Moving To High School

Middle school to high school is a big jump from not only school to school but also new people coming into our school, harder academics, sports are now a part of your school life, and a jump from school to school. My thoughts on high school have really changed over the past few weeks. When I first realized that we we're going to be in high school shortly, I got a little freaked out. Although I know alot of high schoolers and specific people that go to West I still feel overwhelmed by the fact that i'm going from a 600 person school to a 1,200+ person school. For the longest time I felt if high school would be the hardest part of my life and getting accustomed to the new setting would be hard for me, I thought the people there we're mean and

One thing that I am thankful for is my family. They are very encouraging and help me do things. They help me keep trying when I want to give up. They also encourage me to do activities that can positively affect me that I don’t want to do. They are also very caring. They make me the food that I like, they help me monitor my blood sugar and overall health, they provide me with shelter, and they buy me fun things like toys or video games. They also pay for my activities, such as sports and Boy Scouts, and they also attend my games or meetings even if they have better things to do. Overall, my family give me many reasons to be thankful for them.

My first year of high school was a bit of a challenge because I did not know anyone

Transitioning from the middle school to the high school is a big change for a student. When we moved to the high school, we thought freshman Friday's would be all year and that it would be very difficult to find our classes. However, freshman Friday's only last the first couple weeks, and there are lots of link leaders to help the freshies find their classes. School is a big deal here in the high school. 8th graders should follow our tips if they want to be successful in the high school.

had a couple of scares that I wouldn 't pass to the next grade. Despite these problems I was still able to make many friendships. I was a

Transitioning has always been a difficult for me. My freshmen year of high school experiences varied from disappointment, to complete chaos. Freshmen year of high school is tough, you worked yourself to the top to be placed in the bottom again. Not to mention middle school and high school are two different types of environments. I was aware that they were two different types of environments, so when my middle school offered a summer course at Carl Hayden High School I took the opportunity to help me adjust. The course was a reading comprehension class, I did not need help with my reading comprehension but took it to get a feel of how high school would be. Judging high school by one course was ignorant of me to do. From that short experience

Transitioning from elementary or middle school to high school can be a new experience with chaos. If one is entering a humongous school that has two separate buildings, as known as south and north. There are many problems and skills that will be helpful for one to survive successfully in high school. As I have been in high school for almost five years, I want my future juniors to not make mistakes that I made during transitioning to high school.

Starting a completely new school and not knowing how to get around is honestly not as easy as it seems, especially if you have never even been to that school. Moving from middle school to High school is hard it’s a big change, the school might be much bigger and the classes are different also.

Should the school days start later yes or no? Well imagine that your kid will get more sleep than usually because they always don’t get enough sleep because of homework and afterschool activities so I think that we should push back school by a little bit or so. Some benefits are kids will stay awake in school instead of falling asleep in the middle of class and will be able to get more things done in school if they are more awake in class. Also if they are not so tired and will get all their work done in class they will probably have time to do some of their homework there so when they get home and have to go to a sport or somewhere they don’t have to worry so much because they already have most of it done.

This quote constantly running through my mind as I begin the most important year of my entire high school career. Every morning as I sit on the bus on my way to school, I can’t help but replay a time during my freshman year when myself and everyone else around me weren’t sure if I would continue in school long enough to see my senior year.

Brooke- We thank you all for coming to this special occasion in our lives. We will start to move forward to high school, college, and beyond. Just like the past, we will gain and lose new friends in our high school years. We are ready to move forward into the next chapter of life. We have worked so hard to become the eighth grade class of 2016 and become the top of the school. Now we will drop back to the bottom and work our way up to being Seniors. You will follow us and watch us on this last chapter of school.

When I was in eighth grade, I was tentatively excited about moving on to high school. I loved my small Montessori school, and sometimes I still wish that I could slip back into the small group of students and just start my old classes again. Still, I had gone from an average student to an A/B student in my last couple of years, and I was feeling good about a new challenge. I was cagily optimistic about the move away from my small school, which had become a kind of second home for me, to a totally foreign and much more demanding environment.

My mother ranted all morning about how I was irresponsible for leaving my car at the grocery store and how she wasn't getting me a new one and blah blah blah I was thankful when breakfast was finally over and she had to leave for work leaving me with no means of transportation. Thanks mom.

The high school years seem to fly by and this year is no different. As we enter into fourth marking period, it is nice to look back and reflect on all that your children have accomplished. The transition from middle school to high school is not an easy one, for the student or the parents. We hope that we helped to make it a bit easier for them. Thank you for your support throughout the school

My three little sisters are complete brats, they are always coming into my room and messing around with all my stuff, I’m sick of them. The only time I get a break is at school, and even then I have to see Bella in the halls. My only was of dealing with them is to put my headphones in, close my eyes, and imagine a life without them, man my life would be perfect then… I’d be able to wake up in the morning and have breakfast without having to fight over the last waffle, I would be able to enjoy my breakfast. Going to school would be a nightmare because I wouldn’t have to escape from the chaos at home, I might actually hate school like a normal person. My friends would be able to come over without worrying about three monsters coming in and making