Country Day alumni give Seniors invaluable accounts of their experiences which range from running the world’s largest student-run nonprofit corporation and working in Research Laboratories at Yale University, to managing, editing, and printing a literary magazine. Read on for an inside scoop of each seminar, and get a glimpse of what your own future may hold!

By Audrey McCartney ‘12, Contributor. I’ve tested out all the Real Housewives series. Orange County. New York. New Jersey. DC (a flop). And even Atlanta. My absolute favorite? Beverly Hills. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills are, simply put, fabulous.

This is the third series of ten words you can use in everyday life to properly express yourself (when you’re searching for the elusive word), to impress a teacher or to show your parents that that CCDS education is really going somewhere. The challenge is use every word during school in one week, and the ultimate challenge is to use all of them in one day! Good luck!

Sally Portman ‘13, Contributor. Looking to escape the winter blues? Here are some fun ideas to spice up your social life throughout the next few months, without even leaving Cincinnati!

By Josh Motley ‘12, Contributor. Give us an hour or two and we’ll show you what all the “bang bang” is about. We want to bring back one of the skills of our forefathers that has been long-forgotten in our modernized world, and perhaps demolish a few pumpkins along the way.

By Edwin Sam ’13, Sports Section Editor. On a fateful night when pink attire covered the fans and players in support of breast cancer, Country Day and local high school Seven Hills battled for supremacy in the heated conference rivalry. Each school took a share of the spoils as the Lady Indians were defeated and the Boys’ Basketball team triumphed each in close, suspenseful affairs.

By Holly Dayton ‘13, Lens Section Editor. This little article is for those of you out there who can’t tell the difference between a box grater and a whisk. A few basic kitchen terms and cooking styles will give you a baseline knowledge for any form of gastronomic adventure you may have down the road!

With you-know-what season approaching, it’s time to break out the best of the pie recipes and roll up the sleeves in the kitchen. This weekend, I spent my Saturday baking off two varieties of one of the best forms of pie: apple. The two pies were identical in every aspect except for the type of apple; in the first I used half Granny Smiths, and half Fuji apples, and in the second I used half Granny Smiths and half Jonagold apples. On Sunday I had a tasting and the results are in, and they may surprise you!

By Sophie Weinstein ‘13, LifeStyle Editor. What could be sweeter than cooking for a cause? Juniors Julia Murphy and Isabelle McAlevey couldn’t think of anything better and so they started Cincinnati Country Day Schools first Baking Club!

By Edwin Sam ‘13, Sports Section Editor. By setting their goals clearly and early, the Girls’ Soccer Team showed work ethic which paid dividends as they silenced the critics that believed the girls could not replace their three key graduated seniors. Winning both the MVC and Sectional titles, the ladies proved that it takes a balance of talented freshmen and experienced seniors to win big games.

By Sabrina Finn ‘14 Contributor. Doctor Who, the popular British television show, continues to attract new viewers despite its longevity: it just finished its sixth season. With nine months until the next season premieres, now is the perfect time to catch up on old episodes or start watching the series from the beginning.

This is the second series of ten words you can use in everyday life to properly express yourself (when you’re searching for the elusive word), to impress a teacher or to show your parents that that CCDS education is really going somewhere. The challenge is use every word during school in one week, and the ultimate challenge is to use all of them in one day! Good luck!