Lacey Dodge, Class of 2002
Lacey is from Bozeman, Montana. “I grew up there “encased in iceso I decided to make use of it.” She picked up a hockey stick at the age of 14 and took a whack at it. Now she skates with the Vail (U19) Team, made up of mostly high school students. Lacey plays defense and she likes it, she says, because she can get her anger out. Not that any of us have seen her angry.
Lacey wanted to see the world and get out of her hometown for a bit so she came to the Lowell Whiteman School. She went to China in 2000-01 on an LWS trip and there she taught classes in English to middle and high school students. On a scale of one to ten, she rates the experience as an 11.
“The food was incredible, because I don’t even like regular Chinese food but the real thing is incredible. Teaching was really scary but a lot of fun. They were so happy to see us because where we were they hardly ever see tourists.” The school where Lacey visited is a “sister” school to LWS and many teacher/student exchange programs take place every year. In 2001-02, three of their teachers visited our campus.
When you get to know Lacey, you find out right away, she likes to camp. A lot of camping is available in her home state, Lacey explains, “but it is harder to find people my age that will do it.” For that reason, Lacey has loved being at Whiteman. She says she can find buddies to go hiking and biking after school and they can keep up with her. This is no small trick considering the shape she is in to play hockey.
“I’ve probably become more outgoing here. Being here and living in the dorm and being away from home, I’ve become more independent. The academic side is a whole lot harder than home but I’m learning a lot more since my biggest class now has 9 instead of 35.”
Lacey is looking at smaller colleges that reflect what she likes best about Whiteman. She knows she’d like to study psychology, specifically, child psychology.
Lacey says she’s gotten a wonderful foundation here at LWS. She isn’t worried about the work required in college - she says she knows she got plenty of preparation here. If anything, her peers will have to work to catch her, academically or on the ice.