Matthew: We welcome you to the 2017 Saint Lucy School 8th grade Baccalaureate Mass. Before we begin we would ask you to silence your cell phones and other electronic devices, thank you. On behalf of the eighth-grade class, we extend a warm welcome to our parents, family, and friends. We, the graduates, have shared many treasured memories of our experiences at Saint Lucy School that we will keep in our hearts as we move on to high school. Sabrina: Many of us have been here for nine years, while others
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My freshman year in High School I participated in athletics. I was initially on the JV team, but because of my exceptional performance both on the track and in the classroom, I was moved to the Varsity team. This further elevated my leadership skills and helped me communicate better with my peers. Then my sophomore and junior year I was apart of multiple honor societies and their connected activities. Mu Alpha Theta, a math honor society, involved themselves in a multitude of city events as well
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obtain as human beings, but I’ve must have been sick that day of school. I have great difficulty in understanding what I read, annotating what I just read, analyzing the reading, reading between the lines of what the author is trying to say, and organizing my thoughts and ideas on a piece of paper. It doesn’t help much that both reading and writing never was interesting to me. I found myself struggling throughout the years I’ve been in school to pass an English or composition class. I did, however, find
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to pre-school), early school age days, high school age, and why you came to WINGS and what you want in your future life. You should reveal enough about yourself to make your presentation interesting. I will give you a handout to help you. You will type your paper according to the above instructions and present your speech from notes. I will have your paper in my hands during your speech. Be careful not to read from your notes. You must appear to be speaking to your audience from memory as much
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“The Achievement of Desire” RICHARD RODRIGUEZ I stand in the ghetto classroom—"the guest speaker"—attempting to lecture on the mystery of the sounds of our words to rows of diffident students. "Don't you hear it? Listen! The music of our words. 'Sumer is i-cumen in… ' And songs on the car radio. We need Aretha Franklin's voice to fill plain words with music—her life." In the face of their empty stares, I try to create an enthusiasm. But the girls in the back row turn to watch some boy passing outside
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early, tests to be studied for, and stressful occurrences throughout the school year. Summer is the best season because people can do desirable things he or she typically does not have time for; I, for one, enjoy not going to school, traveling across the world, swimming, and going to different band camps. Do not get me wrong, school can be enjoyable, but it can be tremendously stressful. One thing I have learned it that school does not stop even when the worst situations happen in life. If a life
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is “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” This is nowhere more apparent than in the current start times of our schools. According to the Department of Education Statistics, the average high school in the United States starts at 7:59 A.M. Within the last century, researchers have proved that delaying the start times of schools can lead to many benefits among teenagers, including improved academic performance, improved health, reduced caffeine consumption, lower accident
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pon my entrance to BPHS my freshman year, I knew that I wanted to lead a balanced high school career; the three A’s being arts, athletics, and academics. Now, as I reflect in my senior year, I can graduate knowing that I have fulfilled my original objective, making a valiant effort in accomplishing my goal. Through my involvement within the high school and the community, I have blossomed into a person who is ready to take on the world. I have learned the true meaning of leadership, intrinsically
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assign no more than fifteen minutes of homework to high school students a day and only assign homework with obvious value. Parents often hear the begrudging complaints from their children about having to sit down for hours of homework after school. These students aren’t focused and engaged in learning; they’re mindlessly completing a given task. In reality, this is not helping the student at all, and only creating an unhealthy attitude toward school. The article “Success with Less Stress” discusses
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that I haven’t done for such a long time. School is something that always brings back memories from early childhood school. We use to do things like this in my high school English class. I really miss being back in the day when you only had a few responsibilities. Being able to focus on sports and school was amazing, I was able to get great grades, and perform even better on the ice playing hockey. Today with family, wife, baby, bills, stress is at a high level when really you just need to take a
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