Holiday Party Movie

End of Mod Art Show

Hopefully I got a picture of at least one thing from each of the Barnies that had stuff in the art show. There was a lot of Barnie art! And, some of our girls had 2-3 different bunches of art in the show. It's amazing that they could create that much good art in one mod! Enjoy!

Juliana's Photo Independent Study (of courtney)

Juliana's Sarah Portrait

Hyun Soo's art!

Jane Art

More from Jane

Hyeon Jin's Metalwork

Hyun Soo's Sculpture

Helen's Sculpture

Katie's art!

Hyun Soo's Paper Roller coaster!

Minami's Art!

Kanae's Art

Jin did a whole series of awesome dogs!

Kanae's Art (from Art and Idea Class)

Jin's 3-D art!

Jin's Art--look closely...it's two people kissing in the shadows!

Mewda's Squirrel

Alright, Mewda isn't in our dorm but how could I not share this pine cone squirrel with you! I knew you wouldn't want to miss it!

Minami's portrait

Minami's Art

Julia's Photography

Da Won's Card!

Sorry this picture is sideways! But hopefully you can still see that Da Won's beautiful artwork was chosen for the CSW holiday card this year--a big honor! On the inside, recipients will find the word "peace" in the 6 languages of CSW students: English, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Russian.

Consider this a virtual card, sent to all of you, all over the globe, from the dorm parents at CSW: May the holiday season bring peace and joy to your heart and family!

Weston Winter Wonderland

We awoke yesterday to find the campus covered in a blanket of snow--for the first time this year. Maintenance was ready for it and had the walks cleared before our alarm clocks went off. Sadly, it was not deemed delay-worthy, and we all had to be up at our regularly scheduled time. Tomorrow weathermen are calling for 6-10 inches of snow, so we might get to start our winter break a day early!

Secret Snowflake Reveal & Holiday Party

Tonight was so much fun. We ended our week of secret snowflake surprises with a party where we all tried to guess who our secret snowflake was. One of the highlights was Juliana, who was the secret snowflake for Michael and I. The thing was, all week she delivered things to us saying they were from our snowflake. It was very sneaky...we didn't guess her at all! She even went to the trouble of getting other people to write the notes so we wouldn't recognize her handwriting. She even wrapped our presents right in front of us at our wrapping party last night! With OUR wrapping paper!! haha. Good one, Juliana.

Another highlight (if I do say so myself) was Cheyenne finding out that Michael and I were HER secret snowflake. Yesterday, I told Cheyenne her snowflake person had asked me to give her a present, and then I stayed while she opened it and acted all surprised and interested and said how cool it was. I think that was pretty funny of me in the end. We were actually the only people that hadn't been revealed, so it had to be us, but Cheyenne still didn't guess us. She said "Um....doesn't it have to be Melisa and Michael?" But she clearly didn't think it WAS us. I kept a totally straight face while the kids tried to figure out who else it could be. But Michael started laughing and gave it away. (You're no fun, Michael)

Oooh...and then there was Jane, who had Hyun Soo and made Hyun Soo buy her own present. Jane didn't have time to go out, and asked Hyun Soo to pick up a present that she herself liked that Jane could give to her secret snowflake person. hahahaha, very clever, Jane!

One last highlight was Jofia and Helen. Last year, Helen had Jofia and Jofia never guessed and Helen was so excited to have kept it a secret all week. This year, Jofia got Helen somehow and not only did Helen never guess, but even when Jofia fessed up, Helen wouldn't even believe her!!!

There were lots of laughs all night, and we opened the party to visitors after we finished our gift exchange. It was a great night, filled with comfort, joy, laughter, and all that is the spirit of the holiday season--whatever holiday we each celebrate. Here's to you and yours this season--enjoy!!

Cheers,
Melisa

PS: I'll post a slideshow of pictures tomorrow!

International Theater Company

Sorry it took so long to post these pictures. They are from last Thursday and Friday, from the International Theater Company Performances, which were really clever and funny! Hyeon Jin, Hyun Soo, Jane, and Julia were all on stage and we were so proud of them!

You Heard it Here First!

Our Girls JV team (which is mostly made up of Barnies, if we're honest) won 25-8 against Dana Hall today in an awesome game. Here are some pics:








and some video!

Happy Birthday x2!

Tonight there was singing and apples and FRENCH FRIES to celebrate Da Won and Minami's birthdays. And not just any fries, but sweet potato fries and rosemary fries. mmmm mmmmmm goodness.

Our Yearbook Photo! (take 2)

Funny thing about the yearbook photo...we made this big fuss and took forever to get arranged, and took several shots (including one with funny faces)...and the photographer left. And then...one of the girls came and asked when the photo was being taken. She had run to the restroom and missed it all!! Oops. (she was here a minute ago, we swear!) So...take two, a week later...and this will be the Barn photo in the yearbook this year. (Well, almost. I obviously photoshopped this one, colorizing it and adding the fun frame). Sadly, our dorm associate, Awa, couldn't be here. We might have to photoshop her in later. =)

*Photo credit goes to Aleph dorm parent, Matt. Thanks for sharing, Matt!