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THE YEAR IN MY WORDS The year went really fast. We had a lot of interactions with our teachers. Even though I didn’t have most of my classes with my friends, I still enjoyed the year a lot. Besides, our teachers usually This year was surprising. We have would give us couple of minutes had a lot of freedom than we used to socialize, and have brain to have back in middle school. The breaks, and that was awesome. highlight for me was Halloween. It was nice to have different grades come together and socialize and celebrate. Nia K. (Grade 7) The year was better than I expected. It was challenging at The year went by fast. Faster times, but I learned a lot. I have than I thought. At the beginning, managed to develop many skills I thought it was going to be from start to finish. Besides, I long and dreadful, but it was enjoyed supporting Eagles on now looking forward to the middle school social and my Plex project which is going to be about scarcity of water. a remarkably great year. Now Plex is coming; I am finishing the various competitions this year. I am Yousuf (Grade 9) school year strong. I am excited about Plex. It is great that the teachers are letting us advocate for our own learning and let us do what we want to do. It was a good year. We had a lot of projects. It was busy, but fun. Right now, I am excited about the upcoming exhibition since it is the school. The most memorable time this year was when I did a miming video about emotions. end project before we join middle I loved the year. I made a lot of friends and did a lot of fun things like in Spanish where you would play games to learn the language and on Wednesdays we go to the pavilion and play fun games. There is also a personal The year was challenging. We had a The year was really good. I got lot of projects and a lot of parties. I to learn a lot of new things and have been trying to have the most made a lot of good friends. fun this year since it is the last year I developed experience in before middle school. I am a little socializing. Also the classes scared of middle school because have been harder than last year they say it is busy and is harder. I which was positively challenging. liked everything about this year. Another fun thing for me was Anjali (grade 7) athletics. I played soccer for the school for the first time, and I am so proud. I also took part in track and field, and that was 26 fun, too. learning experience. In my old school I never knew what that was; here it is different. We have more freedom in the class. The highlight of the year for me was the band concert where the audience turned on the flash on their phones and waved with the rhythm; I loved the mood. I used to think there is a lot of homework and busy work in grade 6, but that is not true.