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Gabriella Munoz (6th grade)
Gabriella Munoz (6th grade)
Gabriella Munoz (6th grade)
Me: What was one word to describe this school year?
Gabriella: One word to describe this school year has to be magical. I made tons of new friends and I loved the year at JB.
Me: Who will you miss?
Gabriella: It would have to be my friends Andrea, Sofia, and Adriana, and of course Ms. Kim and Ms. Weinhaus.
Me: Where will you go for summer?
Gabriella: Well for the summer I’ll just spend it at my grandma's beach house.
Me: What was your favorite part about this school year?
Gabriella: My favorite part of the school year was making new friends and learning new things.
Me: What won’t you miss?
Gabriella: Waking up at 7:00.
Me: Did you like this school year, yes or no and why?
Gabriella: Yes, I did like this school year because I feel like here at JB we can feel accepted.
Mia Cervantes (6th grade)
Gabriella Munoz (6th grade)
Gabriella Munoz (6th grade)
Me: What was one word to describe this school year?
Mia: Goofy, very goofy.
Me: Who will you miss?
Mia: My best friend Carla and you.
Me: Where will you go for summer?
Mia: Mexico.
Me: Did you like this school year, yes or no and why?
Mia: Yes because of all of my friends.
Nehemiahs Lopez (7th grade)
Gabriella Munoz (6th grade)
Nehemiahs Lopez (7th grade)
Me: What was one word to describe this school year?
Nehemiahs: Interesting, because a lot of things happened in the school year.
Me: Who will you miss?
Nehemiahs: I will miss some of my close friends.
Me: Where will you go for summer?
Nehemiahs: Just stay home, I guess. I don’t really go out much.
Me: What was your favorite part about this school year?
Nehemiahs: Probably when there was the big hype about the World Cup.
Me: What won’t you miss?
Nehemiahs: Homework, haha.
Me: Did you like this school year, yes or no and why?
Nehemiahs: Yeah it's cool, I enjoyed it because the school is a lot better and the hype of the World Cup was one of the best things.
Adrian Madrizz (7th grade)
Christopher Rodriguez (7th grade)
Nehemiahs Lopez (7th grade)
Me: What was one word to describe this school year?
Adrian: Mid.
Me: Who will you miss?
Adrian: My friends, I guess.
Me: Where will you go for summer?
Adrian: Hawaii and maybe go to watch Spider-Man.
Christopher Rodriguez (7th grade)
Christopher Rodriguez (7th grade)
Christopher Rodriguez (7th grade)
Me: What was one word to describe this school year?
Christopher: Fun.
Me: Who will you miss?
Christopher: Mostly all da homies and like all mis amigos.
Me: Where will you go for summer?
Christopher: I am going to go to Knotts Berry Farm and maybe other places.
Me: What was your favorite part about this school year?
Christopher: MS. ABEJERO AND EVERY SINGLE LUNCH TIME.
Me: Did you like this school year, yes or no and why?
Christopher: I really did like it because it was funny.
Kaleigh Frazer (7th grade)
Christopher Rodriguez (7th grade)
Christopher Rodriguez (7th grade)
Me: What was one word to describe this school year?
Kaleigh: Chaotic.
Me: Who will you miss?
Kaleigh: Ka'terriean.
Me: Where will you go for summer?
Kaleigh: To summer school.
Me: What was your favorite part about this school year?
Kaleigh: It was probably meeting all the people I now know today, like Aleesha. And I got closer with Julie and a whole bunch of my other friends.
Me: Did you like this school year, yes or no and why?
Kaleigh: It was cool. It was nice compared to my other school years because last year was horrible but yeah, I kinda liked it. It was cool.
Aleesha Neely (7th grade)
Mateo Reforsado and Lotus Rosby (8th grade)
Mateo Reforsado and Lotus Rosby (8th grade)
Me: What was one word to describe this school year?
Aleesha: Horrible because there was just so much going on.
Me: Who will you miss?
Aleesha: My friends.
Me: Where will you go for summer?
Aleesha: To Vegas.
Me: Did you like this school year, yes or no and why?
Aleesha: It was okay. It was one of the better ones. It was better than last year because I made more friends.
Mateo Reforsado and Lotus Rosby (8th grade)
Mateo Reforsado and Lotus Rosby (8th grade)
Mateo Reforsado and Lotus Rosby (8th grade)
Me: What was one word to describe this school year?
Mateo: Problematic.
Lotus: Chaotic.
Me: Who will you miss?
Mateo: Everyone.
Lotus: I will miss everyone.
Me: Where will you go for summer?
Mateo: Nowhere. I am going to stay home.
Lotus: I am going to go to sleep.
Me: What was your favorite part about this school year?
Lotus: Probably the dances.
Me: What won’t you miss?
Mateo: I won’t miss the work.
Me: Did you like this school year, yes or no and why?
Mateo: Yes, because I got to learn a lot of stuff and become the person I am today.
Lotus: Yeah I liked it, because I met all my friends this year and last year.
Juan Velasquez (8th grade)
Mateo Reforsado and Lotus Rosby (8th grade)
Juan Velasquez (8th grade)
Me: What was one word to describe this school year?
Juan: Bad.
Me: Who will you miss?
Juan: I will miss my friend Hazel.
Me: Where will you go for summer?
Juan: Nowhere. I’ma stay home.
Me: What was your favorite part about this school year?
Juan: Probably the drama.
Me: What won’t you miss
Juan: The drama.
Teachers share...
Ms. Nguyen (History teacher)
Ms. Nguyen (History teacher)
Ms. Nguyen (History teacher)
Me: What was one word to describe this school year?
Ms Nguyen: Chaotic.
Me: Who will you miss?
Ms Nguyen: I think I am going to miss everybody. I'll especially miss the 8th graders 'cause I won’t see them next year, but yeah, I’ll miss the students.
Me: Where will you go for summer?
Ms Nguyen: I am planning to go to Orange County to see some family. I don't really have any vacation plans, but hopefully I can go on road trips and things like that.
Me: What was your favorite part about this school year?
Ms. Nguyen: I think it’s when we are doing independent work and I just walk around and see what you guys are up to and I get to talk to you.
Me: What won’t you miss?
Ms Nguyen: I think the grading and the complaining when you guys are like, "oh we have too much work..." which I understand but we’re in school, so... just a little bit of the complaining.
Me: Did you like this school year, yes or no and why?
Ms Nguyen: I did, it was a good first year for me. I love JB.
Mr. Seegan (Science teacher)
Ms. Nguyen (History teacher)
Ms. Nguyen (History teacher)
Me: What was one word to describe this school year?
Mr. Seegan: The one word I would use to describe this school year is phenomenal, I had a lot of people exceeding expectations in terms of not just academics but watching them grow.
Me: Who will you miss?
Mr. Seegan: I am going to especially miss my 8th graders. I think I’ll see most of my 7th graders coming bac,k but to my 8th grade class going out into the world, I’ll miss you very much and please come back and say hi.
Me: Where will you go for summer?
Mr. Seegan: I am going to go up to Mammoth to Manzanar, up highway 395 on a little road trip with my dad and I’m also going to the beach a lot.
Me: What was your favorite part about this school year?
Mr. Seegan: Nothing really stood out; this whole year felt good. There were no big highs, no big lows, it just seemed even-- and just watching the growth, especially the 7th graders. My 7th graders grew up a lot. They basically came in like 6th graders and will leave like 8th graders. It was cool to see how they have transformed over the year.
Me: What won’t you miss?
Mr. Seegan: Setting my alarm every morning. I will finally be able to sleep in. I won’t miss setting my alarm, but I will miss seeing all the familiar faces and for those of you who are coming back for 8th grade, I can’t wait to see you.
Me: Did you like this school year, yes or no and why?
Mr. Seegan: I loved it more than liked this school year. It's been great. Every day is a gift. Every year is a gift. I'm grateful for all the new people I got to meet and I can’t wait to meet new ones next year too.
Ms. Corona (English teacher)
Ms. Nguyen (History teacher)
Ms. Corona (English teacher)
Me: What was one word to describe this school year?
Ms. Corona: Surprising.
Me: Who will you miss?
Ms. Corona: I had very special students in all of my classes and the ones in 8th grade that are going on to high school we won’t get to see them next year.
Me: Where will you go for summer?
Ms. Corona: I might go on a trip to Greece, to the Greek Islands and Athens. It hasn’t been planned yet, so I’m not sure, but that’s where I would like to go.
Me: What was your favorite part about this school year?
Ms. Corona: I took my French students to a world language showcase and they got to perform in French and that was the first time I had done that as a teacher and it was really exciting and it was fun for them to get to speak another language.
Me: What won’t you miss?
Ms. Corona: When we got hacked in the beginning of the year and didn’t have access to our accounts, when we didn’t have textbooks because we couldn’t access them online. That was really challenging for me in the beginning of the school year.
Me: Did you like this school year, yes or no and why?
Ms. Corona: I did. I really did. I got to read the Hobbit with my English classes we got to do a lot of fun lessons and read silly stories it’s always exciting to have my students learning new things.
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