The Big Sister, Little Sister Program has been a staple of any student’s freshman and senior years at Padua. Many events such as “breakfast and beanies,” the Christmas gift auction, Halloween Kahoots,...
Being one of the four pillars, service plays an important role within the student life of Padua. According to the data collected this year by school service clubs, students recorded a total of 119,023...
COVID has grown to affect millions of people all over the world. Every life has been impacted in one way or another. Something that I believed would only last a few months has now stretched to over a...
A whole year later, and this still doesn’t feel real. I question almost everyday if the pandemic is part of a dream or some alternate reality. How could we have let this happen? Why isn’t it over yet?
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Wow, what a year! On March 13, 2020, I walked out of Padua for the last normal day. I was elated. It was the first warm spring day in a while and I could hear the birds chirping. There seemed to be this...
It started like any other year. I was at my best friend’s house. We watched the ball drop like every other year and went outside and did sparklers. The first day of the New Year 2020 I said goodbye to...
2020 started off with high hopes and promises of an unforgettable year. People lit up with excitement as they talked about the start of a new decade. Holidays such as Halloween and Fourth of July fell...
2020 felt like one extra long week. At the start of quarantine we were all excited for the change of pace, or a “break” from our busy lives for two weeks. Little did we know that that “break” is...
Coronavirus has been an insane experience for everybody. At first, I had a hard time missing school, not seeing any friends, and not being allowed to be closer than six feet apart from someone. I had to...
A year in the life of COVID taught me not to take simple things for granted anymore. I've realized that before COVID I didn’t appreciate the small things such as hanging out with friends, going on vacation,...
Well, here we are once again: March. If someone had told me this time last year that I was about to enter a global pandemic that would last far longer than anyone had anticipated, I would have never believed...
Through this year I have realized the importance of human connection, whether it be seeing others in person or just on Facetime. I hope to bring from this more appreciation that the COVID virus has only...
