Geneva Rhetoric School students are placed in one of four houses—Chaucer, Lewis, Milton and Sayers—and compete against each other throughout the year in various activities. One of these competitions is the annual Spring Quidditch House Cup. Quidditch is a team game that looks like a combination of dodgeball and low-contact rugby, all with players competing…
Geneva Rhetoric School students recently competed in the TAPPS 4A State Academic and Art Meet in Waco where they were declared the State Champions in the Art Meet and were fifth place overall in the State Academic Meet. “Unlike many contests, we don’t really conduct any preparation or advance practices, so it is rewarding to…
Geneva second graders bring history to life with their study of Ancient Egypt each year. They study the daily life, government leaders, religion, architecture, language, arts and recreation of the ancient Egyptians. A favorite project in which the students engage is learning about the mummification process. Each class experiences this process first-hand by mummifying their…
Several Geneva varsity tennis team members qualified to compete in the TAPPS 4A State Tennis Tournament which was held in Waco on April 8-9. The girls team qualified the doubles team of Gracyn Freiling/Braden Hall. Competing for the Eagles on the boys’ side were Anson Eggerss and Nathan Masso in singles and the doubles teams…
The Grammar Speech Meet is an annual event in which students in first through fifth grades choose either a piece of scripture or poetry from a selection and present it in competition. Students memorize their selected piece and present in preliminary rounds to ultimately try to advance to the finals. Fifteen students in each category…
Meredith Drukker Stratigopoulos, Geneva Class of 2011, is the highlighted alumnus for this quarter. Here are her responses to a standard set of questions which will be given to an alumnus to answer each quarter. Please give a current update on yourself (college/graduation year, major, work/career, family, other interests, service or hobbies). In 2015 I…
Each year we feature our seniors with a set of profile questions. We release selections from our senior profiles each quarter.
Geneva students competed in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools Solo and Ensemble competition held at Saint Mary’s University on Wednesday, March 27. Students from area schools met to compete for points that will combine with large ensemble points to compete for TAPPS State titles later this month. Solos and ensembles in…
Two Geneva track and field athletes were invited to compete in the Texas Relays Meet at The University of Texas in Austin last weekend. Senior Amy Ambelang ran a personal best time (and set a new Geneva record) in the 100mH (14.80) and advanced to the finals where she earned fifth place overall (15.11). She…
Geneva senior Kensi Parker signed on Friday, March 29 to play basketball with Sul Ross State University. She was surrounded by her parents Ken and Tosha Parker and coaches Tracy Calderon, Eric Boerboom and Sean Drees as well as many friends and family. Sul Ross is in NCAA Division III and competes in the American…