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Jenna Barackman

Jenna Barackman, Managing Web Editor

Favorite Show: Game of Thrones (but ONLY seasons 1-7)

Spirit Animal: Upside Down Jellyfish

Guilty Pleasure: Pimple popping

Favorite Place to Visit: New York City

Favorite Movie: Scream

 

All content by Jenna Barackman
Ending off Spirit Week: Home Edition, students, teachers and faculty participated in the purple and white theme. Director of Athletics Kate Pilgreen joined in on theology teacher Polly Holmes' faith-filled life class dressed as mascot Stormy Friday, April 3.

Distance Learning with a Twist

Keely M Schieffer, Reporter Apr 4, 2020

Ending off Spirit Week: Home Edition, students, teachers and faculty participated in the purple and white theme. Director of Athletics Kate Pilgreen joined in on theology teacher Polly Holmes' faith-filled...

Following Maisons Check-ins, I met with my first hour AP European History through Google Meets.

Online Adjustments

Jenna Barackman, Managing Web Editor Mar 24, 2020

Before COVID-19 took over the world, My morning routine consisted of this: wake up around 8:00 a.m., put in my contacts, brush my teeth, get dressed and then begin my nearly 30-minute drive to school....

As gun violence continues to be a pressing issue within the United States, the question arises as to who is take responsibility—people or guns.

People Are the Problem

Jenna Barackman, Managing Website Editor Mar 7, 2020

Ask a gun to kill someone. It will not because it is a gun. Ask a person planning to commit a mass murder to choose a weapon, however, and they will almost certainly choose a gun. Though it is true that...

Cauliflower stir fry is served at Death or Glory in Delray Beach.

Sustainable Eating, Unsustainable Living

Jenna Barackman, Managing Website Editor Mar 3, 2020

If there's anything that I learned from my three-ish weeks of going vegan, it’s that a diet is a mindset. And my mindset going into this was in the right place: I had been a student in AP Environmental...

Senior Kirstina Kreidler recieves ashes during the Ash Wednesday Mass Feb. 26. Recognizing the start of Lent, students, faculty and guests gathered in the gym for Mass precided by Father Jerry Waris.

Beginning a Season of Humility

Morgan Herriott, Sports Editor Feb 27, 2020

Senior Kirstina Kreidler recieves ashes during the Ash Wednesday Mass Feb. 26. Recognizing the start of Lent, students, faculty and guests gathered in the gym for Mass precided by Father Jerry Waris.

Precinct chair Carl Voss, of Des Moines, shows the phone app he used for the Iowa Caucus to news media at the Iowa Democratic Party headquarters, Feb. 4, 2020, in Des Moines.

The Iowa Caucus Doesn’t Matter

Jenna Barackman, Web Managing Editor Feb 10, 2020

"All I can say about Iowa is, it was an embarrassment. It was a disgrace to the good people of Iowa who take their responsibilities in the caucuses very seriously,” presidential candidate Bernie Sanders...

As the kick off to Catholic Schools Week, seniors and freshmen met up for a Peer Ministry meeting during lunch and study hall Jan. 27. Freshman Makaila Traylor, senior Maya Scott and senior Elizabeth Crabtree write on the white board their answers to the discussion question "Why I love Sion."

Catholic Schools Week Kicks Off Jan. 27

Kaitlin Lyman, Reporter Jan 27, 2020

As the kick off to Catholic Schools Week, seniors and freshmen met up for a Peer Ministry meeting during lunch and study hall Jan. 27. Freshman Makaila Traylor, senior Maya Scott and senior Elizabeth Crabtree...

Little Shop of Horrors Photo Gallery

Little Shop of Horrors Photo Gallery

Jenna Barackman, Managing Web Editor Jan 21, 2020

Sophomores Chloe Angrisano and Elyssa Valles shout to the music on Dec 7.

#Throwback: Winter Formal Photo Gallery

Kate Conway, Reporter Jan 13, 2020

Sophomores Chloe Angrisano and Elyssa Valles shout to the music on Dec 7.

Sustainable, But Not Sustainable Enough

Jenna Barackman, Managing Web Editor Dec 4, 2019

“In order to have clean air in cities, you have to go electric,” Tesla founder Elon Musk said at a 2016 technology forum.  But that doesn’t necessarily reflect reality. Electric cars emit excessive...

Sports journalists from around the world visited the school's newspaper staff with Global Ties KC through the International Visitors Leadership Program Nov. 11.

International Sports Journalists Visit Journalism Program

Maleah Downton, Web Editor-in-Chief Nov 14, 2019

Sports journalists from around the world visited the school's newspaper staff with Global Ties KC through the International Visitors Leadership Program Nov. 11.

Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts looks after scoring a touchdown during the second half against Texas in the Red River Showdown at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. Oklahoma won, 34-27. (Vernon Bryant/Dallas Morning News/TNS)

Student-Athletes: Students First

Jenna Barackman, Managing Web Editor Nov 8, 2019

When it comes to athletics, not all colleges are created equal. Though it’s not a secret that colleges can bring in hundreds of millions of dollars from their Division I sports, that is not the case...

A look at the climate crisis and how sustainable living can reduce our ecological footprint.

Playing with Fire

Jenna Barackman and Emma Hutchin Oct 8, 2019

(September Le Journal Issue 1 Cover Story: http://bit.ly/2nSSb4Q) As flames engulfed the trees and brush of the Amazon, the world wept. A precious ecosystem home to thousands of species burns, and destruction...

Editorial cartoon by Sheneman the Star-Ledger.

Dignified Death

Jenna Barackman, Managing Web Editor Sep 26, 2019

Since the writing of the Constitution, American citizens have been awarded three unalienable rights, among others: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—but 10 states, from Hawaii to Maine, rightly...

Walking up to the center of the gym in the senior Food for Thought skit senior Brenna Richart bring English teacher Mrs. Cox’s son Oct. 26.

A Year in Review

Staff May 1, 2019

Walking up to the center of the gym in the senior Food for Thought skit senior Brenna Richart bring English teacher Mrs. Cox’s son Oct. 26.

"I voted" stickers in a June 2018 file image. (John Gibbins/San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS)

Voting Is Not a Privilege

Jenna Barackman, Reporter Apr 26, 2019

Death row attorney Bryan Stevenson wrote in his bestselling book “Just Mercy” that “each of us is more important than the worst thing we’ve done.” Yet despite the “just” legal system, those...

Budding Business

Budding Business

Maleah Downton and Jenna Barackman Apr 20, 2019

As ballots were tallied and votes were secured, Missouri embarked on the first steps for the legalization of marijuana during the Nov. 6 election. With this move, Missouri follows the trend currently flooding...

Senior Katie Rosasco and art teacher Michael Pesselato helped connect the lines between pottery and forgiveness.

“Forming” Forgiveness

Jenna Barackman, Reporter Apr 4, 2019

The phrase “We are all jars of clay” was showcased while students were invited to participate in Reconciliation in the gym April 4. Six priests from various different churches volunteered to participate:...

After bonding out, "Empire" television actor Jussie Smollett leaves the Cook County Jail in Chicago, Feb. 21, 2019. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Smollett Lied, But Hate Crimes Are Real

Jenna Barackman, Reporter Mar 1, 2019

"It's the attackers, but it's also the attacks," “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett said. "It's not that you don't believe this is the truth; you don't even want to see this is the truth."  Smollett...

U.S. President Donald Trump declares a national emergency to build his promised border wall during a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on Feb. 15, 2019 in Washington, D.C. 
Photo by MCT Campus

Trump Declares National Emergency

Jenna Barackman, Reporter Feb 15, 2019

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency to obtain the billions of dollars requested for his border wall in the Washington Rose Garden Feb. 15, and signed a deal that averted the impending...

Junior Peyton Wade as the baker’s wife sings a duet with Central High School junior Sheridan Mirador, the baker, during the dress rehersal for Into the Woods, Jan. 26.

Junior Pursues Passion for Performing

Jenna Barackman, Reporter Jan 27, 2019

Whether onstage or offstage, at Mass, during class or in the halls there is nowhere junior Peyton Wade isn’t singing show tunes, according to close friends junior Cara Hiatt and junior Elyse Makar. Ask...

Stephen Jones, a molecular biology postdoctoral, shows the CHAMP, a device created for scientists to more safely use a new kind of gene editing technique called CRISPR, in the laboratory of UT professor Ilya Finkelstein Aug. 11, 2017.  Photo by MCT Campus.

Editing the Myths About Gene Editing

Jenna Barackman, Reporter Dec 11, 2018

Despite what some mainstream media may be telling its readers, the nightmare societies of George Orwell’s “1984” and Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” do not reflect modern-day society. The...

Washington Redskins running back Adrian Peterson (26) runs the ball for a first down against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on November 11, 2018, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. (Monica Herndon/Tampa Bay Times/TNS)

Pride Over Prejudice

Jenna Barackman, Reporter Dec 2, 2018

Mascots should never demonize or give into stereotypes in the name of ‘team spirit.’ People are not mascots. The Washington Redskins are a part of the problem. The word ‘redskin’ is a derogatory...

Senior Jordan Harrison dances while impersonating English teacher Casey Engel during the senior skit Oct. 25.

Food For Thought Kicks Off

Jenna Barackman, Reporter Oct 26, 2018

Food for Thought officially kicked-off after the Stuco sleepover in the courtyard Oct. 24 and the skits performed in the gym Oct. 25. Students on Stuco had a chance to bond with other grades while...

French Exchange students stand with their host sisters up on stage during the first quarter Grande Assemblee.

Bonjour, America!: French Exchange Students Arrive

Sela Kincaid, Reporter Oct 21, 2018

French Exchange students stand with their host sisters up on stage during the first quarter Grande Assemblee.

Kaepernick brought on nationwide debate when he took a knee during the National Anthem to protest the unlawful killing of black men and women by police officers.

Nike Finally Stands With the Man Who Took a Knee

Jenna Barackman, Reporter Sep 13, 2018

The face of former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, the man behind the “take a knee” protests in the NFL, has been on nearly every billboard, every news station, and in every conversation for the...

The movie played on the large screen above the symphony. Photo by Jenna Barackman

Magic of the Music

Jenna Barackman, Reporter Sep 10, 2018

Magic truly was in the air when the first note of the famous “Harry Potter” soundtrack filled the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts as the first scene of “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”...

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