About two weeks ago, LGA held its graduation. It was a magical evening and one that none of the 6th graders will forget any time soon. I was moved by all of the speeches but one of them by one of the girls, Dvora P., really stood out. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did listening to it. Made all the hard work feel really good!
The hardest thing about riding is the ground
Anonymous
This quote means you can’t give up when times get hard. Bumps in the road are like falls from a horse. No matter how much it hurts, you have to pick yourself up, make yourself get going and trek on. Sometimes I have trouble getting back up, but somehow I always manage to do it.
The beginning of my first year at LGA was not my favorite. I was the new kid in 5th grade. I had never been in that situation before and nobody seemed to like me. I didn’t know many people and the people I did know didn’t seem too excited to be my friend. I was alone at recess and people gossiped about me. Then one day I accepted the fact I was going to school here and if no one was going to reach out to me, I was going to reach out to them. I started hanging out with the two other girls in my class, Becca and Abby, outside of school, and from that point on things got better, a lot better.
And now I have a confession to make. I don’t want to leave. I love the way our class has bonded to each other. We may not always get along, but in the end it’s like we’re one big family. In fact that’s how the whole school is.
I feel like LGA has given me a place to really discover who I am and to grow as a person. A lot of people have told me the school’s not the same when I’m not here. Every time I hear this it makes me feel really good. Many people have also told me they’re gonna miss me; I am going to miss everybody here too.
I am going to JFK next year. I will be going from a school with less than 100 students to one with over 400. I feel ready because of all the social and study skills I have learned here at LGA.
They say you’re not a real cowgirl until you’ve fallen off your horse three times. Believe me, I’m a real cowgirl! Falling lets you know you’ve taken on harder and harder challenges with your horse. It teaches you to roll so you don’t get hurt and trust your horse to protect you. In my two years at LGA I’ve done a lot of rolling and learning to trust the people here to protect me and help me get ready to take on bigger challenges.
