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On Wednesday, December 7th, Argonne scientist Janet Knowles visited our AP Computer Science class. She spoke to the students about her career journey from high school to grad school, and then on to the computer science industry. 

This week's RES Student of the Week is senior, Joann Kusinski.

Joann is a walking-talking spark plug! She breeds excitement and enthusiasm wherever she goes. She is highly involved in student government, Pep Club, Student Ambassadors, and more. RES is a better place because of her.

This week's RES Student of the Week is junior, Annaliese Vizconde.

Annaliese is a wonderful, kind, and outgoing student. She is the first to respond when I need someone to volunteer and always offers alternatives when problem-solving. Her shadows and touring families are always impressed by her and compliment her on how well she does her job. She is intelligent, thoughtful, and dependable.

During the lesson on conics, the students created a planet project, which focused on ellipses. Students were assigned a planet and were then given information about their planet. Students then had to use that information to come up with the equation of the elliptical orbit of the planet, and once they had that, they had to figure out different things about that planet, including interesting facts, if it was a gas giant, a terrestrial planet, what kind of planet it was, etc. They also learned about Kepler's Law of Planetary Motion.

This week's RES Student of the Week is senior, Payton Marcus. Payton demonstrates infectious enthusiasm daily. She welcomes all opportunities that come her way with a joyful and authentic "yes!" She is highly involved in the STREAM program, pep club, athletic activities, and more. Payton can be seen around school organizing a fundraiser or planning an event. She is a walking spark plug, and we are lucky to have her as part of our RES family!

Sophomore Riley McGrath has become the first Resurrection College Prep student to qualify for state in diving. While RES does not have its own diving team, the school is able to enter student athletes into the playoffs

Resurrection College Prep High School Theater presents Little Women on Friday, November 18th at 7 p.m.; Saturday, November 19th at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, November 20th at 2 p.m.

Today, seniors, and AP Seminar/STREAM III students, Maggie DeFend and Colleen Chiavola showed fellow students how to use the Innovation Lab tools, such as the 3-D printers and the GlowForge laser cutter, in the second of hopefully many student-led workshops offered during P-Block. All students had the opportunity to sign-up to participate in this workshop.

This week's RES Student of the Week is senior, Ava Bellwoar.

Ava just returned from Montana volunteering her time, talent, and energy to learn more about the Blackfeet Tribe's experiences. She is also on the leadership council of Science National Honors Society. Ava is fearless in her commitment to social justice. We are blessed to have her at RES!

Today, Tuesday, November 1st, we came together to celebrate All Saints and All Souls Day. All Saints and All Souls comprise the two-day celebration of the Communion of Saints – those who are with God in heaven and those who are on their way to heaven. Today, All Saints Day, the Church celebrates those Christians who achieved spiritual maturity. The Saints are examples of what it means to live a Christian life, they are examples of servitude and leadership that we can follow in our daily lives. Tomorrow, All Souls Day, the Church remembers and prays for the faithful departed, today we remember and pray for the dearly departed in our own community.  We are asked to remember the ways in which we are all called to live like the Saints, and those in our own lives who have been examples of Christian leadership who have passed on.

The theatre classes had a "spook-tacular" time creating costumes this week!  Using found materials like garbage bags, plastic wrap, and tin foil students worked together to create original costume designs for a variety of characters. 

The AP Language and Composition juniors assumed a character or author from the major literary works analyzed Quarter One. These personae 'met at breakfast' and had a conversation about their lives, concerns, and hopes crossing over conflicts common to all.

This week's RES Student of the Week is junior, Mary Sclafani.

Mary is a conscientious student who works incredibly hard. She takes her studies seriously, often going beyond what is expected of her to succeed. She is intellectually curious and is a wonderful addition to the RES community.

The Fall 2022 Lasallian Immersion Volunteer Experience (L.I.V.E) partners with De La Salle Blackfeet School located on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana.

Students who participated in the L.I.V.E trip to De La Salle Blackfeet had the opportunity to learn more about the experiences of Native Americans, life and culture on a Native American Reservation, the injustices done to Native Americans, the mission of the Christian Brothers in 
education, as well as their mission to social justice and concern for the poor. 

This week's RES Student of the Week is sophomore, Mikenna Doyle.

We are so fortunate, as a school community, to have Mikenna as a student at RES. She is the true definition of a RES girl. Mikenna goes above and beyond to help her classmates. This summer she was a camp counselor at Camp Invention and was incredible. She would spend her evenings planning additional activities for the students. As a STREAM student, she is always willing to be an ambassador of RES, hosting shadows, working Open House, and more. She is pure sunshine.