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June 27, 2024
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奥别诲苍别蝉诲补测鈥檚 classes may have come to an end, but the good times carried on well into the night for the students of the California one-week High School Summer Program. Before the afternoon recreation period, the high schoolers came together for a talk in the Fritz B. Burns Auditorium, where Admissions Director Jon Daly shared a bit about the history of Thomas 91短视频 College and its mission. He also explained the College鈥檚 application process and answered questions about admissions, financial aid, and life at 91短视频.

 

Admissions talk


The students were then free to fill the time before dinner however they wished. Many chose to spend the afternoon playing pick-up sports, swimming, rock climbing, and more in and around the Pope St. John Paul II Athletic Center. Others, excited to learn more after Tuesday鈥檚 swing-dancing lesson, stuck around the Auditorium, where Admissions Counselor and Summer Program dance instructor taught them some new moves. In the art room, students pulled out the watercolors and got creative.

Photos: Recreation Period
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Later, the group came together for a dinner of pork and scalloped potatoes, followed by the usual study period in St. Bernardine of Siena Library. During Study Hall, the students opened their Bibles to read the beginning of the Book of Genesis, from Creation up until the time of Abraham, in preparation for the next day鈥檚 class. 鈥淚鈥檓 really excited for tomorrow鈥檚 Genesis discussion,鈥 said Addison P. 鈥淲e read it this past year at my school, and it was so cool getting to see all the typology from the Old Testament to the New Testament. So I鈥檓 really curious to see what we can pull out of Genesis in class.鈥

Photos: Study Hall
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Instead of going to Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel for the nightly Rosary after Study Hall, students followed Chaplain in a candle-lit procession to pray at the Stations of the Cross that line the pathway on the lower campus. At every Station, Fr. Erickson read a Scripture passage and led the students in a meditation on Our Lord鈥檚 Passion and Death. 

Photos: Stations
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Though 91短视频 is a community that likes to put faith first, fun is sure to follow. The group next made its way to the St. Patrick Coffee Shop to enjoy berry smoothies or play ping pong and pool 鈥

 

Students drinking smoothies


鈥 meanwhile, many of the high schoolers took their smoothies down to the outdoor basketball court to watch their peers face off against the prefects in a friendly but fiercely competitive game of men鈥檚 basketball.

Photos: Basketball
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Although the high schoolers passionately cheered on their team from the sidelines, the prefect men won the day by a final score of 48 to 32. Curfew then called the students back to their residence halls, where chatter and laughter filled their common rooms until it was time for bed. 

At today鈥檚 classes, the high schoolers will discuss Scripture and straight lines in their theology and geometry classes. And, of course, you will be able to find a full recap this afternoon here on the Summer Blog!