End of the Year Blog:(((

AW, I'm gonna miss all of the eighth graders next year and all the seventh graders that aren't returning to the program. It's gonna be hard not to cry while I type this. *tear*.  I loved working with these people. I'm very thankful that I got chosen to be in leadership. I don't know what I would be doing if I didn't get to be in this program. Thanks Mr. Ing for accepting me and all these other great people. I've been always saying "This was the best variety of people in a class before". Because it's true. In my others classes, I usually don't like half the class. But in this class, leadership as a whole, I love every single one of you. Seeing all the eighth graders go to HighSchool, leaving us behind, the sixth graders jumping into the program, also some seventh graders, makes me sad. I just wish I could be with all the people that was in this class forever. I used to be all happy and wanting summer to come, but this year, I actually didn't want summer to come. When summer comes, people leave and people come. The leaving part is the sad part. I just hope everyone doesn't drift away. Omg, I'm like crying while typing this:(( I just can't explain how much I really liked this class and how much I don't want anyone to leave. 

Some highlights of the year was getting to work with all these other intelligent people. People that I've created a special bond with. People that I'm actually going to miss. I never did miss anyone from school before, but I got mad love for this class. The eighth graders for teaching us how to do this, how to do that, etc. The retreat especially!. I miss when we all caught crabs, when we woke up early and seen the whales towards the sunrise. When we thought the house was haunted so we couldn't sleep. When we made lots of noise because of a card game. Most of all, when we shared laughs, and special bonds. I just can't forget this class easily. This was just a perfect combination of people. When I looked at the first AR chart and the second, I realized how fast we became close. The names on the first chart were mostly just our normal names. The names on the second chart, were all nicknames. Really weird ones that I don't think anyone out of leadership would tell who is who. Creating problems and envolvivg eachother. But most of all, how how dug ourselves out and got out together. These people are the reasons why I love school. They make it fun in their own way. We just spend too much time together that it's gonna be hard to not spend time with eachother when we have new people in our classes. I wish I could flunk all of the eighth graders in leadership just so they can spend one more year with us seventh graders. But I can't, I would if I could. But they need to move on in life. I don't care if you tell me, "you're gonna see them next year in HighSchool anyways". You just don't get it, we are only going to be able to SEE them. Not spend time with them. They have their own things to worry about. Leadership was what held us all together. Like a rubber band. It's the end of the year so Mr. Ing cut the rubber band for this class, and he's bringing more people into this new rubber band. I don't think this rubber band will hold us closer than the rubber band that held us this school year. This class is very unique and has very unique people. Therefore, we had a very unique rubber band. 

I would go on and on explaining my journey with these people, but I don't have forever(: We just made so much memories together that it's gonna be so hard to let go and move on. *tear*. Gaaah, I can't type this bc this is sad (cries) (x. Why did this year have to end so quickly?!. Well like Mr. Ing said, "Being in this program makes time fly quickly, rather than being a normal student, it feels like the year is taking forever to pass". I didn't want this school year to end. I'm truly going to miss all of the eighth graders. Don't forget me! -Cheana 

4th Quarter Blog

First Quarter, done. Second quarter, done. Third quarter, done. Fourth quarter, done!. All four quarters have come to an end. This quarter I had lots of things thrown at me. With year book distribution, sixth grade orientation, display boards, new recognition night, track meets, and more. This was the quarter that we had to work harder in. The year is coming to an end. We have to cherish the rest of the time we have left with the current class. With the four of us returning, things are most likely going to change. 

This quarter we worked big events, did new things, and did our final project. Orientation, the sixth graders came. We worked really hard to prepare ourselves for when the sixth graders were going to come. We gave up most of our free time for about a whole month. By the time we didn't have to stay in anymore to practice for orientation, I felt anti-social(x. I never wanted to go outside. I was used to staying inside of A101. New recognition night, we planned a new event. This was our first time hosting this event. During this recognition night, people were basically trapped inside of the cafe until the end. We never got our awards until the end. But we got called up on stage. the reason we didn't get our awards when we got recognized is because people with a lastname that is at the end of the list wouldn't get the same amount of attention when the first person on the list got called up. That was a good idea. Each team had a student of the year for each subject and a student of the year for the whole team. Also a most improved student. Graduation ceremony, we took time to plan this event too. My job was sound. So I was behind the stage the whole time. My job was to play the songs, and control the sound of the microphone and speakers. I was sorta scared that i would've messed up, but I didn't. We had our final project which was the display boards. If we do that project again next year, I will know what to do. Our display boards had ten items with write ups. It was all things that had to do with leadership. 

When Mr. Ing said we have to be at work before 7:15, or else we wouldn't be able to work again and we would just exist. It really hit me in the head. So every morning when I needed to be in school early, I would get ready at 6:00 and leave at about 6:50. I was so terrified that I might me late at some point and I wouldn't be able to come to work again, but I never came late. Alesia came late lots of times but she never got in trouble. 

I learned even more new things this last quarter. Built relationships, broke relationships, fixed relationships and more. School was still the same but we had way more final tests. I hope I did great on them. This was basically my fourth quarter.