Summer!!

I can't believe we are almost done with school. This has been the busiest few weeks of the year. We finished AP exams last week and this week is review week. I am finishing up a lot of projects this week. In AP US History, we are working on our oral history projects. In Advanced Pre-Calculus we are using a graphing software to recreate a cartoon image with all of the different graphs we have learned this year. In English, we are making movie trailers based on any of the novels or short stories we have read. A lot of work but the projects are a lot of fun!

I cannot wait for summer. After finals next week, we are done! Well, that Saturday most juniors are taking either the SAT or SAT Subject Tests. But then we are officially done! I think this will be the best summer ever. In June, I plan on relaxing (and maybe starting summer work). After a few weeks at the pool, I leave for sleepaway camp! I go to a camp in North Carolina for five weeks every summer. This will be my eighth year at camp. I can't wait to see all of my friends! This year I will be a junior counselor. I hope being a counselor is just as fun as being a camper!

When I come home in August, I have to start college applications. Yuck! I will also be playing tennis to get in shape for the season. The second week of August my family is going on a cruise. We go on one every summer. I am so excited! I love making new friends and relaxing with my family.

After that, it's back to reality. Preseason starts and I have to finish up summer work for five AP classes! I want to get a head start on college applications before the craziness of senior year sets in. I hope senior year is the best year yet!

Uneasy Feelings

It is already half way through May. MAY! The school year usually zooms past but this year has set a new record. However for me, this time is even more significant because this is near the time when seniors leave to start their senior projects (like an internship). They get to choose their projects to participate in during the last two weeks of school, so they are not in classes.  Fact of the matter is, I’m just not ready to say goodbye to them. I have had senior friends in the past leave but this year I found myself especially close with this year's seniors. They are the class right above me and not only have we been on the same campus together for two years (The transition from Lower to Middle school and from Middle to Upper school). They have been the class I have been closest to besides my own because they were always the ones to look up to and to be inspired by.

This year’s seniors are especially awesome because they really stepped up the pep. They have been the most dedicated sports fans, the loudest cheering at the various Arts programs, and the smartest in class. They will leave a huge footprint for my grade to fill and they will be missed dearly. The uneasy feeling started after midterms when they took their last grand exam and school and there were some college acceptances here and there. With the National Reply Date behind us all of the senior’s futures are set for the next four years, a future away from the school. Even though they are keeping their energy up until the end, every moment I spend with a senior I can’t help but think I won’t have as many moments as these next year. But I can’t get down, because I know that they are going off to live a once-in-a-lifetime experience and that they will all do great, whether at Princeton, Clemson, Berkeley, or Spelman all of my seniors are going to have the time of their lives! Besides, it’s my grade’s time to show the school how much spirit we have!

A Busy May!

I can't believe it's May 1st! It feels like I just started my junior year. Though it has been challenging academic year, it has been my favorite year at SSSAS yet. Being an upperclassman in our upper school is fun and rewarding. Recently, I went to prom for the first time. We had the event at Gaylord hotel in National Harbor  We had a great turnout and it was a perfect way to start out Spring.

This past week was our Cum Laude assembly. It was a rewarding experience to see my and my classmates hard work in school pay off and be recognized. As far as academics, we are not slowing down! Next week juniors and seniors begin AP exams. I am nervous to take three exams, but also excited to finally show what I have learned this year in my AP chemistry, English, and history classes. Soon after that we have finals and then we are done! I hope our last month of school is the best one yet!