Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Senior Internships

Each Spring, our Seniors finish their Gunston career by engaging in a two-week internship, and right now our Seniors are involved in productive activities all over the state.  Just today, I received an e-mail from Katie Eales, whose internship is focused on horses:

Katie and Puff!
Hey Guys!

Just wanted to show you what shenanigans I have had the opportunity to get up to on my internship thus far. This is Puff and her new born foal. She gave birth this morning at around four o' clock and it has been my job and pleasure to be doing check ups, blood work, and shots for them all day. I am extremely excited and just wanted to share. I hope all is well at school. I miss it already

Sincerely
Katie 

Spring Events

It has been several weeks since I have posted anything to the blog, and this has much to do with the incredible amount of activity happening on campus over the past few weeks.

Last week, I had the opportunity to go on my first Bay Studies excursion--The Potomac Odyssey.  During our four days in Western Maryland, we rafted on the Youghiogheny River, biked 25 miles down the C&O Canal, mountain biked in Green Ridge State Forest, and cycled around the entirety of the Antietam Battlefield.  Although the weather transcended miserable, it was experiential learning at its best.

The past few weeks have also seen our Disembarkation Ceremony, championships won by our Girls Lacrosse and Tennis teams, a banner-raising sports banquet, and the delivery of the yearbook via 1911 Model T.  It was a classic way to cap our Centennial Year!

To read my May community letter, click on this link: letter