Schools In- But Not Forever

I started school this week, which was a LOT of fun. It's strange being a junior, an upper-class man, though. I'm still not used to saying I'm in 11th grade. However, I have great teachers this year. I'm the Assistant for my Spanish I teacher from last year, Senora Everist, and I'm going to design a class website for her. My AP (Advanced Placement) English teacher, Mr. Sudak, is funny and entertaining, as is my AP European History teacher, Mr. Lambert. I also have Spanish II, Algebra II (which involved getting a $79 graphing calculator), a semester of Ceramics, a semester of Weight Lifting, Graphic Arts II, and Marine Science. The funny thing with my Marine Science teacher, Ms. Kiki, is that she got her Bachelors Degree at UW-Madison, so she's a HUGE Packer and Badgers fan. She also is the teacher for the Science Olympiad team, coach for JV and Varsity soccer, and plays ice hockey and soccer in her free time. Also, she reminds me of Mags, my Latin teacher from West, and my friend Shoshana, combined.

With school, swim team has also started again. Most of my friends from last year are on the team, including Ryan and Nick, the music geeks, David, our resident movie-director-in-the-making, Sunny, the girly-girl of us all, Kat, my fellow classmate from history last year, and Ellie, the Sonoran Desert Museum junior docent and girl scout (who just returned from a six-month sabbatical in Japan). I'm still the shortest on the team by a good inch, but it gives my friends and coach, RJ, a good thing to tease me about. GO CFHS FALCONS, SWIMMING STATE CHAMPS FOR TEN YEARS RUNNING!

Picking Classes

Mum, Dad, and I went to meet with my councilor, Mrs. Lynn, yesterday to pick out my classes. Two seniors, Colin and Leah, gave us a tour of the school and told us what classes where in which building. There are a total of six buildings on the campus, surrounding a central courtyard.

I am going to take Spanish, Geometry, Chemistry, Honors Western Civilization, Photography, and Honors English 10. Because of the difference in how the History class systems are set up, next year, I won't have to take the same class as the other juniors. As a junior at Catalina, you take US History, which I already had this past year as a freshman, so I'll be taking an Honors European History class to build on my knowledge from 8th grade World History.