Thanksgiving Break Of High School

On August 17, 2015 I started my senior year of high school. I had looked forward to this year since I was in eighth grade. I had always heard about how much freedom a senior in high school is given. I was working hard towards my academic goals. While at the same time, planning my future, enjoying the football games and extra-curricular activities. I was truly enjoying my senior year but the journey came to an abrupt halt on the morning of October 1, 2015 when I became ill.

I’ve dedicated Tuesdays and Fridays to mentoring 9th-graders about making their high school experience easier. My brother’s compassion leads me to mentor another class of special needs students. My passion for giving back to the less fortunate has led me to be a spokeswoman for the "Promise of Gwinnett" campaign and to speak in front of the GA Board of Education about my experiences with education. I made connections and strengthened my relationships with the underappreciated cafeteria staff and custodians through the Chick-Fil-A Leader Academy (CLA) as we threw them a celebration for their service. Every day I’ve been selling candy for CLA to raise money for a scholarship for those in need of financial aid. But my biggest success that triumphs in my heart is my dedication to Holiday

”Bye students. Have a great summer,” the teacher yells over the bell. Happiness and joy fills the classrooms as everyone leaves the room talking about their summer plans with their friends and family.This is the way it should be,but what if all that was taken away just like that? and the joy of summer vacation suddenly disappeared? All you had planned to have with the people you were closest with. How would you feel if all of that was gone? That's why we shouldn't have year-round schooling, because it complicates schedules, add to costs, and with year round schooling

When you grow up going to school, you always imagine bad things happening in the middle of class, like the fans falling down, the room starting on fire, or if someone with a gun walked in. As a young child, I will admit that I thought of all of those. Fortunately for me, none of those ever happened. Sadly though, it does happen. Today we are all here to celebrate and mourn the lives of the 20 beautiful schoolchildren whom have lost theirs.

I hope you had a good winter break. I wanted to touch base with you letting you know that I am still going to be working at STEM this semester. Also, since there is no school today my work schedule will be a different this week then it will others. For this week I will be working Tuesday: 8am-12pm Wednesday: 11am-1pm Thursday: 8am-1pm I hope these times work out let me know if they need to be changed in anyway. Since this is the first week of the new semester for me it may take me a week or two to figure out what working schedule will fit best with me. Hope you guys don't mind. Again, hope you guys had a good break and I will see you bright and early tomorrow!

For this assignment I chose to record my technology use the day I left to go back to Boston for thanksgiving break. I have to say it was quite surprising to see how much I use technology to get through my day. The morning I got ready for my flight to Boston I had an alarm set on my phone for 3:30 AM. My friend was supposed to give me a ride to the airport so ended up using my phone to call her five times but no answer. I got scared that I was going to miss my flight so I texted my friend and told her to call her. She still didn't answer.

My daughters, my husband, and I have just gotten home from closing our family owned convenience store. It was a late September night, there was a slight breeze and the nights were starting to get colder now. Everyone in the house was shuffling around as they got ready for bed and prepared for the next day to come. I grabbed the remote and flipped through the channels on the TV. I didn’t quite feel like getting up yet, my feet were still aching from a long-labored day. There was talk of the weather and how’d it would be getting cooler now that we were going to enter October. After a bit, they did a recap of all the segments today concerning 43 missing students.

This Thanksgiving break Emma and I had some differences and some similarities. Some similarities we had was that one, we both went black Friday shopping on the break. Next we both spent it with our families. Lastly we stayed up late all week/weekend. We also had some differences this week. First ,Emma stayed in Georgia, and I went to Indiana. Next, she helped cook and I didn't help cook at all. Lastly, Emma slept all day and I stayed up with my family.

I have a lot going on in school, I am reading a great book the giver, it might be one of my favorite books. In science I am learning about the brain and heart, there actually really interesting, did you know that the brain is one of the most important things in your body and it has almost no protection. In math I have a big fraction test coming up but its not to hard so thats good. But after I finish all that it's thanksgiving break! I get a whole week off and that means Im traveling! My family is thinking about going to Rome or Chile, ether way it will be so fun. So I guess it's true work hard play hard. I want to know what your doing over thanksgiving break so comment me.

Everyone has times in their life when they have to say goodbye. It’s often extremely difficult especially if they’re saying goodbye to someone they care about. My last day of high school was a very bittersweet day because I knew I had to say goodbye to my favorite teacher, Mr. Hoss. Mr. Hoss was my global history and government teacher. He was a very special teacher and truly cared about his students. He knew that I struggled a lot in his classes and he never gave up on me. He also had what the two of us called “Hoss Power” which would come into action whenever I was feeling stressed out. He always knew how to make me feel better with his kind words. He also gave me a feeling of reassurance because he knew no matter how much school work I had to do, I would get it all done. By the time it got to the last period of the last day of school, most students often wanted to go hang out with their friends, or go home. Spending time with Mr. Hoss was much more important to my sister, Jamie and I.

So yesterday I received a call from one of my administrators at my High school, that one of our students took his own life yesterday. This information has been real hard to deal with as a father and a School Resource Officer. I talk with these kids all the time when I'm at the High school and I do my best to listen and get them the help they need. This has come to show me that even if a kid looks happy you just never know what is really going on in there life. I joked and talked about the Marine Corp with him all the time and never saw any signs that he was unhappy. Kelly you will be missed by everyone at Toppenish High school. You always made the faculty and administrators laugh and made our days brighter. I know you would have made a great

Fellow members of Rustin High School. I am here today to inform you that the school board has issued yet another outrageous change in our normal schedule. They think that it is acceptable to extend our school year three more months than usual. This would take away our entire summer break! Do you remember all of the great pastimes you have had with your family member on the beach? Or the first time you traveled out of the country to a destination around the world? All of those memories can never be redone and for any of you have future plans this summer, they have been crushed by our school board. It is unethical for a group of people to make such an insidious decision, enslaving us from creating memories with family and friends. Why should we allow this to happen? We must take action on this change and must show the power we possess when we stand as one.

It is my belief that we shouldn't extend the school year. I think this because there are programs to help students remember curriculum, kids need time to play outside, and that frequent brakes might disturb the learning process.

One evening, at Bayside High School the Class of 2016 is preparing for the moment they have been waiting for all their life, graduation night. Lights shining all throughout the stadium. Music blasting as the students walk out in their gowns and caps. They’re all waiting anxiously to be seated to receive their diplomas. As multiple students are getting called up the last student to be called up is Adrian Wilson. He goes up and proudly receives his white and blue diploma. Nathan walks back to his seat full of joy and waits there patiently. The students all stand up, and the principle then says in the microphone, “Congratulations Class of 2016!” They all then throw their caps into the air like frisbees, screaming and cheering. Adrian and his

Every day of my freshman year, excluding Wednesdays, Daylight by Matt and Kim blared over the speakers at 8:26 A.M., alerting stragglers that they had 60 seconds to hurry up and get to second hour. I rushed to my honors chemistry/physics class, eager for the day to continue moving at its currently fast pace. The end of the school year was quickly looming and to relieve the stress off some of the students, my teacher had us participate in an inspirational activity for the entirety of the period. The purpose of this activity was to have students anonymously express to other students the positive characteristics that they embraced. So far, it seemed like an excellent day, but the irony of this particular activity is one that will never be forgotten. May 12, 2015 actually marked one of the worst events to have occurred at my school, and it is one that will forever leave an impact on my life and the way that I view social media.