What's gray, looks somewhat like a prison, and houses 675 confident and capable young women? That's right, you guessed it, the fine center of intellectual growth and development, the single best Catholic, college preparatory community for adolescent girls, the epicenter of quality secondary education...Divine Savior Holy Angels High School! Dashers around the globe, this one is for you.
1. There was no such thing as a light homework day.
Junior. Year. Need I say more?
2. You spent most of your limited free time throughout the day (a) in the CMC room, (b) somewhere in the company of Dubinski or Lynch, (c) in the CMC room, or (d) in the CMC room.
Or (e) all of the above.
3. Except if you were an A.P. science student...than you never had any free time.
Strandberg became my second mom because I saw her nearly as much as I saw my own mother.
4. You got really into Dash-A-Thon simply because you wanted the movie day.
5. Seeing boys in the building felt a little bit like Christmas morning.
Santa came early this year!
6. But then when you got to college you realized it's really not that fun going to school with them.
I could probably do without.
7. "We Are One Body" is a spiritual game changer for you. That one time they sang it at your university's Sunday mass you cried and hurried home to look at your yearbook.
"And we do not stand alone!" (Echo) "And we do not stand aloooone!"
8. Other women say, "Oh, I'm sorry" when they find out that you attended an all-girls high school.
9. And your very mature response is, "No! I'm sorry! Sorry that you had to go to high school with stinky boys!"
10. You thought McGinn might actually be Shakespeare.
There's something he's not telling us...
11. Make up + deodorant + personal hygiene + a hair brush = not important
Didn't even waste my money on those unnecessary items.
12. Dances were more fun for you when you went with your ladies.
Even the freshmen knew to keep pre-dance get-togethers all female (and penguin). What a tasteful plaid blouse, and it's oh-so-appropriate for your first dance.
13. Taco dip. Cupcakes. And those devilishly good, pretty much uncooked chocolate chip cookies they'd sell in the morning.
14. You think mentoring should have been called "let's eat snacks."
15. Sometimes, your college classes are easier than your high school ones.
16. If you graduated before the most recent renovations, you get a little bitter thinking about how much you would have enjoyed the facilities as a student.
Because, you know, I would have lifted sooo many weights if I had had that new gym...
17. Christmas in the Quad was a cut-throat competition for you. So much for spreading Christmas cheer...
Won two years in a row for "Most Creative Theme." Not like I counted or anything.
18. You are slightly offended whenever you see someone try to pull of the "slutty school girl" costume on Halloween.
It's especially rattling when they ask if they can borrow your old skirt. Okay, don't make my four years of high school look like some sleazy Brittany Spears music video.
19. The white dress tradition was a BIG deal that required a significant amount of thought, effort, and shopping.
...or your older sister's hand-me-down.
20. Your favorite dance of the year was Father/Daughter.
...with the only man you'll ever really need.
21. You took a nap in the hallway at least once during your high school career.
Three hours of play practice, eight hours of homework, and an attempt at having a social life sometimes resulted in spontaneous zzzzzzz.
22. It sort of felt like you were in a sorority for those four years.
23. Where there was Penny, there was happiness.
24. Though you hate to admit it, you did love and admire some of those MUHS boys.
Sometimes you even wanted to be one...
25. You are pretty sure you will send your daughters to an all-girls high school.
