I finally write again! The end of the year craziness is in full swing!
Today marks a big achievement among the Baldwin Christian School senior class. This morning we presented and defended our senior thesis papers! Our papers themselves had to be 18-20 pages long and our speeches needed to be 6-8 minutes long. We had two wonderful judges, Mr. Swanson and Mrs. Hanson, who were compassionate on us, but challenged all of us students to think over weaknesses in our papers and gave ideas of how to strengthen them. Everyone was nervous, but everyone did a wonderful job presenting and answering questions! There were many papers this year, as there are six seniors, so the whole defense took almost 2 hours. All the topics were very interesting and each student made their view clear. The order that we presented in and our respective topics were as follows:
Philip - Social Liberalism
Karsten - Steroids in Major League Baseball
Mickey - Gun Control
Kristina - Homosexuality
Abby - The International Criminal Court
James - Ethanol
Everyone is relieved to have the defense over with, but I think everyone is proud, and can be proud of what they accomplished.
This weekend we have our next big event coming up. This is our Protocol outing, as we call it. This is essentially our prom, but we would rather not refer to it as that. The illustrious Mrs. Swanson teaches etiquette classes to the high school students, and the big test and culmination of this is our yearly Protocol outing. In past years we have gone to events such as the UWEC Viennese Ball and a riverboat tour on the Mississippi, and we have gone to restaurants such as Fischer's On The Green in Eau Claire, Fanny Hill in Eau Claire, and Mama Maria's in Hudson. This year we will be going for dinner at Lowell Inn in Stillwater, then we will be attending a performance of Hamlet at the Guthrie Theater. Every year is fun, and this year is sure to be no exception!
After our Protocol outing this weekend, we have another very full and busy week ahead of us! Our school play, The Mouse That Roared will be performed on May 8 and May 10. We have done plays in the past, but never to this scale. This year is exciting because we are privileged to be able to preform on the stage at the Baldwin-Woodville High School as well as having an actual director to direct our play. Mr. Halverson is the executive director at the Menomonie Theater Guild. This is bound to be a wonderful experience as the Baldwin Christian School students will get to see what they are truly capable of! The week will be full of practicing and really attempting to perfect the play. I encourage you all to come and see it! You can buy advance tickets through any of the BCS High School Students or at the Baldwin Bulletin or the Hazelnut Tree in Baldwin, WI, just let them know!
It is crazy crazy crazy! I cannot believe that high school is coming to an end! It is only 115 days until move in day at college! Life is moving at breakneck speeds, hold on! It is an exciting and wonderful journey, I appreciate all your prayers!
I should really wrap things up, but, in closing, I have to share a verse from our Bible reading that is encouraging during this rainy week. "Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; His going forth is sure as the dawn; He will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth." ~Hosea 6:3
I really have no clue when I will be writing again, so have a blessed week, or month, or 2 months! Thank you for reading!
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