Learning More About the School’s Solar Initiative with Headmaster Eustis
By Laurenz Mosquito, Senior Reporter
May 9, 2018
Filed under Campus Features, Student Life
By September this year, Xavier High School will have fully switched to solar energy, the first Catholic high school in Connecticut to do so. By switching to solar energy...
A Closer Look at the Recent Open Houses
By Eric Myskowski, Assistant Reporter
December 5, 2017
Filed under Campus News, News, Opinions, Student Life
After suffering lackluster enrollment last year, Xavier has placed an elevated importance on open houses and other ways to bring prospective students to the school. The turnout at the open houses was strong, especially at the November open house which historically had garnered little interest from prospective...
Why Students Must Attend College to Access their Spiritual Side
By Alexander Pralea, Editor
November 30, 2017
Filed under Onion X, Student Life, uncategorized
To people who swear that school lacks any importance, I am here to convince you to go to further your education. As a successful pool technician, I have realized that I have attained my success only because of having gone to college. Of all the many things I have learned at college, from my talents t...
Why Do People Believe Halloween Is So Scary?
By Alexander Pralea, Editor
October 31, 2017
Filed under News, Opinions, Student Life, uncategorized
Over the past millennia, the date October 31st has always held in special place in the eyes of the West. Originally an agricultural holiday emphasizing the closeness of the earth with the spirit world, All Hallows’ Eve has long evoked fear and mistrust. This is especially true in the modern era, i...
How Using Drawboard PDF Can Make You More Efficient
By Alexander Pralea, Editor
October 26, 2017
Filed under Opinions, Student Life, uncategorized
As many students now choose to eschew the traditional methods of paper and pencil note-taking, Onenote has taken the role of most popular note-taking app. Despite this, many students fail to realize how else they can use their computers in order to best take advantage of it. Perusing through the student...
A Look Into the Ad Campaign
By Dominick Delaney and Alexander Pralea
October 5, 2017
Filed under Campus News, News, Student Life, uncategorized
Throughout the spooky month of October, Xavier High School will begin its annual Ad Campaign. In it, Xavier students are asked to take on the responsibilities of an Ad Salesman, exploring their surrounding towns in search of adds for the school. This annual event was announced last Thursday at an assembly...
Syncing Your Xavier Email and Other BYOD Tips
September 26, 2017
Filed under A&E Reviews, Student Life
Tip 1–Have a desktop for each class Create a new desktop for classes that you use a computer. Multiple desktops are a feature in Windows 10 that allows you to create multiple "explorer.exe" programs. This is incredibly useful for quickly resuming notes at the start of a period. For example, as a fr...
XNN Merger
By Alexander Pralea, Editor
September 26, 2017
Filed under Campus Features, Campus News, News, Student Life
The Kestrel is proud to announce its merger with Falcon Talk and XSN (Xavier Streaming Network). This collaboration will allow each club to retain a separate identity, but also allows for Xavier to have a news network that is the most full-featured. XNN (Xavier News Network) will broaden the user bas...
Xavier Music Shines at Festival
By Kevin Galasso, Editor
May 3, 2017
Filed under Campus Features, Student Life
This past weekend, the Xavier Music program competed in a music festival against other schools in the area. The competition was called Music In The Park, which is a competition where the groups compete at a high school and then head to an amusement park after the performance. This competition was held...
Xavier’s Expectations for Its New Headmaster
By Laurenz Mosquito, Reporter
April 4, 2017
Filed under Opinions, Student Life
What qualities is the Xavier community looking for in the successor of headmaster Brother Brian Davis, C.F.X? Brother Brian, who has served eight years as headmaster of Xavier High School, will be retiring from his position at the conclusion of the 2016-2017 school year. As we look ahead at the imminent...
How Growing Trees Can Solve Your Procrastination Problem
By Laurenz Mosquito, Reporter
March 28, 2017
Filed under A&E Reviews, Student Life
As the school year continues, it becomes increasingly difficult to sit down and do some bulk work without using one’s phone to procrastinate. The app Forest, by developer ShaoKan Pi, helps to remedy this problem by having you grow a tree. George is a student that goes to Xavier and plans to do his homewor...
Jesus Christ Superstar: When and Where
By Kevin Galasso, Editor
March 7, 2017
Filed under Campus Features, News, Student Life
Jesus Christ Superstar is this year’s Xavier/Mercy musical. It is based off the 1971 rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. It follows the last week of Jesus’s life from arriving at Jerusalem, to his crucifixion on Good Friday. It also details the struggle between the ideals of Jesus and...
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