This week I started my first day of high school. In this weeks blog, I will be talking about my high school experience.
On the first day of school, only grade 9 students would appear at school. When I first arrived at RGSS (Richmondgreen Secondary school) everyone went to the cafeteria for an assembly. After a few munites, some of my friends came found me in the cafeteria. Once, most of the chairs were taken the student council made their appearance. After, the introductions from the student council, a welcome from the new principal, and a speech from the board representative, we separated into our HR (Home Room) groups.
Unfortunately, I was not grouped with the friends sitting beside me. However, I did know some people such as Majd or Angela. After being lead to our HR, (224) we took our seats. I ended up sitting in the back of the classroom with Majd. Our first period was French but for our first day, we just received sheets of paper. Most of these sheets are rules and the course outline. Once, all the sheets were handed out we played a game of human bingo. It’s a game where you go around and ask people questions to fill out a sheet.
My next period was “Introduction to Computer Studies”. Luckily the classroom was right around the corner. However, only five other people showed up. After waiting for 10 minutes, A teacher came and took us to the offices. There, we found out we would need to go to room 344. This was because most of the ICS (Introduction to Computer Studies) students were grade 10 and there were no grade 10s in the school today. When arrived at room 344, I sat with some of my friends that didn’t have class either.
Once, the bell finally rang I went to my 3rd period. Normally we would have lunch but since it was a special day the schedule is a bit messed up. Instead of going straight to lunch, we would do our 3rd period first. My 3rd period would be science. In this period, I was reunited with Majd, I also had Aaron and some other people I knew. During the period, we received a ton of sheets. The sheets talked about rules and safety precautions. For lunch, every student got free pizza. After lunch, we had our final period. My final period was Exploring computer technology. In that class, I sat beside Aaron. We again talked about the rules and the course outline. The fourth period was the shortest of the classes. After the class, the grade 9s look at the facilities (for example, we would look at the libraries and outside trail). At 3:35 it was time to go home.
Overall, I had an enjoyable experience. So far I haven’t decided which was my favorite course. I hope to learn more about my classes, school, and classmates over the year. In the end, I think I had a good first day.