Throughout my elementary school years, from grades kindergarten to 5th grade, I attended a small private school in the town that I lived. My school was, Lake Area Christian and though there are some aspects of my time at this school that I regret, there are many things that I am grateful for. Attending such a small school during my earlier years really helped me begin to acclimate with other children on a smaller scale and learn to navigate looking different than other children. The smaller school setting also provided for more teacher on student time and many hands-on activities and field-trips. Additionally, class sizes were very small; during my kindergarten year, there was 20 students and by my final year of 5th grade there was only 9. My classmates truly became my friends and because there was so few of us we grew close to one another.
While attending Lake Area, I remember many different activities that I could participate in. Some of those activities ranged from different fieldtrips like going to Sauder’s Village, Zoos, science museums, the state capital, and more. Every year the school …show more content…
One of these events included the annual all-day of reading. During the all-day of reading event students could come to school in their pajamas. I remember being at home on the mornings of this event and very carefully going through every pair of pajamas I had to find the perfect ones that I wanted to wear to school that day; often taking way too much time to my mother’s dismay. One these days we could also come to school with pillows, blankets, and snacks. You never wanted to take too many snacks though because the teachers always provided their class with all kinds of goodies as well. Most of the time the teachers would make something home aid and the wonderful scents could be smelt as soon as you entered the building at the beginning of the
While attending Lake Area, I remember many different activities that I could participate in. Some of those activities ranged from different fieldtrips like going to Sauder’s Village, Zoos, science museums, the state capital, and more. Every year the school …show more content…
One of these events included the annual all-day of reading. During the all-day of reading event students could come to school in their pajamas. I remember being at home on the mornings of this event and very carefully going through every pair of pajamas I had to find the perfect ones that I wanted to wear to school that day; often taking way too much time to my mother’s dismay. One these days we could also come to school with pillows, blankets, and snacks. You never wanted to take too many snacks though because the teachers always provided their class with all kinds of goodies as well. Most of the time the teachers would make something home aid and the wonderful scents could be smelt as soon as you entered the building at the beginning of the