Personal Narrative-Here At Saint John Neumann Catholic School

Slowly getting out of bed with no emotion. Rubbed my tiredness eyes after realizing today was the first day in a new school. I heard things about Mary Beck Elementary that were both good and bad. I put on the outfit i layed out the night before on the right side of my antique rocking chair. A dark red t-shirt with a little coral heart on the left side near my chest with the words Por Eterno written in black ink on the inside of the heart. Dark wash relaxed cut jeans and black and white converse that seem as if i walked through a desert with them. Skipped breakfast and waited for bus 107 and as soon as i knew it i was on my way to Mary Beck Elementary.

“What makes the Catholic school distinctive is its religious dimension, and that this is to be found in (a) the educational climate, (b) the personal development of each student, (c) the relationship established between culture and the Gospel, (d) the illumination of all knowledge with the light of faith (The Religious Dimension of Education in a Catholic School: Guidelines for Reflection and Renewal, paragraph 1).” Catholic schools must be welcoming to all students regardless of differences. Catholic schools are communities of diverse people who through dialogue come to know and love each other. Catholic schools have an environment that is growth-oriented and where all are comfortable in being vulnerable in order to learn. Catholic schools leaders must see to the personal development of every child through differentiation but also by having an authentic and good relationship with each student so as to understand them more fully. I should be able to tell a Catholic school apart from another school as soon as I walk in. Not only because of the way the school is decorated, but because each student and teacher I meet should be a living example of the Gospel values. As Francis once said, “Preach the Gospel, use words if necessary.” Every academic subject in Catholic Schools should have the faith integrated within it. Our students must learn to look at everything through the

This has shaped me as a person beyond what words can express. Catholic schools truly prepare students for more than school and careers; they shape the whole person, body, mind, and soul, in Jesus. Imagine how different the world might be if every person realized and believed that God loves them just for who they are. Picture how different the world would be if we all viewed every other person as possessing that same degree of dignity and treated each other accordingly. Envision how different the world might be if people found their identity in Jesus rather than in the fleeting amusements and distractions so far beneath their worth. Can you imagine such a world? I can because of my education. Catholic school teachers can. Catholic school students can. Hopefully, together we will create a light that inspires others to realize the full truth of their potential and worth in God’s eyes, as well as realize the fullness of

Beginning my elementary school career, I attended Indianapolis Public Schools. When I entered school, Kindergarten was only half days, and we were working on materials such as, learning our alphabet and counting to 100. The workload was a far cry from the addition, subtraction, early reading skills, and science that my daughter is learning in kindergarten this year. Following the first grade I left the Indianapolis Public School System and entered into a new school system. Embarking on second grade we started working on the skills that would help us read proficiently. I was absolutely struggling, but I was also so distrustful that I didn’t dare to say anything to my teacher. Thankfully, even without me saying anything to her, my teacher noticed

I, currently as a student at Ruth Thompson Middle School, have contributed to the community around me in many ways. In my school, as of now, I have been part of the RTMS Tech Team, which includes in helping students with technology, helping teachers set up with assemblies, open houses, replacing PC monitors, and a lot more. As part of tech team, I have also helped with things that are relatively tedious, like sorting out a whole room of cables. Yes, I will do it again at JFSS if I’m assigned or have the opportunity to. Also, I have helped with jobs that may require a little more skill. In my school, I have tried, along with a team of other students, try to install Chrome OS on unsupported hardware, which if succeeds, will be installed on more

My journey to St. Joseph’s College started with me trying to get into another school. After moving back to the city from Orlando earlier this year, I originally attempted to start school back in the fall of last year. Despite a failed effort to thwart the bureaucracy of the Veterans Administration.

Recently, I met with the head custodian, Mr. Antontio Rhodes and accompanied him on a school grounds tour and interview on the maintenance of Magee Elementary School. Mr. Rhodes spoke with a sense of pride as we walked the perimeter of the school. The state of the art learning institution contains 76,063 square feet and 35 classrooms which accommodate K-4th-grade students. In addition, the school has rooms for special education and inclusion rooms, physical therapy/occupational therapy, dyslexia and music classrooms. Furthermore, the school has four computer classrooms, intervention labs, a library, cafeteria, and gym all under one roof. Mr. Rhodes keeps the school immaculate by using an organizational cleaning and staff delegation schedule.

At All Saints we value individuality by constantly referring to each individual as a unique creation and a gift of God that is to be cherished and embraced. I do this through appreciating each individual’s efforts in the classroom, each with their own gifts and talents. I recognise and cater for the 100 languages of children, allowing children to represent their understandings in ways that they choose. This is demonstrated in my classroom through displays of work with wire, clay, artist pens, natural materials, documentation of dialogue and written work. The children are encouraged to pave their own learning journeys and strive towards their individual goals. The children are involved with various pastoral care activities across the school community that promote the celebration of God’s creations, the children.

I have been a teacher for 12 years. I graduated with a computer science degree from UC Santa Barbara. After graduation, I worked for Teach for America. I taught math at Pittsburg High School and I volunteered after school teaching programming. I transitioned to teaching GED math and high school independent studies at the adult ed in Mountain View. There, I worked with underserved students aiming to take the GED or needing credit recovery towards their high school diploma. During this phase, I worked towards developing a website to help teachers customize math work for their students, mathproblemgenerator.com. I then transitioned to Mountain View high school and helped founded their computer science program. We started with two AP Computer

My host school is an International Baccalaureate (IB) public high school located in the district of Saint-Leonard, QC. It is a senior high school for students in secondary 3 to secondary 5. This school is part of the IB Middle Years Program which follows the Quebec Curriculum, but with added criteria. Moreover, students who are part of this program are expected to demonstrate certain characteristics (for e.g. inquisitive, caring, open-minded, etc.) associated with being a well-rounded individual. The students at this school are primarily of middle-class European descent with a large denomination being Italian. The number of students at this school is close to 700 where classroom size can typically range from 7 students to 36 students. For my

The significant event I am about to share is about my transition from going to a public school my whole life to suddenly switching to a private school named Brampton Christian School. The following story mostly involves me, and a little bit of my sister. At age four, I started school at Sir Wilfred Laurier Public School, where I made the first few friends of my life. I graduated in grade six, and headed onto middle school, at William Grenville Davis Sr. Public School, an opportunity to make new friends. Near the end of grade eight, we had a huge friend circle and we were all looking forward to going to the same high school (Turner Fenton SS). A couple days into summer, all of a sudden, my mom’s friend recommended her BCS, telling her she could

Lastly, growing up in a Catholic School changed my perspective on life. As I got older and understood more about God, the more I realized how incredible the gift of life is. It is mind blowing to think about how our planet and human life was just created through the power of God. In my opinion, people from public school do not really know about creation or about human life. Although people may doubt many things, I think God is the creator of everything and most things would not be possible without him. Things always happen for a reason whether it good or bad. Often, when times are rough people may ask “Why me” or “why is this happening to me.” I learned to always keep my head up because they will get better through God. Thanks to God, I was

As an eighth grader, I want my last year at Queen of Apostles School to be as great as it possibly can be. I’ve set myself up for success by creating three goals. Like Henry Ford said, “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten.” I plan to go far in life rather that be a no-good-bum who sits on a couch all day. To succeed, you must have ambition. This year, I plan on giving all I’ve got.

I went to a catholic school in India. I was in seventh grade then. The final bell rang, and silence fell upon our loud 50 student classroom. When the prayer began, I realized I have a headache, which during the loud talking and laughing of my classmates I didn’t realize. When the prayer finished announcements began. By the time our principle started talking, I could barely stand. My head ache felt like, my head is going to thrust open any minute now. My head was spinning like the earth orbiting the sun. So, I told my friend, I have a severe headache. Before I could finish, I lost control of myself. I fall to the ground.

I attended a high school that struggled with student funds and resources Ironically that school was looked upon as one of the better schools in the district the school didn’t have updated textbooks a football team or any student tutoring more importantly the schools limited finances led to hiring teachers who had not earned their teaching certification one particular teacher a retired Wall Street banker candidly expressed to students that he had yet to receive a teaching certification and often poked fun at the fact that the district would even allow him to teach according to the New Jersey Department of Education an instructional teaching certificate is necessary to teach in an elementary or secondary school (NJ Dept. of Education) moreover