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Coca-Cola Scholar

March 6, 2024 | Media

Cistercian congratulates Rithvik Gabri ‘24 as a 2024 Coca-Cola Scholar! One of the most selective national scholarship competitions, the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation (www.coca-colascholarsfoundation.org/) honors 150 seniors across the United States (out of over 103,800 applicants) who are leading and serving their schools and communities with distinction. Rithvik will receive a $20,000 college scholarship and join the Coke Scholars community of former recipients who continue to effect positive change in their communities and around the world.

In school, Rithvik has excelled as a Presidential Volunteer Service Award recipient, National Merit Finalist (1600 SAT), and leader of Cistercian’s Finance & Business Club (winner of the 2022 Texas Stock Market Game) and Robotics Club (winner of the 2022 First Robotics World Championship Title). Outside of school, he has pursued a number of business internships and ventures, including as CEO and Co-founder of The Commerce Crew, a non-profit to provide free student-led consulting on business, operations, and finances around the country with the goal of reducing waste in small businesses.

Hawk Happenings

Form I Construction Visit

This week, Fr. Christopher walked with his Form I students through the former art and music rooms, now cleared and ready for demolition. The boys studied blueprints and caught a glimpse of what’s next. A new Performing Arts Center, coming soon!

Book Curling

Librarian Nancy McGinnis gives the boys a choice: return your books or return your books and play Book Curling. The boys slide their books, aim for glory, and compete for the ultimate prize… candy.

Beware the Ides of Form I

In Form I Social Studies, fifth graders were introduced to the life of Julius Caesar. Three students claimed to be the real Caesar, but only one was telling the truth. The other two were imposters. Using clues from each presentation, the rest of the class had to decide who was authentic.

Experience Cistercian

Publications

‘The Lord is with you’

Gabriel is not the first messenger of the LORD to greet someone with the phrase “The LORD is with you” (Lk 1:28). An anonymous angel hails Gideon, a young man from a poor and insignificant family, as the lad desperately hides his family’s wheat harvest from the marauding Midianites: “The LORD is with you, you mighty warrior!” (Jgs 6:12). Gideon then receives his commission to save Israel from the hand of its enemy and to be a judge over the 12 tribes.

Discerning Communion calls for truth in charity

Discerning whether to offer or receive Communion can be a challenge, spiritually and pastorally; but such discernment can always also be fruitful.

Hail Mary, full of grace

St. Luke gives us the angel Gabriel’s annunciation greeting to Mary as “Chaire, kecharitōmenē” (Lk 1:28). There are thrilling grammatical and theological mysteries packed into these two Greek words.