Back to School … Already?

Ask any senior student about how quickly time has passed by since his or her freshman year; most of them will say “too quickly.” Its hardworking high school students have always appreciated the warm embrace of Aptos and its cool weather. But even though summer feels like it has just arrived, the summer vacation season is near completion! Many students, such as me, had plenty of summer AP homework to do. Nevertheless, many of us didn’t relinquish our desire to indulge in subjects we wanted to learn. What I, for example, focused on this summer was the piano, violin, and computer science.

But alas, school is about to start! Students have to get ready to work hard to achieve all those high expectations and goals for the coming year. This is definitely true for me. My first priority as a junior is to concentrate harder than ever at school, study for the S.A.T. and focus even more on my future career. I also look forward to joining and participating in several extracurricular clubs I am interested in.

Finally, I need to be sure to have plenty of school spirit! I didn’t do my best last year and the time between freshmen year to senior year feels as if it’s going faster and faster, so this year I’m giving it my all so I won’t have regrets in the future. I encourage all Aptos Mariner students to do the same!

Go Mariners! Let’s have a great school year!