Eighth grade

Middle school has brought many emotions, many challenges, and yet many exciting opportunities. In eighth grade specifically, these emotions and challenges were especially relevant in my life. In your eighth grade year, you are beginning to realize who you are supposed to be which can be very challenging. To represent my eighth grade year, I chose the song “The Long and Winding Road” by the Beatles. When listening to a Long and Winding Road, the fist emotion that I felt was sadness. The…

twenty years ago, as a “Dads and Kids Day”. Over the years, it has transitioned into a mentoring day for each kindergarten student and their eighth-grade buddy. Both grades have something in common, since they are graduating from their grades and preparing for big changes. As Kite Day approaches, the Kindergarteners anticipate finding out who their special eighth-grader will be. During prayer time, the kindergarteners often include prayer requests for good weather and a windy day! “Kite Day…

Eighth grade is definitely an amazing year; it is your last year in middle school and you have so much ahead of you in highschool! You will have fun with your classmates and teachers, but there also are some bumps in the road to get over first. Here are some helpful pieces of advice just to stay on top of everything, so you enjoy your year! Something I find essential in eighth grade is to stay organized! Organization is major this year. This keeps you in order; having everything where it should…

going to barely squeak by. The look on her face when she told me I made one of the highest grades in all of the eighth grade was something I’ll never forget. Eighth grade was not one of my best years of school, but it wasn’t the worst either. My grades ranged from high eighties to low nineties. However, my attitude was not good and I was constantly in trouble more than the average student. I was an immature eighth grader that was trying to make the girls in my class laugh. The teacher did not…

was that I wouldn’t get good grades and I would fail. My last fear was growing up. I did not want to grow up. I wanted to stay a child forever. To be honest, I did not want to attend middle school but since beginning middle school my opinion had changed.…

monster. Upon interviewing my mother about my personal growth since my eighth grade year, it would seem that I am essentially the same “firecracker” that I was almost five years ago, just less rough around the edges. Inner reflection has also made me realize that I have in fact changed, be it in my physicality, my personal views and religion, or morals in general. I have grown up so much physically-much like all do- since eighth grade. My old favorite shoes no longer fit, sadly XS is no longer…

one of three middle schools located in Simi Valley California. During the 2017 school year, Hillside Middle School had 932 students in grades 6 through 8. The sixth-grade class consisted of 170 students, seventh grade the largest at 419 students and 343 in eighth grade (School Accountability Report Card, 2016). Each of the three middle schools requires their eighth graders student to participate in Portfolio Day as a promotion requirement. It combines “basic standards from each discipline,…

my true potential. It has been an unbelievable journey from the beginning of kindergarten to the end of eighth grade. There were many memories I cherished over the years. I remember when we were the first class to attend the pumpkin patch through a buddy system with the eighth graders. I recall when we did our various projects about nature and wildlife around us in first grade. In second grade, I remember when we sent Flat Stanley to our…

until sixth grade year had been nothing more but a passion for singing. Sixth grade year is the year students attending the local town Junior High may enroll and purchase an instrument to be in the schools beginner band. The beginner band was not the only musical outlet I…

I’ve heard that out of all the middle school classes, eighth grade is the most enjoyable. Going on school trips, bonding with our buddies, and even just hanging out as the big guys on campus contribute to this opinion. Although I am sure that this year will be a blast I still have concerns on how my health will affect my experience. Grades are also another worry of mine and how my year will influence my work. Ashland, Yosemite, the Pumpkin Patch, Star King, and the East Coast are some of the…