Best Of...

With the end of the school year finally three days away, I want to share some of the bests of my freshman year. The year has been full of great things, but I am going to try to choose my favorite or best in each category!

Best Class: Although I loved all my classes this year, I think that my favorite class was English. I always looked forward to it, one reason being that I had the best English teacher that I have ever had. Along with improving my writing skills a lot, I got out of my comfort zone a lot. This class gave me a lot of confidence in myself and in my writing, and I am definitely sad to see this class go.

Best Teacher: This category is impossible to choose a best for. All of my teachers were wonderful this year, and I learned a lot from each and every one of them. I will always remember Mr. Jeffrey, Mr. Parker, Ms. Duis, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Payne, and Mr. Fairbanks. It is too hard for me to choose a best for this category More on teachers later!

Best Friend: Again, I am not going to choose a best friend. I have many, many friends, and many people who made my ninth grade year complete. Check my last post to see the blogs of all of my friends!

Best Coaches: I can't choose between my two coaches for the award of best coach. Charity and Amanda, you do not know how much you mean to me, and just how glad that I am that you are in my life. You have taught me so much, and not just gymnastics skills. Thank you so much for all of your support!

Best School-Related Memory: My best memory from school this year would have to be the AP study party. I had so much fun studying with my friends while we laughed and helped to get each other's minds of the big test. All of my study buddies and I sent the picture below to our AP teacher with the subject, "Are we going to pass????" and a caption of, "Look what you did to us!!!!" The responses that we got were terribly funny! He had many comments, ranging from French related answers to osmosis.

I'm sorry for posting it again, but it just fit so well! I am so glad that this picture will always remind me of one of my best memories!

Best Gym Memory: I think that this would have to be my meet in New Orleans. Click here for the link to that post! My teammates and I bonded a lot at this meet, and I got to know one of my younger teammates a lot better. Besides this, we had lots of fun wandering the city, stopping for a photo-op, and then laughing at the photos later!

One of the many pictures my team took in New Orleans!

Best Academic Achievement: I think that my best achievement for me academically was never having lower than 100% in my AP geography class. Since this is a college level class, this was a very big accomplishment for me!

Hardest Goodbye: Mr. Fairbanks, my orchestra teacher, will be leaving the Park City School District after this year. He made a decision to pursue his dreams to earn a PhD, so this summer he will be moving to London to attend the University of Cambridge. I will miss him a lot, but I wish him the best in his journey!

The end of the year is full of memories, goodbyes, and reflection. These are some of the best things for me this year, but I am very grateful for all of my experiences. I don't know how much I will be posting over the summer, but I will try to keep it up! Have a great summer everybody!!!

---Jamie---

Goodbye School, Hello Summer!

The school year is finally coming to a close. In nine school days, I will officially be a sophomore in high school. But who’s counting??? As much as I love school, I am very excited for summer!! For this final post of my freshman year, I want to reflect about what and who has made my freshman year a success!

For starters, I have made lots of new friends this year and I have gotten closer to my old friends, too. Emma, Lindsey, Brea, Julia, Sophie, Sarah, Martina, Micaela, Allie, Maddie, Sam, Nicole, Kara, and everyone else I grew close to this year, thanks so much for being a part of my life! Seriously, I don’t know how I would have made it through freshman year without you guys. I can’t wait to make more great memories together!

My crazy team! Nicole, if it weren't for you, I would never have moments like this!
Photo Credit: Nicole Finch

I know I already posted this, but again, without my wonderful friends,
I never would have had so much fun studying!

The end of a school year means saying goodbye to many things. Only nine more days left for me at Treasure Mountain. I also only have nine more days with some incredible teachers. I am excited to get to go to the High School next year (with its wide hallways, lack of backpack restrictions, and windows! Yes, windows!), but I am sad that this means leaving some of my wonderful teachers behind.

Goodbye homework, hello summer school! Because of my gymnastics schedule, I do not go to all four class periods in the school day. This means that I have to make up these classes somehow, and that means summer school for Jamie! I don’t really mind, though, because it keeps my brain stimulated the whole summer. Sophie, I can’t wait to be an artist with you!

One thing I will not be saying goodbye to is this blog. I really enjoy posting about myself, my gymnastics, and my life. I feel like it is a way for me to get closer to myself. I probably won’t be posting as frequently, but I will try to keep it up!

I also won’t be saying goodbye to gymnastics. I know I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again – you never get a break when you do gymnastics. Summer just means longer workouts that are more intense. The summer is a time to get new skills and to work towards the next level. I am excited to work hard and see where it takes me going into next season.

Summer means more time for team bonding, like team bowling day! I can't wait!

Saying goodbye can be hard, but because of goodbyes, you get hellos. As the school year draws to a close, I am optimistic that next year will be just as entertaining, challenging, and teaching as this year was. 

Just in case I am not able to post again, I want to thank everybody for reading my blog. I have really enjoyed this experience, and I have learned a lot about myself.

I hope you have a great summer!

----Jamie----