While November is infamous as "no school November" this month is still incredibly busy! I'm looking forward to this weekend, and getting through all the tests and projects I have due in the next few days. Right now I'm fully immersed in my AP English class' study of the Scarlet Letter, my honors chemistry class' study of anions and cations, and studying various Supreme Court cases in my AP government class.

In my last post I mentioned the Food For Thought luncheon. The event occurred last week, and it was a great experience. Jane McGonigal gave a very interesting talk that was similar to her TED talk, and I'm so glad I had the opportunity to hear her speak live. The student speaker was equally impressive, and her speech brought all the attendees to their feet. Opportunities like this are one of the reasons I love being an ambassador, as is having shadows. I've had two shadows so far this year and both have been super sweet, and I hope to see them at SMA next year. I know shadowing really helped me choose St. Mary's, so it's interesting experiencing the other side of the day as the one being shadowed. I strongly recommend scheduling a time to shadow if you haven't already!

I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!  

November

Happy November! November is one of my favorite months, and I'm looking forward to having a four day weekend this week. This Friday we have a half day, and my friend Holly (another ambassador blogger) and I are going to a reading by Tavi Gevinson, the creator of Rookie, an amazing website, and now book series.

Next week I will be helping out at Food For Thought, a St. Mary's fundraiser luncheon. This year the guest speaker is Jane McGonigal, a New York Times best selling author known for creating amazing games meant to improve people's lives. I highly recommend watching her TED talk, and attending the event.

Next week is also exciting because part of my class will be at Junior Encounter, a retreat at Camp Collins. I am not attending the November encounter, but I am looking forward to hearing my friends' stories about it, as I've heard it is a great experience.

I can't believe it's the end of first quarter! This year is going by so quickly. I am loving my classes, especially AP US History and French. I feel like I'm learning more this year than ever before, and that my hard work in my classes is paying off. This year has also been exciting because I have joined new activities, including Mock Trial. SMA's team went to nationals last year, and I'm so glad I get to be part of such a passionate group of girls who really enjoy the activity. I've also enjoyed my new status as a member of NAHS, the National Art Honor Society. This past week we met to carve pumpkins, which was super fun!

This past weekend I helped out at St. Mary's Open House, one of the biggest events hosted at SMA each year. I had a great time giving tours, sharing my love of the school, and interacting with girls who might be future Blues. Did any of you attend? If so I hope you enjoyed the day as much as all of us ambassadors did, and that you got some good pictures at the photo booth!

I hope you all had a Happy Halloween, and go check out some pictures of the SMA staff all dressed up on the school's Facebook page!