The Patriot October 2010, Issue 1, Vol 46

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JC dominates St. Frances

Andrew, Christie and Friends rock

Football team takes homecoming win

The musical duo that wows the school FEATURES 4

SPORTS 15

thepatriot October 2010

The John Carroll School 703 E. Churchville Rd. Bel Air, MD 21014

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Clash day gets splash of color

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With the revisions the administration is planning, this is what future review boards may look like: students providing input on disciplinary consequences for other students. The administration hopes this change will improve students’ integrity.

Admin revises discipline code Allison Siegel Print Chief The administration is currently working to start an Honor Council to judge cases of student integrity by second semester of this school year. Violations of integrity continue to occur despite precautions such as the Honor Pledge. The administration is planning to keep integrity in check by having a council on which students will serve to review cases of their peers’ lack of academic integrity or honesty within the school.

Due to the interest that President Richard O’Hara had expressed about the honor council at the University School of Nashville, Dean of Students Tom Vierheller took lead of the project and researched the idea. He found that it is successfully implemented in schools around the Baltimore area. Schools that have students on similar Latin, Gilman, and Georgetown Prep. Vierheller, in collaboration with O’Hara, Principal Paul Barker, and Vice Principal

Gary Scholl over the last two years have taken bits and pieces of these existing systems, and they are attempting to build a

needs of the school. The intent of the council is to have students participate in the review of cases concerning academic honesty or public integrity. “Those things strike us, really, at the heart of the moral structure of our school,� Vierheller said. “We have to ask: what kind of character are we stressing?� See NEWS 2

Green school status in the red Allison Walczyk y Section Chief In 2007, JC was granted Green School Status, an award given by the Green School Initiative. To attain the status, schools must, according to greenschools.net, “strive to be toxic free, use resources sustainability, create a green, healthy space, and teach, learn, and engage.� JC established a “no-mow zone,� which cut down on electricity usage, and introduced Abitibi paper recycling, a system that pays schools for their recycled paper. “The wrestling team adopted a highway. We [the green team] made sure the drain to the bay was clean. Mr. Hughes took several environmental trips, and we stressed recycling,� for-

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mer biology teacher and green team moderator Heidi Weaver said. “We’ve made more headway in electric conservation... however the no-mow zones are now cleared out,’� said Principal Paul Barker. JC achieved its current Green School status with help from Weaver and former outreach director Sr. Maryanne Zakreski. With their departure, JC is “lacking someone to spearhead the project,� Barker said. Science teacher Susan Kraft showed interest in the project, but decided against it, according to Barker. Kraft refused to comment. “We try to be green but we’re not really...I just took a test that used like, 20 pages of paper,� junior Emily Kegan said.

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Freshman Mitchell Russel recycles his empty water bottle. JC is taking eco-friendly steps to keep its current Green School status. The National Honors So- Jansing-Kaestner said. ciety is also working towards Additional reporting by Meg being a Green School. “One Kirchner and Lindsay Powell. of the things we’re trying to do is collect aluminum cans READ MORE AT for recycling,� science teacher jcpatriot.com and NHS moderator Rebecca

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Senior DJ Owens cheers on the senior girls while in a green Gumby suit. Class color day was not a designated spirit day.

Hayley Boyle and Imani Love Reporters Despite the administration’s decision to remove class color day from Spirit Week, students came to school Tuesday, October 5 decked out in their individual class colors. “We knew what was going to happen,� Dean of Students, Thomas Vierheller said. Although students were supposed to wear clashing apparel, individual classes devised plans to wear their colors through Facebook. Class color day was previously revoked because of the problems it started. administration. “I got [the message] through an event on Facebook, and there was no doubt that I was going to hit the ‘attend button’ because I wanted to support my class,� junior Kayla Stoots said. There were, however, “no negative things� involved with the classes during the powderpuff game, according to Vierheller. “Everyone handled themselves well with respect and dignity, and I think it went well overall.� According to SAC moderator Rodney Johnson, the goal of eliminating class color day was to limit class rivalry and to bring the school community together without separation of classes. Despite the lack of violence or vandalism during this year’s unplanned class color day, Vierheller said that a planned class color day will “absolutely not return.� “I think [class color day] is a fun competitive way of showing school spirit.� junior Alli Burns said. “It’s really exciting to go all out, and I like to come to school to see how everyone looks.� Additional reporting by Amanda Graziano.

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