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And They're Off!!
7th Grade — Opening Day
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Gabriel Agnello
Hugo Anamaria
Jeffrey Ascenzo
David Ascioti
Russell Bader
Matthew Bain
Leslie Barnes
Alexandra Bertran
Jennifer Borreggine
Kelly Boyle
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Junior High
Picture this: New school, new faces, new
dress code, new lockers, new teachers, new
classes, new halls — everything was new,
new, new, and more new. Yes, even a new
generation entering the 7th grade. Con­
fused we were at first — names, times,
numbers, and schedules. I clearly remem­
ber the ritual of sitting on the bleachers in
the gym and after all the warm welcomes
being sent off to our new home rooms. It
sure was not the start of just another school
year. I will always remember the end of the
first day when I declared, "One day down,
and six years to go!"
In addition to all the new things we dis­
covered, we were put through the tire­
some processes of having our pictures tak­
en for our student identification, and lis­
tening to faculty talk. A second nervous
feeling was being left to fill out your sched­
ule and saying, "My gosh! Why do I have
to take this class?" Once we had filled out
what seemed like thousands of C.B.A.
forms, we once again were made to feel
rather uncomfortable by having to tell 29
or so new students what our names were,
where we lived, etc. After we had embar­
rassed ourselves along with our new class­
mates, we were taken to a location down
the hall from our home room and were
told to turn in a rather sizeable check our
parents had given us. In return, we were
given a bag of glossy, paperback books. Boy,
did I feel ripped off! We returned to our
home rooms and browsed through the
books that we knew at some point in the
year we would feel like burning. Following
this, we were once again asked to embar­
rass ourselves by being allowed to con­
verse with our neighbors sitting next to us.
The day drew to a close, and we were
tired, only having been in school a half day,
wondering how we were going to make it
in a school like this. Some of us said good­
bye to new people we had met, and some
said good-bye to people they already knew.
Of all the days we went to C.B.A., and all
the days we will go to C.B.A. in the years
to come, one day we will never forget, as
long as we live, will be our first day at C.B.A.
Seventh Grade Science is a lot of fun.
Maria Dracker seems to be looking for
a way out from
this enjoym ent.
Amar Suryadevarra a n d
Matthew Bain
are having a difference of opinion. Friendly
little chats like this were common.