The Urban Farming Club gathered their herb and vegetable harvest from the club’s garden, located adjacent to the Alumni Service Corps house on the corner of Banks and South Solomon streets. The spring garden consists of basil, parsley, thyme, tomatoes, onions, green peppers, squash, and nasturtium (an edible flower). Flowers are used as insecticide. The club meets on Saturdays and is currently in the process of building garden boxes to bring to a local Catholic elementary school that has no green space.

Jonathan Legier holds an umbrella to shield two young Blue Jay campers from the torrential downpour that coincided with the start of Friday’s Summer Camp at Jesuit High School. Legier, a rising senior, is one of the many camp counselors at Carrollton and Banks who found an umbrella to protect their charges as parents dropped them off in the Traditions Courtyard. This pair of campers takes the rain in stride, especially the little one, who seems excited about either being caught in a heavy shower or having a personal escort into the dry Student Commons, or both. Unfortunately, the all-day rain washed out a much-anticipated trip to an alligator farm. Fortunately, the alternate plan kicked in with campers enjoying the dry cool comfort of a local movie theater.

Workers carefully remove a section of stained glass from the dome in Holy Name Chapel as part of the “100-year renovation” of Jesuit’s small chapel. The glass is being painstakingly removed one section at a time and will be transported to the studio at Pearl River Glass, one of the nation’s leading stained glass studios. Located in Jackson, Miss., Pearl River Glass will employ some of the same techniques and craftsmanship used when the century-old windows were originally created. Watch a video detailing how Jesuit’s stained glass windows will be repaired and restored.

Cadets in the MCJROTC program depart for a week-long leadership camp at Naval Air Station Pensacola. Cadets will develop their leadership skills by partaking in various Naval training tours, flight-line operations demonstrations, and squad competitions.

Faculty members meet in Room 329 to participate in an iPad training session. These Jesuit teachers will be incorporating iPads as a teaching tool beginning in the 2014-2015 school year. The training session gave faculty members advice and options on how to incorporate interactive textbooks, creative tools, and educational apps to help customize students’ learning experience.

Rising junior Tyrus Norcise and his mother, Iona, participate in an interview with algebra teacher Andrea Mika to assess his progress toward realizing the goal of “The Profile of a Jesuit Graduate at the Time of Graduation.” The guidance department conducts these annual interviews in the summer between the students’ sophomore and junior years, so that Blue Jays may reflect on their time at Jesuit and to think forward about their plans and goals for their final two years.

Sophomore Francisco Pineda, a member of the Green Club, totes one of the organization’s containers through the Hall of Honors while recently making a round to collect recyclable materials.

In an oak’s oasis of shade — with the statue of St. Ignatius lording over the Traditions Courtyard — freshman Mason Green makes himself cool and comfortable while waiting for his ride home on a recent afternoon.

A quartet of Blue Jays takes a break from studying for final exams to play cards in the Student Commons Wednesday morning. Clockwise, from left are: pre-freshman Jackson Butterbaugh, freshmen Seth Reed and Ian Doskey, and pre-freshman Kyle Selle.

Student Council Co-Moderator Chris Bowes ’02 (left) and Prefect of Discipline Top Abshire listen to juniors Eric Bussey, Blake Jaubert, Will Arnold, Ryan Roberts, and C.C. Miller, in a breakout session during the Class of 2015 Student Leadership Meeting. These students were among about 30 identified as leaders by their peers and school administrators to take part in this initiative started in 2013 by Fr. Raymond Fitzgerald, S.J. ’76.

After the final bell on the last day of classes for Blue Jays, pre-freshmen Seth Rocha and Giovanni Lorusso take down and fold the American flag located on the fourth floor balcony overlooking Traditions Courtyard. Blue Jays begin their final exams next week.

A group of hungry freshmen enjoy a delicious crawfish boil lunch, complete with spicy crawfish, potatoes, corn, onions, and sausage, served up by the Maintenance Department courtesy of Chris Bergeron’s (second from left) winning $160 bid to the Mission Drive Auction. Each year, the Columbian Squires of the Knights of Columbus sponsors an auction in which faculty members and school departments donate items, services, and events to the highest bidder with all the proceeds going to the Mission Drive. This year the auction raised more than $1,000. Pictured on left, from front to back are: Peyton Schillaci, Chris Bergeron, Jacob Eymard, and Jacob Whitllow. Right, front to back: Jack Gab and J.P. Tujague.

The newly elected student council’s lunchtime event drew lots of attention and cheers as students and faculty participated in a friendly, year-end “Brawl on Banks.” The final match—touted as the “most highly anticipated match-up of the year”—was a battle between coach Wesley Laurendine and Fr. John Brown, S.J.

A group of sophomores play a pick-up game of ultimate Frisbee on Will Clark Field during lunch. Evan Ruppert looks for an open teammate to pass to, while Blaine Corvers (center) and Connor Schexnayder (left) try to block him. At the other end of the field, Carlos Zervigon, James Stoddard, and Peyton Ruppert (not pictured) wait for the toss.

When asked a theoretical math question during lunch in the Student Commons, Mr. Robert Weiss does his best to explain the algebraic inquiry with the tools at hand — cashews, apples, crackers, and a can of Dr. Pepper — to pre-freshman Alex Watermeier and his classmates (from left) Nick Leonik, Max Elvir, Timmy Stahel, Clayton Merwin, and Drew Black.

Freshmen Sean Donovan and Riess Dominici make a pit stop at their third floor lockers to pack their bags with books and notebooks. With a little more than one week of classes left until the 4th Quarter Exams begin, Blue Jays are busy preparing for the end of the school year.