December News from the Boarding Hall

•    November 2 | Ms. Anoosh and Assistant Principal, Student Affairs Rosemary Johnston took some of our girls to see "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms." And Ms. Johnston treated all the girls to popcorn and snacks!

•    November 10 | Ms. Tennity had an impromptu game night. which the girls always love!

•    Our November Intentional Program took place on the first and we were fortunate enough to have 15 colleges come and present about application best practices and answer all the questions the girls had. All the students were able to benefit from having direct access to 15+ college admission counselors and learn insider tips and tricks specific to international students.

•    November 5 | Abby Davitt gave a wonderful meditative prayer service on the importance of self-care and what the girls can do to make sure they are taking care of themselves. She had wonderful soothing music while she walked everyone through a meditative exercise to close the service.

•    November 13 | We held our birthday dinner with a Thanksgiving theme. We had multiple faculty and day students attend the event to celebrate our November babies! It was a pre-Thanksgiving feast with turkey, rolls, potatoes, and pies galore. We also passed out the secret Santa questionnaires for the girls to fill out!  •    December 3 | We had our boarding hall prayer service led by Ms. Sam. She did a wonderful reflective service for the girls about recognizing how they can best serve others and themselves. •    December 6 | Mr. Cramer came and had a baking night with the girls and they made eight loaves of coffee cake; what a feast! This has been a tradition with Mr. Cramer, and he did not disappoint this year. The girls all had a ball with him.

•    December 10 | Therese Bagsit, our director of admissions, is coming to have a Christmas wrapping party with the girls to demonstrate how to properly wrap a present. All the girls will have a chance to wrap their own secret Santa presents they have for their sisters for our Thursday party! Coming Up in December and January •    12/11 December Birthday Dinner •    12/13 Secret Santa Event •    12/20 Boarding Hall Closes for winter break •    1/8 January Prayer Service •    1/12 TBA Outing to be decided by Boarding Council •    1/23 January Birthday Dinner •    1/26 Disney Land Trip with entire boarding hall •    1/29 Intentional Program   Important Dates to Remember Christmas Break: Students may leave after their final exam is finished on Thursday December 20 at 12:30 p.m. All exams will be finished on Thursday December 20. On Friday, December 21, the boarding hall closes at noon and all students will need to depart by 12 p.m. The boarding hall will reopen on Sunday January 6 at 10 a.m. Please have your daughter return before classes on January 7. If you have any questions about dates please feel free to call me at (626) 616-0711 or email me at jflinders@fsha.org.   With much appreciation,