Super Sader Shoutout

Check out our amazing students as they shine in a range of activities, including drama, hockey, Model UN and more! We’re thrilled to highlight their outstanding achievements in a Super Sader Shoutout. 

Drama Students at State

Twenty-one JHS students attended the State Drama Competition and Festival in early April, with seven of them competing in the state showcase. Congratulations to the following Drama students:

• Piper Lavey ’24 & Kekoa Dowsett ’24: Duo Comic Acting

• Isabel Diab ’24 & Abby Wentworth ’24: Duo Comic Acting

• Angel Dauvin ’25 & Madeline Ward ’25: Duet Musical

• Sage Bonta ’24: Solo Acting

• Abby Wentworth ’24: Solo Acting

• Piper Lavey ’24: Solo Musical

Madeline and Angel received top scores and were invited to perform in the final showcase before 1,800 fellow Oregon thespians. All seven students qualified for the International Thespian Competition.

Amelia Loop ’24 and Campbell Shaw ’24 competed in the Tech Entries: Amelia in Stage Management and Campbell in Lighting Design. Both received all “Superiors” (the highest scores) from the judges and qualified for the International Thespian Competition.

In the Playwriting Competition, Kekoa Dowsett was selected as a State Finalist for his script, 1000, and was one of five playwrights invited to perform a staged reading of his play at the Festival. 1000 was also an International Thespian Competition qualifier. The staged reading of his play starring Abby Wentworth, Keara Anderson, Michael Nguyen, Lars Hoffbeck, Alise Fingal, and Kekoa received all “Superior” ratings.

Congratulations to Piper Lavey ’24 who was one of only five theatre students from Oregon to receive a 2024 Oregon Thespians Scholarship. This award goes to an exceptional senior who is an active thespian and plans to pursue theatre in college. Piper will attend Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music this fall.  

Way to represent Jesuit, thespians!

Young Writers Award

The Bennington College Young Writers Awards announced Kekoa Dowsett ’24 as a winner. The organization received over 5,500 entries from students around the world. Kekoa received first place in the Fiction category for his one-act, 1000 (pictured above being performed at the state drama competition).

Hockey Players Finish 3rd in Nation

Owen Akers ’26 (pictured left) and Justin McCarthy ’27 (pictured right) participated in the 16U Tier II USA Hockey Nationals in Dallas, Texas, in early April. Their team, Portland Junior Winterhawks, finished third in the Nation. 

Model United Nations

Jesuit’s Model United Nations team competed at the state conference in April. Of 1,500 students from Oregon and Southwest Washington, these JHS students received special honors:

• Lucy Robb ’25 (pictured middle) won the "Consensus Builder" award as a representative for the United Kingdom in the Environment Committee.

• Nikita Chincholkar ’25 (pictured left) won the "Best Delegate" award representing the United Kingdom in the Health and Human Services Committee.

• Claire Cao ’25 (pictured right) was elected by the entire General Session as next year's General Secretary, in charge of the state-wide student-run conference.

National Merit Scholarship Winners

Sagarika Menon ’24, Roshen Nair ’24 and Stella Wang ’24 are 2024 National Merit Scholarship winners. Scholarships are awarded to students with the strongest combination of abilities, skills, extracurricular accomplishments and potential for success in college and beyond.