My junior classes
This year, Pinckney Community Schools changed the school days to have 7 periods instead of 6. I'm glad they made the change because now I have more time to do the classes I want, but I do wish the class periods lasted longer.
New tech chemistry
Chemistry is my first hour of the day. We learned about a lot of different subjects, from moles to acids and bases to gas laws. My favorite unit was our mole unit, where we came up with a lab for 8th graders to teach them about moles. For our lab we did a gum lab, which you can view here.
Pre-calc
My second hour of the day is PreCalc. I was worried to take a senior math class, especially because most of my classmates were seniors. However, I caught on pretty quickly, and I actually enjoy math more than I used to now.
New tech English 11
This year, I didn't have any integrated classes and my English class was on its own. However it was still a New Tech class, and we still did projects. My favorite project was when we collaborated with Lowry to come up with a unique solution that could incorporate Lowry's services. This is the presentation we showed them. Because of our hard work, Lowry offered each person in our group a summer internship.
Ap Biology
My fourth hour of the day is AP Biology. A lot of the things I learned were things that I learned last year in biology, however this year it went much more in depth. I found this to be my most challenging class, since all the material was at a much higher level than I was used to. I'm really glad I took this class, because it showed me what a college level class would be like, and it was also interesting going in depth in some of the things I learned last year.
ap psychology
AP Psychology is my fifth hour of the day. This was my favorite class of the year, because I found learning about the brain and its function very interesting. This was also a hard class for me, since it was at a college level. I'm really glad I took this class because I feel like it will help me a lot in college, especially since I want to be a Music Therapist.
Latin 2
My sixth hour of the day is Latin 2. Like last year, it is online, so most of my work is done on my schedule. Although it's sometimes hard to get motivated to work, having an online class really strengthens my work motivation, and helps get me ready for when there won't be someone always telling me what to do. I took Latin again this year because I think the language is interesting, and I also enjoy learning about the Roman history and culture.
chamber orchestra
My last hour of the day is chamber orchestra. This year, Pinckney has 2 high school orchestras: the concert orchestra and the chamber orchestra. The chamber orchestra is the higher of the 2, so I'm very proud of myself for getting into the higher orchestra. Also this year I was second chair cellist, which I'm very excited about. One cool thing about this year was that we played some harder pieces than we normally played, so that was really exciting.