Closed

I'm so upset that the high school I attended will be closing. There's even Facebook groups dedicated to keep it open. I was notified of meetings earlier this year where former students were in attendance to voice their opinion. I've heard it will be closing anyway.

I'd like to see the school decrease the enrollment rate to compare to the amount of graduates each year.

This disappoints me that it will close, but it doesn't surprise me. When I was a senior, the school definitely changed. The hallways were louder because of the younger students, the hallways were always littered with kids and security officers. The didn't seem to be an end to it. They were looked at as loud and rambunctious, without cause.

It's Elementary, Watson

What I liked about elementary school was that it was not my zone school, but I was allowed to attend anyway since my grandmother was a teacher there. I liked that people would recognize me for many different things, including this.

I lived in her house, so it was easy for us to arrive in the morning. We drove the 45 minutes to the South Ozone Park location. I became familiar with her fellow teachers and their grandchildren. I liked that she called the kids her own, but I knew there was no way I could feel jealous or neglected. I was so small growing up, that she sent the older kids for me after school or just whenever she needed me. At that age, we didn't look much alike, but she always introduced me to others proudly.

School Times

In junior and high school, I hated waking up so early. I mean, I guess us students had it kind of easy compared to the teachers. In my world, waking up at 6:30 a.m. was the end of the world. It was easy to tell that I'm a night person. I would stay up late on the phone or watching t.v. All through school, I had not paid attention to time management. That helped me become the procrastinating student I am today. I can say that I'm working on it since a few years ago. In high school, I was late for my first period probably 80% of the time. I would have still been getting ready for school by the time I was supposed to leave. An ideal time to start school probably would have been 8:30 or 9 a.m. I wonder who came up with these hours anyway.

It was interesting that I lived 30 minutes away from the high school when traveling on the bus and walking distance.