Junior @ Stanford Studying CS, Entrepreneurial Management, & Psychology
Two weeks ago, I competed at Blueprint (blueprint.hackmit.org), MIT’s largest HS hackathon offered to students globally. MIT’s Blueprint hackathon invited nearly 400 students to the event. I’m excited to share that my team & I won first place for the Web Dev Beginner category. We …
University of California, Irvine – Summer Research Internship Please feel free to explore the prototype for our smartwatch technology! This prototype for our research project was created by the undergraduate and Ph.D. team at UCI.
The Deloitte Team Tech Challenge was super exciting this summer! I'm beyond thankful to have had this opportunity to learn more about AI, blockchain, and analytics with the other summer scholars. The summer program was originally planned to be at the Deloitte Los Angeles office, but due to COVID-19, the program was completely virtual. I still met so many inspiring, like-minded peers and had an exciting opportunity to create a pitch deck about how to intersect technology with sustainability.
During the Deloitte TTC, I worked with my team of six people to propose a way that we can use AI to reduce greenhouse gases in factories. When creating the pitch presentation, I was responsible for creating the slide deck and gathering data via research. Overall, this experience was definitely one of the highlights of my 2020 summer. At the end of the program, the Deloitte employees mentioned some internship opportunities and so I'll be on the lookout for those opportunities!
July has been an exciting month so far, especially with UCLA LACC and Kode With Klossy! UCLA Los Angeles Computing Circle was such an exciting and eye-opening experience. In this program, only 35 students were selected to participate in UCLA LACC, a computer science summer …
Video recap & reflection from my Kode With Klossy summer camp experience!
Hi, blog! I recently graduated as a scholar at Kode With Klossy in the Apple iOS mobile app development camp and am super sad that it's over. At Kode With Klossy, I spent over 70 hours learning and coding, including Night Hacks to brush up on my coding skills.
Near the end of Kode With Klossy, we had an exciting opportunity to code a mobile app and then create a pitch deck to present to the camp. I've always dreamed of making an app dedicated to environmental sustainability and so I suggested to the team that we call our app "Green and Gleam"—the app allows users to participate in various sustainability challenges and calculate their carbon footprint using a hyperlinked button.
This summer experience was my first time coding in Swift and I'm beyond thankful to have had this opportunity to learn how to code with the scholarship provided by Kode With Klossy. Here's to more learning, growing, and coding 🙂
Check out the article that I wrote for the Los Angeles Times here: https://highschool.latimes.com/valencia-high-school/bytes-of-tech-my-experience-at-kode-with-klossy-a-two-week-girls-coding-scholarship-camp/
I knew that I was up for the challenge when I checked the box for AP Computer Science A at the end of my sophomore year during registration. Challenge accepted. Upon walking into my computer science class on the first day of my junior year …
Yay!! I am so so excited to share that my team and I are competing at NATIONALS in the Girls Go CyberStart 2020 National Championship!! We’ve been preparing for this all year and I cannot believe that we made it to nationals 🙂 I’m looking …
Imposter syndrome: a timeless and inevitable characteristic integrated into society. In the competitive environment that typical high school students live in, imposter syndrome is the underlying cause of self-doubt and lack of confidence.
As defined by TIME, imposter syndrome is “the idea that you’ve only succeeded due to luck, and not because of your talent or qualifications.” It’s not a disease or abnormality but is instead a psychological pattern.
As a high school junior in the International Baccalaureate Program, I’m surrounded by competitive, intelligent students who prioritize education more than any other aspect of their life.
I oftentimes find myself comparing my skills and academics to other students as they seem to always be one step ahead of me.
Students at my school cry over scoring anything less than 90% on a test, seeking support and empathy from fellow students. Imposter syndrome devours a student’s mind the moment they step foot on campus.
This detrimental mindset affects millions of individuals around the world today, especially women. Women empowerment movements have strengthened female communities, yet the everlasting imposter syndrome is still hard to overcome regardless of one’s gender.
Many females globally face imposter syndrome without realizing that they embody the characteristics of this syndrome.
Psychology Today explained that imposter syndrome “has actually been found to impact men and women in roughly equal numbers.”
With no physical, tangible indicator, imposter syndrome is oftentimes masked by the individual facing the syndrome. In TIME Magazine’s article on imposter syndrome, they delineate the patterns that they have found in certain types of individuals.
“Perfectionists” frequently question their competence and analyze more of their failures than celebrating their successes.
Before applying to a job, “Experts” want to know that they meet the criteria of every qualification; they are also the students who overanalyze the comment that they want to share in a class discussion but fear to misconvey their ideas or sound incompetent.
“Supermen” and “superwomen” feel the desire to excel in every aspect of life: academics, work, athletics, and extracurriculars. The ambition to join every organization and club available on campus or the drive to earn a 100% on every test may resemble characteristics of “supermen” and “superwomen.”
The definition of “success” for countless high schoolers has its own variations, but one commonality shared among a majority of high schoolers is a lack of a consistent sleep schedule.
The competitive nature of high schoolers causes sleep to become cast aside. In the eyes of a high schooler, sleeping for only four hours equates to being able to accomplish more goals and responsibilities and get one step ahead of fellow high schoolers.
Imposter syndrome may be the cause of irregular sleep schedules as individuals feel that what they do will never be enough.
To overcome imposter syndrome, one of the first steps that one can take to deal with it would be to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments, both small and large.
Remember that no one is perfect and that we are all human. We can learn to overcome our adversities and turn to our support system by talking to the people around us.
Mindfulness and mental health play a large role in imposter syndrome. Comparing oneself with fellow colleagues and believing that one’s accomplishments aren’t merited come hand in hand with imposter syndrome.
I’ve learned to compare myself to only myself. I compare myself to my past as I cherish my accomplishments and reflect on my adversities. When imposter syndrome gets to me, I have learned to reframe my thoughts and mindset to a growth mindset.
I’m growing each day as I grow in confidence and shake off the self-doubt that I once had. Maintaining a balance of modesty and confidence is one of my goals that I’m working on, starting with participating daily, and sharing my ideas in class.
Experiencing moments of doubt and disappointment is normal. We’ve all faced imposter syndrome in one form or another.
As explained by imposter syndrome expert Valerie Young, it’s important to recognize one’s feelings and to overcome the imposter moment to avoid living an imposter life.
Super exciting to meet the OC Regional Affiliate winners from NCWIT a couple weeks ago! I loved getting to network with a few of the winners via Zoom and I really love this community!!
Phew!! Finally done with my Theory of Knowledge Internal Assessment!! Overall, this was a pretty major assessment and I’m glad that it’s over 🙂 In the TOK Internal Assessment, my goal was to create a compelling, 10-minute presentation analyzing the TOK concepts in a particular …
Hi, blog! I participated in my first 24-hour hackathon with over 300 participants! We used EarSketch from Georgia Tech to code a song as our hackathon competition submission. While this was my first hackathon and I initially felt that I wouldn’t understand the hackathon, I ended up loving the atmosphere of the event with supportive women as we all collaboratively helped one another with our code provided feedback. My favorite aspect was the collaboration, especially lifting up the other participants and providing feedback on each other's entries. Also, my heart exploded with joy when they reposted my post on their Instagram, ahhh!!
My Song: Jams in a Can (totally a serious title)
"use strict";
// javascript code
// script_name: makeBeat101.js
//
// author: Vivian Wang
// description: jams in a can 2020
//
init();
setTempo(120);
// 0 starts playing the best
// + sign extends the beat
// - stop the beat
// for javascript, you don't really need javascript for the var beat
//var beat = "0-00+00-0+++0+0+";
//var drum = ELECTRO_DRUM_MAIN_BEAT_008;
//makeBeat(audio, which track, where to start, beat)
//makeBeat(drum, 1, 1, beat);
var beat = "0++0-000+0-00-0+";
var drum = COMMON_LOVE_DRUMBEAT_1;
//for (var i = 0, i < stop, i++) { what you are looping }
for (var measure = 1; measure < 15; measure++)
{
makeBeat(drum, 2, measure, beat);
}
fitMedia(TECHNO_LOOP_PART_025, 3, 1, 10);
//setEffect(1, VOLUME, GAIN, -8);
setEffect(2, VOLUME, GAIN, -60, 1, 0, 3)
//setEffect(which track, VOLUME,
//GAIN, what volume to start at,
// where to start,
//what volume to stabilize to, where to end)
var b = "0++0-000+0-00-0+";
var clap = RD_POP_BRIGHTLEAD_1;
for (var m = 10; m < 15; m++)
{
makeBeat(clap, 1, m, b);
}
var theBeat = "0++0-000+0-00-0+";
var beat2 = "0-+0-+00+0-00-0+";
var c = RD_POP_KEYPLUCK_1;
var otherSound = RD_POP_BRIGHTLEAD_2;
for (var i = 14; i < 22; i++)
{
makeBeat(c, 3, i, theBeat);
makeBeat(otherSound, 4, i+4, beat2);
setEffect(3, VOLUME, GAIN, -60, 1, 0, 5);
}
finish();
Upon hearing that school would transition to online school for a period of two weeks, everyone in my class started making TikToks and completely dropping all school assignments. Little did we know that two weeks would extend to five weeks and those five weeks extended …
Today, we had an emergency Youth Advisory Council Meeting with ALL of the councils from around the world with WE. We covered damage control for the current situation with the Coronavirus and seeing what we can do as Ambassadors with WE to still do good …
As of March 13, 2020, school will be completely online for at least the next two weeks. Super bummed that TEDx this year had to be postponed due to COVID-19 precautions but I'm still beyond thankful to have had this experience to work with the TEDx team for TEDx 2020. After over seven months of pitching, scripting, and practicing, I finally put together my TEDx talk that I was super pumped to present in the auditorium. This year's theme was "Believe"—I was instantly drawn towards this theme since there's a myriad of ideas that I believe in. Most importantly, I discussed the idea of belief in terms of volunteerism. Feel free to view my TEDx talk below—I'm hoping that I can present this talk this year soon!
Ahhhh!! Last Saturday was SO SO exciting to be able to mentor over 50 young girls at the CyberTech Girls Leap Day 2020 “Leap Into Cybersecurity” day-long event at Coastline College. Just one year ago, I was in the same shoes as these middle school …
Ahhh sorry for not keeping up with posting about the WE Youth Advisory Council Meetings!! Today, I got to dial into the meeting with the Vancouver Youth Advisory Council!! Today, we prepared for the Trips Team that covers the ME to WE trips, such as …
Today, I finished enough challenges in the Girls Go CyberStart Assess event to qualify to move onto the next round! In order to move onto the next round, I had to have completed at least five challenges and so I completed nine of them.
This was a memorable and beneficial learning experience in which I learned about how to inspect HTML, all while making use of my previous computer science knowledge which includes the number conversions (binary, octal, hexadecimal), and taking advance of the console in the HMTL inspect function.
Can't wait for the next round!!
Yay!! So happy to be this month’s recipient of the $1,000 award from the Awesome Foundation. I applied for this award in January after learning more about the organization and I know that this award and grant will be so beneficial for Linens N Love. …
Woah!! I took a really interesting course on Artificial Intelligence today offered by IBM and taught by some super talented professors. Going into the course, I didn’t realize how broad AI is referred to as, but now I can see why AI is called AI! …
Yay! I am so happy and grateful to be one of the 400 recipients across the NATION for the NCWIT award! I could not have done this without the support of my computer science teacher or my family for always being here for me, recommending the best opportunities, and driving me to school each day to get educated.
I cannot wait to meet the other National & Regional winners at the ceremony. I'll keep you posted!
Hi, blog!! Today was FUN!! I started my mentorship under the PYLUSD EMPOWER Mentorship Program for Women in Industry today! There were female mentors there that specialized in various fields ranging from medical to computer science. I immediately initiated a conversation with the cybersecurity and …
I'm beyond excited to start practicing and competing in the Girls Go CyberStart event for 2020! This is my first year of trying out Girls Go CyberStart and it already looks like so much fun. The competition focuses on testing my cybersecurity skills through short activities and scenarios in which I have to "crack the code".
The girls on my CyberPatriot team at school are also trying this fun program out - I'll keep you posted on how this goes and if I like it! Hopefully the members on my CyberPatriot team like the program 🙂
Congrats to @DHLUS Youth Volunteer Fellowship Award winner Vivian Wang! Her nonprofit ""Linens N Love"" receives second hand linens from high-end hotels and donates them to community programs and shelters. Learn more: https://t.co/Z11guRkIT0 pic.twitter.com/a0X3xVMtK7 — WE (@WEMovement) July 13, 2018 Super exciting post from the …
Round 1: scored in the top 15% worldwide Round 2: progressed to the highest tier in State Round (platinum) State Round: competed in the platinum tier
SUCCESS!!! Last week on Saturday, November 16, me and my CyberPatriot team competed in Round 2 of the CyberPatriot competition! Beginning our day at 7:30am, we all boarded the bus and headed to the college where we competed.
During the competition, I was so so tired, but I did not want to let my team down. I specialize in Windows and so I worked with my team to earn all the points possible for the Windows image!
Overall, Round 2 was a success! The competition ended by 5pm and we all headed home. I was so exhausted; I feel right asleep just moments after i got home 🙂
YAY! Today, I led Linens N Love in our Southern California Chapter Fall Kickoff Delivery at the Irvine Animal Care Center! In total, we donated a whopping 400 linens with the help of student leaders, members, parents, and teacher advisors. The day began with packing …
WE has a Youth Advisory Committee which is made up of young changemakers who have been involved with the WE Organization for a number of years! There are Youth Advisory Committees in Toronto, California, New York, Seattle, and Vancouver. They are made up of 6-15 …
Hi again, blog!!! It's currently 11:57 pm and I am just about to go to sleep! Just wanted to update you on how my SAT studying is going so far (in case you were wondering). I think my website is turning into a blog now but that's fun too!
Each day, I have been studying on Khan Academy for anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 hours. I learned that the best way to study is to study in 30-minute intervals and take 5-minute breaks. During my breaks, I like to stand up, dance to my favorite Taylor Swift song (right now it is "Lover"), and drink some water from my trendy Starbucks cup 🙂
Even with practicing, I still find that sometimes studying can get a little bit tough. I sometimes get distracted and think about other fun things I could be doing, whether it be going to Disneyland with my siblings or planning out the next big event for Linens N Love. I tend to want to avoid studying for the SAT especially since I do not like sitting for long hours; however, I know that with perseverance I WILL get through this and it'll be over soon!!
Hopefully, I'm well prepared for my SAT in November!! I am really really nervous about the SAT but I know that practice makes perfect! Summer is coming to an end this weekend and I'm bummed about that, but that means that I'll get to see my friends again at school.
I am blown away by the amount of knowledge that I have gained through this political office internship. From June to August, I interned in the office of California Senator Ling Ling Chang to enhance my professional skills and broaden my knowledge of political campaign …
Held at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Junior State of America Summer Institute was the highlight of my summer 2019! From interviewing city officials such as the City Controller of Los Angeles to collaborating to create a culminating research project, the Institute helped …
In late July of 2019, I organized and coordinated an international delivery for Linens N Love!! This opportunity was definitely a life-changing and reward experience because this was Linens N Love's first international delivery. Overall, Linens N Love donated over 500 linens and raised over $1120 for a local children's orphanage called Casa Hogar.
The founders of Linens N Love organized Linens N Love's first international delivery in Los Cabos, Mexico in their partnership with Choice Hotels Owner Council for their “Let’s Mexi-GO With a Purpose” Initiative. We could not have made this delivery possible without the support of the Choice Hotels Owners Council Board and Committee.
This international delivery helps reduce the number of linens that would have been placed in landfills. Instead of being thrown away, these linens are going to a good home and will be used by the children.
At this weeklong summer program sponsored by the NSA and the NSF, my knowledge on cybersecurity and computer science expanded greatly! Students who applied were only female since there is an imbalance in the gender ratios in the cybersecurity and technology fields. Essentially, this program …
YAY!! Good news again 🙂 Our Linens N Love Summer Leadership Certification Program was a huge success! I am so happy that everyone who was accepted into the program could make it to our event! Prior to attending our program. interested Linens N Love members …
500 linens pledged by the Comfort Inn & Suites Murrieta to Linens N Love!
A few weeks prior to June 27, 2019, Linens N Love began planning our partnership with the Comfort Inn and Suites Murrieta!! After my team and I decided on the presentation of our booth, we began working immediately on designing a successful booth that would be able to incorporate guest interactions and Linens N Love's mission. We decided to make a game called "Duck, Duck, Donate!" which encourages guests to participate in Linens N Love's mission.
Linens N Love's interactive activity was structured so that each visitor who stopped by our booth helps Linens N Love obtain pledges from the Comfort Inn and Suites Murrieta. Essentially, one pledge means that the Comfort Inn and Suites Murrieta will donate anywhere from 5 to 20 linens, depending on the duck that the participant catches. My team and I set up a kiddie pool full of assorted rubber duckies. Each rubber ducky had a designated number written on it which represented the number of linens that the participant helped the hotel pledge.
Besides sharpening my networking skills and accumulating a total of 500 linens pledges, I spread the mission of Linens N Love to countless children, employees, managers, and families!
990 linens donated from Linens N Love to Mercy House Bridges at Kraemer Place!! After much back-and-forth communication and coordination, I FINALLY got the perfect date and timing for Linens N Love’s summer kickoff delivery event at the Mercy House Bridges of Kraemer Place! Our …
Ahhhhh!! I am SO tired but today was so much fun!! Today, I attended CyberTech Girls, an event held at Coastline Community College for girls to explore a bit of cybersecurity all packed into one long day! We learned about the challenges with gender diversity …
I loved interning at the North Orange County Chinese School for Teacher Lin! Over the 2018-2019 school year, I was accepted as an intern for the school as a teaching intern. In case you didn't know, I LOVE teaching and tutoring. It makes me so happy to pass my knowledge onto other children and see their faces light up when they finally understand the concept.
The highlights of my internship were reading the stories to the entire class, as well as planning and setting up the Chinese Lunar New Year venue. I enjoyed this internship because it not only encompassed teaching young children, but it also provided me with an opportunity to get more involved with community outreach. The Chinese Lunar New Year event was open to the students, as well as parents and families.
Shared with me via Dropbox: WE Day California 2019’s Star-studded lineup! Scroll through the document to see me in it!! It’s 11:30 PM right now on Thursday, April 25, 2019, and I am so ready to go to sleep, but first I have to jot …
Today, one of my dance troop students performed at their first traditional Chinese New Year Performance! Whether they were “taming the lions” or hitting the drums, all of the students immersed themselves in Chinese culture and learned more about Chinese dance. My students did such …
On February 4, 2019, I was invited to speak at the California Celebration of WE Event at St. Margaret's Episcopal School! I brought some of my officers and members to support me while I gave my speech 🙂
The day began with brief introductions by representatives of WE and then it was the panelists turn to talk! After a few panelists spoke, it was finally my turn! Even though I was a bit nervous before going on stage, as soon as I went on stage, I was not at all nervous. I spoke about Linens N Love and how Linens N Love has been partnered with WE Organization for so long (I believe since 2015!!).
Anyways, today was a really good day because I spread the mission of Linens N Love to an amphitheater full of young students ready to take action.
Huge update with Linens N Love!! On December 20, 2018, Linens N Love Portola, Linens N Love Yorba Linda, and Linens N Love Valencia all went to the Irvine Animal Care Center to donate 750 linens to the animals. This is perfect for the holidays …
The WE DHL Youth Volunteer Leadership Fellowship Award is one of the most prestigious awards that I have received! In 2018, I received the award for my work with Linens N Love, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to donating and repurposing linens to homes and …
For our summer 2018 trip, my family and I flew to Singapore to help my sister move into her college dorm! My sister was recently accepted into Yale-NUS college in Singapore and I am so proud of her for all of her accomplishments and for being accepted into such an amazing school.
My favorite part of the trip was touring her college. My sister's college campus is so pretty and modernized; I think the school is less than ten years old! I loved meeting all of her dormmates because all of them have such a unique background. Each of her five suitemates are from a different part of the world and they are all so sweet.
Overall, I truly enjoyed my time in Singapore. Besides enjoying some Singaporean local foods, I also spent some time on the famous island off of Singapore called Sentosa. Sentosa is known as the island of peace and tranquility and they are most well-known for their Merlion figure.
I wish I could have stayed longer, but off to the Amazon next!
The University of California, Irvine Material Science Summer Laboratory Program took place during the week of June 27, 2018!! When I was initially applying to the program, I was fairly new to material science but I wanted to explore various fields of STEM before deciding …
In biology class, for the duration of a week, we monitored our mesocosm project. In groups of four, we created a fully-sealed mesocosm and the goal of the mesocosm was to create a fully sustainable environment for the fish and the snails to survive in. …
Phew! This was a huge project that took so long but I am glad that it's done. For my biology class, we had to create a one-pager on the process of photosynthesis which consists of the Light Reaction and the Calvin Cycle. I did so much research before I drew up my rough draft. After I drew up my rough draft, I chose all my colors and began to draw it in!
I'm pretty proud of this one-pager. Maybe I'll refer to it again soon 🙂
Below is the article that I wrote and published for the Linens N Love official website! On Tuesday, February 20th, Linens N Love delivered their love once again to the Irvine Animal Care Center with the help of Choice Hotels Owners Council Representatives from Region …
Today, we took photos for our posters and flyers that we’ll be using for our upcoming dance recitals! Dancing is my passion and I love dancing with my group. This picture is one of the many photos we took for our small group. I love …
It was all a heck of a week, but I’m very happy that it’s over! This week was definitely a hard one because I had 6 finals that were are very challenging in their own ways. I began day one of finals with an Algebra 2/Trig Honors test. This test I studied a lot for and I ended up getting a 100% on it! I also had a final test on a novel that we just finished reading in Language Arts. We had just finished reading Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and I enjoyed reading it overall (even though it was 466 pages!!). The test was not too bad and I think that I did pretty well on it. Day 2 of finals was the most challenging day for me. I had two finals on that day – biology and Algebra 2/Trig. The biology test was hard! It was not exactly straightforward and there was a lot of applying concepts to different examples and criteria. The biology final was definitely one of the hardest tests that I have ever taken before! The algebra 2/trig test was much easier compared to the biology test that I took. I was confident about my answers. Day 3 of finals was the easiest day for me. I had two finals on that day – Spanish 2 Honors and AP Computer Science Principles. The Spanish final was easy for me because I studied a lot for it. The Computer Science test was pretty simple too because I was well prepared for it.
Overall, high school finals was… interesting. I know what to expect now and I’m ready for it again and again!
Must. Press. Snooze! My first day of school was August 29, so it’s been almost a month now. I know that I have goals to reach, homework to be done, and even more friendships to make (hopefully). As of now, I really miss middle school …
Just last week, I attended the AAHOA Women’s Conference in Anaheim, California. The AAHOA Women’s Conference is for women of all ages to attend to broaden their knowledge in business and hotels to gain a deeper knowledge that will benefit their future. Attending one of my …
Comfort Says Thanks was a memorable experience for me. Comfort Inn and Suites is known for their famous breakfast waffles, with original and other unique flavors. To celebrate Comfort Inn, Comfort Inn's around the world host an open house to showcase their rooms and to publicize to the public what Comfort Inn is really all about. As an intern at the Comfort Inn and Suites Murrieta, I helped out in the Comfort Says Thanks event. I went to the hotel on behalf of Linens N Love to represent who we were and to spread the word about who and what Linens N Love is. Before the event started, we all spent the morning sending out reminders to remind everyone to come by the Comfort Inn and enjoy a delicious waffle or two.
When the event started, I started by running the check-in booth. Before the event, the manager of the Comfort Inn told us that the number of attendees who would be coming is unpredictable. Sure enough, we had a great turnout. Check in was very successful because everyone knew what their job was in helping out at the event and attendees were cooperative. After the check-in booth was starting to die down, I switched jobs with another intern and I helped out in the breakfast room where the waffles were being taste tested. Attendees could make waffles with the three flavors and then decorate it. After decorating, guests then took a picture with it and then I reminded them to post it on their social media using the hashtag #whatsyourwaffle. When the guest uses this hashtag, Comfort Inn and Suites Murrieta will then donate $5 to Linens N Love.
The event came to an end and it was a successful event. Linens N Love helped clean up and then we were on the road to a delivery. We delivered our linens to Southwest Community Animal Shelter of Corona and the Salvation Army of Corona.
After interning at this event, I learned more about social events. I learned how an event like this works and how to get guest's attention easily. I cannot wait to help out more!
From July 1st to July 7th, I camp counseled for the SCCCS Summer Camp. While counseling small, young children ages 7-11, I had a hard time at first but then really seemed to get the hang of handling kids. My group consisted of two counselors …
Hi again, blog! My sister was accepted into a summer program in Chicago and so my family and I decided to fly with her to Chicago to tour some colleges! It’s never too early to start exploring colleges… We visited the University of Notre Dame …
Wow. I am officially a big, mighty freshman. That’s hard to believe, especially since I am four feet and eleven and a half inches. I must say, I am devastated to say goodbye to some of my closest friends who will be attending different high schools. Regardless of that, promotion was still a day that I will never forget.
At Kraemer, it was minimum day, so all classes were roughly 30 minutes. After break, we lined up in our formation to be ready to shine. I was both excited and sad at the same time, because I knew that I would be missing my friends greatly. After waiting for about 30 minutes for the principal to figure out everything that he needed, we began walking to the football field where our promotion took place. Everyone was so elegant, so well-groomed for this important day. We sat in some nice folding chairs as our principal began his speech. It was a memorable speech, something about fidget spinners and “dabbing”, something only a true Kraemer cub would understand what he was talking about. After that came the calling of the role, fancy for getting our certificates and shaking the principal and vice principal’s hand.
Promotion quickly came to an end and surprisingly, I was able to find my friends with all of the people all in a tight area of space. We hugged and said bye, while giving each other some “farewell gifts”. After taking a few pictures to remember this marvelous day, I headed home while feeling nostalgic the whole ride home. I guess it’s pretty nice to call myself a freshman now.
What an honorable day! Distinguished Scholars Night is a night to honor the hard working and special students of Kraemer Middle School. Overall, I had a great time at Distinguished Scholars Night because all of my friends were there to celebrate the great occasion. To …
Yesterday was a unique experience for both me and my dance group! My sister and I arrived at Crescent Elementary a little early so that we could get a feel of the area and to try some of the food and drinks from around the …
Wow, today was a fabulous day! The day began at 8am when all of Kraemer’s eighth grade GATE met up in our Quad to take roll and get into our groups to go on our Riley’s Farm: A Civil War Experience. Then, we headed onto the buses. The buses were completely decked out, with plush seats and even seatbelts! We were required to wear our seatbelts and then after that, we were ready to hit the road. I sat next to Shweta, one of my good friends. We had a great time spending our time on the bus, and so the hour 45 minutes flew by like that. Both of us didn’t pull out any phones to start scrolling through social media or to play some video games, which I found amazing.
After all of the intense driving, Kraemer Middle School’s bus number 4 arrived safely and all in one piece at Riley’s Farm. I could tell that the weather would be just right and that the farm wouldn’t be extremely crowded, but at the same time wouldn’t be looking like a ghost town either. We were placed into our own regiments, which were medium sized groups that represented some of the states during the Civil War. We were Vermont 2nd, a Union state. One station that I really enjoyed was the imitation of a soldier’s campout and tent. Their tent was tiny, not even counting the fact that the tent had to be shared with one to three other people! That meant that the tent which was the size of less than one bathroom stall had to fit four people to allow them to sleep. Also, we learned that their food and dining was quite disgusting as a soldier. They had to eat hard tack, cheese, and beef jerky, all day every day. Actually, even worse; it really wasn’t “all day every day”. It was more like once a day every three or so days. I could not imagine that because food plays a huge part of my life. I realized how lucky I was and appreciated just a little more the fact that I have meals three times a day. We also looked at the way a court case would be handled. I found the process interesting because it is still pretty similar to the way that court cases are run today.
Overall, my day was pretty smooth and educational at the same time. I really enjoyed my Civil War experience and I hope that more people will go to Riley’s Farm to learn more about the Civil War so that they can really appreciate the life that they are living in today.
Today was fantastic! I woke up at 8 am to participate in Love Placentia, a community service project. Love Placentia is a way of giving back to our school by cleaning up and freshening up our school. We began our service project by sweeping the …
Today at dance class we took photos! We took photos with one of the teen group dances as well as the entire dance group! I believe that the group photos are still being edited but I cannot wait to see them soon 🙂 I think …