National Honor Society

Yesterday we were at St. Cecilia for Morgan's National Honor Society induction and induction in the the National Math Honor Society. Of course I had to snap some photos:

 Morgan wants to be a photographer. She showed us some of her work that is featured on the wall in the theater.

 And another one. She photoshopped all the photos to change colors on this and above.

 Just a little glimpse in to her life. I love the "my life is a whirlwind"---she needs to be prepared, it doesn't slow down.

 I had to take her picture next to the statue of St. Cecilia. She just rolls her eyes at me.

 It had been awhile since I was at SCA. The sad part is that I hardly know any of the teachers or staff anymore. I did see a few parents that I still know.

 I thought this was an interesting sticker on the paper towels in the bathroom reminding the girls that they come from trees.

 The school newspaper sure has changed! Actually, this is a pretty good idea to post it on the inside door to the stalls. That way no one can say they didn't know something was going on.

SCA is the oldest school in Nashville---started in 1860. Originally, it was a boarding school for girls. Here is just a little bit of her history:
The Academy's early years were inextricably bound up with the Civil War. The first commencement exercises were held in June of 1862. Miss Doyle of Tennessee and Miss Schipp of Kentucky graduated in the concert hall, which had been constructed in 1861, despite the war, to meet a growing enrollment. Lanterns borrowed from the railroad lit up the grounds, as over a thousand guests gathered to hear Reverend Mr. McDonald, a Scottish Presbyterian minister, deliver St. Cecilia's first baccalaureate address.

Lee surrendered in April, but the school session continued until June 1865. That summer the girls returned to homes which had been ruined or abandoned. In September of 1865, St. Cecilia opened with a greatly reduced student body. Many of the debts owed to the Academy went unpaid. Deprived of its income, the school could not pay its own debts and the property was sold at public auction in September of 1867.

Although the Bishop purchased the school and returned it to the sisters, he later decided to close it because he was convinced that the congregation could never pay the debt. The sisters were told to return to Ohio, but they begged to stay and promised to extricate the Academy from financial collapse.

Morgan is our second generation of St. Cecilia girls. We are sure proud of that girl!