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Semester 53: 3rd Academic Block

December 9, 2024

Wells Alling Graney  Family Weekend  Family weekend started off on Friday night with a thirty minute deep clean of HMI. We all had to do our chores and make sure that HMI was in the best shape it could be for our parents.Then, we started marching from Barnes, our main building, to the Head of School’s house, singing songs, and making sure that our arrival was known. There, we got to meet up with our parents for the first time in months.  One of my favorite memories was when my friend’s twin surprised him and showed up on their birthday. The whole semester watched as they were reunited and everyone

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Semester 53 3rd Expedition: Snow in the Desert

December 9, 2024

Esperanza Ashenbrenner  The SEL Experience  On our last day of Independent Student Travel (IST), we gathered in a circle on the uneven sandy ground of a drainage. Each one of us was tasked with giving ourselves and the Student Expedition Leader (SEL) a strength and a piece of growth-oriented feedback. I was the Student Expedition Leader for my group. And I was terrified. But, as we went around and everyone gave me their feedback I was surprised. “So it turns out no one secretly hates me?” Obviously I knew no one outright hated me, but there was a small part of me that was constantly worried about whether or not

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