The senior psychology students continued their study of Sigmund Freud and his impact on the 20th & 21st centuries with the groundbreaking concept of an unconscious. Discussion included topics concerning the id, ego & superego AND defense mechanisms. Students looked up definitions for each major defense mechanism and included an illustration from their own lives or observation of others as an example for each defense mechanism. The students are looking forward to watching Sybil next week to see how psychoanalysis worked in a specific and very famous case study. On senior Friday we noted early admission dates, how to set up a student account on the College Board website to manage admissions, financial aid and scholarship submissions. We also learned how to write an admission essay that stands out from the herd. We looked at a weak and a superior essay submission and contrasted how they were written.

In the Introduction to Journalism class the students finished watching Citizen Kane. They were then taught the groundbreaking innovations that were created and used in this classic film. We also looked at a long list of television, movie, literary and gaming examples that reference the film. We also began a study of how critiques and reviews are written.

Publication Staff: We survived school pictures at all four campuses at the same time. Continued to distribute the yearbook and trouble shoot school picture orders. We also turned in and edited stories for the first issue of the Gauger under the capable leadership of senior Chloe McMahon. Yearbook editor Elizabeth Horne has organized the yearbook ladder (page assignments) and is well on the way to creating original design for the 2012 yearbook. Staff members are looking forward to Radical Write author and WO alum Bobby Hawthorne who is coming Monday for a short workshop for the staff.