When the global pandemic of COVID-19 forced schools to go to E-Learning towards the end of last year, there were questions forming about how the next school year would begin. With many options on the table, there was one option that Roncalli High School chose to start the year with. The Synchronous Learning model (or Hybrid Learning,) is a schedule that has half of the students in person in the class...

Every year seniors and incoming freshmen get excited for one day right before school starts -- freshmen orientation. Normally it is a full-day event filled with a pep rally, freshmen going to their classes, and a mass. However, this year contained many differences from previous years. For example the freshmen and senior classes were split into three groups so there were fewer people in the buildin...

This year, the theology department selected Cross Catholic Outreach to reap the benefits of our almsgiving project. Cross Catholic is an organization which raises funds to provide food and other supplies to impoverished communities around the world. Over 95% of the money raised by Cross Catholic goes directly to the people they serve through their programs. The Roncalli community is working to raise o...

When most people think of the month of March, numerous events come to mind, such as St. Patty’s Day, The Ides, Pi Day, the birthday of Theodore Seuss Geisel, and of course, March Madness. However, one aspect of March that is commonly overlooked by the average citizen is the annual March Mathness tournament at Roncalli High School. The Roncalli March Mathness tournament was started and is still currently run by the one and only Mr. Andy Niewedde. “I have always watched the March Madness tournament and I thought it might be fun to try that in class at a time in the year where people are just going through the motio...