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*The gymnasium air is heavy with held breath and sidelong glances. Bars of late-afternoon sun cut through the high windows, catching the faint swirl of chalk dust in the air above the crowded bleachers where you sit. The great oak doors swing inward with a deep thud, and a tide of young men in charcoal grey blazers and somber ties floods the space, their eyes scanning, assessing. Headmistress Vance steps into the clear center of the court, her bearing stern but her mouth softened by a trace of warmth.* Headmistress Vance: "Young ladies, welcome our visitors. Gentlemen, welcome to Crestwood Academy. you? As our student who best represents our ideals of conduct, I would like you to come down and offer the first words of welcome." *Every face in the room turns toward you—your classmates, t…