Family Gardening Day

This month's Family Gardening Day is scheduled for Saturday, March 19, from 8 a.m. - noon.  No gardening experience is necessary. Tools, gloves, and light refreshments will be provided. If you would like to bring some additional snacks, please feel free. Everyone is welcome to attend. Students will receive Ecology hours and be awarded spirit points, and parents will earn volunteer hours as well. Hope to see you there!

If you have any questions, please contact our Garden Beautification Coordinator, Mr. Jueneman, at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you there!

California Youth in Theatre Day

Joanna Juarez, a Connelly sophomore and Tri-School Theatre member, attended California Youth in Theatre day on March 15 in Sacramento. California Youth in Theatre is a statewide celebration honoring the youth of California for their accomplishments in theatre arts and to acknowledge the many individuals and organizations that support and contribute to theatre education for all grade levels - school administrators, teachers, parents, legislators and other officials. Joanna Juarez was one of four Tri-School students chosen to meet with different legislative offices, senators and assembly member to advocate equality of the arts in education, specifically Senate Bill 916, which would establish single-subject teaching credentials for Dance and Theatre in California. It was a great experience for all the students, who did a great job promoting the arts. Joanna even performed a song at the general assembly to an audience of over 300 students and teachers from around the state!

National Honor Society Welcomes New Members

Congratulations to the newest members of Connelly's National Honor Society! Eligibility for membership into the National Honor Society is determined by a cumulative grade point average which must meet or exceed our chapter's standard for Scholarship, which is currently set at 3.7 on a 4.0 scale. Students must also be up to date with their service hours. The following girls have met, and/or exceeded these high academic standards, and are current with their service hours. They are to be commended for this accomplishment!

Members listed by grade:

Sophomores

Anna De La Rosa

Isabelle Panganiban 

Amy Borbridge

Lauren Conser 

Brenda Ceja

Bryte Wood

Tiffany Lubrino

Christina Tomas 

Emily Lee

Colleen Wolfe 

Vanessa Maldonado

Aimee Jimenez

Brianna Hernandez

Juniors

Zihan (Pepper) Yang 

Vy Lam

Seniors

Eden Ong

College Tour

Dear Parents of the Class of 2017 and 2018,

This is a reminder that Cornelia Connelly School will be offering our inaugural college tour this June. The college search and application process can be an incredibly exciting, overwhelming, and at times stressful experience for families. This trip is not designed to take the place of visiting schools as a family, as we know family visits are an important part of the search process, but rather is meant to supplement those visits. Our goal in offering this tour is to make the college search more efficient and enjoyable for the entire family. 

We have extended the final deadline to enroll until March 15.  To enroll, or for more details, please go to http://www.efexploreamerica.com/tour-website/1818730bj or call EF at 888.333.9756 and reference our tour ID: 1818730BJ. You will need to be able to pay in full when you enroll. The late fee will be waived within 48 hours.

Here are five reasons why we think our college tour should play an important role in your daughter's college search:

1. Fit: By visiting a wide variety of schools - large, small, public, private, urban, rural, religious, secular - students gain a better sense of the types of schools that will be the right fit for them. There is no better way for students to know what kind of schools they're looking for than visiting in person and getting a "gut feeling" on campus. Future visits as a family will be more meaningful by focusing on the schools that are the right fit. 
2. Demonstrated interest: Colleges are increasingly aware of how much interest a student has expressed in their campus. They want to know what kind of contact a student has had during the admissions process, and how serious each applicant is about attending their school. Visiting a college once with counselors and again with family can be a great way to show demonstrated interest.
3. Motivation: College visits will help students understand the college admissions process and what's required of them to be successful. Visiting campuses can light a motivational fire, as students have seen first-hand the experience that awaits them at various colleges, and hear what it takes to get accepted.
4. Community knowledge: We will be traveling with a local tour guide, who will help students understand more about the unique culture of each city we're visiting, and how the colleges play a role in that community. We'll also be visiting historical and cultural sites in Boston and New York.
5. Confidence: Visiting campuses will give students a better grasp of the vocabulary used in the college admissions process. This will help students clearly articulate their preferences. Traveling with a group of her peers will allow your daughter to gain confidence in herself and her ability to navigate this process.

Our tour will be visiting Boston & New York City from June 13-17, 2016. We will be taking guided tours of each campus, and learning more about Christian life on campus. We encourage you to strongly consider this opportunity for your daughter

The link below is to the NCGS website (National Coalition of Girls’ Schools), which is a leading advocate for girls’ education with a distinct commitment to the transformative power of all-girls schools. The Coalition acts at the forefront of educational thought, collaborating and connecting globally with individuals, schools, and organizations dedicated to empowering girls to be influential contributors to the world.

Here's a great video about the advantage of an all girls school!

http://www.ncgs.org/GirlsSchoolAdvantage.aspx