'Simply Put' Blog
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Early May at Olney
Posted by: Kelsi Miller '14 on May 16, 2013 As springtime comes around, so comes the need to be outside. Unfortunately, the AP exams and SATs come around too. The first couple weeks of May were not only lovely and stunning and warm and spectacular, but also stressful, hectic, and filled with realizations. The junior class had their first go at tackling the SATs from early Saturday morning until a bit past lunchtime, and it didn’t help that we had our papers due soon and other homework as well. Some of the juniors had to deal with AP exams for US History, Spanish, Calculus, Physics, and Electricity and Magnetism as well as many of the seniors and some sophomores. Life has been very interesting for the senior class as we near the end of the year! Some are itching to be free, to... read more »
Skipping Stones, on Camera
Posted by: Davis Marklin '14 on May 15, 2013 The small things here, like going down to the lake to toss stones in the water for the school’s promotional video, make Olney, well, Olney.Two weeks ago on Tuesday, Aaron Woolf, a good friend of a past humanities teacher, and his friend Derek, visited Olney to shoot a short film to advertise the school. I thought it was really fantastic to see them set up in various rooms with all of their fancy equipment such as the huge camera and the light deflection panel, interviewing students and faculty alike. Unfortunately, I was never interviewed but it was an enjoyable experience nevertheless.Immediately following dinner, everybody went down to Livezey Lake to skip stones for what I hope will be the ending sequence for Olney’s promotional video.... read more »
Cultural Pearls
Posted by: Galatea Kurz '15 on May 09, 2013 Olney would not be the same without its diversity. We come from everywhere. Roughly half the school’s population is made up of Asians, Middle Easterners, Europeans, Africans, and South Americans. The other half are US citizens. Even among them, there are kids coming from all over the continent! The whole school, faculty and students, takes great pride in our cultural buffet.Every year in April, student activities director Cleda Mott ‘57 gives us a chance to show some of the local residents our backgrounds. She takes a group of international students to Belmont College, a local community college, where we attend an event called Cultural Pearls. A table is given to each country. Lining the room this year, we had two students from... read more »