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JUNE 2019 • VOLUME 2 • ISSUE 03 • MALVERN, PA 19355 SUMMER WORK: DO WE NEED IT? INSIDE VILLA'S BIGGEST BRAIN CALENDAR CHANGES JONAS BROTHERS BURNING UP Is it a necessary evil or more Find out how Valedictorian Oliv- J-Term and Spring Break will "Happiness Begins": Obsession pointless than useful? ia Hall '19 manages school. look a little different next year. and Expectations >> page 2 >>> page 3 >>> page 3 >>> page 3 Read advice and stories from the class of 2019 on page 2. Seniors toss their grad caps in the air in celebration of a great year at the end of Daisy Chain and Senior Sing ceremonies. // Lifetouch Thompson reflects on one year Five lacrosse in office athletes score History teacher Miss Brittany M. Thompson tackled a new role at Villa Maria this year: Dean of Students. 100th goal Varsity lacrosse players Sarah Hannah Rosenberger being an administrator: the science is the hand- Delaney ’19, Abby Walheim '19, Editor-in-Chief book, and the art is how you deal with it, real- Hannah Young ’20, Bridget Fin- Walheim poses with teammates after scoring her 100th As Dean of Students, Thompson wants to izing that everyone’s got their own situations,” goal. Abby will continue to play next year at Villanova// bring more creative and meaningful elements she said. ley ’20 and Margaret Carden ’21 Marguerite Esmonde to her job beyond just the routine. By embracing this philosophy, Thomp- reached their monumental “goal” during the 2019 lacrosse season. On the job, which Thompson described son places emphasis on learning from mistakes as “situational,” she had to learn to handle the over demerits or detentions. While discipline Julie Satterthwaite ‘20 played since she was in first grade and Finley gray areas between the lines of the handbook. is necessary to keep order at school, “learning Assistant Editor and Carden have played since they were in “I think there is an art and a science to experiences” take precedence. third grade. “Things that happen in this office are Young says that she can’t remember a about learning experiences. It’s not about time in her life when she wasn’t playing la- consequences; it’s not about punishments. It’s crosse: “There is a picture of me with a stick in okay to fail; it’s okay to make a mistake as long my hand when I was three years old. I’ve been as we learn from it,” Thompson said. “[That’s playing it forever,” Young said. why I wanted to] bring in more learning mo- While the players have been involved in ments because I think they’re the most import- the sport for what seems like forever, they all ant parts of high school.” agreed that scoring that 100th goal was an In taking this approach, Thompson amazing experience that they will never forget. sought to provide more experiences that “It felt very special, and it couldn’t have would expose students to vital life lessons that Young stands proudly with a homemade poster happened without all of my amazing team- after her 100th goal. //Marguerite Esmonde they can take beyond their four years in high mates, and it was such a fun time celebrating Winning the state championship last year school. One such attempt was the speaker Ka- with them,” Carden said. “It was a milestone and continuing with a strong season this year, tie Kiestner, from the sexual assault awareness that I always hoped I would achieve in high these five lacrosse players helped the team suc- organization Respect My Red, who gave a pre- school, and to do it was such a good feeling.” ceed. All five of these students have been play- Dean of Students Miss Brittany M. Thompson sentation in April to students. >>> continued on pg. 4 //Laurie Scaggs >>> continued on pg. 4 ing lacrosse for most of their lives: Delaney has 2 June 2019 OPINION The Villa Voice EDITORIAL The best summer bummer The grind should stop Congratulations, Villa. We have survived another year. How will we be rewarded for the hours After nearly 180 days of tirelessly completing homework assignments, endlessly studying of dedication we put into our school work? With three books to read and multiple AP packets to for tests and quizzes, and repetitively chugging iced coffee, we've made it to summer. So start do over our marvelous summer break. Now, before we go about burning textbooks in an angry packing beach bags full of new bathing suits and bottles of sunscreen, but don’t forget to save mob, whining about how unfair it is to have to complete summer work, let’s think this through. room for heavy textbooks so that you can complete all of your summer assignments in time for Let’s get one thing straight: A break from school the new school year. is extremely important. Nevertheless, we all know the feeling While summer work can be beneficial in some circumstances, it when we’re sitting in math on the first day of classes, and we often reaches a point of becoming excessive. Our time off should be can’t remember what 2 x 3 is because we haven’t had to actu- spent relaxing with a bit of academics sprinkled in, rather than spent ally multiply numbers in three months. This is where sum- buried under new textbooks in what may feel like (to a teenage girl) mer work has our backs. It keeps all of our academic knowledge academic solitary confinement. Therefore, in an effort to keep summer fresh in our brains so that everything we learned over the year work controlled, it would be helpful to set a few guidelines. doesn’t fall into the abyss during three months of no school. Nothing is more frustrating than sitting in class in March re-read- Although seemingly evil to many, summer work is ex- ing a book we were required to read over the summer, thinking about tremely beneficial to AP students and teachers. When circumstanc- how we could have posted an extra weeks worth of beach pictures in es call for AP classes to end earlier than standard honors and CP June. Summer work makes sense when it saves students and teachers classes because of AP exams in May, it makes perfect sense to begin from having to go over content during the year, but it feels like a waste covering material over the summer months. This makes things less of time when the material is revisited in class months later. hectic for students when they have to contend the stress of their Even in cases where summer work is a necessity, it can be chal- other classes as well. So while having to do work when we’d rather Artwork by Olivia DiCicco '20 lenging for students to submit coursework during the summer months. be lying out on the beach isn’t ideal, essentially, it is saving us a couple hours of sleep during the By creating June and July deadlines, teachers are doing their best to save students from having to school year. face a mountain of work with one week left of August. However, summer deadlines aren’t always In the end, summer work isn’t the big bad wolf we all make it out to be. Ideally, by conducive to students’ summer schedules. In the midst of summer jobs, college programs, and completing summer work students are getting ahead for the school year, using their time family travels, it can be tough for students to hit multiple mid-summer deadlines in a graceful management skills, and keeping themselves academically informed. Better to complete the manner. Students should be utilizing the time management skills that they perfected during the course work now than during a random week in October while simultaneously studying for school year to fight the urges of procrastination. three tests. So this summer, during the few moments spent sitting inside reading textbook In the end, although intending to be beneficial, summer work leaves students pulling pages instead of lying out on the beach, just remember that our future self will thank us. their hair out rather than peacefully completing a few extra assignments over their time off. So let's all agree to zip up our backpacks on the last day of school...and keep them closed. Advice from the class of 2019 The graduating class of seniors offered advice to each of the grades that will be at Villa Maria next year. 2023 2022 2021 2020 Don’t change yourself for other people. Join as many things as possible. Get active You will get through this year! Everything Live your life! Have fun and enjoy the last moments. It’s Find yourself and what you stand for. and learn your studying techniques! Don’t will be okay; you’ll get through. Try and sad that it’s ending, but it’s a start to a great new begin- feel pressured into taking AP classes. sleep when you can, and don’t be afraid ning. Cherish the people you have in your life. Enjoy every moment: every lunch, to ask for help! walk on the path, dance. It’ll fly by. Do not wish time away because you will The final lap. This is it. Enjoy every moment: lunch, walk blink and it will be over. Three words: Know your limits. on path, game, performance, hug from a friend. Before Don’t feel like you have to change your- you know it, it’ll be your last. self to make friends. You’ll find your Wow! Sophomore year..