阿曼达
2020届毕业生
新葡京app高中不仅仅是一所学校. 它不仅仅是一个参与体育运动的地方. 这是一个家. 从新葡京app开始, it has been a home to thousands of students and will continue to be for years to come.
If you were to say this to me four years ago, I would have responded with, “Are you crazy?“现在, 作为大四学生, 回顾我在新葡京app的时光, 我可以自信地说,这所学校已经成为我的第二个家. 当我想起我刚上高中时的样子和我现在的样子时,我经常让自己发笑, 最后毕业.
四年前, 当我被告知我在参加新葡京app会时, 我既生气又失望. 我之所以有这种情绪,是因为我八年级班上的朋友都去别的学校了. 参加新葡京app会意味着一个新的开始, 新建筑, 新朋友, 新教师, 一种完全不同的体验. 我的一生, 在那之前, was comfortable; I had attended my town public schools which meant the same friends, 同学们, 以及多年的经历. I was not ready to give that up and attend a school where I knew only a few people, 包括我哥哥和他的朋友们. 我一点也不知道上帝对我在新葡京app的日子有一个计划. 一个我从来没有想过或想过的计划.
大一的头几个星期很难熬. 我在大厅和教室里感到不舒服. 我记得在Mr. 戴克斯特拉的写作课和我自己的思考, “别担心, 几周后一切都会不同. 坚持住。”. At the time, I couldn’t latch onto that idea, but as time went on my words slowly became true. 随着时间的流逝, 我交了更多的朋友, 参加了许多不同的俱乐部和运动队, 与老师建立了良好的关系, 为我与基督的关系奠定了基础. 到了年底,我对夏天来得这么快感到失望! 整个夏天, I waited patiently and eagerly for the start of another year at Eastern Christian.
Sophomore year was nothing less than amazing and filled with many opportunities, 包括我第一次去堪萨斯城传教, 密苏里州. It was on that mission trip, that I absolutely fell in love with missionary work. 现在, 我意识到,如果我和我的朋友们上同样的学校, 我将永远不能去宣教旅行,我与基督的关系也会变得脆弱.
大三是很特别的一年. 我在教室里受到了挑战, 在大学入学之初就得到支持, 并鼓励出国旅游. In September of junior year, we were introduced to the new locations of the mission trips. 我立刻被吸引到了坦桑尼亚. 我的家人支持我的决定,在整个筹款过程中,我所有的老师都鼓励我. 如果没有新葡京app,我就不可能去非洲旅行. 一个我现在如此珍视的地方. A place that I plan to go back to after I get my Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine.
最后,大四. 这是人们期待已久的一年,但结果却完全不同. In the beginning of this year, my class and I could not wait for the end of the year. 为什么? Because Eastern Christian always celebrates seniors in the most special ways; those include senior breakfasts, 毕业庆祝之夜, 毕业, 高级舞会, 等等....... 虽然,2020年我们有其他的计划. 被隔离和限制在网络学校的经历让我意识到,新葡京app对我的意义比我想象的要大得多. This time has always shown me how much can be taken away in the blink of an eye. 虽然这段经历并不是我想象中的大四结束的方式, I am still so incredibly thankful for the efforts of this school to celebrate my class and I. 我对这所学校的爱永远无法用语言表达. 感谢新葡京app徒,给了我生命中最美好的四年. 我会想念你.