Bay School 2014 :)

HURRAY!!!!!!! I'm officially going to The Bay School, which I know I seemed all pissed about in my last post, but it's actually super exciting now! I was all depressed that I didn't get into UHS for like 10 minutes, and then I got all excited! (sorry it's long, just please take the time to read it)

Reasons that I am excited:

-You get a laptop!!!!!!

-You only have to take math for two trimesters out of a year, and you only have to take math 1, 2, and 3 in the entire 4 years, plus you get to choose whether or not you want to take calculus!

-You complete three years of required science in two years, meaning for the first two trimesters of freshman year, you take conceptual physics, then for the last trimester of freshman year and the first trimester of sophomore year, you take Chemistry, then for the last two trimesters of sophomore year, you take Biology. Because of this, in junior year I could take "field biology", or "brain and mind" as my science class if I wanted to.

-When you are a junior and a senior, you get to pick a load of your classes (meaning the type of science or math or history or english that you take. For example, if I wanted to in my junior year, I could take "Dramatic literature: Conversations Between Plays", or "Historical Fiction" as my english class!)

-There are a ton of choices (50+) for those elective classes, including "History of mathematics" or "Game theory" for math, "Latin American studies", or "U.S. Foreign Policy" for history, or even "computer science" for technology!

-They have a catering company make extremely delicious organic lunch every day, which is just amazing.

-It's in an amazingly beautiful part of the city, right by the bay, next to Crissy field, with a beach, biking and hiking trails, and saltwater marshes. When it's time to study biology, just step outside! When it's time to paint a landscape for art class, the famous bridge is right out the window!

-They give you a half an hour each day to work on homework, or to go see your teachers, which is a huge help for time management.

-There is a half hour of pleasure reading time before lunch every monday, because who really has time for that now in the tech-savvy world that we live in?

-They have an amazing selection of arts classes (14, not including advanced arts) including drawing, painting, digital imaging, publication arts, 3D concepts, VIDEO PRODUCTION, drama, intensive performance, jazz, music composition, electronic music, dance in a cultural context, and afrohaitian dance.

-The mascot is breakers :)

-There are 21 different clubs to join, including yearbook, outing club, A Cappella group, literary magazine (writer block), Unity club, Arts and crafts club, Biking club, peer tutoring, and the student newspaper (the current)

-In just 2008 and 2009, there were 183 different colleges and universities that Bay students were accepted to, including MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Wellesley, Duke, Bowdoin, and the US Naval Academy

-A common misconception is that Bay is easier than schools such as University High, or Urban, however, Bay is just as academically rigorous.

-There is a 1 to 8 student ratio, 80 minute class periods, 4 total classes taken per trimester, and an average of 14 students per class, giving you SO much more one on one time with your teachers.

- 28% of students at Bay are of color, which might seem like a small number, but when you really think about it, that is a ton more then schools like Drew or SI.

-There are 3 dramatic productions yearly.

-The physical activities are actually cool, like rock climbing, or yoga.

-Amazing quote that I enjoy reading over and over again in the pamphlet (It just makes me happy):

"Learning math doesn't have to follow a formula. In Andy Shaw's math class, instead of learning the x's and the y's, you learn why they actually matter."

EXACTLY 20 REASONS WHY BAY IS AMAZINGLY AWESOME

This concludes the entry in which I convince Val to come to Bay, which took over an hour to write!!!!! PLEASE COME!!! DON'T YOU SEE HOW AMAZING IT IS???? Everyone comment and tell her to come!!!!!!!!