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  • March 25April 11 – 14: Band and Chorus Members in Chicago for Music Competition. Break a leg!!!
  • March 25Wednesday, March 27 - GC Students Leave for Italy...CIAO!
  • March 25Easter Break: March 28 - April 7 ENJOY!!!
The Student News Site of Our Lady of Good Counsel High School

The Talon

The Student News Site of Our Lady of Good Counsel High School

The Talon

Mr. Howes 91, GCs Athletic Director, seen here as coach of the Catholic University Men’s Basketball Team.
Spotlight on GC's Athletic Director: Mr. Steve Howes ‘91
Jack Essig ‘26, Staff Writer • April 14, 2024

Good Counsel Athletics has many weekly events, but how do those get planned? Mr. Howes, our athletic director, is the man behind it all. Mr. Howes, a Good Counsel Class of 1991 graduate, previously...

St. Mary’s Scholars Class of 2024 at the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC (from June 2021)
Mary, Make Us See
March 29, 2024

The St. Mary’s Scholars (SMS) program is a four-year extracurricular program designed to give high-achieving students the opportunity to “develop their abilities to draw and...

Good Counsels 2nd annual Golden Hour.
Good Counsel's 2nd Annual Golden Hour Event
March 18, 2024

Good Counsel's Golden Hour Event occurred on March 1st for its second year. It brought the attention of childhood cancer to the community while providing students with information...

2024 proved to be another successful year for Good Counsels Annual Day of Giving!
Driving the Future of GC: A Recap of GC’s Annual Day of Giving 
March 18, 2024

Every year, Good Counsel holds its Annual Day of Giving, which helps to fund major GC programs and events. This year’s theme was “Driving our Future”, and the goal was...

The Spring Fling Spirit!
The Week in Pictures: SPRING FLING 2024!
Madeleine Tiongson ‘25, Co-Section Editor, Photography • April 20, 2024

Logan Kidd ‘24 as “Jesse Tuck” and Emma Feeney ‘24 as “ Winnie Foster”
Behind the Scenes of Tuck Everlasting
Rachel Shrestha ’24 and Sydney Holmes ‘24 April 16, 2024

Every year, the Good Counsel Theatre Company (GCTC) presents an amazing and eagerly awaited musical in the spring! This year, GCTC produced their production of Tuck Everlasting....

The members of the Pride of GC Marching Falcons and Majorettes!
The Pride of GC
Ayden Terrazas “26, Staff Writer • March 4, 2024

The Pride of GC consists of the talented band and majorettes team that always awes us with their artistic abilities. The majorettes typically meet after school to practice,...

Love is in the air, among several faculty members at Good Counsel.
Married Teachers at GC
Annabel Seyoum ‘26, Staff Writer • March 18, 2024

As the saying goes, “Teamwork makes the dream work,” and in the realm of education, this...

Mrs. OHagan, one of Good Counsels dedicated science teachers
A Day in the Life of a Teacher: An Interview with Mrs. O’Hagan
Athena How ‘26, Staff Writer • March 17, 2024

“Do you have any favorite teachers?” is probably an easy question for most of you to answer....

The NFL draft takes place from April 25-27 in Detroit.
J and J's - 2024 NFL Mock Draft
Justin Saenz ‘26 and Jack Essig ‘26 April 24, 2024

The best part of the year is coming for football fans, the NFL season. With the NFL draft coming up very soon, let's...

The Talon Weekly Poll - Prom!
The Talon Weekly Poll - Prom!
April 15, 2024

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The Talon Weekly Trivia - Earth Day
The Talon Weekly Trivia - Earth Day
April 15, 2024

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Senior Spotlight #6: Nic Matthews 24
Senior Spotlight #6: Nic Matthews '24
Danny Chung-A-Fung ‘24, FNN/Staff Writer • April 25, 2024

Meet Nic Matthews! He is part of the Rugby team, Peer Education Program and NHS! He is a Cancer who is planning on attending Florida State...

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