You go, Kandice!

Tonight Alicia and I took a few of our girls to see Kandice (and 2 other CSW students) perform in an AMAZING show targeted to stop violence against women and girls. I tried to take a video but the beginning and the end got cut off a little bit. Sorry 'bout that. Still, it was so good I got GOOSEBUMPS. And some of us might have cried a bit. It's possible that happened. We are so proud of Kandice!

The video is too big to post on here...so please go see it on the CSW facebook page: www.facebook.com/CambridgeSchool.

A Red-Letter Week in the Barn!

Oh, this has been a very joyful week in our dorm.

First, we celebrated Valentine's Day by sneaking out of study hours (with permission) on Monday night to see the movie Valentine's Day. It wasn't the most profound movie ever, but it was uplifting and fun to all laugh and groan and sing and clap together.


Then, on Tuesday night we celebrated Kandice and Alicia's birthdays with cheesecake and the birthday song.


We welcomed a new resident in our dorm--Kirin, from Pennsylvania (and more recently, Trapelo dorm). We celebrated Black History Month with videos, slam poetry, and a few unsung heroes.

And we ended the night with a Red Envelope Treasure Hunt in honor of the Lunar New Year, which is celebrated at home by the Barn's Korean, Chinese, and Taiwanese students. Traditionally, elders give children money in little red envelopes. That wasn't quite in our dorm budget, so we put candy in the envelopes--and one very lucky "get out of a warning free" coupon. While students were in study hours, we hid them ALL over the dorm and sent them off on a treasure hunt at the end of dorm meeting. It was SO MUCH FUN. And, we have some VERY good searchers! The coupon was actually in the last envelope found--by Rowan, who said she needs it. =)

But...we found one envelope that was still hidden after all the girls had given up...which means the dorm parents are quite clever and proud of ourselves.

Congrats to Lia!

Lia won an honorable mention in the 2010 Globe Scholastic Art Awards.

Our winning students, along with other winners from Massachusetts, will be recognized at a ceremony on Feb. 14, and their work is currently on exhibit at the Transportation Building in Boston until March 19, 2010.

The winning artwork was selected from 6,500 individual and 500 portfolio submissions from students in grades 7-12 in public, private, and parochial schools in Massachusetts. The Boston Globe awards program is an affiliate of the national Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, which is now in its 86th year and is the longest running recognition programs for student artists and writers in the United States.

Go Lia!

Monday Night in the Barn

Today we celebrated Asha and Shari's half-birthdays. Since their birthdays are in the summer, they miss out on celebrating at school. And that's really not fair. Shari requested veggies and dip, and Asha wanted cupcakes!




We also celebrated Black History Month, with a whole bunch of quotes, some Malcolm X Trivia, and a beautiful, powerful poem.

We hope all of our friends out there are thinking about what Black History Month means to them...to the world...

Happy Birthday, London!

Yesterday was London's birthday, and we celebrated with her requested peanut butter cup ice cream and oreos. And, the birthday song! Happy Birthday, London--we're so glad to have you in our dorm!

We made cookies!

Barnies on Stage

There were performances of Poetic Justice and The International Theatre Company tonight! Shari did a wonderful poem (unfortunately, the video didn't come out!) and several of our Barnies directed and/or acted in 3 short plays about their experiences as international students in America. They wrote the plays themselves, and it was really impressive! They were poignant, thoughtful, and...very, very funny. Congratulations to all involved!!

Happy Birthday, Da Hae and Julia!

I've been remiss in posting...Da Hae's birthday was January 4, and Julia's was January 7, and we celebrated on January 5 with brownies and ice cream!

Happy New Year!

I should have thought to post this video earlier, as several Barnies (and their artwork) make an appearance.  I made it for the admissions office as a holiday e-card to send to prospective families, and it was also posted on our CSW facebook page.  If you haven't already become a fan on facebook, you should. You might be missing out on good stuff like this! Hope your new year is off to a joyful start!

End-of-Mod 3 Art Show

Photo of Jane by Julia

Amy showing off our dorm spirit and sweatshirt!


Photo by Jane

Photo by Jane

Secret Snowflake Reveal and Pizza Party