Pope John Paul II High School

Questions Answered

Posted by Greg Hults on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 in First Year Blogs, Freshmen

I walked in to my first day of school at Pope John Paul II not knowing what to expect. I was hit with mixed emotions of excitement and fear. I had all the normal questions going through my mind. What are the teachers going to be like? Will I make friends easily? Am I going to be able to get my locker open? Who will I sit with at lunch?

It only took one week and I knew that I had made the right decision.

I felt that everyone cared about me, were friendly, and that the teachers wanted me to do my very best. Read more »

That’s the Spirit!

Posted by Ms. Frega on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 in Faculty, First Year Blogs

Did you know that, according to dictionary.com, there are twenty five definitions for the word spirit. And those are just its noun forms. When you throw in spirit as an adjective and a verb, that tally rises to 30. Almost three dozen meanings for one word – three dozen attempts to define this seemingly intangible element. While reading through all of these options, my mind was flooded with examples of how life at Pope John Paul II High School is very rich in spirit. 

Like Spirit Week. Spirit, in this sense, would be definition #18: vigorous sense of membership in a group. On Sunday, October 26, dozens of students showed up at school to participate in five hours’ worth of hallway Read more »