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Senior Seminar Presentations

May 15, 2021 | Media

Seniors finished their exams and are ready for Baccalaureate and graduation this weekend. Before they leave, we want to acknowledge one of their final academic accomplishments, the Honors Senior Seminar presentations.

This year’s seminars covered a variety of topics, such as a Machiavellian twist on Shakespeare’s Henry V, the political effects of the pandemic on Latin America, three collages that capture different Renaissance movements, the importance of genotyping, and many more.

The seminar classes take place over the entire senior academic year and are intended as a substantial intellectual experience. These courses move from reflection and conversation in the fall towards practice in the spring, culminating in an academic project/presentation sparked by individual student interest and guided by the elective seminar director.

Seniors, congratulations on completing your academic journey at Cistercian!

Hawk Happenings

Form VI Gliders

Form VI students put their glider designs to the test after weeks of planning, simulations, and construction. After a month of work, they finally launched their individually built gliders, seeing their designs take flight.

BraveArt 2025

Upper School students explored a variety of artistic disciplines during the annual BraveArt Festival on Friday. From silversmithing to printmaking, students engaged in hands-on workshops led by guest artists. The day concluded with the reveal of a new senior metal sculpture, “Christ the Redeemer.”

Form III Rockets

3, 2, 1, liftoff! Form III was “out to launch” in near perfect weather conditions. After the students help one another with rocket preparation, class anticipation builds from countdown to launch to hopeful recovery of each rocket.

Experience Cistercian

Publications

Herod’s trial of conscience

The death of John the Baptist is a chilling story for multiple reasons. It is a story about the fury of Herodias, who hated John so much for speaking the truth about marriage that she manipulated Herod, her would-be husband, into murdering him. It is also a story about the weakness of Herod, who just waited too long to do what he knew was right – to the point that doing the right thing required a sacrifice he felt incapable of making.

Reflections on heaven in the Lord’s Prayer

“I want to go to heaven” is a common expression by Christians when asked to give a reason for their faith. Curiously, the phrase “to go” or “to get to heaven” is not found in the Bible. While heaven is rightly considered the goal and magnetic pull on everyone’s spiritual compass, it is neither a destination nor a physical place as Jesus presents it in the “Our Father” prayer.

Reflecting upon technology and prayer in our lives

Technology is everywhere. There seems to be a gadget or app for everything. Computers for calculating; engines for ease; chemicals for control — is there any aspect of our lives untouched by instruments and processes?