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| A bus full of awesomeness, not unlike The Magic School Bus. |
Much like a crackling campfire, the gray and white flecks of the foam board that lines my cubicle have something of a mesmerizing, hypnotic effect. I can stare at them, mind as blank as a lobotomized pigeon, for indefinite periods of time (usually first thing in the morning…and after lunch…and most all of Friday).
This morning, however, the foam-board spell was soundly broken when 42 students from Heritage College Ready Academy (located in urban South Los Angeles) visited our campus. Any campus visit—whether it’s one student or one-hundred—is awesome (and a great remedy for cubical-induced avian-lobotomy syndrome). This visit, however, was particularly awesome. Super-awesome, even.
The first half was pretty standard: a tour of campus and a question and answer session. But then we ushered them all into one of our conference rooms.
We knew something they didn’t...
Just kidding. But seriously, we did have a surprise.
The students filed into their seats and stared expectantly at me, presumably wondering why I had crammed them all into a relatively stuffy conference room. I hummed and hawed for a few moments to build the tension/awkwardness of the moment, and then, feeling much like a reality TV host, had the distinct privilege of announcing that every single one of them had earned admission into Marymount [they'd all applied previously of course]. Not only that, but 15 of them had qualified for one of our academic merit scholarships!
Joyful chaos ensued. Hands were slapped, hugs exchanged, and one student literally danced down the hallway.
It is times like these that really make our jobs a blast, and it’s all due to the hard work of the students and their parents, faculty, and staff.
Congratulations, Heritage College Ready Academy! You guys earned it!
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