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Members of the senior class participated in our first Ecological Examen and World Hunger Relief Farm Retreat to reconnect with God’s creation, understand our relationship to food systems and the environment, and how our choices affect the world’s poor and vulnerable.
ADOPT-A-FAMILY
During the Christmas season, as we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ and count the many blessings in our lives, we were inspired by our loving and generous Jesuit family through the Adopt-a-Family program, which provided presents for 100 underserved families throughout the metroplex. Running back Robert Fitzgerald ’22 was recognized by NBC5, named Ford Tough Player of the Week, and given his own bobblehead following a 170-yard, fivetouchdown effort in Jesuit’s playoff win over Arlington.
CHARLIE’S ANGELS
Senior Charlie Borowczak led efforts that raised over $70,000 for Christmas gifts through the Salvation Army. Thanks to Charlie’s Angels, over 700 children in the Dallas area had gifts under their Christmas tree!
PROJECT UNITY
Thank you to the Dallas Police Department, The National Black Police Association, and our partners at Project Unity for educating our students and for creating solidarity in our community.
MARINE BIOLOGY
Academic, social justice, and cultural immersion programs, such as marine biology’s trip to the British Virgin Islands, take our students all over the globe. Students are quick to capitalize on these experiences, which takes learning outside of the classroom and helps us understand more fully the diverse cultures of the world.
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Derek Zhang Earns Plaudits for Scientific Research
“Jesuit parents, I would like to express my sincerest gratitude for your incredible participation in the 53rd annual Challenge Drive, and for all you do to support Jesuit and this wonderful community,” enthusiastically announced Challenge Drive Chair Howard Hambleton (pictured right). “With your help we were able to raise a record $1,563,158 for our boys.”
The Challenge Drive represents the current parent portion of Jesuit’s annual appeal program and helps cover the gap between the actual cost of educating a Jesuit student and a tuition rate that remains substantially lower than the School’s academic peers. Over 90% of current families participated in this year’s Drive, helping to fund academic and extracurricular programs, faculty development, and facilities and operations.
“I am in awe that our boys get to wake up and spend their school days on such a special campus,” continued Hambleton. “It is simply a cool place; a world class academic environment with a brotherhood that is second-to-none. Men for Others is not just a slogan. It is the culmination of core values being lived and breathed into all these young men as they move forward in life. Thank you for continuing the tradition while responding to the needs of our students.”
Senior Derek Zhang received a coveted and rare honor when after being named a 2021 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) High School Scholar for his work in the UTSouthwestern STARS Program, he was asked to present his findings to 1,500 attendees in San Diego at the AMIA Annual Symposium in November.
Zhang partnered with the distinguished Dr. Christoph Lehmann and Dr. Samuel McDonald of the Clinical Informatics Center to research and evaluate a sepsis clinical decision support (CDS) optimization using Jupyter and relevant toolkits. A paper Zhang authored on the work received rave reviews and was accepted into The Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association for publication.
Jesuit Dallas students have been a consistent presence in the STARS Summer Research Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center, although Zhang is the first student to earn such esteemed recognition. He is also the first to participate in the AMIA Annual Symposium, which is a showcase for the latest innovations from the community of biomedical informatics researchers and practitioners.
“I am very proud of Derek,” shared Max von Schlehenried ’06, an alumnus and faculty member who heads the Jesuit Dallas Medical Society. “Not only is he academically gifted, but he’s a thoughtful and caring young man. This is an incredible honor for one of our students, and although we’ve had many talented graduates move forward in their research field, none have accepted this honor while in high school!”
