At Damien Memorial School‚ what makes us different‚ unites us. We may all look the same on the outside due to our uniforms‚ but we are all different people on the inside. As a freshman entering high school at a new school‚ I was very scared. I pictured high school filled with cliques consisting of nerds‚ jocks‚ and the popular people. And honestly‚ this made me feel very nervous. But it turned out to be completely different. Although Damien does have cliques‚ unlike other schools our cliques link
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High school sports are an essential part of growth for any well-rounded student. Sports can help with more than just lowering the rates of obesity. According to Michael Lorenc‚ a JV coach at Jesuit High School‚ it has been shown that students who play two or three sports tend to get better grades in school. Sport scholarships are also the only way for some students to go to a good college‚ claims Gulstan Dart‚ a reporter for KCRA. Many high school athletes will tell you that they need their sport
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have plans‚ goals and dreams I’d like to accomplish‚ big challenges ahead of me. Looking back over the past year‚ I realize there are some goals and dreams I’d like to do differently. Starting over were a challenge for me to start a new year at school: new books‚ new textbooks‚ sometimes new teachers and new subjects. And then there were all the New Year’s resolutions: this year I’m going to write neatly. I’m going to do my homework every day. I’m going to exercise regularly‚ and so the list begins
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A time I experienced failure was during last year’s school volleyball season‚ when I was a junior. I had worked hard throughout the season and towards the end of the season it all went downhill. It started with my coach talking to me about swinging down to JV‚ this had happened a little over half way through the season. He said it was a good opportunity to play more‚ I saw it more as an insult since I had been full on varsity up until then. I had worked my butt off to earn my spot and in my heart
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High School Musical Caroline Cascadden Block: 2.1 High School Musical is one of my favorite movies. The movie is entertaining to everyone. I love the characters‚ the music‚ the story‚ and mostly everything about it. I have watched it about a million times and still never get bored of it. The songs are very catchy and have great tunes. The songs in High School Musical are all different. The songs are not just fast solos. The songs change from slow‚ to fast‚ to duets‚ solos‚ groups‚ and many more
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English 10 Enriched 10 February 2010 Against the Idea of School Uniforms All around the United States more and more schools and switching to the idea of school uniforms. Schools think that this uniform policy will help bring down crime rates‚ gangs‚ improve the schools over all academic achievement‚ and level out social discriminations among students. Although this theory may become true to someone who wants it to be true‚ other skeptics looking into this are finding that these positive influences
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Should Schools Improve Our Lunches? School lunches are a big part of our schools. They feed us every day and make sure we are full. They feed us food‚ but they don’t feed us very healthy food. Parents have tried very hard to get that to change for their children. I think they should improve our lunches to make sure that kids are getting the food and nutrition they need. One reason that the school boards should improve our school lunches is because kids get to choose want they want for school. According
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Indian Residential Schools INTRO How many of you guys have heard about Indian residential schools? Probably not a lot of you. This is a topic you probably haven’t discussed before‚ but it’s a topic I believe everyone should be educated about and informed on. For about 100 years‚ the government removed Aboriginal children from their homes and placed them in residential schools in an attempt to make them "Canadian." In very strict and often violent environments‚ children were denied regular contact
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the ways that schools function‚ one must look to the past to see the development of those practices. Education in American society has been a changing mechanism since even before the United States became a nation. The role of education has changed as society changed to adjust for the new needs of society. School structure has also shift tremendously since the nation began. By looking at people and events that were shaping American society throughout history‚ one can see how schools evolve over time
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Do students have the right to eat as they choose? Or are school administrators and the federal government making children sick? Critics and supporters have debated the ingredients of school provided student lunches for several years‚ yet there has been no nutritional improvement in the quality of food served. While there are advocates‚ such as first lady Michelle Obama‚ fighting for healthier food choices‚ many critics believe the kids will not eat fresh‚ wholesome food. Numerous studies have found
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