Graduation Speech : Elementary And Middle School

8th grade has been a hell of a ride, I went through ups and downs, met new people, learned new things, and finally finished middle school. But along this hellish ride I encountered many challenges (and sorta solved them). I learned life lessons and had people help me along the way, I achieved goals that I set for myself. Most importantly, I learned many methods from AVID that I hope I will always use and take advantage of. Without AVID I would probably not care about my grades so much as much as I do now.

Everyone had warned me about how stressful it was, how much homework there was, but I hadn’t believed them until I got there. Eighth grade is hard. I had to face the truth. I was doing pretty swell, but then Winter Break came around, and my grades started to slip. My parents were grounding me, they were taking things away, but nothing seemed to be working. So they finally decided to tell me if I didn’t improve, they weren’t taking me on the ski trip with my whole family. That put my act together, and my grades started to improve, and new opportunities came up. I started joining clubs, and my life was pretty good once

I have been going to school since I was four years old and, that means that I have been attending school twenty to twenty two years, including kindergarten, middle school, high school and now college. As every student, I had my ups and downs in school; I had some failures and some successes. One of the failures that affected me the most and that I will always remember was the time that I was in high school during my junior year. I failed almost all my classes and, I only passed two classes and with a C. In the other hand I had some really good success. The most recent one and the one that I am still happy about is getting my Family Development Credential. We learn from our mistakes and also from our successes, these two times in my life

7 grade was definitely not my year, but 8 grade has been an amazing experience filled with bounteous memories. I have made numerous friends like

The two and a half months of summer ended and I was ready to start 8th grade. I was excited and I found out I was in the same pod with my best friend. I felt confident as I walked into room B5 and greeted Mr. Gill. The year started great and I knew my way to all my classes. I studied a lot more in 8th grade. Nearly every test I studied. And by the end of the marking period I had all A’s and B’s. I brought my lunch from home more often and I participate more in class.

The next part of my life would change me forever in a good way. After I left St. Peter halfway through my fifth grade year, I started at St. Clement of Rome. In sixth grade, I met so many great people and did really fun activities. I played in the school's basketball team with most of my classmates, and I created great relationships with them. I also altar served, ran a week long Bible camp, babysat for parents attending Mass, and helped out wherever the school needed me. I loved participating wherever I could, and I really liked earning service hours. In sixth grade I also grew closer to my best friends, Bridget and Jack Franke. I would call Bridget whenever I could and we hung out as much as we could too. That year I also took more pride in my academic achievements. I aimed for high grades and tried to grasp as many concepts as I could.

Seventh grade, less homework, easier assignments, more forgiveness, and more precious time. One difference between seventh grade and eighth grade is less overall despised homework. Considering that we had much longer extension classes and daily thirty five minute seminars, bringing three pages of worksheets from all you classes home wasn't very common. Homework was also much less difficult. We learned different subjects last year at different paces students

Tom Bodett once said, “In school you’re taught a lesson and given a test. In life, you’re given a test and taught a lesson.” This quote accurately describes how school and life are balanced. In eighth grade, I feel that I will have my first taste of this balance. Eighth grade is an instrumental year in terms of developing as a person and facing new challenges; such as choosing my high school, the trip to the East Coast, and maturing as a young adult. The earliest decision I will be forced to make to is the choice of where to receive my high school education.

For that week my work crew and another were assigned to a senior citizens home called the Modern Maturity Center. We did whatever we could to help them because it costed more money to get a lawn crew than they could afford. We pulled more weeds that week than I had ever in my life,we moved boxes from the attic to rooms and even did Zumba with the elderly. I bonded with the teens in my work group and the one we were paired up with in that week we had together and still two years later I still talk to some of them. Whilst serving these folks and the Lord we accomplished so much more than we thought we

I began 8th grade year with a different mindset and mood than all my previous years at school. It was my last year of middle school. This period of time would never come back, and I had to make the best use of it. There would be no more time left to chill with friends, or any time to relax after this year.

Middle school was a decisive time in my life, for I was truly beginning to understand the world and what was happening for what it is. Living in two households during the week I got tastes from both ends of the

Middle school is a big turning point in most students’ maturity, I believe. Especially 8th Grade, as you are finally leaving the Middle School building, and going on to High School with the mindset that you are almost an adult. Along the way, you learn to cope with many things, whether they be accomplishments or losses. In this entry, I am going to discuss what I did, as well as some thoughts on leaving 8th Grade.

Looking back to Junior High makes me notice why I changed schools the next year. Seventh grade was a long year that I will always remember and the amount of things that took place, will never be forgotten. People change, friends change, and feelings change. Especially with my closest friend Kara. She was fun. I liked hanging out with her better then my friend Joan from pre-school. Me and Kara were bad though. We would misbehave all the time, go out somewhere where we weren't supposed to and do things that we know we shouldn’t be doing.

At the start of 9th grade, everything changed for me: This is when I began to attend

High school is supposed to be the place where you have fun and a time in your life you’re supposed to enjoy. Movies often trick you into believing that high school is an amazing time in your life and there is nothing but parties and fun. In Bring it on, they portrayed the fun and exciting part of high school cheer-leading, however they intentionally leave out the tough times high school students’ face in school and in their practices. In other popular movies, such as High School Musical the students have no pressures other than the next basketball game. In reality, this doesn 't happen. The constant pressure is affected by the grade level you are in. In high school, students can be classified based on the pressures that are faced in each grade level into the categories of freshman, sophomores/juniors, and seniors. I am here to help you make your high school experience less stressful.