JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL
PRESIDENT
Rev. Richard C. Hermes, S.J.
PRINCIPAL
Barry Neuburger
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
FOR ACADEMICS
Debra Pacheco
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
FOR DISCIPLINE
Dr. Angelo Pastore
ASSISTANT DISCIPLINARIAN
Mike Scicchitano ’01
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Nicholas Suszynski '98
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
Pete Young
Contributing Photographers:
Pete Young, Tina Russell, Scott Purks,
Danny Gomez ’11, Riley Martin ’20, Gigante
Productions, Inc.
Perspectives is a magazine for and about
the students, alumni, parents, faculty, staff,
friends, and supporters of Jesuit High
School in Tampa, Fla. It is published three
times a year by Jesuit's Development
Office, in addition to an Annual Report.
Please mail editorial correspondence or
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High School, 4701 N. Himes Avenue,
Tampa, FL 33614
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Rev. Richard C. Hermes, S.J.
President
by way of digital presentations,
classroom discussions, oral and
written discourse, and various
dialogic experiences and disputations
in class.
Seventh, we have a straightforward
but robust program of
religious education that is meant
to help the students know, love,
and serve God. Through our
ordered sequence of theology
classes, students are introduced
in ways appropriate to their age
to the basic doctrines, morality,
structure, prayers, history, and
life of the Church.
Eighth, the religious program
is further articulated and advanced
by the sequence of
retreats, as well as by the sacramental
and prayer life of the
school, by daily Convocation,
and by the many service opportunities,
immersion trips, and
pilgrimages offered each year.
During their four years, Jesuit
students are encouraged again
and again to hear the call of God
and respond by their concrete
choices.
Ninth, Jesuit education is international
in nature. We are
part of the world-wide efforts
of the Jesuit Order (Society of
Jesus�� in the ��eld of education.
In particular, we draw on the
resources of the Jesuit Schools
Network, the network of Jesuit
high schools and pre-secondary
schools that operate in the
United States, Canada, and other
locales. Information about what
works and doesn’t work is routinely
shared within this network
and among Jesuit schools
throughout the world.
Finally, Jesuit schools and
teachers put a great emphasis on
cura personalis, which includes
a love and care for our students.
Our faculty members strive to
know their students as individuals,
encouraging a respectful
familiaritas as the atmosphere
for eager learning and a chief
criterion for our school’s success.
A Jesuit school that simply
caters to its students ultimately
fails them, but a Jesuit school
that is not fundamentally student
centered fails in its own
mission.
As you read this issue and immerse
yourselves in the many
achievements of our students,
please know that we are grateful
for your support of Jesuit High
School and that your support is
critical to our future success.
In Christ,
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