After weeks of preparation and hard work, the Spirit Week dances finally hit the stage at Cherry Hill East in the Spirit Week Dance Competition. The theme this year was board games, with the freshmen playing Operation, sophomores playing Clue, juniors playing Life and seniors playing Monopoly.

Next year I will join my fellow seniors in the frantic and nerve-racking task of applying to the colleges and universities of my choice. When I send in my formal application, the admissions officers will consider many factors in deciding whether or not to grant me entrance into their school: SAT I and SAT II scores, the levels of the classes I have taken as well as how I did, my extracurricular involvement and work experience, my essays, interviews, recommendations by my counselor and teachers and any awards or honors I have received. In short, each of these previous factors will give the admissions officers a sense of the answers to two vital questions: the first, "How likely is this student to succeed academically at this school?" and the second, "What will this student be likely to contribute to this school, both in and out of class?"