This school is as safe as it can possibly be. No school hasn’t gone without a fight or two during the year, so we’re doing fine there.

Wow! Who that is my friend now wasn’t already before? All of my friends this year are new or relitavely new. Unfortunately, my friends from last year weren’t really in my classes this year, so I hardly get to see them. But, on the bright side I made some new friends who are awesome and I wouldn’t ask for different friends from my newer friends or my older friends because they are already awesome!

One thing is for sure: sixth grade was harder than seventh grade, and eight grade is wwwaaayyyy harder than seventh grade. Out of all my middle school years so far, seventh grade has been the easiest, so, I’m being challenged, especially in Algebra 1 Honors. That is a really tough class to take.

My teachers are fair in acknowledging (did I spell that right?) hard work that is good. They are very fair and I have no complaints.

I’ve tried to help new kids because I know what its like to move schools (back east you usually always stay in the same place unlike here, so moving schools is harder there) and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t but I try to be nice.

The library? The best ever! Mrs. Baca is fun and lets us have fun in her library with her different activities she does and music….the music choices are good I actually want to go to the library this year. I think she should paint them in red, gold, and black stripes (nothing wrong with school colors.) Or red and yellow polka dots on a black backround. I dunno, something fun and exciting.

Teacher of the year is Mr. Williams, hands down. He goes beyond his job to help us, and he’s helped me a lot, even with Algebra . Just today he was helping me with music that I was trying to play for an outside activity. He never stops to help us and I appreciate him for that.
Either him or one of the seventh grade teachers like Ms. Heintz, because she is fun and really easy to talk to. Mr. Phillips would win because he is and INSANELY awesome and good teacher. Mr. Oberg…mostly because he is Mr. Oberg and he is fun and he teaches us at the same time. If Mrs. Carlone was still here she would win for her fun and inventive discussions and projects I did in her class last year.
In eigth grade, its Mrs. Soriano-Heger because she is a good teacher and she is nice too. Mrs. Ruth would win because she is also a really good teacher and she has helped me with different things and I appreciate her for that. Ms. Martino because she got me to understand inequalities, and Miss Rivera because she is a good teacher who is very helpful and I like that she does labs in Science. Last year I didn’t really do a lot of labs and with her this year I am.
Ms. McDonald deserves it too because she is a really nice P.E. teacher who cares more about effort than skill and I like that, a lot.
In conclusion, every teacher in this school has done something to win the award but if I had to pick one it would be Mr. Williams .

Keep doing what your doing Mrs. Powers your doing a great job !

I have no clue what will be on my table for Thanksgiving, basically whatever my mom cooks, its different every year except for the turkey. But last year, I wanted to do something so I tried to make applesauce (it tasted really nasty), and when I was cutting up the apple I cut myself, so that was kind of fun, especially the part where I was bleeding (just kidding), so my mom had to finish. Also its just going to be the people in my house because we don’t have any family out here to go anywhere for thanksgiving, or invite them to our house, so its just us .

Our traditions? Man, ummmm, nothing is one, right? My dad has to work so we probably won’t do anything except sit at home. If we do do something I’ll let you know, but I don’t remember doing anything last year.
But a tradition for me is that I get my own Pumpkin Pie, all to myself every year! yummy

Thanksgiving was pretty special back east, and I guess it can be special here too. It was special back east because every other year we would go to different relatives. My aunt would have my little cousin’s birthday party at the same time and we’d have fun with them and their relatives. I remember one year I learned how to play bumper pool . That was fun. Then when we would go to my grandparents I loved the discussions we had. I argued one year with my great-grandmother because she didn’t like baseball and I love baseball . I miss her, she’s still back east with the rest of my family that I wish I could see every day. This summer I learned how much I really missed them, and its a lot. Its actually the most I’ve ever missed them, even when I left I didn’t miss them this much.
Anyway, I haven’t found the thing to make Thanksgiving this special out here but I must say to everyone who reads this comment to just remember that its more than a day off of school, and to think of the real reason you get that day off.

so, with that I finally sign off this comment, Phew, I finally finished