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Replies to: Parents of the HS Class of 2022
1. How interesting it was to have fellow students from around the world- Sweden, China, Singapore, Japan, and more.
2. How it was great attending classes where everyone was completely interested and engaged with the topic.
My D22 did a church camp, and has done a fair amount of hiking and mountain races this summer. I have been working hard to get this highly socially motivated kid off her phone and into the great outdoors, which has meant going outside my comfort zone to organize group events for her large friend network. It was a successful endeavor until the kids started coupling up (as they will do) and then breaking up with drama (as they also will do). Will be interesting to see how these friendships play out with high school starting shortly!
As I mentioned in my intro post, I mostly homeschooled high school for my older two, and am already becoming keenly aware of the increased complication in trying to set out a particular program of studies within the constraints of the availability of courses in the public system. She does have a schedule for fall, and it will hopefully be fine. She is very smart, but, as previously stated, socially motivated and not particularly competitive, for better or worse. Her older sisters were/are at selective schools, but this is unlikely to be her course, which is fine.
I had hoped to identify an area of community service that would be of interest to her, ideally something she could do throughout high school, but so far the endeavor has been without success. It's tough to find something she is willing to do without a close friend tagging along.
The high school academic year is a couple weeks off, but sports practices did start. I thought she would be doing football cheer, but she ended up on the cross country team! I am pleased, as I have never been crazy about cheer as a sport (the danger, the clothing, and the dance moves are unappealing to me, but she has done comp cheer for the last few years.) She really likes it so far.
She got all the classes she had requested but won't know her actual schedule until the day before the first day of school, which is this coming Wednesday. We'll see if she has any classes with anyone she knows.
She has the next 4 days planned out to maximize time with friends.