Amanda+P

[|ANIMOTO - HIGH SCHOOL]

My freshman year was my first year in a public school, having previously attended private school all my life. It was definitely not what I was use to; going from a class of 90 to a class of 563. Eventually I found refuge in my 1st period Drama Class. Where I met some of my very best friends, discovered my passion for the fine arts and got a notion into what I wanted to do with my life. Some people disliked their freshman year, some even hated theirs, but for me. I really loved my freshman year. It was so different from what I was use too. There was so much more freedom. It was also the year I joined chorus. I had done choir in the past at my middle school, but this was nothing like that. This was challenging and loud and amazing. Although there were some downsides, I decided the pros overweighed the cons. I auditioned for the Spring Musical: How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying. Sadly, I didn’t make it, but my friend Katie was the only freshman girl to make it, so I was able to support her while she performed. My brother also was cast in the musical, and I was given the job of Costume Director. We got nominated for Best Costumes that year at Capital Awards.

During that summer I was kept busy by either hanging out with my friends or vacationing with my family, so by the time sophomore year rolled around I was hoping for a break of peace and quiet. I don’t remember much of sophomore year, it when by rather quickly. Hung out with the same people, did the same things. What I do remember about sophomore year was that was the year that I fell in love with reading. I spent that summer reading everything I could find that sparked an interest. That summer wasn’t anything out of the ordinary, I went to Williamsburg, VA for a majority of the summer, because my family has so weird obsession with colonial times. I was rather unimpressed after the first three days and spent the remainder of the time locked up in a Barnes & Noble reading the entire YA Fiction section.

Junior year was pretty much the same as junior year. I continued my love affair with reading, while still remaining in chorus, we even took a trip to New York and got Superior First place in our competition. That summer my family decided to be a hsot family to a Azipea who was from Spain. We showed her America, and took her to Disney World, by the end of the summer her english had improved greatly. Then came Senior Year. The best year by far, I was blessed with a slackadaisical schedule consisting of only 2 core classes a semester, with fine arts electives in-between. I got into the musical Fame and we were nominated for 12 out of the 15 category for the Capital Awards. The Concert Chorus went on a trip to New York, where we performed in a competition and got Superior Second place, saw the Musical Lion king and went on a dance cruise around the Statue of Liberty. Senior year has gone by faster than any of the others and I can’t wait until Prom and Graduation.