Reflecting on My High School Journey from 2018 to 2022

The Beginning (transitioning from grade-school/middle school to High School) [June - August 2018]

My journey started out back in 2018, I graduated from my elementary/middle school with a Music Award (that was presented by the Schools Instrumental/Vocal Teacher. And by July of 2018, I started my transition from elementary/middle to high school, which was a huge step for me since it was a very interesting moment in my life, and the Summer School months/weeks were on one subject (which mine was a Gym/Physical Education course) and during those 2 months, I've been on trips to various places and events around Toronto (from Planet Bowl to the Honda Indy Toronto to even the ROM:Royal Ontario Museum).

Pictures (From Summer School)

Beginning (1st Semester - Grade 9 | September - December 2018)

In September that same year, I started my first year of high school (with 3 new friends that I've met throughout the 2 months of summer school) and started out my day with finding my 1st classroom (which was a Music Class) and I got so nervous but by the time I found my music class, I then realized that it was an instrumental/strings music class, which at the time, I was a good violinist (since I was still taking violin lessons at the time). By December, I had gotten news from my parents that I will be moving/transferring to a different school and different school board. And during that same month, I had 2 secret santa parties (which I didn't get a chance to get my secret santa from my 1st class since the teacher was absent), and by the time I was gonna go to my very last class (geography), my religion teacher (s/o to my Grade 9 Religion Teacher: Mr. Serodio) threw a Secret Santa Party/My Goodbye Party, he brought his Gameboy and gave me a huge card (which I still have to this day), and gave me the biggest hugs and wished me good luck on my journey to the new school!

Pictures (From Semester 1)

Semester 2 - Grade 9 to Grade 10 (February 2019 - June 2020)

In February 2019, I started my 2nd semester of Grade 9 in a new school, in a new city, with a different uniform policy. My first class was an English Class. And when I was being introduced to the class, my English teacher welcomed me by saying that I (the new student) was from Alberta, in which I politely replied with "I'm from Toronto" and then 3 of my schoolmates started calling me "Alberta" from that point, and from then on (until 2022), they called me "Alberta" and saying "What's Up Alberta?" whenever they pass by in the halls. And since I was new, I didn't have that many friends, since I was a Grade 9 student who felt insecure and felt like I wouldn't make any friends, but by April or May of that year, I made 6 new friends and had talked to them throughout lunch and classes (which I had 2 of them in the same class as me). By March 2020, COVID Cases had risen and It was the same time when I was going to complete my 2nd semester of grade 10, but when the Premier announced that classes will be moved to an online-class, I wasn't ready for that announcement since I had a lot of math classes and science classes.

Last year of high school (Grade 12 | September 2021 - June 2022)

In September of 2022, I started my last and final year of High school by having Cohorts Classes (Hybrid classes) which I didn't know that studying in a blended-learning style until the time when the Premier made an announcement that there can be a 50% of students that can go to school for 3 days and the other 50% can study online and can switch per week. By 2022 (before graduating), I studied in a philosophy class and learned a lot about Kierkegaard, Descartes and Plato and other philosophers and learned about the different branches of philosophy; Metaphysics, Aesthetics, Ethics, Epistemology, etc.. Prior to my philosophy studies, I've been watching a lot of Brynn Elliott's Nerdy Girl Music Series and attended her amazing Zoom Fan Hangouts and by the time of her recent/latest zoom fan hang, I told her that I was gonna study philosophy and she replied with "OMG Girl! Thats so exciting!! Please update me with your studies!!" which in return I said "Of Course Girl!! I will update you on my studies!!". By June of 2022, I bought tickets to my Prom and was so excited for prom and for graduation. The day of prom: I told my mom to mark me as absent since I am going to get ready for Prom and get everything ready! When I arrived to the venue, I had to get my bag checked and show my ID and prom ticket before sitting down with my friends (which 2 of them had prom dates). By Graduation Day, I was so excited and nervous because I had to perform a hymn for the liturgy portion of the graduation ceremony. After the Graduation Liturgy, one of my schoolmates (that called me "Alberta") told me that I did a good job at singing in which I said "thank you", after the Vice Principal and Principal said their speeches, my graduating classmates and I received our diploma and scholarships (if applicable), a had watched our video yearbook (since we didn't had a yearbook class that year), and heard the Valedictorian's speech. After our graduating valedictorian said her speech, we had thrown our caps in the air as a celebration of our graduation and completing our secondary school studies.