This past weekend, the Brophy League of Academic Contests competed in its first ever National History Bowl Competition in Washington, D.C. In addition to teams from all over the continental United States, History Bowl has also hosted teams from China, France and Guam. Ranked #25 (out of 186 teams) going in, we finished in the [...]
Click the link below to see a PDF of the slideshow from today’s Student Awards Ceremony. Student Awards Presentation
Congratulations to freshmen Alex Chang! Alex finished in the Final Four of the 2012 Grammar Bowl. For his achievement, Alex received a $5,000 college scholarship. Click here for a list of the top 24 finalists.
The Spanish Honor Society will have its Induction Ceremony this Friday, April 27th, right after school. This year will have the largest number of inductees, 39, as well as 22 seniors wearing honors cords on graduation day. In order to be in this list, each student has completed 20 hours of service involving the Spanish [...]
Please see the attached flyer from Lifetouch on their photograph packages. Lifetouch Photos
The informational slidehow for this summer’s SHEP program in enclosed.
This weekend five Brophy students will be competing in the National Science Bowl Championships sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington D.C. with Cheryl Lenox. Across town (and the Potomac) Patrick Kolb will be with two teams of Brophy students who will be competing in the National History Bowl Championships.
Dear Parents, I hope that you and your families had a blessed Easter and an enjoyable spring break. As you know, the next four weeks of school are very important and will pass by in the blink of an eye. Please be especially engaged with your son during the remaining weeks to ensure that he [...]
National Honor Society students are available for “drop-in” tutoring Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 7:10 – 7:55 a.m. in room B208. We also have students available for tutoring in the Info Commons after school Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 3:00 to 3:45 p.m. Students should check in with Jennie Oleksak or Leslie Hanson [...]
Brophy is currently looking into the prospect of running a bus from the North Scottsdale area to Brophy. If you are interested in contracting for this type of service for the 2012-2013 school year, please contact Pat Higgins, Dean of Students at phiggins@brophyprep.org. Please provide your student’s name and ID number (if he is a [...]
Scott Middlemist is the Chairman of the Brophy English Department. Earlier this week he announced that his first novel, Jigsaw Soul, has been published and is available for purchase. Mr. Middlemist describes the novel as “a soldier’s quest to recover the lost pieces of his soul in an epic that echoes both Apocalypse Now and [...]
Cap and gown orders; delivery of graduation announcements; yearbooks; Baccalaureate Mass and Graduation.
Our annual Lenten Drive ended April 4th, and this year, thanks to all of the Brophy Community, we finished with a total collection of $10,713.35. You have touched the lives of countless people in need, and on their behalf, the OFJ gives you a hearty thank you.
The OFJ is collecting new and gently used shoes of all sizes and styles for Homeward Bound and other organizations that serve families in need. Please bring shoes into the OFJ by May 11th.
Join the Kindness Walk and support families who have experienced the death of a child. Walkers, volunteers, and donations needed. Please support this great cause.
Paperwork for sophomores who are using a Community Mentoring Project to fulfill their requirement for SSP is due by April 30. If you have questions, please contact Mr. Hubbell in the OFJ.
Prom will take place on April 28th from 8:00 to 11:30 p.m. in the Promthenon. This dance is for Brophy and Xavier students in the 11th and 12th grade. Each student may bring one guest. Guest passes will be available to students the week of April 16th. Guests will need their own tickets for the [...]
Schedules – April 23-May 12:
Brophy’s Key Club joined the Southwest District Key Club Convention in Phoenix, on April 13-15, in which over 400 Key Club students participated from Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas and southern Nevada. Eric Andrews, Alexis Guevara, Coby Palivathukal, Tim Stoa and Max Varosky represented Brophy’s Key Club. Eric Andrews ran for Lt. Governor of the [...]
It was a brutal competition that started on Thursday afternoon and did not finish until Saturday night, but Brophy emerged victorious. Not only did Brophy win the Arizona District National Qualifier Tournament (beating rival Desert Vista) but we qualified 12 students to nationals this summer in Indianapolis. This is the largest squad Brophy Speech and [...]
Over two months, 13,000 students from 35 high schools competed in poetry recitation contests statewide. After winning Brophy’s title, qualifying at the Central Regional competition, and completing two rounds of the State Final last down in downtown Phoenix, John was one of the top-four student contestants in the state! Thanks to the community for supporting [...]
Rio Salado College has moved up its deadline for applications for financial aid for NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, 2012-2013. Any student who might want to take Rio courses here at Brophy next year but would need financial aid to do so should click the link here for more information from Rio. This links to an informational [...]
The Cross and Purple Pall – Symbols of Lent During Lent you will notice the cross with the purple pall draped over it on campus. These symbols continue to remind us of the Passion and Death of Christ…which is the passageway into the Resurrection. Thus, we are called to stand at the foot of the [...]
Our annual Lenten Drive concludes next week. Thus far, we have raised a little over $7,000 and are working towards reaching our $10,000 goal. With the money we raise this year, we will be helping the following organizations: DIGNITY, Kino Border Initiative, the El Salvador scholarship fund, Homeward Bound, and UMOM. There is still plenty [...]
Summer Junior Justice Project contracts are due in the OFJ by April 4, 2012. If you have any questions please contact Mr. Hubbell in the OFJ.
March 31 – Brophy Shooting Sports – State Championship for Sporting Clays – Ben Avery Shooting Facility – just west of Interstate 17 on Carefree Highway- use the 2nd entrance to the Ben Avery- turn right at the stop light, approximately 1 mile west of I-17 on Carefree Highway. The Championship round will be held [...]
Monday, April 2, 6:30 PM, Harper Great Hall. – This optional evening is intended for parents of current 9th, 10th, and 11th graders who would like to learn more about the financial aid and scholarship process as you look down the road towards college. Katie Cardinali, College Counseling Department Chair, and Monica Felton of The [...]
We strongly recommend that interested students and parents in 9, 10 and 11th grades attend one of these sessions! Representatives of the Air Force, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine, Military, and Naval Academies will explain the unique academic, career, and military opportunities each school offers. Congressional staff will also be present to explain the required Congressional [...]
Each year 32 seniors, 16 in the fall and 16 in the spring, are awarded this distinction. These students demonstrate outstanding effort in school, achieve a solid record of participation in co-curricular activities and establish a record of service to not only the Brophy community, but the greater community, as well. They are selected by [...]
