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What do you do when you actually have some time to spare? Whether
it's partying it up at Mighty's or kicking around a soccer ball, South students
always find plenty to keep themselves occupied. With countless organiza-
tions, a multitude of athletic options, and tons to do outside of school, stu-
dent life can pretty crazy. There's always something to do, people to do it
with, and fun to be had.
With summer endings and school beginnings can be tough to re-ad-
it
just to a regimen of classes, tests, and homework, but once back in the swing
of things, it's not so bad. Dances, plays, and chilling with friends make the
weekends peachy while free blocks (or study halls for the young'ins), coffee
runs, and treks to Anna's make the day bearable.
All these expeditions to find the perfect sub build character that no
class can provide. The skills it takes to make it to Newton Centre, eat, and
be back in the Senior Lot in a mere 35 minutes will stay with every Southie for
life.
While jobs, sports teams, volunteerwork, and other activities can make
high school stressful at times, it's nice to know there are opportunities for fun
around every corner. Many students find that getting involved in whatever
available makes school easier, more enjoyable, and has opened new doors
for friends and possibilities.
South students are very active. You can't walk down a hall without
seeing posters for various clubs or announcements about upcoming sporting
events. Whether writing for a newspaper is your niche, music is where your
fun's at, or hitting opponents with lacrosse stick is more your style, South offers
opportunities and you can always find others interested in trying to save the
one piece of recycled paper at a time.
High school can seem daunting and never-ending at times, but activi-
ties help make it more bearable. So grab that orange and blue foam finger
and trek over to a football game, get jiggy with it at a dance, and watch the
One-Act plays. South students are very active and involved and wherever
you look there's something fun going on.
- Jenny Salerno and Rissy Levine
Come on guys I'm talking
Lizzie practices good driving
technique
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There were eight of us who set out
to a trailhead, where we hiked three
miles to a campsite. This would be our
base camp; we would be working from
it for the next five days. We had been
lucky: the group that had worked on
the trail before us had hiked the tools in,
so we didn't have to carry heavy metal
bars and hatchets out to the worksite.
We did, however, have to carry them
back out.
The day we picked up our
first
rock bars and pick-mattocks and set
out to quarry some large rocks. We used
these mainly to cut roots and loosen
the dirt around a rock set in the ground.
Three of us pried up what seemed like
—
a huge rock to us probably over TOO
—
lbs and began rolling it down to the
trail. We heaved and pushed, pried and
pulled, and finally got it down to the
place where we were to build a stone
staircase. We were proud of our work,
but the trip leaders only said: "Good
work, but this rock is way too small." We
were shocked. So we trudged back up
the put our helmets and gloves back
hill,
on, rolled up our sleeves, and got back
to work.
After the fifth and final day of work, we went back to the campsite, took our sleeping
pads out of our tents, lay down under the trees, and rested. We talked about our life at home,
and during a lull in the conversation, we all fell asleep. Our stone staircase had been set, several
rocks had been placed in a trench in the trail to "dam" the dirt and prevent erosion; in total, we
moved about 30-40 rocks, all larger than us. None of this could have been done without team-
work. When we hiked back over it on the way to the van, we saw all our work laid out under us.
It took us less than five minutes to cover what had taken us five days to build. The eight of us left
the Berkshires that day, all of us changed by the shared experience.
Tamar Melman
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Alison Gifford had
her seventh summer
Camp
at Evergreen Ashley Michael
in New Hampshire. went to the
National Youth
Leadership Forum
on Medicine. She
visited different
hospitals.
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One.
Midsummer
Along with nine other South students, spent this summer in Ecuodor with World Challenge
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Expeditions. Originally, we had planned to travel to Bolivia, but our plans were canceled when
we arrived to riots and demonstrations in the capital city. Before you could say BBQ Guinea Pig
(which we actually ate), we were on a new flight to Quito, the capital of Ecuador.
From day one, Quito was much more than you could ever imagine. Upon our arrival, we were
bomarded with new experiences. We wandered the city, practiced buying food, and made
reservations at hostels. Our first weekend trip was to Octavio to visit the weekend market. The
market was three times the size of Fanueil Hall!
In South Quinto, we worked at the Centre de la nina trabajara (CENIT), or "center for the
working girl." CENIT was a school where we worked to improve the facilities and played with the
kids. Our next journey was into the mountains, where our guides showed us some pretty wicked
scenery! One dinner in the mountains we tried BBQ guinea pig, served on a stick. Honestly,
don't knock it until you've tried it - it was delicious! During our time in the mountains we scaled a
volcano. Even though the volcano was inactive, was quite a feat to climb.
it still
After departing the mountains, we descended into the rain forest, where we spent the week
cruising through the dense jungle on canoes. The cruise ended with a full day of Whitewater raft-
ing, which was one of the best days of the entire month. We concluded the trip by
spending our leftover cash at a natural hot spring, where we treated ourselves to facials, mas-
sages, and a fancy fondue dinner! My trip to Equador was one of the best experiences of my
entire life. It will be a trip I will never forget.
- Sam Grieb
This summer was crowned Queen of the Oompa Loompas. Four words, the Chestnut Hill
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Camp. I was a counselor there for the summer, and it was there that I developed a following of
eight year olds. I took the job expecting to work hard and earn lots of money for it. I didn't ex-
pect to fall in love with a pack of lunatic eight year olds. But what expected the least of all was
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that they would love me too; enough to name me their Queen.
Three weeks passed before my crowning. One day was eating
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lunch with the other counselors, the rat pack came over. Katie,
Sarah, Peter, and Emmet knelt down before me as Sebastian took
a step forward. "All hail the Queen of the Oompa Loompas!" he
proclaimed. The rest of the self-dubbed Oompa Loompas bowed
and saluted me, each one grinning bigger than the last. Then
they scurried away. As the time passed they came running back
with new tricks to perform for their queen. They danced, sang,
and even presented a lovely synchronized swimming perfor-
mance. I was their Queen and I loved it. I had found my summer
home.
- Rory Clark
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Amanda
Garces, Kaila McDaniel,
Deborah Bernhard relax in the Fie
House after school.
Josh Reisz, Sandy
Crossman, and
Stefan Pierre,
Skipping...?
Jackie, Mike, Jessie, Taylor, and
others effectively use their J-Block
by doing their homework and so-
cializing.
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