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Heritage Hall junior Chloe Brown wraps a gift for her advisory group's Western Village buddy.
The Hall continues holiday tradition
Last week, Heritage Hall Upper School students continued their annual tradition of hosting kindergartners from Stanley Hupfeld Academy at Western Village for the holidays.
Unlike past years, however, the children could not travel to Heritage Hall’s campus for the time honored holiday party, which features gifts, treats, and quality time with their Upper School friends.
As such, this year’s event had to be reimagined. Rather than holiday characters welcoming guests as they entered the Upper School, Santa and Mrs. Claus and their elves greeted students virtually. Rather than giving gifts in person, each advisory placed their child’s wrapped presents in large gift bags
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that were then delivered to Western Village. To add a personal touch, advisories had the option of including cards or notes, or sending videos to their child’s teacher.
Despite the differences, Heritage Hall students were happy for the opportunity to spread holiday cheer.
“I always look forward to the holiday party. Even though we didn’t get to see the joy in the kids’ faces in person, I’m super happy we were able to keep the spirit of the holidays going this year,” senior Ella Roberts said.
The Heritage Hall Alumni Association (HHAA) has recognized Anoushka Mullasseril (Heritage Hall Class of 2015) as its first Heritage Hall Alumni Scholarship recipient.
Established earlier this year, the scholarship honors an alumnus/a who has been in higher education for at least one semester and who exemplifies the tenets of the Charger Code – to learn, to lead, to serve. Award recipients receive $1,000, in addition to a $250 donation to the charity of his/her choice.
A Charger since the age of 3, Mullasseril has lived by the Charger Code for most of her life. Believing that “a physician must live by these ideals,” Mullasseril is taking The Code’s tenets to an even higher level as a medical student at The University of Oklahoma.
“In oncology (my chosen field of specialization), new discoveries about how cancer works and how to treat it are being made every day,” she said. “Because medicine is always changing, physicians must be lifelong learners to provide patients with the best care. Additionally, doctors must be leaders in the community; this has been illus-
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trated numerous times throughout the pandemic as doctors have strived to educate people about the virus and set good examples by adhering to COVID guidelines.
“Service is especially important in medicine because physicians must dedicate themselves to serving their patients and others in need,” observed Mullasseril.
Cooper Cloud ‘11 is the president of the HHAA.
“Anoushka was selected due to her extraordinary amount of service and impeccable record of academic achievement as an undergrad at Rhodes College, and now as a medical student at OU,” he said. “We are proud to have such a deserving member of the Charger family as the organization’s first scholarship recipient.”
“By helping me attain the best education possible, the HHAA is also serving my future patients; for that, I am forever thankful,” Mullasseril said. “I am also incredibly grateful for the ability to positively impact my community through a donation to Manos Juntas, a free medical clinic that provides quality healthcare to the uninsured and underserved people of Oklahoma City.
“Volunteering at the clinic has increased my passion for medicine and service and has brought amazing people, friends and mentors into my life. I am so happy to receive this gift from an organization that has done so much for me and for the people of Oklahoma.”
David Portman (class of 1989) led the charge to establish the alumni scholarship and for sponsoring this noteworthy recognition.
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His neighbor Brian Gibbs, however, has complained that the goats are noisy.
“I am irritated,” Stanley said. “I just don’t see what is the difference between a goat and a dog. The dogs next to me are as big as full-size goats.” Gibbs said he could totally understand a dog serving as an emotional support animal, but questioned the use of goats.
“I ask the city where it will draw the line,?” he said. “Why can’t we get a cow, or a horse that we can see outside of the house?”
Mayor David Bennett said he was concerned for the legal ramifications if people, therefore, wanted unsafe animals such as peacocks to be considered as emotional support animals.
City Councilmen also expressed concern over the ruralization of the city by allowing such measures.
