Briana started her junior year of high school on August 1st. I am still in a bit of shock that I have a junior in high school and I'm trying to let it soak in. Honestly, I'm struggling with the thought of her going off to college. Not even close to ready for it. But, I will when the time comes - maybe, heh. She was sweet and let me take pictures of her on the first day of school...
As I mentioned in a previous post, B wasn't able to obtain a parking space at school because of when her birthday lands. But, I'd say only about 20 percent of the juniors were able to get a space this school year because of the horrible overcrowding at B's school. So, odds are she may have not gotten one anyway. She should be able to get one next year with no issue (fingers crossed).
The buses are super overcrowded too. The first couple of weeks were brutal from what I heard (kids not being able to board buses because they were too full). And though it isn't super convenient for me to have to bring her to school and pick her up, I feel safer doing that than sticking her on a high school bus (kids sometimes sit on the floor of the buses - not even kidding).
This is the cow pasture that Bri's school campus sits behind...
She ran into her friend Imerie in the parking lot on the first day...
Her first day went pretty well. She was definitely missing her teachers from last year (they were all so good), but she is finally adjusting to her new ones. She has her theater teacher again this year and she loves her. Her theater class this year is all about building sets and costume creation - right up her alley. Her most difficult class right now is honors pre-calculus. She is doing fine in it, but it is definitely not her favorite class.
Briana was invited into the National Art Honor Society this year - very proud of her...
Yesterday, she went on a field trip for DECA to Six Flags with her two best buds...
Bri said they had a blast. But she was pretty tired when she got home!
For Beta Club, Bri and her friend Meredith worked together on decorating a classroom door with school spirit (they happened to get assigned the door of Briana's Spanish 2 classroom)...
Briana just got her school picture taken - this was her on picture day...
I freaked a little when I realized it was her last "regular" school picture day. Next year, she will be taking senior pictures.
I took her to the mall one day to go homecoming dance dress shopping...
The homecoming dance is on October 1st. She picked a really pretty dress and it will be revealed the day of the dance! She is going with her friends and she is excited about going to the dance (which is a still a shock to me!).
So, I mentioned a number of posts back that Briana had gotten into the top 40 for the first semester of her sophomore year. We actually did find out her ranking for second semester of sophomore year when the report cards came out (I forgot to post about it). She ended up being number 47. So, not in the top 40 but super close! Not too shabby for having over 700 kids in her grade. (The separation of GPAs in these class rankings are literally just tenths and hundredths of a point apart.)
So that is the update for now. B has good grades and she's liking school, so there isn't much more I could ask for (except maybe a parking space - heh).
Briana is signed up to take an online SAT course to prepare for her upcoming SAT in December. Fingers crossed she does really well!
There is so much that goes on junior year and it is pretty stressful - for me at least (Bri seems to be taking it in stride). Just lots of different deadlines, things to accomplish, looking into colleges. It's pretty overwhelming! I don't want to even begin thinking about the stress of senior year!
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