tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31240547858587674612024-03-13T12:57:55.731-07:00CSG Student BlogBridgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09745888308172070990noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124054785858767461.post-15653163251452348192012-06-13T10:23:00.000-07:002012-06-13T10:23:59.813-07:00GraduationIt is hard to believe that after an exciting and busy senior year, graduation is over. However, it is even harder to believe that after having been at CSG since form two, my time as a unicorn has officially come to an end. I still remember my first day of school at CSG in second grade. As a new student, I got lost on my way to music class; yet, in the weeks before graduation, I found myself giving tours to prospective families, and I have come to learn the building as though it is a second home. With the wonderful teachers and students that fill the classrooms, lunchroom, library, and theater, I will miss putting on my CSG uniform as I begin college in the fall.<br />
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The commencement ceremony is one of the most important traditions at CSG. Every year graduation is held on a Thursday at 2:00 in the afternoon. A large white tent is set up outside the mansion, red carpet lines the sidewalks, a professional lighting and sound system is installed, and hundreds of white folding chairs are delivered. After watching the ceremony the past four years, it was surreal to be walking down the red carpet in my long white dress. Every graduating senior wears a long white dress and carries a dozen red roses during the ceremony. My classmate, the student council president, delivered an articulate and heartwarming speech, and Dr.Scheckelhoff, the associate head of school, also offered her words of wisdom in her speech.<br />
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I will truly miss all of the CSG community, but I plan to come back to visit. I look forward to staying in touch with my classmates, and I can't wait to hear about all of the adventures that lie ahead for the class of 2012.<br />
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Go Unies!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On Monday 14, I had my second to last reading day ever! I
have to say that is was probably my most productive reading day yet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At the end of each semester, we have final exams. On the
Monday before the exams we have this day called “Reading Day.” It is an
optional school day, so you can choose to stay home, but I have always found it
helpful to come in to school. Basically, you come to school and go to the classes you
need help with or just extra practice. Teachers are available to answer you questions and provide helpful tips, and it is a great way to have “group
study.” I love reading day because it is a great time to tie up loose ends and, afterwards, I always feel much better. This time, I spent almost half the day
in the math room doing practice problems for pre-calculus. My teacher, Mrs.
Potts, was so helpful and I felt so much more prepared afterwards. Also,
because it isn’t technically a school day, you can go out for lunch. So my
friends and I went to Piada. The food was great and it was a really
nice break from studying. Now that reading day is over, I am pumped to take
my exams this week; math and history are tomorrow. Wish me good luck!</span></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14305156530187625831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124054785858767461.post-17341077458943410882012-05-13T20:18:00.000-07:002012-05-15T15:25:07.000-07:00May Program: Interning at Cheryl's Cookies<br />
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This was the first week of Senior May
program! For those of you who are not familiar with the program, it allows
seniors to have an internship or design a project for the last three weeks of
school. For my May Program, I am interning at the Cheryl’s Cookies headquarters in
Westerville, Ohio. Students are responsible for arranging and planning their
own program with help from one faculty advisor. I set up my May Program when
Cheryl Krueger came to speak to our school’s Student Ambassadors’ Society in
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Each student has an on-site sponsor who is
their supervisor during the program. My on-site Sponsor is the director of
merchandising at Cheryl’s, but she also happens to be a CSG alum who did her
Senior May Program at Cheryl’s before she graduated from CSG. Every day I spend
seven hours at the headquarters, and this first week, I spent most of my time
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While in the merchandising department, I
have attended meetings where I learned about planning email and store
promotions. I also learned about how prices are set in order to ensure
profitable margins. Another meeting I attended included both the merchandising
and production departments. During this meeting I learned that 14 truckloads of
butter will be delivered to the production kitchen this week. That’s a lot of
butter! One day I helped set up a store display that was photographed and sent
to each of the store managers so that the displays look similar at every store location.
On Friday, I ventured out of the headquarters and spent time with the district
general store manager. I was able to go to the McCorkle, Easton, and
Worthington Mall stores. While I was at the stores I helped fill orders, greet
customers, and bag purchases. At the Easton store, I even passed out free
cookie samples! Easton is the company’s flag-ship store, and it sees a
significant increase in sales during the holidays. The typical shelf-life of a
cookie is between 3-5 days in stores, but many of the cookies are made up to 6
months ahead of time and frozen before they are delivered to stores. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This week I also got to sit in on a meeting
with the company’s photographer. The merchandising department walked through
their preliminary ideas for all of the photos in the 2012 holiday magazine. The
merchandising department typically starts working on the design and marketing
strategy for products one year ahead of time. Right now, the department is
planning Valentine’s day for next year, and is already brainstorming for other
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Tomorrow I will be helping out at a photo
shoot for the Halloween and Thanksgiving magazine. I will be at the photo shoot
for the next three days, and at the end
of the week, I will be going to the location where all of the cookies are sent
to be packaged and shipped anywhere in the country. Stay posted to hear about
the rest of my May Program!<span style="color: #1f497d;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Bridgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09745888308172070990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124054785858767461.post-71174776126907385802012-05-01T17:38:00.002-07:002012-05-01T17:40:19.221-07:00College Decisions<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sarah (Class of 2012)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After submitting my first application on November 1st, I completed my college application process yesterday when I committed to Davidson College, a small, liberal arts college in North Carolina. The time-consuming process started for me when I visited my first colleges the summer before my junior year. Almost two years later, I could not be happier. My classmates, whom at the beginning of this year could not predict where they would be in a year, have now all committed to colleges and universities around the world! One of my best friends, Robin, is going to spend a gap year in Kazan, Russia, attending university there before returning to Ohio State's Honors Program to study international relations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will be entering college as the quintessential undecided student. Right now my interests range from international relations to foreign languages to journalism to neuroscience. My options are completely wide open.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have gone to CSG for the past 10 years of my life and tomorrow is my last day. Senior year, while jumbled up with college applications, play rehearsals, after-school runs, clubs meetings, papers, tests, projects, and the longest wait of my life (January to April can seem like a very long time), truly flew by. I spent the last three weeks in five different states, visiting my top three college choices (Vermont, North Carolina, Pennsylvania), winning top honors in a choir competition with CSG's vocal ensemble, The Grace Notes (see picture below), and finishing my courses for the year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My favorite part of this time in the college process is the college map. The college counselors Ms. Shipps and Ms. Schultz put up a map of all the college in the U.S. where each senior puts a small tack and connects her name to her college. I just love looking at the board and seeing where all of my friends will be next year. Our class is the closest it's been all year and I am sad to leave. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At the same time, I cannot wait to begin my Senior May Program (a mandatory 3 1/2 week project) with Pistacia Vera, a local patisserie, on Monday! My friends' May Programs are taking them all around Columbus and the world. They are studying ayurvedic medicine in India, shadowing local surgeons, interning with organizations such as the Columbus Foundation, Cheryl's (of Cheryl's Cookies), and Ballet Met, and studying architecture in Rome and Paris. Once we all complete our projects, we come back to school the week before graduation and present them to the Upper School. I cannot wait to try something completely new that I may never have the chance to do again in my life. Just one more beginning in this, the season of endings and beginnings.</span>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14305156530187625831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124054785858767461.post-8358504903862846802012-04-23T12:59:00.000-07:002012-05-01T17:40:27.884-07:00Big Sis / Little Sis<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ellie (Class of 2014)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Even though CSG has girls from preschool to high school, I
still feel connected with all divisions of the school. I think the greatest way
that the school encourages relationships between older and younger girls is
through the “Big Sis/Little Sis” program. In seventh grade you are assigned a
little sister in the first grade and usually keep that same little sister until
you graduate and she is in sixth grade. We meet a few times a year to do
activities together and catch up. It’s a lot of fun to hear what’s happening in
the Lower School and in my little sister’s life!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This past Friday we had a Big Sis/ Little Sis event. These
days are also called Red-Gold days. The even numbered classes (class of 2012,
2014, 2016, etc.) are the Red Team and the odd numbered classes are the Gold
Team. I’m on the Red Team, so I get to
wear a red shirt and jeans and girls on the Gold Team get to wear a gold shirt
and jeans. The most recent event was this past Friday, near Earth Day, so we
wrote and colored messages about the Earth in sidewalk chalk in the courtyard. </span></div>
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so this time we created flowers out of magazines and wrote messages. They will
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<b><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Madeleine<span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Whew.
It took months of preparation and six long weeks of build, but I am
happy to tell you that FIRST Team 677 finally made it through our season! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At the end of March we were able to
travel up to Cleveland to compete in the FIRST Buckeye Regional with 58 other
teams from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland and Canada. It was so cool to
be able to see all of the designs and fabrications that teams had developed
over the course of their season and compare their designs to the ones we had on
our robot. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our robot performed exceptionally well
at competition. We were able to compete in all of our matches and score lots of
points for our team. Not only were we able to shoot and score baskets with the
basketballs but our driver, Tiffany, was also able to balance our robot on two
of the balancing bridges in the center of the field. This task was really hard
but it earned our team at least 10 points and helped us to win many of our
matches! Because of our robot performance, we were picked to be part of an
alliance team for the finals of the competition. Only 24 teams compete in the
finals so it was an honor that we were chosen to compete. Unfortunately, we
were eliminated in the last game of a best 2 out of 3 set in the first round of
finals but our entire alliance put up a fantastic effort! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was so exciting to be able to attend
competition and have our robot perform so well. I am excited to see what lies
in store for the team next year and in the years to come! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">From
March 23 – 25, the Upper School’s FIRST Robotics Team went to the Buckeye
Regional in Cleveland, Ohio. This was my first year on Murphy’s Outlaws and
therefore my first time going on the trip. I had so much fun. We competed
against other teams from Canada, New York, Pennsylvania, and of course Ohio.
The robots’ main functions were picking up balls, shooting them in baskets, and
balancing on bridges and our robot did amazingly! This year was the first time
we made an alliance in a while (which means we made it to the quarterfinals)
and we were also the best at balancing our robot on a bridge. In addition
to watching our robot play basketball, I got to meet so many other students on
FIRST Robotics and watch the amazing robots everyone else built. After working
for six weeks on the robot, it was so exciting watching it compete.
Unfortunately, we lost in the quarterfinals, but it was a fantastic season and I
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Last week was our first week back from spring break. Everyone was so excited to
see each other after a relaxing two weeks and for me I was ready to get back in
the swing of things. Early Monday morning I turned in my tentative thesis
statement for my British Literature Class. We are currently writing our last research paper
about well-known British authors. I have Katherine Mansfield, the famous
short story writer. The next class, my teacher Dr. Leahy decided to read all of
our thesis statements aloud so the class could provide us with feedback. At first, I was nervous
because I did not want everyone to hear my thesis, but it turned out to be
helpful! My classmates gave me good advice and the experience was not awkward at all. We
actually had loads of fun going over things to fix. By fixing our theses, we
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><span style="line-height: 200%;">“Where did you
go for spring break?” “Oh, nowhere, I just stayed here in Columbus.” The two weeks I spent doing nothing but relaxing in the comfort of my own home were
the best two weeks of the year. In summary, I spent the first week catching up
on sleep, reading books, and enjoying the sunny weather. I think my biggest
achievement for the first week was re-reading </span><i style="line-height: 200%;">The Hunger Games</i><span style="line-height: 200%;"> in four hours (that was a very productive morning
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was a little more productive. I spent the first half of the week preparing for
the FIRST Robotics competition that weekend. Everything had to be sorted,
packed, and double checked so as to ensure that we didn’t leave anything of
importance behind. I think that final packing list ended up being about five
pages long. Thursday of that week was an early morning, as that was when FIRST
Robotics Team 677 left for our competitions in Cleveland. This was an exciting year
for us, as our robot had a lot of potential and we were excited to see it
become competitive this year. After over two days of practice and competition,
we ended up in the quarter finals alongside Team 4269, from St. Charles
Preparatory School (this was their rookie year, and we mentored them through
their first season) and Team 379 from Girard, OH. This was a big deal because
our team has not made it to the quarterfinals in at least 7 years, if not
longer. Needless to say, the team was ecstatic. It was a great weekend, and I
am so proud of our performance. Congrats Team 677!</span></div>
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wonderful spring break relaxing and participating in my favorite activity,
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14305156530187625831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124054785858767461.post-85242495053529810092012-03-29T17:57:00.000-07:002012-03-29T17:59:25.059-07:00Public Speaking Classby Ellie (Class of 2013)<br />
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One of my favorite classes at the moment, which happens to
be a semester class, is public speaking. So far we have written and delivered a
few different speeches – an introduction speech for another girl in our class, a
speech to demonstrate a task (for example, my friend Audrey demonstrated how
to tack up a horse), and a speech that covered a current event in only 45
seconds. Not only do we write and deliver speeches, but we also cultivate
skills such as connecting with an audience and delivering eloquent speeches.
This week we worked on reading poetry. First we chose any poem from a book in
the library and studied its punctuation and meaning before reading it aloud to
the class. After that, we all opened a different poetry book and read
whatever poem was on the page we opened to without studying it beforehand. It was a
good way to use our newly acquired oration skills and try some improv! We even snapped instead of clapping after each girl read. <span style="text-align: center;">I think it’s fantastic that public speaking is a required
course because, as my teacher Mrs. Davis said on the first day of class,
everyone will have to stand up and speak in front of a group people some time
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This semester I have the opportunity of taking a Philosophy
course through the Upper School history department. I have never
taken a philosophy course before, and at the beginning of this
semester, I was not sure what to expect! As a student who tends to favor
science and math classes, I am excited because I have found this
discussion-based course interesting, and I have developed and been exposed to
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our first unit of study
allowed us to explore ancient Greek philosophy, and we were introduced to many
of the central questions that have helped
guide philosophers throughout the ages. We studied the philosophies
of Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato as we developed our own insight to answer
central questions such as: what does it mean to live a good life, how do we
determine what is beautiful, what is the goal of education, is democracy an
effective form of government, and how should women be viewed by society<b>?</b>
While everyone in the class had their own ideas, we found ourselves intently
discussing these issues in order to arrive at universal truths that could be
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our first assignment was
to become familiar with the Socratic dialogues (Plato wrote more than two dozen
dialogues in which he presents his arguments in the form of a discussion).
Eventually we wrote our own dialogues in which we
developed answers to questions about hate. My Socratic
dialogue addressed whether different degrees of hatred exist and
whether humans have the ability to control their hate. Through
this experience, I learned how to develop my
own philosophy and ultimately arrive at a conclusion to questions
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We are just beginning to
study the philosophies of Confucius, and our next assignment
will explore the concept of <i>jen</i> or humanity. I am looking forward to the
rest of the semester, and I hope to continue to use philosophy to learn more
about the world, myself, and my peers! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Whew, I cannot believe that our 2012 robotics build season has already come to an end! It seems like only yesterday that we attended the FIRST national kick off presentation at The Ohio State University. There it was revealed to us the task that our robot had to complete. We found out that we had to build a robot that would pick up basketballs and shoot them into hoops and then balance on spring loaded boards. You can check the game animation here (<a href="https://mail.columbusschoolforgirls.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=75190933906347358eb6e08048bb1ee9&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fwatch%3fv%3dQDL-OLNcZyw" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDL-OLNcZyw</a>) if you want to learn more about the competition itself! It was a very exciting challenge and we have been working very hard over the past six weeks to make a robot that can complete both of these tasks.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Just last week we finished up work on the robot that we will compete with in Cleveland. The robot looks absolutely amazing- it has a conveyor belt that is made of yellow tubing and a shooting mechanism that shoots the basketballs. Hopefully everything will go as planned and we will have plenty of time to trouble shoot any problems that we run in to. I cannot wait to see how our robot performs at our competition at the end of March! I will post a photo of the completed robot from competition so that you all can see what we have been working on so hard over this season!</span></div>Bridgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09745888308172070990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124054785858767461.post-77263869332593602752012-02-29T17:08:00.000-08:002012-03-07T17:14:14.980-08:00Radium Girls<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">by Sarah (Class of 2012)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />Tomorrow is opening night for Radium Girls, my eighth and final CSG theater production. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />To quote my friend Victoria, Radium Girls</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> follows the stories of a few young women who file suit against the U.S. Radium Corporation, as radium goes from a miracle discovery to a cancerous nightmare. It portrays all sides of the story, from the young dial painters ingesting radium through the paint, to the powerful businessmen trying to avoid financial ruin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The show calls for as few as 9 and as many as 36 actors. This production we have five boys from Bexley, St. Charles, and Metro who fulfill some of the male roles. Everyone except for the lead role is double, triple, or quadruple cast. I play Mrs. Roeder, the wife of the president of the U.S. Radium Corporation, and Ms. Berry, the attorney prosecuting U.S. Radium Corporation -- two diametrically opposed characters.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In order to create distinct, believable characters for our roles, we spent one entire rehearsal developing our characters. We filled out a word document detailing both textual clues about my characters' personalities and our own imaginings for her likes, dislikes, and economic and historical background. The play is a historical drama set in the 1920s, so we have fabulous costumes, wigs, and hats, many of which our costume crew found at vintage stores.</span>Bridgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09745888308172070990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124054785858767461.post-2111988074731388422012-02-28T17:26:00.000-08:002012-03-07T17:27:50.146-08:00Scheduling for Next Year!<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">by Kalki (Class of 2013)<br /></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">Two weeks ago, the freshman, sophomores, and juniors received scheduling forms for the 2012-2013 school year. We had to decide what classes we were interested in taking and then talk to our current teachers and </span><span style="background-color: white;">advisers</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> about whether or not the class would be a good fit. It was very exciting scheduling for my senior year because I had a lot more options than years past and rather than getting frustrated I immediately knew what I wanted to take. This process went very smoothly because our advisors and teachers had already helped us decide what our interests were (and therefore what classes we wanted to take) since the beginning of the year; we just had to write them down on paper. I am really excited for my classes next year especially since a few of them like AP Statistics are being offered for the first time! What’s even better is that in the beginning of next year, we can add or drop classes if we change our minds!</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> </span></span>Bridgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09745888308172070990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124054785858767461.post-40786380843327186612012-02-26T17:25:00.000-08:002012-03-07T17:26:10.720-08:00Independent Study<br />
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CSG provides broad educational opportunities. In addition to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="line-height: 18px;"> typical core classes we can pick up independent studies in subjects we're interested in. This semester my history teacher offered the girls in </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">my history class the option of taking an independent study class for credit.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">In this independent study, my classmates and I read current event articles and then</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">discuss the themes and some of the tough issues within the articles. There are</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">eight girls in this group. We all read the articles before our class meets (once every six school days). Our teacher starts the discussion and we branch out from there. For example,</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">this week we read an article last week about the political parties in the United States and how Republicans and Democrats today are more concerned about opposing each other and being enemies rather than addressing the issues. Our discussion was very interesting because not only did we discuss the article itself but our ideas grew beyond what was written on the page. I'm really interested in politics and journalism so I love reading these articles and debating them with my</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">classmates!</span></span></span></span>Bridgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09745888308172070990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124054785858767461.post-42716301990712504962012-02-24T17:06:00.000-08:002012-03-07T17:11:07.755-08:00Second Semester Senior Year!<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">by Sarah (Class of 2012)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />Since my last post, I finished my last college applications and am waiting to hear back from all of my schools by April 1st. The process has been stressful, but I do not know what I would have done without our college counselors, Ms. Schipps and Ms. Schultz. We (the CSG Thespians) wrapped a fabulous run of Leader of the Pack and now are in the midst of rehearsals for our spring production, Radium Girls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">On February 4th I performed at Ohio Music Educator's Association's (OMEA) solo and ensemble. I sang a solo and performed with CSG's small vocal ensemble the Grace Notes. Our ensemble piece was a gorgeous arrangement of How Sweet the Moonlight Sleeps. The harmonies of the song were complex and made it an incredible challenge to learn, but our hard work paid off! Both small groups of Grace Notes were given Superior ratings. We are definitely taking this song with us on our tour to the Festival of Gold in Chicago in April. I cannot wait!</span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That same day I attended the CSG Swimming and Diving senior night with my fellow bloggers Madeleine and Bridget! I loved being there to support my classmates and get into the CSG spirit.</span>Bridgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09745888308172070990noreply@blogger.com