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25 States and counting introducing mandatory financial literacy classes

David Albelais ‘22 The Roundup   It is truly a miracle that the United States is finally starting to care about teaching high school students about important topics like finances and taxes instead of what William Taft did in 1903.    According to Career Builder, a major employment website, around 78% of working Americans are […]

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Sophomore Henry Wagy, a Skilled Fly Fisherman, takes home silver

Whether it be a competition, training or just relaxing, Henry Wagy ’24 can always be found near some water with a fishing rod. Ever since his dad first taught him, Wagy has been an avid fisherman, and a pretty good one at that.    Henry Wagy competes for Team U.S.A. Youth Fly Fishing, which is […]

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How the Bod Pod has Changed Professional and Educational Sports Medicine

THE ROUNDUP By Alex Gross ’24   While awkwardly sitting in a pill-shaped capsule wearing nothing but your underwear and a hair cap, you can receive one of the most accurate body composition tests in the market today. The Bod Pod is widely regarded as the standard for body composition testing and has helped revolutionize […]

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Sun Devils support Brophy’s music program 

Harrison Simmons ’22 THE ROUNDUP   It takes a lot of work to prepare all the different levels, classes, and students for Brophy’s multitude of concerts and performances throughout the school year. Dr. Jonathan Robinson is only able to assist his hundreds of students, varying in the instruments they play, to a certain degree since […]

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A Deeper Look into the Cube Sat Team

By Edward Hoppensteadt ‘24 THE ROUNDUP The Brophy Cube-Sat team is working on taking a big step in the study of dust patterns leading to Valley Fever cases in the American Southwest.   According to Mr. Mica Mulloy, a faculty advisor for the Cube-Sat team, “The Cube-Sat team is building a 20cm by 20cm by […]

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This class goes to Manresa every month to eat, sleep, and look at stars

Ian O’Riley ’24 THE ROUNDUP Unlike most science classes at Brophy, the astronomy class, taught by Fr. Juan Pablo Marrufo Del Toro, is a semester-long class where students observe the stars monthly and have common trips to Manresa, where they can sleep and play games with their best friends before returning to Brophy the day […]

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Students dive into deep end of job spectrum

By John Wichterman ’23 THE ROUNDUP   Getting a job as a student is not uncommon, but there are unlimited jobs to choose from. It can be easier to work somewhere more conventional with set rules, but how many students are willing to dive into more uncharted territory on the job spectrum?   Miguel Aguirre […]

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STUCO finds stress and fun planning in-person events

By Jack Willmore ’24 THE ROUNDUP   It’s the night of Sept. 3 and the blinding, flashing lights from the opening football game after-party at Brophy are very noticeable to someone taking a late-night walk by the canal. The students are yelling, dancing and jumping on the already roughed up and muddy grass to the […]

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The Brophy athletics teams are getting brand new jerseys with a new color and look

By Ian O’Riley ’24 THE ROUNDUP   This year is the year for new jerseys. Every three years, Brophy athletics teams get new jerseys, and this year the football, baseball, cross country, basketball, lacrosse and wrestling teams are all getting new uniforms.   This year is unique for the football team. Head Varsity Football Coach […]

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The upcoming block schedule

By Marcus Paz ‘24 THE ROUNDUP   Brophy’s schedule will change to a block schedule format for the 2022-2023 school year. Administrators decided to create a schedule that is seven 80 minute periods that rotate 5 times over the course of two weeks. Mr. Mica Mulloy said that the goal of the new schedule is […]

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