Happy Thanksgiving!

Hey everyone. I just wanted to wish you and your families a very happy Thanksgiving and I hope your day is wonderful!
~Miss Naz~

This post is for Sister Snappy

Yes! Just two more school days and it's time for break! Yay!
So this week I was cleaning my room and I found one of the lit books from Naz. In it was a poem that Sister Snappy had written. I loved it so much when I read it that I had to share it:

Outside traffic flowed
cars raced
Business as usual
Where did they go?

Down the avenue
I have traveled
Gotten in the lane
Only a block or two to go

Then up a hill
There it was
An old worn building
Character filled

My dear Nazareth
Home sweet space
Not just some bricks
But a living place

Where spirit rang
Tradition was alive
Where honor sang
And students thrived

Twenty years have passed
Hundreds of mornings
Out to meet the day
Headed to dear Nazareth

Old walls and halls
That echo a history
Worn floor boards
And cracked marble

Girls who chattered
Computers that flickered
Teachers dedicated
To all that mattered

It all began in '71
Eighteen that is
White gowns and roses one last time
God bless my school forever mine.


All credit to Sister Snappy.
~Miss Naz~

College and Naz girls

SORRY!!! Missed another weekend. Well actually I was going to wait until Mix it up day (last Tuesday) to post but since Mix it up day was kind of a bust, I was out of a topic.
Mix it up day was supposed to be a day where all of the students have to sit with some one new at lunch. Not many did. I was going to write about how it went, but it was just business as usual.
So today I want to talk about college. Things are starting to get crazy with college tours, applications, letters of recommendation.... Any advice for students would be amazing.
Also I would like to know, how is it going at other schools? It's going pretty well for me at AQ. But how are others?
Also, remember back to my post "Naz Girls" where I said "Being a Naz girl means having the confidence to walk up to any one wearing a Nazareth shirt, no matter where you are, and starting a conversation?" Well I was actually wearing my Nazareth sweat shirt the other day and immediately ran into a member of the class of '67. It was so awesome! I had a 10 minute conversation with this lady and I don't even know her name! I just love that Naz girls will see my shirt and be like "Oh I'm going to go talk to her!"
Well that's it for now. But please guys, give me some ideas here. Just any thing you have a question about or something you would like to hear more about. If I don't get more ideas soon, I don't know if I can keep this blog going much longer. Ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
~Miss Naz~

Religion classes being put to good use.....

If you had asked me last week if I had settled into Aquinas yet, I would have said no. I f you asked me today, I would have to say yes. I am now in 3x more clubs than I was in last year and I am no longer walking around completely lost. (Thank God)
I think this week there is only one thing bothering me. This weeks post is for the parents with kids who are in ethics class. Do you know what we are learning about right now in ethics class? You will be surprised. We are currently learning about the history of Aquinas. Yes that means that next week we will be having a test that includes questions like "What Aquinas football player was the old Aquinas football stadium named after?" Wait, we are getting graded on that? Yes. Yes we are.
If I was the one paying thousands of dollars to send my son/daughter to Catholic school just to find out that their Religion classes are being used for this, I would be a little upset. But apparently this is required by the school because they feel the seniors should know the history of their school. (Who founded it, when it became co-ed.... stuff like that)
So again, what do you think?
~Miss Naz~

Busy, busy, busy

Well things are getting pretty busy. All of the seniors are being reminded this week to get college applications done soon. "College? I can't go to college! I'm too young! Oh... wait...." Yeah I remember thinking "I have plenty of time for college searches. It's still 3 years before I have to worry about that."
Also, I think I'm starting to get senioritis. I never though I would considering the drastic change between years but here I am. I think it actually has to do with the fact that we go to the same classes every single day. I am so used to switching between classes, like we would have math every-other-day, now we have it everyday. I don't know about everyone else but I feel like doing the same thing over and over is pretty draining. Wait what? What do you mean that's what work is like? You mean I'm going to be doing the same thing everyday for the rest of my life!?
Well as you may be able to tell I am writing this while extremely tired (crazy weekends) so I am going to leave you before I start doing lame jokes, of course it might be too late for that...
Also, I need some ideas. If anyone has any questions on hows it's going please ask.
~Miss Naz~

All Different

Hey it's Miss Naz posting on a Friday because I have to take the SAT again tomorrow! Yikes! Wish me luck!
So you know how when you think of one school, you think that all the students are pretty much the same? Well now that I have been at AQ for awhile I have noticed the many different sides of the school.
So the other day I was walking around on the second floor, you know the floor of the NY stock exchange, and brushed shoulders with and AQ girl. With in seconds I found myself being screamed at by that student who was VERY annoyed that someone actually dared to bump into her. It's like "um chill. We are in a crowded hall way."
Well the next day I was walking quickly to my next class (I was sooo late) and came around a corner and just completely collided with another AQ student. All that was going through my head was "not again" and I immediately started apologizing to the student just to realize that they were apologizing too. Guess that just proves you can't profile someone just by the school they go to and your past experiences with that school. I was ready for her to start screaming at me just like the other girl did!
Also, I would like to say that this past week I ran into a Naz grad from the 97th graduating class while waiting in line. I picked a great day to wear my Naz sweat shirt. I just love talking to Naz grads I have never met and just picking up a long conversation with them. It's so much fun!
~Miss Naz~

Can't we just get along?

Things are still going pretty well. I've noticed a few things about AQ though. I would call it a "movie high school." Everyday I'm there, I feel like I'm on the set of some high school drama movie. You've got homecoming dances, floats, football team heros, mean girls, and of course the students who almost seem to "rule the school." It's pretty crazy.
But I will admit, I'm having some fun.
Whats bothering me this week though is this. "Why do the Naz girls get to have a breakfast? The original AQ kids should get something!" I'm sure many of the students reading this have heard that around the school many times. And you know I'm kind of split on that.
I have to say that the Naz girls do deserve something. I mean we lost our school, teachers, friends, and senior year, and they are complaining that we shouldn't get a free bagel? That it's unfair? Honestly, that is just pure jealousy.
Now I'm not going to sit here and just criticize the AQ students because honestly I think there may be something to what they are saying. We have to remember that we aren't the only ones who lost something. The AQ students have to put up with all the new transfer students in their school during their senior year too. I agree, they do deserve something. We all do, but that doesn't mean we should be giving each other dirty looks and insulting each other this whole year. If we do, it's going to be a really miserable year for both AQ and Naz students.
~Miss Naz~