Boca Raton Middle School

6th to 8th grade.

Changing from private to public school was a big change, for sure.

I had never gone to school with anyone who wasn't white. The class sizes were larger. Some teachers didn't give that one on one attention (but I don't fault them for the most psrt-some of the kid's needed their attention more).

Here's where I realized how mean kids really could be. I was a heavy child, but had begun shaping into a teen. That horrible stage.

But here is where I had my first 2 boyfriends in life and met my very best friend, and to this day we are extremely close. So there were special and fond memories for me here.

I also had my first fight here.........

I was mainly an A and B student, but as I got into 8th grade many of those grades fell to C's and D's.

I was on Student Council and Yearbook.

I now watch my youngest getting ready to go into Middle School, and hope he remains on the good path he has chosen so far. It so easy to fall in with the wrong people. I was lucky when my oldest went here, he kept his nose clean, had good relationships with his teachers, and was even in the band.

Next blog.....High School