Rise of the Phoenix

Every year, IMSA has an event called the CLASH of the halls. It's an event that allows the students to work with their hallmates to create works of artistic, musical, acting, intelligence and a handful of other types of talent, and showcase their hall pride at the same time. 

This year, A wing really stepped up for the hall, with event heads for our Drill Dance, Talent Show, Hall Decorations, Profile Pictures and Mural. It was an event that not only brought the hall together, but our wing as well, and really showed the Sophomores was hall unity and pride was all about.

Our girls worked hard to contribute to the overall hall effort; Lizzie Tang & Vaishnavi Vanamala choreographed our drill dance, which earned 3rd place overall. Irena Gao spearheaded efforts on not only our Profile Pictures, but our Hall Decorations as well. Junior Marisa Patel-O'Connor lead the charge in the Talent Show, while Junior Alice Liu and Senior Mishelle Mironov did a majority of the artwork on our hall's Mural. It was amazing to see my girls get to utilize the talents they don't necessarily get to show in their classes here at IMSA, and really showcase their passions. We may have gotten 7th place, but the community that I saw within the hall after the festivities ended was anything but dull -- the girls were together laughing, reminiscing, and enjoying the company of those they had gotten to know so well over the course of the school year so far.

The pictures below are largely from the pep rally, and were taken by our very talented students who are a part of IMSA Student Productions (including our very own Doreen Xiao!) so I cannot take credit for many of them, and wanted to give credit where it was due.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

  

Three year 02A alumni Heena Srivastava poses with Vaishnavi Vanamala after coming back to cheer on 1502 at the pep rally!




 

Marisa gets embarassed when the entire student body sings Happy Birthday to her at the pep rally!

In all my three years here, I have never seen our hall so wonderfully close throughout the entirety of the CLASH events. Last year, 1502 was in first place the entire time going into pep rally, where we had a few bumpy events and fell to 5th place. This year, despite for a majority of the time being in, and finishing in, 7th place, the community that I felt within our hall was incredible. This was by far my favorite year to be a part of CLASH in my time at IMSA. And yes, I was even a part of CLASH! While the judges tally the scores at pep rally, the RCs have a drill routine they do to fill the time -- and if I could be so biased, I personally think the RCs should have won CLASH, but that's just me being silly.

I can't fully describe how much I appreciate working with your children, especially during times like CLASH. While I get frustrated with having to chaperone everything, needing to remind them to still do their homework, getting the drill songs stuck in my head, and everything else that comes with it, it's truly a pleasure to get to see them create and participate in events that they are not only talented in, but passionate about. Especially in the name of hall unity. And that makes them all winners to me.

Until next time,

-- Robyn & the lovely ladies of 1502 A ❤