Class of 2023, Senior Walk Video Tribute:

https://www.wevideo.com/view/3076807993

Senior Walk photo album:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/3uftypxTmSCrDMxY7

Congratulations, Class of 2023!

Grades 6-12 had their award ceremony this past Wednesday, and many students were recognized for their achievements this year. We also were able to honor several of our Seniors with scholarships.

Thank you, Sarah Park: Allstate Insurance, for your generous scholarships for our first graduating class!

Clement So The Sarah Park Allstate Agency Scholarship For Excellence in STEM $1000 Funded by Sarah Park Allstate Agency

Audrey Thimesch The Sarah Park Allstate Agency Scholarship for Excellence in Fine Arts $1000 Funded by Sarah Park Allstate Agency

Eloise Johnson The Sarah Park Allstate Agency Scholarship for Excellence in Humanities $1000 Funded by Sarah Park Allstate Agency

Christian Creason The Sarah Park Allstate Agency Scholarship for Excellence in Athletics $1000 Funded by Sarah Park Allstate Agency

Anna Lenski The Sarah Park Allstate Agency Scholarship for Excellence in Service $1000 Funded by Sarah Park Allstate Agency

Krish Nair Memorial Scholarship recipients:

Malia Hardy The Krish Nair Scholarship for Excellence in the Arts $500 funded by the family of Krish Nair

Sariah De Leon The Krish Nair Scholarship for Excellence in the History $500 funded by the family of Krish Nair

Christian McIntyre The Krish Nair Scholarship for Excellence in the MATH $500 funded by the family of Krish Nair

Emma Linton The Krish Nair Scholarship for Excellence in the Music $500 funded by the family of Krish Nair

Our class of 2023 had over $2,431,500.00 in Scholarship offers!

All photos from the Award Ceremony can be seen here:

University of Oklahoma - Located in Norman, OK, OU is a major, public research university. From their website: “For over 131 years, the University of Oklahoma continues to stand apart as a beacon of diverse thinking and unbound exploration. By channeling the strengths of the many, here one is empowered to work in any way, become anything, and arrive anywhere.”

Our tour started off with seeing an OWL! There’s a green owl at the top of the old law building, and our tour guide made sure to point it out to us. The campus is large, of course, so we only saw a few major buildings including the library. We spent a majority of our time touring the different dorms/styles. OU offers apartment-style dorms with 4 bedrooms sharing a single living room and kitchen plus two bathrooms with 4! bathroom sinks (that’s 5 sinks in one dorm space if you’re keeping count). These dorms are so popular, they are converting more of the older suite-style into these. The suite-style dorms feel very small, but the campus offers free help moving in at a scheduled time which is good because hallways are narrow and dorm buildings are 7-8 stories high.

We received one of the more beneficial university presentations that we saw on the trip. I would love to have Mr. Travis Lightsey, Jr., MS, GCDF, ACC, Director of the Center for Major and Career Exploration (tlightsey@ou.edu) come and speak with our students. He and his team work very hard to help students figure out which of the 140+! majors they should choose at OU as they look ahead to careers beyond. He provided a link to a tool they use to help admitted students figure things out. We have resources for Founders families on Naviance, under the Self-discovery tab, which I point out to students when I meet with them, I’m attaching a link to OU’s resource here because I hope you have a chance to explore it as a family: vitanavis.com/uofoklahoma

Our time at OU concluded with dinner in the Couches Restaurants. WOW! First of all, everything in this area is all you can eat. We discovered the largest cereal bar in the world with 32 different cereals to choose from. There was a BBQ restaurant, an Italian restaurant, a smoothie/bowl restaurant, a desserts only restaurant, an ice cream shop, a home-cooking restaurant, a salad bar, a Mediterranean restaurant, and a Chick-Fil-A! Apparently, it’s the only all you can eat CFA in the world. The students we were chaperoning went back and forth getting more CFA fries and sandwiches than I thought was possible to consume, but they did. Unexpected offerings: fried pickles, red pepper hummus, Lebanese spinach pies, empanadas, tator tot casserole, and tiramisu.

Motto: Civi et Reipublicae, “For the benefit of the Citizen and the State”

Student to faculty ratio: 18:1

Undergraduate enrollment: ~21,200

Tuition snapshot: ~$29,000-$10,000=$18,000 26-27 ACT or 1230-1290 SAT and 3.5 GPA

My impressions: Our tour guide was happy to talk about goofy myths and traditions like how the owl was mischievously painted green one time, so it’s repainted as needed for fun. The dorms felt a bit too sardine-y to me. “Sardine-y” isn’t a word, but I like it better than “claustrophobic” or “confined” for its imagery. The library has some really, really old quiet sections which can be charming/life-giving or intimidating/oppressive depending on your personality. I would love to work with or for Mr. Lightsey. He has similar passions and more expertise than I have. We didn’t get a sense of finding your community on this tour, but I’m sure it’s possible. There were students out walking despite the rain - I forgot to mention that it rained during our tour.

As you tour universities, take note of what’s missing, what’s life-giving, and how you might navigate and overcome the parts that are intimidating. Ignore tuition sticker prices. Most schools are offering scholarships to a majority of students. Very few actually pay the sticker price. Pay attention to your grades; keep your GPA up because there are steep discounts offered to students in the 10% or with high GPAs or high test scores or some combination of all of the above.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1bdOGSfJpGMi-bdSYLsaevgEUck0mdww&usp=sharing

FCA Families, If you click on the pins, you'll see where each member of the Class of 2023 has been accepted.

As seniors let me know where they will attend, I will update the map.

Also, here's a link to a lengthy slide show full of images, so it may take some time to load: FCA FM Colleges and Universities

Yearbooks are for sale! There are different yearbooks for Grammar and Upper this school this year. See the links and codes below to order.

Grammar K-5 Book

https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=1016605976282346

1016605976282346

Upper School 6-12 Book

https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=1016328454811038

1016328454811038

Testing Calendar: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Al9Qz1FFc7uX1FxwCPxUHFnq7WfhLt7RYhsIpz25CQo/edit?usp=sharing

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