The Student News Site of Xavier College Preparatory

XPress
The Student News Site of Xavier College Preparatory

XPress
The Student News Site of Xavier College Preparatory

XPress
The Student News Site of Xavier College Preparatory

XPress

News encompasses the most important events concerning Xavier.

Xavier and Brophy students sing under the snow to music played by a DJ. Brophy hosts all annual school dances such as the back-to-school dance, homecoming, hoopcoming and prom.

Snowcoming: Bringing a bit of winter to the desert

Mckayla Schmal, Photo Editor
October 7, 2025
This display shows the many colleges that Xavier girls have attended. On the evening of September 22, 2025, the collage allowed students and parents to see where past Xavier graduates have gone.

Annual Xavier-Brophy College Fair welcomes over 1,000

Rebekah Hodes, Staff Writer
October 2, 2025
In James Marando’s AP Statistics classroom, a vibrant dotplot data set rests on a wall. This plot was student-made and calculations were done in reference to it.

Xavier provides opportunities for top math students

Abby Freeman, Staff Writer
October 2, 2025
Located in Fitzgerald Hall 211, the Academic Resource Center (ARC) is a place for students to become their best selves. With a newly-renovated room, students have greater space for personal development

ARC: What does it mean and who can it help?

Faith Gwati, News Editor
September 25, 2025
The Rio Salado College building stands as a center for students taking dual enrollment classes in partnership with local high schools. Through these programs, students can earn both high school and college credit with lower costs.

Xavier offers college credit through Rio Salado: Is dual enrollment worth it?

Mckayla Schmal, Photo Editor
September 18, 2025
Carol Ann Michaelson is pictured in her senior class yearbook displayed in the guidance counselors’ building. She was a member of the Xavier College Prep class of 1989.

Setting the standard: Carol Ann Michaelson becomes new Xavier principal

Faith Gwati, Photo Editor
May 9, 2025
A Xavier girl is preparing to give her senior speech in front of the audience. Typically, she has many topics she must cover.

Heading toward change: The process for senior speeches

Olivia Garcia, News Editor and Best of SNO award-winning writer
May 5, 2025
On April 15, Danna Barykova Galindo Morales passed away from her well-fought battle with cancer. The Xavier community mourns Danna during this time. On Friday April 25, a funeral for her remembrance will be held at 2 p.m. at Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church with the burial following at 3:30 p.m.

Danna Barykova Galindo Morales

Charley Fisher, Editor-in-chief and Best of SNO award-winning writer
April 24, 2025
Junior Betty Hailu ‘26 looks at some of the potential colleges with which she was matched during her TrueMotivate test. TrueMotivate is a partnership with Xavier that shows students potential career and college options based on a series of questions about their lives.

From dream school to right school, rethinking the college search

Savannah Landrum Taylor, Social Media Editor
April 11, 2025
Sister Lynn Winsor arrives early to her celebration party. The theme was Hawaiian luau and included table decorations of her own bobblehead.

Sister Lynn Winsor marks 50 years of dedication at Xavier College Prep

Kylie Weisheit, Staff Writer
April 11, 2025
Xavier students Mariana Rodriguez, Sadie LaMagna, Stella Chamoff, Mahima Sanghera and Maryam Al Qaderi competed in Arizona’s speech and debate state finals. Maryam Al Qaderi placed first in original oratory and fellow senior Stella Chamoff placed fourth in humorous interpretation.

From Prep to podium: How Xavier Gators helped take 3rd at Arizona’s speech and debate state finals

Lucia Sugich, Staff Writer and Best of SNO award-winning writer
April 3, 2025
Lai Wei practices in her AP Calculus BC class with teacher Robert Hendrickson. Wei competed in the American Math Competition and placed with the top 1% of students who took the test.

Gator Mathlete reaches for success

Faith Gwati & Lucia Sugich, Photo Editor & Staff Writer and Best of SNO award-winning writer
March 15, 2025
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