The Wicket Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School Washington, DC
Issue Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 Issue: Vol. LXXV, Issue No. 6 Last Update: Thursday, June 09, 2011
  • Delegates Prepare for World Youth Day Conference in Madrid

    Wednesday, June 01, 2011 By: Cait Duggan '12

    How many of you have played hackey sack with monks before? Camped out on a racetrack with thousands of other pilgrims, including priests, nuns and teenagers from every continent? Heard Spanish, French

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  • Where in the World Will Visitation Girls Be This Summer?

    Wednesday, June 01, 2011 By: Rosie Murphy '12

    American culture often idealizes the summer months, which are depicted as the lazy, sleep away-camp, firefly-filled time of year. While students are eagerly anticipating a break from the stresses of t

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  • So Sorry: Girls Need to Stop Apologizing, Start Being Confident

    Wednesday, June 01, 2011 By: Staff Editorial

    Last week, during the Club Assembly, students took to the Nolan Center stage to display their myriad abilities. During one performance, a student made a mistake—she sang the wrong note—and she paused

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  • Spring Season Sees Cubs Go Out With a Bang

    Wednesday, June 01, 2011 By: Maria Aukward `13

    May is such a crazy time for Visitation girls. Students are busy studying for APs and exams. The school year is coming to a close and everyone looks forward to the promising summer break as they wrap

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It  was just another beautiful spring day in Georgetown.  Not too cool, not too warm—a perfect Wednesday afternoon.  The community had already been shaken by a recent series of muggings
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How many of you have played hackey sack with monks before? Camped out on a racetrack with thousands of other pilgrims, including priests, nuns and teenagers from every continent? Heard Spanish, French
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There are not many famous trees in the world. The Tree of Life, perhaps, of the Garden of Eden, but other than that there are few saplings which would make the history books. One that might, however,
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Alyse Nelson walked in the room wearing a dress of bright purple, the color of royalty. And while Nelson is a petite blond in three-inch heels, she is no princess. The purple dress she wore was not a
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American culture often idealizes the summer months, which are depicted as the lazy, sleep away-camp, firefly-filled time of year. While students are eagerly anticipating a break from the stresses of t
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Some might view the plethora of rules regulating students’ uniform, conduct and privileges as strict, but our predecessors actually had much stricter laws to follow. Rules from the beginning of Visita
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Imagine waking up at 3 a.m. on a school day for the sole purpose of watching the nuptials of a couple far across the pond. Imagine you spent days speculating about the bride’s dress, her mother’s hair
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As Ms. Maslow leaves to pursue the religious life and Mrs. Bocek and Mrs. Balestra take some time off to be with their newborns, Mrs. Arndt, Mr. Farquhar and Mr. Martinez have graciously stepped in to
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With exam week approaching, students need to remember that even more important than staying up that extra hour to cram in another chapter is getting a good night’s sleep. It’s imperative to get a full
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Georgetown Visitation has many wonderful, time-honored traditions, such as Gold-White and Marshmallow Roast, but what about the other Visitation schools? Sarah Neuberger `12 goes Visitation School in
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