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Xavier's Source of News & Sports

THE KESTREL

Xavier's Source of News & Sports

THE KESTREL

Xavier Students Forecast 2024 Election Winner

Xavier Students Forecast 2024 Election Winner

By Sean O'Sullivan, Chief Editor November 13, 2024
How Xavier's Mock Election Forecasted Donald Trump's Win in the Presidential Election
Lino's Cafe at Xavier High School

Breakfast in Review

By William Finch, Assistant Reporter October 29, 2024

Egg & Cheese Sandwich It’s just the egg and cheese sandwich that's always been on the Lino’s menu for as long as I’ve been here; it’s been an option for breakfast and lunch, so I feel like...

Bienvenue Monsieur Brodeur!

Bienvenue Monsieur Brodeur!

By Cooper Woodward, Associate Editor October 24, 2024

Returning for the third time to our community, Xavier High School is proud to welcome back Mr. Ryan Brodeur! After spending his last six years teaching French at Kingswood Oxford in West Hartford, Mr....

Ms. Sarah Bishop

Welcome Ms. Bishop!

By Cooper Woodward, Associate Editor October 15, 2024

As the Xavier men returned from their 2024 summer break, they may have noticed some changes, one of which is the turnover in our Science department. Just as the freshmen of the Class of 2028 enter the...

New Teacher Spotlight: Ms. Devlin

New Teacher Spotlight: Ms. Devlin

By Cooper Woodward, Assistant Editor May 2, 2024

As the falcons returned from winter break, they may have noticed that room 302 had a new, fresh, and exciting voice. As a student of her's myself I am very proud to introduce our brand new English teacher...

https://www.astronomy.com/science/exoplanets-burst-onto-the-scene/

85 New Habitable Exoplanets

By Austin Carter, Assistant Reporter February 29, 2024

Scientists have recently discovered 85 new habitable planets. This means that, similar to earth, they are all in that sweat spot around their star. They are not so far that they are freezing cold, but...

Breaking Down the 2024 Presidential Primaries

Breaking Down the 2024 Presidential Primaries

By Sean O'Sullivan, Chief Editor January 14, 2024

            Saturday, January 20, 2024, marks three years since the commencement of the Biden Presidency after his success in the 2020 election.  However, it also starts the one-year countdown...

Our Fall Sports Season

Our Fall Sports Season

By Austin Carter, Assistant Reporter January 9, 2024

Our Xavier sports teams this fall included football, soccer, cross country, and sailing. There is always excitement for fall sports as they are the first after summer break. All of this enthusiasm to be...

Why the Black and White Falcon?

Why the Black and White Falcon?

By Cormac Burke, Reporter January 3, 2024

From its very conception, the identity of Xavier High School as a Xaverian Brothers Sponsored School in the heart of Connecticut has been synonymous with the school’s mascot:  the soaring, black and...

Welcoming Dr. Tacco

Welcoming Dr. Tacco

By Patrick Manning, Reporter October 18, 2023

Most recently welcomed as a new teaching member of the Xavier community is Dr. Ritacco.  Having grown up in a small town outside of Sturbridge, Massachusetts, Dr. Ritacco attended St. John’s in Shrewsbury...

Speaker of the House Office in US Capitol Building; August 28, 2023

Kevin McCarthy Ousted as Speaker of the House

By Sean O'Sullivan, Chief Editor October 10, 2023

Last Tuesday, October 4, American History was made as, for the first time ever, Kevin McCarthy (R – CA) was subject to a successful motion to vacate the chair of Speaker of the United States House of...

SAT Optional. How it Effects You.

SAT Optional. How it Effects You.

By Simon Cordes, Assistant Reporter April 6, 2023

Starting in 2018, the highly competitive University of Chicago announced its Empower Initiative: a test-optional admissions process. Not long after, and with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many other...

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