It was the beginning of May 2014 (end of 7th grade) and my dad had found out about a great opportunity. He was very excited and told me that there was going to be a new school built at the campus of Aurora University that was focused on STEM. My dad asked me if I wanted to fill out the application to go and I said no. I didn’t want to leave all my friends to go to a new school. My dad always forced me to try new things and new experiences so I knew he wouldn’t take no for an answer.
“You love technology and science, so you will love the school.”
“But I want to stay with my friends here, if I go there I wouldn’t have any friends.”
“You can make new friends, and they also give you a Chromebook to use instead of papers and pencils.”
When my dad …show more content…
He gave me the form to ask my science and math teachers for a recommendation. After all the paperwork was done, we sent it in and a few weeks later we got a reply.
The letter said that I was accepted and included were more forms and more paperwork to fill out. We sent everything in and then came the last day of school.
I told all my friends I would be leaving and I wouldn’t be there for 8th grade. My friends said that they would miss me, but I told them that it would only be for a year and I would see them again in high school.
The summer went by quickly and I was excited to start first day at STEM School. When I got there, I found out that there was one person from my old middle school. His name was Swaapnik. I hadn’t talked to him much, but we became good friends by the end of the year. I met all my other classmates and …show more content…
We had a big science project for eCyberMission that we had to submit. Our teacher asked us to submit it to her first, to make sure we included everything that was required. When we got our grade back we were surprised. She had given us a 64% and said we had a lot to improve. We very upset about our grade because we had spent the whole weekend working on it and making changes and we had still gotten a bad score. We decided to submit the project anyways because we very happy with our work. A few weeks later we got the results and found out we had gotten 2nd in state for the competition and we had won a $500 savings bond for each group member. This experience made us realize that hard work does pay off and it doesn’t matter what grade you get on an assignment. As the year went on I started to enjoy going to school more because the experience boosted my confidence. We also went onto entering another competition for recycling and we won 2nd in that also. We won $500 in total for our whole
“You love technology and science, so you will love the school.”
“But I want to stay with my friends here, if I go there I wouldn’t have any friends.”
“You can make new friends, and they also give you a Chromebook to use instead of papers and pencils.”
When my dad …show more content…
He gave me the form to ask my science and math teachers for a recommendation. After all the paperwork was done, we sent it in and a few weeks later we got a reply.
The letter said that I was accepted and included were more forms and more paperwork to fill out. We sent everything in and then came the last day of school.
I told all my friends I would be leaving and I wouldn’t be there for 8th grade. My friends said that they would miss me, but I told them that it would only be for a year and I would see them again in high school.
The summer went by quickly and I was excited to start first day at STEM School. When I got there, I found out that there was one person from my old middle school. His name was Swaapnik. I hadn’t talked to him much, but we became good friends by the end of the year. I met all my other classmates and …show more content…
We had a big science project for eCyberMission that we had to submit. Our teacher asked us to submit it to her first, to make sure we included everything that was required. When we got our grade back we were surprised. She had given us a 64% and said we had a lot to improve. We very upset about our grade because we had spent the whole weekend working on it and making changes and we had still gotten a bad score. We decided to submit the project anyways because we very happy with our work. A few weeks later we got the results and found out we had gotten 2nd in state for the competition and we had won a $500 savings bond for each group member. This experience made us realize that hard work does pay off and it doesn’t matter what grade you get on an assignment. As the year went on I started to enjoy going to school more because the experience boosted my confidence. We also went onto entering another competition for recycling and we won 2nd in that also. We won $500 in total for our whole