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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

Lauren Wehner

Lauren Wehner, XPress Freelancer

Lauren Wehner is a junior at Xavier and she has been writing for XPress since her sophomore year. At Xavier, Lauren is involved in NEHS, NAHS, NCHS, Mu Alpha Theta, the Writing Center, the Little Free Library Committee, and Pierian Spring. Outside of school, Lauren is a soccer coach for four through six year olds. She has a job as a swim instructor, as well. She is an active member in the volunteer community, working with organizations such as Check For a Lump and the Phoenix Mobile Health Unit. Lauren looks forward to another amazing year with XPress making an impact at Xavier alongside all the amazing journalists and photographers. Lauren is a Best of SNO award-winning writer.

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Arizona Republic and Xavier sports writer Don Ketchum with his wife Carol and grandson. Xavier will miss Ketchum deeply, as the community and his family mourn his passing.

Commemorating the life of Don Ketchum

Lauren Wehner, XPress Freelancer and Best of SNO award-winning writer
March 1, 2023
Dean Denise Macrina shows the new tardy system, which was a catalyst for the new referral system.  Hopefully, Xavier students visit her inviting office out of choice, and not because of infractions.

Teachers input referrals

Lauren Wehner, XPress Freelancer
December 1, 2022
Xavier College Preparatory senior Destiny De La O will be attending the University of Arizona to major in psychology, as she hopes to get a career in neuropsychology and potentially psychopharmacology to help those with abnormalities in their brains. Because theater helps give purpose and characters to stories much like how psychology focuses on understanding the behavior of others, Destiny has taken the opportunities to play her dream roles of Amaryllis in “The Music Man” her sophomore year and of Kurt Von Trapp in her dream show, “The Sound of Music,” her senior year.

Last Wills & Testaments

Lauren Wehner, XPress Staff Writer
May 5, 2022
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Avondale, AZ is a beautiful representation of love and worship for God. As he sits under the glowing afternoon sun, the statue of St. Thomas Aquinas seems to guide the Church. “The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us,” St. Thomas Aquinas said.

God gives life after death

Lauren Wehner, XPress Staff Writer
April 28, 2022
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