February Blog

I have just started my second semester at Crossroads and I am proud to be here. A couple of weeks ago, I had finals. Most were very difficult but I did very well on each one. Semester grades already came out and I’m proud to say I have straight A’s. This week I took a voluntary math test called the American Mathematics Competition (AMC). The test was 25 questions and we had 75 minutes to do it. The test was very difficult and tested me to my top reasoning and math skills. The next big thing, here at Crossroads, is placement tests. I plan on being in Chemistry Honors and Algebra 2 Honors. I already took the Chemistry placement test and it was difficult. I’m not sure how I did but I also am relying on my teacher recommendation. I don’t take my Algebra 2 Honors placement test until next week but I’m preparing by reviewing my algebra 1 notebooks. My world Civ. 1 class is a 1 year requirement and I’m going to replace it next year with, hopefully, Spanish 3 Honors. Although I am fluent in speaking Spanish, I still need to learn how to write it. A Spanish teacher is going to be helping me with my writing every Thursday during my free period that was replaced with my community awareness class (which was a semester class). If I show progress, she said she will place me in Spanish 3 Honors, but if I don’t she will place me in Spanish 2. In my classes I’m learning much new material. In English, we are reading Romeo and Juliet and we are going to take a field trip to UCLA and watch a Moth where anyone in the audience could go up and give their life story .In biology, we are learning about evolution. In World Civ., we are learning about the history of the Jewish people both ethnic and religious wise. In French 1, we just learned future tense and we are still learning more verbs. In Geometry Accelerated, we are wrapping up similar polygons and are moving into a new unit. I’m still using my free periods wisely and getting my homework done. In Film Studies, we just finished lighting and are now moving into sound and how it shows depth and space on screen. In life skills (or connections), we have just moved out of depression and are now moving into sex ed. My P.E. class has giving me the best experiences. Before winter break, we took spinning classes, which was a great experience. We just finished rock climbing which was really fun, great experience. Now in P.E., we are learning self-defense, both verbally and physically. I love Crossroads and I am happy to say that I am a Crossroads student. Crossroads has brought me many experiences and I can’t wait for the future.