Impact in Perspective: A Nativity Graduate

The following is an excerpt from a biographical essay written by Alexander Diaz (Pro Class - NSW 2011) for his freshman English class at St. John's High School in Shrewsbury.

The school where I went before St. John's is a school called Nativity School of Worcester where I had an eleven hour school day.  I started at Nativity as a fifth grader and finished my last year at the end of June.  My life in school was really hard for me because there was lots of homework and reading and essays to do.  Like St. John's, at Nativity we had to wear a shirt and tie every day and we also had first Friday mass each month.

When it comes time to study for me, I go to my old school to study with all my old classmates.  Nativity has a room called the Graduate Support Room where all the graduates can come after school and do their work or study.  I go to Nativity because it is very quiet and easy to focus and to get my work done.  This makes it easier to study and we can also work with Ms. Horan our Director of Graduate Support.  She helps us stay on task with our work.  I plan to go to Nativity at least three times a week to study and do the rest of my homework using the resources like computers in the Grad Support Room.

I expect myself to become something big in life but I'm not really sure what yet.  My goal right now is to go to a 4-year college and make my family happy.