Last week, Rukhsar, member of the Hamilton 2018 Class, shared a little bit about the use of henna in traditional Muslim weddings. In Pakistan, her grandmother had a beauty salon and often applied henna to the hands and feet of brides. She taught this skill to her daughters, and Rukhsar learned from her mother and her aunts. Today, Rukhsar uses…
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A huge thank you to Narda Malakzad and Lauren Stewart for creating the amazing first annual DTS Morning Health and Wellness Retreat on October 19th! The event benefitted and celebrated the recent addition of a full health and wellness curriculum to the DTS program. We spent the morning engaged in meditation, yoga, and an educational nutrition program led by celebrity nutritionist Kelly LeVeque. Kelly…
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This Saturday, DTS conducted two separate parent workshops. Mimi led College Knowledge: The Path from High School to College, which was open to all interested DTS parents. A small group of parents attended, but this allowed those who came to have all of their questions answered. It also created the space for parents to connect with each other and learn more about each other. Leticia and Ocavio,…
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Melanie, member of the Hamilton 2018 Class applied for and was accepted for “fly outs” to two prestigious colleges: Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. Each college paid for Melanie’s entire trip! Melanie shares her honest thoughts about both schools: BOWDOIN Bowdoin is a small liberal arts college which contains only undergrads and has less than 2,000…
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Saturday was a beautiful day to take a tour of Pomona College. Thank you to everyone who came and a special thank you to Emmanuel who led the tour of his alma mater. He walked us through the campus, and we saw the dorms where first year students live. We visited the library and looked at the stacks. We walked…
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