One of the joys of being president of Jesuit High School is meeting new Blue Jays. On any given morning, at lunch, and after school, Fr. Raymond Fitzgerald, S.J. can usually be found in the Traditions Courtyard, where in the shade of the oaks, he meets and greets Blue Jays coming and going. After the Mass of the Holy Spirit, students were dismissed for the Labor Day holiday weekend. These four pre-freshmen chatted with Father while waiting for their ride home. From left are Will Landrieu, Chris Freibert, Jacob Bordelon, and Brett Power.

This quintet of pre-freshmen in the Student Commons (from left) James Mason, Jeremy Poissenot, Ryan Guillot, Blair Loupe, and Evan Alphonso take a break from their homework to smile for the Wild Photographer Wednesday afternoon.

Creating their own stage, seniors Gui Kirsch on saxophone and Patrick Doell on trumpet practice a few tunes in Traditions Courtyard during lunchtime on Tuesday, September 3.

Mr. Obie Ortega gets a laugh from freshman Nolan Lambert in his Spanish II class in the last period of the day.

Pre-freshman Gregory Buisson enjoys the discussion of this year’s Big “J” Read novel, A Lesson before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines. Students participated in the Big “J” Read on Tuesday, August 27 to earn extra academic credit in English.

Pre-freshmen (from left) Andrew Hemelt, Benton Moore, Caleb Rogers, and Seth Rocha work on word problems at the board in Mr. Weiss’ math class.

Juniors Matt Subervielle (left) and Andrew Liang make room for some of the many MCJROTC trophies accumulated in the past few months.

Workers on a scaffold renovating the arches of stained glass in the Chapel of the North American Martyrs claimed window seating on Thursday, August 15, while Blue Jays attended Mass on this Feast of the Assumption, followed by the 2013 Investiture ceremony.

Using a Sympodium, Blue Jays in Ms. Yvonne Leger’s fifth period math class learn about functions.

Junior Miles Beech stands in the shade of an oak on Banks Street while patiently waiting for a ride to his home in Metairie.

Members of Jesuit’s Student Ministry program – an arm of the school’s Office of Campus Ministry – attended Mass in the Holy Name Chapel on Friday, August 2. About 50 of the group’s 70 members – all juniors and seniors – spent two days in retreat, which included prayer, small group discussion, discernment, and planning the school’s spiritual activities for the upcoming year. The group is directed by Mr. Jeremy Reuther ’01 and Fr. John Brown, S.J., who celebrated Friday’s Mass.

Members of the Blue Jay Band and Jayettes pack their luggage into a truck as they prepare to head out to Band Camp. As the start of the school year nears, many clubs and organizations are meeting for the first time since the spring to prepare for the new year.

Renovations in the Chapel of the North American Martyrs began this week to replace the existing windows with new energy efficient windows. The chapel window project is scheduled to be completed this fall.

Rising seniors Peter Belleau (center), John Mitton (right), and Charlie Kurtz (left) drill in Traditions Courtyard as part of the school’s Marine Corps Junior Reserved Officer Training Corps (MCJROTC) summer leadership workshop. MCJROTC leaders for the upcoming school year have gathered at Jesuit to hone their skills before commanding the cadets in the fall.

Day campers at Jesuit High School enjoy “Water Day” on Will Clark Field on Friday, June 21. Campers spent the day just being kids—playing with squirt guns, sliding down water slides, and running around and chasing each other on the field to release their pent-up energy.

Paul Perez ’79 (wearing black shirt on right) hosted a jambalaya dinner in the Student Commons recently for students and staff from Jesuit High School in Sacramento, California, where service projects are built into the school curriculum. Thirteen students and three faculty members teamed up with the St. Bernard Project to sand dry wall in New Orleans East. It’s the fourth year Perez has hosted a group of volunteer workers at his alma mater.