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"Making a Debut Appearance" by Rio Randrianarivelo

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It’s the time of the year when the end of the school year and summer break are approaching. Everyone’s minds seem to numb as time passes, and seniors have already tumbled down the deep hole of senioritis. However, there was one obstacle left before it was all over: the finals and AP exams. 


Teachers might have noticed a number of missing students from your classroom over the past two weeks. They might have overslept or left early for the break, but most likely, they were doing an AP exam down in Heritage Chapel. AP exams were held in two separate sessions during the day: the morning session, from 8 am to 12 pm, and the afternoon session, from 12:30 pm to the end of school. Occasionally, if you arrived at school early or passed by classrooms at lunch, you would spot a group of students scrambling over notes right outside Heritage Chapel.


Once the exam was finished and students were dismissed, there were plenty of reactions on display for exhibition, from the debutant, frantic sophomore to the relieved, exhausted senior.


“I should’ve studied more, but I knew this was what I signed up for,” remarked Suyoung Lim (12), “so when I finished my exam, I walked out of the room like a champion.”


“Taking 3 AP Classes this year was pretty rough, especially the US Gov,” said Seojeong Park (12), “but life is good now, because my friends and I are done now.”


For those who took normal classes, they either have a final during finals week or a final project that wraps up their time in their course. The upcoming finals help teachers evaluate each student’s proficiency in the different standards they learned over the year. Each class has a different final style: History classes required students to recall historical events, and Math classes presented questions that challenged the application of multiple theorems and concepts. 


Along with the multitude of finals, students also completed a number of projects, presented in a variety of formats. For music-based classes, concerts were held to showcase their musical prowess, while art- and trade-based classes displayed their projects at the HS Art Exhibit & Art Show.


Another exhibition was held for the fifth graders on Tuesday, with the biggest project of their year, the Living Museum. In the Living Museum, the fifth graders were assigned a historical figure to represent and act out. Along with a poster with information about their historical figure, each student also dressed up as their figure and adopted their persona.


Whether or not one did well or not on their final mission, it was a relief for students to be done with the most important part of their year.

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