Coca-Cola Scholar
Cistercian congratulates Rithvik Gabri ‘24 as a 2024 Coca-Cola Scholar!
Science Fair
Our three Cistercian Science fair winners participated at the Dallas Regional Science Fair at Fair Park on Saturday February 19th. They earned high grades and even an honorable mention for their work.
Interscholastic Colloquium
This year’s Interscholastic Colloquium, hosted by Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, was titled “George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, 75th Anniversary.” Four Cistercian students—two Juniors, one Sophomore, and one Freshman—had the honor of presenting original papers.
Academic WorldQuest
On February 21, eleven Upper School students competed at the Academic WorldQuest event at UT Arlington, sponsored by the Junior World Affairs Council. All 3 of our teams again finished in the top 20!
Fr. Bernard
Fr. Bernard shared his story of fleeing Communist Hungary with the Form III students yesterday. Having just completed their study of the Exodus, the students in the Old Testament class were locked into the suspenseful, providential, and beautiful story.
Ash Wednesday
Lent has begun. To mark the beginning of this season of penitence, students attended Mass and received ashes on their foreheads with the exhortation to “Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.”