It’s that wonderful time of year! The final weeks of the trimester are here and it is time to buckle down. We all have papers and oral reports, projects and finals in these next days. Although they can be stressful, it is an amazing feeling when you finish your paper, project, report, or whatever else […]
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Advisory Good Times
All things are chugging along here. In classes, we’ve been reading The Odyssey, writing an in-class essay, and learning about lenses. Still, our advisors check in with us for advisee dinner and individual meetings. My advisory group, containing four other freshmen girls, is led by one of the teachers, Ms. Halsey. You get a chance […]
A Dose of Home (cooking)
Although the dining hall’s ice cream machine, salad bar, and deserts are quite a treat, a little bit of good old home cooking goes a long way. Whether it is the after school brownies made in the common room kitchen, Ms. Mully’s chocolate chip cookies at Open House, or my advisor’s burritos, homemade anything is, […]
Dinner @ Doc’s
In my last blog, I mentioned the ten things I missed most about Thacher. One of them was advisee dinners and I’m going to elaborate on them. Last night instead of formal dinner, four other girls and I walked the couple hundred yards up to our advisor’s–Doc. V’s–house. Before we reached the house, the delicious […]
Ten Things I Missed Most about Thacher
10. The Ojai Sunsets-majestic and beautiful, they’re like none other in the world 9. Munch-outs- Nothing beats ending a day eating ice-cream, cookies, and other snacks while hanging with your prefect group. 8. Open House- I still remember my disbelief at the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Mulligan have the whole school over every Saturday night, but now […]