MUN

It's time to start thinking about writing our position papers. This seemed stressful to me in previous years but now it doesn't appear as daunting because of the work I've been doing in the IB. In past months, we've studied parts of 20th century Syrian history, which helps a lot in understand the historical and cultural aspects of the nation we're representing. Mr. Pontes has also given students of his who are doing Syria extra information such as articles from Newsweek and the Economist on Syria, which builds on some of what we've learned about its history.

EFA Crepes Sale

Tomorrow EFA is selling crepes at lunch as a way to fund raise. We came up with the idea after trying to think of a more unique "product" to sell outside of desserts to raise money. Marjorie knows how to make crepes, which we thought would be a good idea for lunchtime. I'm bringing in plates and powdered sugar. Charlotte Olson and I also have to work on an announcement for our 'change for change' jug by the office, where you can put in spare change to donate to building schools.

Volleyball Award

I further believe that my goals were accomplished during this fall's volleyball season because I was awarded the most improved player on the B team at the fall sports banquet. Unfortunately I had a fever and couldn't go to the ceremony but I was still very proud and grateful that my coach recognized the hard work I put in during practices and games.
I think I demonstrated committment to volleyball by rarely missing practices and overall having motivation to do well because it is probably the last time I'll play on a volleyball team. I felt energized at practices and strived to get along with all my team mates. Senior year has provided me with willingness to be part of a Sturgis team for the last time and focus on performing to the best of my abilities.

MUN

We got our payment schedule for MUN. We have it more split up this year so we don't have to pay one large amount at once, which I find helpful, especially around the holiday season. We're having some scheduling conflicts as well because lots of clubs meet throughout the week. Prom committee and SOI interfere with our Thursday meeting date at lunch but it still seems like the most convenient right now.

MUN 11/13

I should have blogged about this before but we have good news for MUN. We've been assigned 3 countries this year: Turkey, Syria, and Macedonia. Turkey is on security council, allowing only 2 open spots. I decided to take Syria with the Special Political (Specpol) committee. I chose this because while we've studied a bit about both Syria and Turkey in history, a lot of our focus was on Syria. I'm on the committee with Marjorie Palmeri, who has been on MUN since her freshman year. She helped me a lot when I was a sophomore. Last year as a junior I knew what I was doing more but this year I plan on making a point of participating in debate and discussion more than usual since it is my last year at Sturgis and I know have everything works with the conference now.

EFA

We made plans to raise money for EFA over the upcoming months. First off, we're going to be doing pennies for peace, where students can put change into water jugs to raise money for donations. We're also going to be doing bake sales before Thanksgiving, selling pies in particular since it goes with the holiday. We're also thinking of doing a much bigger bake sale during or after midterms. I want to increase my own awareness on this topic because I didn't participate in this activity last year when a lot of the information was being given out. I have some general ideas but I haven't had a lot of time to look into it more because of my busy IB schedule.

Last Game Outcomes

Yesterday we had a great game. We came close to beating Barnstable in all 3 sets and our coach was really happy. There were even times during the sets that we were beating them. We got all of our serves in and worked well playing as a team. Today we're playing the faculty but after that, volleyball is officially over. I'm glad our last real game was such a success.