Happy March! 2021 is already flying by, and I can hardly believe we're in the home stretch, towards the end of our school year. There's still plenty to get through before we cross the finish line, though, so I wanted to share a bit of that with you all here...
March is CLASH month, which is one of the most exciting months of the year at IMSA. For those who don't know, the CLASH of the Halls is an event put on annually by our Campus Activities Board, in which each hall competes in a series of artistic based events, with each hall choosing a theme. Each theme is chosen by focusing in on a given color (1502 is green) and is then the central focus of each event (for example: we have a hall mural, hall movie, hall t-shirt, profile pictures, a choreographed drill routine, a talent show, a riddle activity, and more)! The final events take place the week of March 22nd-25th, just before our Spring Break (cue cheers of joy) begins after classes end on the 26th.
Until then, we're still doing a lot of fun things not just as a hall, but as a wing! We just started our whodunnit murder-mystery series Harper's Island, which is a 13 part mini-series from 2009. A handful of members of the wing have already started watching along, and formulating their guesses. Apart from that, we're also going to have our long awaited Palentine's Day event on March 4th, which will be a lot of fun activities, love language learning, and prize winning! I for one am very excited.
Obviously, the thing most present in most student & parent minds right now is repopulation. Dr. Torres made the announcement a little over a week ago that we'll begin repopulation the first full week of April, in two waves; one for a few weeks in April, the other for a few weeks in May. While I wish I had all of the answers and direction to give, I'm afraid there's still a lot that we're still figuring out -- and plenty of logistics that we have to re-examine as we go along in that process. Please be patient with us, and know that we will share whatever we can with you once we are able. I will do my best to answer questions as I can, so if you have any, feel free to send them to me. I'll do what I can to figure out the most appropriate answer, and will get back to you once I have done so. If I don't have the answer, please know that I will still have made note of your question, and will continue to try and find it.
I hope you're all staying safe, and are doing well. I was able to get my first dose of the vaccine last week, and am staying optimistic for the future; my hope for this month is that we're all able to keep finding those things that help us stay as positive as possible.
-- Robyn
