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Five JSerra alumni who play football at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania are currently in China to participate in the Global Ambassador Bowl. It is the first time an Ivy League has traveled to China to play football. The Quakers took part in the bowl through Global Football, the world's largest exporter of American football.

Junior Isabella Ghanbari was just one of approximately 200 high school students chosen to perform at Carnegie Hall as a part of the Honors Performance Series last month. The selected musicians rehearsed and performed under master conductors and had the opportunity to meet other like-minded musicians from around the world.

JSerra has been named a distinguished school for STEM and career learning program by Project Lead the Way. Only 64 high schools across the U.S. received this honor.

The JSerra Lions are your 2019 California High School Hockey State Champions! The Lions had a stellar weekend winning all their games and beating Santa Margarita 2-1 in overtime to bring home the state championship.

If you weren't able to attend last week's Fine Arts Winter Showcase at Coast Hills Church in Aliso Viejo, you are welcome to enjoy it now YouTube. It was an evening of inspirational "transformation" featuring JSerra's Visual and Performing Arts students.

OC Family puts out a "Whiz Kids" issue annually about young people in Orange County who take chances and reach outside their normal life experiences to strive for something new. This year four JSerra seniors made the list for achieving perfect scores on college admission standardized tests.

At the Magic Castle in Hollywood, JSerra freshman Jacob Baum is known as the youngest magician in the private nightclub's nearly 60 year old history to try out and become a member — and more impressively, he was able to do so on his first attempt.

Downey, Calif. -JSerra Girls soccer, No. 1 seed and ranked No. 2 nationally, took on Los Alamitos, No. 2 seed and ranked No. 3 nationally, for the CIF-SS D1 Championship on Saturday evening.

Undefeated, the Lions were looking for their third straight CIF-SS title against an equally undefeated team. In a battle of opposing styles, the Lady Lions came out victorious with a 3-0 win over Los Alamitos.

OC Catholic reports on a special pro-life pilgrimage that JSerra Catholic High School recently took to San Francisco.

A freshman at the University of San Diego, Ian Sysyn ('18) has been selected to join an elite team of researchers for a project to study fluid mechanics — an opportunity that he was prepared for thanks to JSerra's Engineering Magnet Program.