how cancer is diagnosed, and how...

The acceptance colleges of our seniors

Starting the College Process

Allyna Flores, Reporter March 9, 2022

College Days are as helpful to juniors and seniors as they are meant to be. The AHC students get exposed to the different perspectives of college admission trends and the overview idea for colleges. It...

three junior girls on each side of Mr.Sullivan holding up their hands to show their junior rings off.

The Juniors Put a Ring on It

Charlotte Kinsley, Reporter March 9, 2022

The 11th grade students received their class rings during their Junior Ring Ceremony in the auditorium on Thursday 17, as part of an annual tradition at Holy Cross.  The eagerness could be felt...

Initial design for the new athletic and wellness center to be built in the field behind the school building.

Athletic and Wellness Center Coming Spring 2024

Maegan Mathews, Reporter March 3, 2022

Holy Cross students were excited as they learned of the new Athletic and Wellness Center that is planned to be constructed within the next couple of years.  School president Katy Prebble explained...

A teacher standing next to a table.

Omicron is Here: January’s New Policies

Chanda Chung, Reporter February 14, 2022

Tartan students came back to school to new policies after the latest Omicron variant emerged over winter break. The community faced advanced mask mandates, seating at lunch being designated, weekly testing,...

A board in front of College Counseling

Academic Excellence From Teachers’ Perspectives

Maya Randall, Reporter December 15, 2021

High school can be a very difficult time for students, especially those coming right out of middle school or those about to leave for college. Who better to gain insight for the students about academic...

LOTAs and dates posing for a photo outside in their outfits

Dancing The Night Away

Ana Tovar Diaz, Reporter December 11, 2021

After a long wait for a dance, LOTAs were finally able to attend their Homecoming on November 13. The students and their dates spent the night dancing away to the DJ’s music, stopping by the food truck,...

Students walking down the hall of school.

Travelling to the Future

Ana Tovar Diaz, Reporter October 27, 2021

Holy Cross welcomes potential Tartans for a Day every Monday or Tuesday until Dec 13, 2021. Eighth graders come to visit and shadow a freshman or sophomore LOTA for the whole day to see what it is like...

Debora Ballard monitoring student work

Virtual Madness – Struggles of E-Learning, from a Teachers’ Perspectives

Maya Randall, Reporter October 25, 2021

The sudden switch to online classes had Holy Cross in an unpredicted and difficult period. Students and teachers alike found it difficult to adjust to the online environment that followed the shut down,...

Student showing a project

Return to In Person School

Kyra Velasquez, Reporter October 19, 2021

After an entire year of virtual and hybrid, the Academy of the Holy Cross held its first day of in person classes. This past year has been quite a journey for the LOTAs and teachers. COVID 19 has tested...

Calendar schedule for the month of October in the SMRP room.

Holy Cross Students Start the Academic Year with a New Schedule

Maya Randall, Reporter October 6, 2021

Although Holy Cross started its year with no virtual classes and with mask-wearing, the toughest adjustment was getting used to the new and very different schedule for the year. These changes came...

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