Gap year

I was leaving Franklin Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois for good. Sadness and anger enveloped me and I nearly had a fit right there on the spot. I would miss all of my teachers, my friends, and most of all, living in the city. On the car ride to our new house in Highland Park, I thought about Franklin. Franklin Fine Arts school is a magnet school in the Old Town neighborhood on the north side of Chicago. A magnet school is not a public school, but not a private one either. The only way to…

My administrative project goal focused on collaboration and working on our curriculum with my English department 9-12. Personally, this has been an area that I wanted to focus on for years because I felt that each ELA teacher was not able to move forward when it came to developing a viable curriculum. As teachers, we were planning on an individual grade level, but we were not specifically aware of what our colleagues were doing. For example, questions like: How much research was being done…

As I walked into the local barber shop for my weekly shave, I walked in on the barber sharpening his his razors. Per my usual routine, I hung up my bullet studded belt together with my military hat, and said “It’s hot as hell, give me a shave.” Slightly inclined in the barbers chair, I explained that several other troops of mine would have the same length beard as I. As I continued to talk, the barber enveloped a sheet around my redden neck and I shut my eyes out of fatigue. He began to apply…

CJSF Service and Activities Participated in College Fair, Stanford University, in charge of extracurricular activities at Stanford which required diligence and patience as countless activities offered; teamwork and cooperation was also required of participants Privilege of touring U.C. Berkeley; had to demonstrate strong listening skills so facts were actually learned and trustworthiness as teachers depending on us to be mature and have independence - they weren’t there to babysit us…

452b, people could find lots of new creatures and resources. And it will affect the development of human. For example, what if when people on the Kepler 452b, it is possible that people will evolve strongly. Kepler 452b is located about 1400 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. The temperature…

Welcome to the eighth grade celebration breakfast. I thank you for coming to this event to honor all of the Our Lady of Grace Class of 2017. The years I have experienced at OLG have helped me in my educational, spiritual, and professional career. After fifth grade, my parents decided it was time for a change of environment. They could’ve chosen anywhere: private schools, public schools, and possibly even homeschool. Soon, I was heading to Our Lady of Grace in Noblesville, Indiana. They chose…

Words Their Way Inventory - Primary (1-3), Elementary (1-6) or Upper Level (5-8): I used the upper level (5-8) list. Nolan scored 70/99 and his spelling stage is late syllables and affixes/ early derivational relations. The spelling inventory showed that Nolan uses blends and digraphs 5/5, vowels 9/9, complex consonants 7/7, inflected endings and syllable juncture 7/8, correctly. Nolan uses but confuses unaccented final syllables 7/9 and affixes 7/10. The features that seemed to be absent were;…

New Years Eve is filled with tradition and celebration. For the last 8 years of my life I have spent my New Years Eve night with many of my closest friends. The first year we all celebrated together sparked a tradition that has only grown more intense each year. One custom in the southern regions of the United States eating black-eyed peas as a way to ensure good luck and prosperity throughout the year ahead. Although I am not from the South, many of my friends have families that are. The…

School is a very boring place to be. You have to be ready for almost anything. As you may know elementary school was as easy as pie you always got recces, you did not have to move around everywhere, and P.E was amazing. But once you get in high school it is like it all goes away. There is no more recces, you have to switch class rooms all the time, and P.E gets boring. You also have to go from being the big sixth graders to the big eighth graders to the small ninth graders. Who might I add get…

fond memories of because not only did I get to learn about and create a government but I also learned how to enhance my people and communication skills. Finally, I have completed a total of 267 hours of community service in high school (my first two years were difficult because both my parents worked and I could not drive to attend programs). I find my time as a Camp Fitch counselor the most rewarding because I got to be a role model for younger students and make their time at camp a fun and…