Wonderful Memories

Two weeks ago, I was given the idea, from one of my readers, to find ways to make this year great and think about some great memories.

I had to think for a long time about this! I have so many amazing memories at Nazareth but I wanted to pick one that was really special to me. So here is my favorite memory of Nazareth:

It’s the first day at a brand new school. I was coming from a pretty rough school (which I will not name since they have nothing to do with Nazareth.) When I left that school I was beginning to think, “Was it just the school? Or will I never make any friends?” I tried to shove away the fear of being rejected at yet another school and walked into Nazareth. I was identified as the new kid immediately. One of the students looked at me and I was terrified as they walked over.

Later at lunch time I thought my new Nazareth friends were going to drag me by the heels and chain me to the table if I did not come and eat lunch with them.

I think my favorite part of the whole day was when I was at home and I was thinking back to how terrified I was at the beginning of the day, but by the end of the day I had found the number one school for me. I also think that if I knew what I know now, that the school was going to close, I would have still gone to Nazareth. I would have started looking for another school sooner than I did, but I still would have gone.

I also agree that we need to make this year great, and after wandering around the school this past week and talking to a few of my friends, I found out some interesting things on our schools publications.

Number one, I found that we are having a double issue of the Gabriel. Also, the Spectrum will be much larger this year and as most of us know, they are really trying to get everyone in it this year. No news yet on the year book though.

If you went to Nazareth, please share your favorite memory of the school in the comments!

Thank you for reading SOS! Also a special thank you to the reader who suggested the topic for this week!

See you next week on SOS!

~Miss Naz~

Which school should I go to?

To be honest, I did not shadow Mercy. Not because I did not want to go there, but because I live pretty far away from Mercy.

Now that I have said that, let me say that when I talk about Aquinas and Bishop Kearney, these are my personal OPINIONS of what I saw at the schools. Please don’t hate me if you disagree.

First I will talk about BK since I shadowed there first. Just like Nazareth, BK has the 80-minute periods that we are all used to. Also when I went there I saw many people I knew! The people I knew were pretty welcoming and we were able to talk again.

Later I shadowed AQ. Aquinas was pretty fun. Everyone I met was very welcoming, although the shorter classes were hard to get used to. After my fifth class that morning, I felt like I had gone through two school days, even thought it was still before lunch time.

And now I have to decide. Well not now, I obviously already made my choice, but anyways. So did anyone notice when I was writing about BK, I said that the people I KNEW were pretty welcoming? (It’s ok, I’ll wait while you look.) I did not mention the people I did not know. At BK, there were only a few I talked to who I could really see myself going to school with. Did anyone else notice this or was it just me?

But, like I said before, I was honestly welcomed at Aquinas.

So then it comes down to this question: Would I rather go to a school that is honestly welcoming me and I feel comfortable at, or the one that I feel a little nervous at?

DUH! Of course I’m choosing Aquinas! On top of not only having nice students, their classes are very similar to Nazareth classes. Aquinas classes are right on track with Nazareth classes and some of them were even challenging. (I don’t speak French!)

Maybe BK is the school for you, maybe not. Tell me what you think in the comments. For me, Nazareth will always be the school for me, but Aquinas is a close second.

~Miss Naz~

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Maybe you have noticed that I haven’t been posting on the weekends. I’ll be honest, I need some more ideas! Please, please, please send me some ideas. Want me to get on my knees and beg? No, of course not. So to avoid that total humiliation, send me some ideas…

Also, come back next week! I’ll be telling my PERSONAL opinions of what I thought of different schools and be unveiling the school I have chosen. (Still thinking it over a little…)

Sadly, that’s all for this week. (awwwwwwwwww) Yes, yes I know all of my wonderful readers are disappointed by this (cricket, cricket) But don’t forget to keep reading SOS!

~Miss Naz~

Getting Stressful Yet?

Gosh! What a busy time this is! Shadowing schools all over the city, knowing there is a pile of make-up work waiting for you when you get back. Then once you finally get caught up, it’s time to shadow another school! Throw in the fact that some of us are also registering for SAT’s or worrying about other end-of-year tests like AP’s and now Regents (do those even belong in the same sentence?) a lot of us are hit with one big heaping load of stress!
Not that we didn’t have stress to start with! It seems like all of high school we have been looking or started looking at colleges. Now, just as we are starting to get a good idea about where we want to go, we have to stop and look for a high school. None of us, especially the juniors, should be looking for high schools!
I have to honestly say that this year is harder than all of my high school years and this is definitely NOT what I thought my last year at Nazareth was going to be like.
So here is your question. What is the most stressful thing you have to deal with this year? And please don’t just say “School closing” because we all know that is stressful.
Pass this on to your friends and please keep reading SOS!
~Miss Naz~