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Judge grad Rosalba Dominguez elected to Murray City Council

Oliver Cockle February 6, 2024

Former Judge grad Rosalba Dominguez recently ran for the Murray city council and won. “The most exciting part of my work on city council is the opportunity to serve. That, and bridging the gap in...

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A Timeline of Judge Memorial’s School Building

George Frech and Ted Hyngstrom April 10, 2023

 It may come as a shock to many, as it did to me, that even though it feels as if John and Mary Judge, founders of Judge Memorial, were just here building the school yesterday, time has flown by...

Students, architects plan for new school

Toni Bullough, Josh Hayden, and Oliver Cockle March 30, 2023

On Oct. 17, a team of architects held a meeting with a group of students which lasted the entire school day. The meeting consisted of several group activities, presentations, and discussions. The goal...

The sign in McCarthey Stadium

2006-2010: McCarthey Stadium dedicated, then rededicated

George Frech, Evan Chisholm, and Oliver Laughlin March 1, 2023

James Cordova has a long history with Judge. His dad was a legendary coach here and from his earliest memories he has been roaming the sidelines. As a Judge graduate and former Bulldog football player...

A page from the 1989 yearbook about the auditorium completion. Until then, all assemblies were held in the current dance studio.

1989: Auditorium construction put arts in the spotlight

Conrad Beck and Aneesa Turner December 15, 2022

The awesome ‘80s. What do you think about when someone mentions the ‘80s? Most people think of feathered hair, Madonna, Rubik’s cubes, Troll Dolls, Back to the Future, the fall of the Berlin Wall...

Veah Urry (22) on the sidelines at a home game. She was the only girl on the football team this year.

Title IX turns 50

Margo Fery and Toni Bullough December 10, 2022

Can you imagine being a girl in high school and not having the opportunity to play school sports? Helen Pruss Halfhill, JM class of 1930, has vivid memories of playing on Judge sports teams. But...

Bishop Oscar Solis celebrates mass at Septembers Centennial celebration. Msgr. Fitzgerald (far left) and Msgr. Mayo (second from left) are Judge graduates.

Former students testify

Christian Padilla November 30, 2022

Principal Lambert talks a lot about the concept of Cura Personalis, which means "care for the whole person." "Cura Personalis means that we concentrate on our students' intellectual, social, physical,...

1962: New school dedicated

George Frech November 10, 2022

Is the late 1950s school officials launched a $1 million fundraising campaign to build a 'new' Judge. Eventually over $1.5 million was raised and the new school was completed in the early '60s. According...

Construction on the gym floor in the early 50s. The gym is now named after Jim Yerkovich who coached the boys basketball teamms for 44 years.

1954: New gym added to campus

Grace Willmarth and George Frech October 21, 2022

Judge was transformed with the addition of the third building on campus, a new gym that was completed in 1954. Up until then, basketball games were played in the old gym, which is the current dance studio. Duane...

A classroom in the old school. One graduate remembers that some of them had rows of desks 16 deep.

Class of 1953: ‘This class was a close-knit group then and continues to be now’

Hudson Ross October 20, 2022

The thing Lawrence Williams remembers best about Judge was how much of a “close-knit group it was.” He was amazed at how welcome he felt with his classmates even though he enrolled in the fourth grade...

The cast of the 1939 production of Pride and Prejudice. The play was performed on the new stage in the auditorium. Whats left of the original stage can be seen behind the mirrors in the current dance studio.

Hearley remembers when campus first expanded

Andrew Warlaumont and Oliver Cockle September 26, 2022

The Thirties were interesting times for students at Judge. The decade was dominated by the Great Depression, and the football field was just a grassy area with springs. The teachers were mostly nuns or...

Overhead view of the campus showing the original hospital and, behind it, the new gym and auditorium.

1934: Despite Great Depression Judge adds on

Oliver Cockle September 25, 2022

By the mid-1930s a second building was finished on Judge’s campus. It was the original gym, auditorium, and cafeteria and served as the school’s auditorium until the late 1980s. Now it’s the Weigand...

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