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Around the Halls

AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN HERE!

Even during a pandemic, the Cor Jesu Academy Chargers never
let their individual lights hide under a basket. The 2020-2021
school year was unlike any other, but our students persevered
and continued to find ways to shine bright and be brilliant!

1 SPIRIT WEEK 2021

The Chargers celebrated Spring
Spirit Week with the traditional theme –
Battle of the Classes. Each day, students
dressed to theme earning points for
their classes. The week ended with the
Student Council BBQ and cheers! It felt
great to be cheering together again!

2 FRESHMAN WELCOME WEEK! “ And people don’t light a lamp

We celebrated the traditional and then hide it under a basket.
Freshman Welcome Week in April this year
so that freshmen and seniors could be on They put it on a lampstand so the
campus at the same time. All week, the light shines for all the people in
”
freshmen wore bandanas, specially picked
out for them by the seniors as a fun way the house.
to welcome them into the CJA family!
- MATTHEW 5:14-15
3 FUNDERWEAR 2021
Together with St. Joseph’s 5 FIRST FRIDAY MASS IS BACK!
Academy, CJA collected 5,618 pairs Cor Jesu ended Catholic Schools Week
of socks, underwear and sports bras 2021 by celebrating its first all-school Mass with
to benefit St. Patrick Center. The our entire student body since March 6, 2020.
total was announced at the Student MASS DATE: February 5, 2021
Council BBQ during Spirit Week.

4 KatieMarie 6 Sarah Hymes ‘21 was selected as
a semi-finalist of the St. Louis
Anderson ‘23 Teen Talent Competition through Fox
earned a position in the Performing Arts Charitable Foundation.
2020-2021 St. Louis Metro
District 8 Honors Band.

6 Spirit Magazine SUMMER 2021