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A Monthly eNewsletter for Parents, Alumni & Alumni Parents                                                                                                                                 August 2012

CALENDAR
 NEWS  SUPPORT SJ

August
8
New Family Cookout

11
Vow Day

13
Mothers' Club Welcome
Brunch

New Student Orientation

15
Classes Begin

22
Follow Your Son's Schedule

25
Orientation Dance

September
18
Parent-Teacher Meetings

28-30
Reunion Weekend

October
9
Catholic Schools College
Night

17
Career Day

Mother-Son Luncheon

18
Grandparents Day

19
Homecoming Game

20
Homecoming Dance

28
Alumni Mothers Mass & Brunch


SUMMER HIGHLIGHTED BY RE-ACQUISITION OF A PARCEL OF SCHOOL'S ORIGINAL LAND
A day that decades of alumni and past parents have dreamed about arrived this summer when Strake Jesuit announced the re-acquisition of the property at 6500 Gessner which is immediately adjacent to the school;s Gessner driveway. more


RECORD NUMBER OF STUDENTS TO START 2012-2013 SCHOOL YEAR
A record 921 students will begin the 2012-2013 school year on Wednesday, August 15. Among those will be 246 freshmen coming from 60 different area zip codes. Among them are also 53 brothers of current students or alumni and 20 sons of Jesuit alumni.


TWO ATHLETES, TWO TEAMS SELECTED FOR ATHLETIC HALL OF HONOR
The fifth class was recently selected for induction into the Strake Jesuit Athletic Hall of Honor. This year’s class includes Patrick Devine ‘78, and Bill O’Brien ‘78, the 1977 Mile Relay Team and the 1998 Baseball Team. more


SOPHOMORE WINS BOYS TEXAS JUNIOR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Jesuit sophomore Ashton Radvansky '15 won the Boys Texas State Junior Title at Horseshoe Bay in late July overcoming a 2-shot deficit on the last day. He started off his round, in the second to last group, with a birdie on No. 1, followed by 2 bogeys in three holes. He recovered, making birdies on No's. 7 and 9 to go out in 35. more


ALUMNI NEWS
REUNION WEEKEND SEPT. 28-30
Reunion Weekend 2012 for the classes of '67, '72, '77, '82, '87, '92, '97, '02, & '07 is September 28-30. The weekend will include a President's Tailgate Party prior to Friday night's home football game on September 28, a Golf Outing on Saturday morning September 29, Individual Class Parties that evening, and a Mass and Brunch on Sunday, September 30. more


TWO ALUM CLASSMATES NAMED TOP CFO's BY HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL
Stephen Solcher '79 and his classmate Tony Van Slyke '79 and his classmate were each recently named among Houston's best CFOs by the Houston Business Journal in their 2012 Best CFO Awards. more 



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OUR MISSION
To assist young men in their formation as leaders and as Men for Others through a program
of rigorous college preparation in the tradition of the Society of Jesus. 

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