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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 

Good morning Jesuit High School Sacramento community

We wanted to share information with you regarding a safety concern brought to our attention by local law enforcement. A general threat of school violence has been spreading on social media across the nation. In addition to several other states, it mentions the Sacramento, California region. Jesuit has not been named in any of these threats, but we want to share the information out of an abundance of caution.

SACRAMENTO, CA —Jesuit High School Sacramento is honored to announce the renaming of its iconic Loyola Field in Marauder Stadium to Chief Warrant Officer 2 Shane Barnes ‘07 Field. Barnes, a 2007 graduate of Jesuit Sacramento, served in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment and was one of five U.S. service members who died in a tragic military training exercise over the Mediterranean Sea in November 2023. This dedication pays tribute to his life, legacy, and ultimate sacrifice in service to his country. 

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The legendary Fr. Barry Christmas Classic will tip off Thursday, Dec. 7, for a three-day series packed with action as seven Catholic school teams from California, Arizona, and Texas take the court.

Jesuit High School Marauders will host the 49th annual tournament in the historic Fr. Barry Gymnasium on campus. All games are open to the public and will also be livestreamed.

The Presidential Search Committee has been convening regularly over the past six weeks, moving through the search process thoughtfully and diligently to find the best President for Jesuit High School. 

In mid-Feburary, the Committee met with various constituent groups during listening sessions and reviewed the results of the confidential online survey at the end of the month to capture input on the ideal candidate for our next President. Applications for the position of President closed on February 28, 2023.

But first, a special thank you!

With eight sports in play, the campus facilities are bustling. Jesuit Athletics would like to send a huge ‘THANK YOU’ to the Buildings and Grounds staff for all of their work. We would not be able to run our program without their service and attention to our fields, grounds, decks, and gymnasium.

Jesuit High School received notice from the County of Sacramento on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 13, 2022, that the application for Permit Amendment for Stadium Lighting Project will be heard at the following:

Earlier this week, Jesuit High School Sacramento received product information about the viability and use of our stadium’s synthetic turf from the manufacturer. The timing of this information comes during a busy week as we move into post-season play for winter sports and start springs sports. As such, Jesuit has chosen to act out of an abundance of caution and temporarily relocate most activities that utilize the field turf. 

In their first year of official CIF competition, Jesuit’s eSports team beat the previously undefeated, number 1 team in a very intense, heart-stopping game at the Smash Bros. California State Championship. Michael Lee (‘22) saved the season with a masterful defeat in the 5th game of a best of 5. Sophomore Joel Cabral also ended up going 5 games and in an amazing reversal of fortune defeated Benjamin Franklin High School’s number 1 player! Jesuit went into the playoffs ranked #10 and had lost to Franklin in the regular season.

A high stakes Quarter Final Round was fought by the Jesuit High School Sacramento Mock Trial Defense Team against Rio Americano’s Prosecution Team. In a dramatic end to the round, Marauder Attorney Alonso Lee successfully argued that the Rio team violated the competition’s rules by failing to have the required number of participants and evenly allocate roles amongst their team. The judge agreed but inexplicably the scorers chose not to penalize Rio for their violation resulting in Jesuit losing all three ballots by a close margin.

A Jesuit High School education inspires an enduring commitment to excellence and service. Helping your child succeed in high school is a goal that the staff and faculty of Jesuit High School of Sacramento share with you, the parents of our students. With parents as our partners, we offer a challenging educational experience of academic excellence, co-curricular involvement, and spiritual and religious formation. Here are a few pieces of advice for the parents of our high school students.

With more than 50 students registered with the Speech & Debate Team, members meet virtually every week to practice their speaking skills and argue positions on topics ranging from education, economics, the environment, and even COVID. This season more than 20 high schools throughout the greater Sacramento region competed in the Capital Valley Forensics League’s first ever virtual tournament season. Dozens of students faced each other in multiple debate and speaking events, trading live audiences and podiums for online challenges against both new and seasoned teams. 

To our Jesuit High School Community:

We take great pride in the fact that our alumni, parents, students, faculty, administration, and Board of Trustees are all committed to our school’s wellbeing. To produce Men for Others who are academically, ethically, spiritually, and morally prepared for college and life’s challenges has always been our mission, consistent with the Catholic Church’s teachings. With every graduating class, our young men make their way to very diverse careers, able to inquire, learn, and discern.

“Love of God which does not issue in justice for others is a farce.”

   —Rev. Pedro Arrupe, S.J., Former Superior General of the Society of Jesus  

Parents, Students, and Friends,

This has been a difficult week in our nation and our city. I am grieved by George Floyd’s killing and the aftermath of violence. As a Jesuit school, we are called to work for justice and reconciliation—and this aspect of our mission has never been more necessary and, perhaps, has never been more difficult.

For more than 200 years, our nation’s Jesuit schools, from middle schools to high schools to universities, have used education as our tool for promoting integral human excellence in our students. This excellence is not for the sake of personal gain, but rather for moral citizenship that seeks to promote justice. This justice requires that we act against the overt yet unrecognized racism that exists in our community and even in our own hearts. Our work takes time, but our work has made a difference for the good. It is still imperfect and ongoing. 

STEAM Education at Jesuit High School

Jesuit High School of Sacramento provides young men with an academically rigorous college preparatory education and prepares graduates for lives of leadership and service. One of the ways that we prepare our students for their future careers is by offering STEAM courses. STEAM curriculum is designed to

January 17, 2020

Free public lecture kicks-off President’s Ignatian Lecture with a speaker from Loyola University New Orleans

Sacramento, CA – Jesuit High School’s President, Rev. John P. McGarry, S.J., is pleased to announce the 1^st Annual President’s Ignatian Lecture. The inaugural speaker will be Rev. Alfred C. Kammer, S.J., Executive Director of the Jesuit Institute for Social Research at Loyola University New Orleans.

DATE:       TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Overall, all of the Marauder programs had great fall seasons with a lot of great individual accomplishments. Two out of our three varsity programs won Section Titles while our third made it to a Section Semifinal. Go Big Red!

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Sacramento, CA - Tuesday, November 12, 2020

DATE:  WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2019
TIME:   8:30 a.m. Ceremony Interviews and photos available (earlier times can be arranged)
WHERE:  JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM
                 4660 Fair Oaks Blvd. CARMICHAEL, CA

Sacramento, CA 

Friday, October 18, 2020

We are honored to welcome eight new Board Members to Jesuit High School of Sacramento. Along with our returning members, these dedicated individuals bring to our Board an abundance of talent, years of expertise, and a firm commitment to our mission of providing a quality, Catholic, Jesuit education to young men from diverse backgrounds in the greater Sacramento region.

By Laura I. Winn

On any given Saturday night at arcades across the country, you will find groups of gawky teens racking up points on the latest games, eating junk food and laughing with friends. On July 14 at Laser Tag of Carmichael, the young men from Jesuit High School were there to do all the above, while also sprinkling in discussion of a topic especially relevant to current events: cybersecurity. As members of Jesuit’s award-winning Cybersecurity Team, formally the CyberPatriot Club, the teens not only understand the gravity of cyber attacks threatening everything from emails to elections, but more importantly, how to use research skills and forensic tools to thwart them. In between games of laser tag, the teens hoped to recruit current and incoming Jesuit students to their (mock) cybercrime-fighting team. During the 2017-2018 school year, 18 Jesuit students participated in year-round Air Force Association CyberPatriot competitions that simulate real-life cyber attacks. After finishing in the top 10 percent nationwide at the CyberPatriot Semifinal Round in February, the teens received an invitation to the California Mayors Cyber Cup, placing first in the Sacramento Region and advancing to the prestigious California Cyber Innovation Challenge.