We are pleased to share that seniors Bella K. and Moriah S. have been named Commended Students in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program. Bella and Moriah placed among the top 50,000 students in the entire United States who entered the 2023 competition by taking the 2021 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
Nathan Miller and Catelin King have both received the prestigious 4-year Air Force ROTC College Scholarship which can cover $200,000 to $250,000 in tuition. Catelin remembers randomly opening her email and seeing “Congratulations” under the Air Force email heading. In reflection she said, “I’m grateful to the help that JPII provided in preparing me for […]
Our girls basketball team has won the WIAA/Gesa Credit Union Academic State Champions Award for achieving the highest grade point average in the girls 1B basketball classification. The season was made all the sweeter in that the team qualified for Districts for the first time in school history. Coach Caiti Schmitz was very pleased that the […]
In December, we launched a contest to engage our student body and community in creating our very own custom JPII school logo. From multiple entries, the design from Catelin K. ’23 was chosen. The new JPII Eagle logo, designed by Catelin and formatted by Lauryn Johnson ’20, conveys pride, strength, spirit, excellence and truth. On […]
Each Archdiocesan High School received an invitation to attend a special dinner in Seattle for Senior Class leaders. Students had an opportunity to meet and mingle with other high leaders in our Archdiocese which provided a wonderful sense of solidarity for all. After dinner, Luke C. 23′ of JPII, and other representatives from each school gave a short reflection on how […]
Along with other Seattle Archdiocesan Catholic schools, Pope John Paul II High School was recently featured on “EWTN News in Depth” for their participation in the Catholic Lifesaver Corps (CLC) launched last April to provide peer to peer suicide awareness and prevention within Seattle Archdiocese high schools. JPII and Archbishop Murphy High School in Everett were in […]
JPII science teacher and StellarXplorer moderator, Dr. Tracy Russell; theology teacher, Gwen Bowen; and mathematics teachers, Megan Davis and Kim Viall were chosen to attend Notre Dame’s highly regarded seminar on Science and Religion that challenges the notion that the two disciplines are in conflict. The program is limited to forty-five participants from around the country […]
We are incredibly proud to share that senior, Luke Christensen has been awarded the coveted $180,000 NROTC Marine Scholarship. Christensen was presented with the award in front of his JPII classmates by Gunnery Sergeant Pennington, Captain Reuben B. Smith IV and Staff Sergeant Gustavo Salazar Jr. of the United States Marine Corps. Therese Allin, principal […]
Eighteen 8th graders from St. Michael Parish School were guided by JPII student ambassadors for a day of academic classes, pizza and activities. They were able to meet the teachers and students who make our school so special. Some JPII students stopped by to check in on their younger siblings at lunch and grab a […]
The Pope John Paul II High School girls cross country team has won the WIAA/Gesa Credit Union State Championship for the third consecutive year! It was a close race but once again, the Eagles showed their determination and grit, edging out Garfield-Palouse by one point! For the fourth consecutive year, with less than a minute […]
The Pope John Paul II High School girls cross country team has won the WIAA/Gesa Credit Union Academic State Champions Award for achieving the highest grade point average in the girls 1B cross country classification. This is the second consecutive year that our girls cross country team has won the Academic State Championship! Each team […]
Pope John Paul II High School
5608 Pacific Avenue SE
Lacey, WA 98503
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