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Top 3 Most Formative Books: Reflections from the Class of 2022

By DVCS|2024-08-31T14:12:31-04:00May 5, 2022|Academics|Comments Off on Top 3 Most Formative Books: Reflections from the Class of 2022

Each spring in their Advanced Literature course, the graduating senior class reflects on the books that have shaped them up to this point in their lives. Each member of the Class of 2022 selected three formative books (apart from Scripture) and wrote about how these stories, essays, or dialogues have influenced them. You will notice a great deal of variety in the pieces of literature that students selected: fiction and nonfiction, ancient and modern, and picture books and Socratic dialogues. The Class of 2022: Most Formative Books Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen "It was [...]

Building a Team from the Ground Up: A Reflection from a Senior Athlete

By DVCS|2024-08-31T13:56:49-04:00November 5, 2021|Athletics|Comments Off

By Lydia Brown ('22) Bump. Set. Spike. If you’re familiar with the sport of volleyball, you might know that these are the three fundamental skills in volleyball. Whatever various names they may be called--pass, set, hit; receive, set, kill-- these three skills are the core of playing volleyball. Bump. The first thing you need to learn when learning how to play volleyball is how to pass. It’s the most important skill. It supports the rest of the play; it’s the backbone. One thing our team worked hard to learn is how to love each other [...]