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2023 Graduation Reflections by Cassidy Eldredge, 2023 6th Grade Graduate, Bridgeview Montessori, Sagamore, MA
Bridgeview Montessori has been a big part of my life for patient while on Zoom and how to follow a schedule. Our more than eight years now, and it’s gone by so fast. One teacher, Rebecca, even taught me how to play Scrabble™ on of my favorite things about Bridgeview is how this whole Zoom. And I often had math lessons with Oona. It was a school is a community. It’s never awkward on the first day hard end of the year, not being of school with new people. I've observed that, in the first week of school, we’re all comfortable with each other and already friends. And, unlike other schools, there’s rarely a day where I dread coming here; in fact, on many occasions, I’m excited for the day. All these amazing people standing with me today have become great friends. We’ve all known each other since kindergarten, and each year, we become closer and closer. I don’t remember my first day at Bridgeview, but I do remember being so excited for Fridays. Every Friday, all the kindergarteners would come together, and Lucy, my teacher in the Red Room, often taught us a lesson. One lesson I remember in particular was learning how to read a clock. We all had these little pretend clocks, and Lucy walked us through how to tell the time. I didn't really understand the concept, but little me was able to know exactly what time it was, if it was a quarter past one o'clock. My favorite part of Friday was how the kindergarteners got extra recess with Tiffany, our art teacher. We all would play together, and we played everything from tag to mermaids. We were such great friends then, and our friendship has grown stronger. able to see my friends in person, but we still found ways to communicate. That My third year was my most memorable year in Elemen- was a hard trial, but in the Fourth Year, we reconnected as tary I (Lower Elementary). I was finally a “big kid.” The if Covid-19 had never happened. I’m not going to talk more year started out great. With so much responsibility, we about Fourth Year. It was a great year, minus all that mask were finally role models! We even had a great new teach- and Covid stuff. er, Oona. Unfortunately that didn’t last long... COVID… March 2020. Do I need to say more? And while I thought In science, I’ve learned so much about different kinds it was the end of the world, it wasn’t. I learned how to be of ecosystems and all the food chains that occur in the TOMORROW'S CHILD © § DECEMBER 2023 § WWW.MONTESSORI.ORG
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