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Ari Trey-Masters

Ene Riisna once said, “A friend is someone who makes me feel

totally acceptable.” That is exactly how I feel about friends. My friends

cheer me up. That is why I’m really glad that I have so many.

At Miquon, the most important thing I have learned is about

friends. I was not good at making friends and was even worse keeping

them, so I’m glad that now I have a lot of friends. In kindergarten I felt

all alone. But now I have friends from the 6 grade all the way down toth

the nursery. The most important struggle with friendship that I can think

of happened in fourth grade. I got so mad at some of my classmates. I

stamped into the classroom, and wouldn’t come out of the cubby area.

Then an amazing moment happened: everyone started trying to cheer me

up. It was a little embarrassing then, but I appreciated it. That was the

first time I realized that I had more friends than I thought. Another time

was my first day. I had come with two other kids from my old school.

Everyone seemed to have friends except for me. But then someone came

over. She said hi. I said hi. Then we were friends. And we are still

friends today.

When I go to Crefeld, I am going to take all the years of learning

about friends. I learned how to play and not get so upset. I learned how

to make friends and keep them. Every day, I try to do for them the kind

of things they do for me. Miquon taught me this and much more. And

I’m still learning. Miquon was the best foundation for me. One of the

reasons I chose Crefeld is that it is small and now I believe I can make

friends with everyone there. Good bye, old friend. I will be back again.

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Aria

Maya Angelou once said: “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, themore you have.”

When I heard this quote, I thought of the art room and how much that placehas meant to me. The time I’ve spent in that room has turned me into an artist. Ireally am grateful that I learned so much from Anne. Anne has helped me expressmy creativity more than anyone else in the world.

I’ve been here for 8 years and have loved all of the time I have spent doingart. When I first walked into the art room, I was in my first year in nursery. I knewnothing about art. That didn’t last for long. One of the first things I learned in theart room was mixing colors. I was fascinated by how two colors make anothercolor. Anne began talking to the class about how red and blue make purple, howblue and yellow make green, and how red and yellow make orange. I could hardlywait to try and make the colors myself. When I was in third grade, I threw my firstpot on the wheel. It wasn’t perfectly in the center, so I got upset that I couldn’t doit right. Anne came over and changed it to be perfect. I just smiled to myself andthought that I’d be able to do that one day. When I saw the pot rise up and upbetween my finger tips, I couldn’t believe my eyes. I had gained a skill for life. Inthe next art class, I glazed my bowl. I put so many colors on it, I couldn’t tell whatthe color of the clay was. Every time I think of the art room, I think of the art I amgoing to make there next time.

I still cannot believe how much I have learned from the art room, AND thewonderful teacher. Anne taught me how to draw, how to paint, how to sculpt clay,and so much more. I use the artistic skills I learned from Anne every day. When Iwas a young child, I would go home after school to show my mother the art I hadmade. She would always say how beautiful every piece of work was, and thatmade me feel like an artist. Maya Angelou was right. You can’t use up creativity.It always stays with you, and it will always stay with me. When I’m doing art atmy next school, Bala Cynwyd Middle School, I’ll always think of the art room atMiquon. It’s not only the memories that make it hard to move on. It’s also becauseof Anne. Thank you, Anne, for teaching me all of the artistic skills I have today.

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Drew Kaplan

Jackie Robinson once said, “Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend yourwhole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re wasting your life.”I agree with Jackie Robinson.

Miquon has given me many opportunities to get out into the field and play a game.Instead of having to be good enough to make the team, here we just play, no matter what our skilllevel is.

One day in 4 grade, I went down to the lower field to play a game of tennis racquetth

baseball for the first time. We played with tennis racquets because none of us could hit a ballwith a real bat. My first time up, I try batting right handed. I swing. A miss. Strike one. I swingand miss again. Strike two. I swing and miss a third time. I’m out. When we go to the field, I’mplaying short stop. The ball is rolling towards me. A grounder. I miss. The ball rolls into centerfield for a base hit. I do get yelled at by some kids, but I get support from others. Back at bat, I trylefty. I swing. A miss. Strike one. I swing. A miss again. Strike two. I swing and miss a thirdtime, I’m out again. Back in the field, I play first base. A fly ball. Out one. Another fly ball. Outtwo. A grounder to second, second baseman throws it to me, I drop the ball, I get yelled at againbut I get more support. At bat the third time I bat right handed, I get a hit directly to left field, aline drive. Not a strong one but still a hit. I run as fast as I can. The ball still makes it to firstbefore me. I’m out. It continued that way for a while, but I improved. I worked on hitting,fielding, and base running. Pitching didn’t appeal to me. By fifth grade, I was hitting very wellwith a tennis racquet, but that was when everybody else wanted to use an aluminum bat. Back tosquare one. Back to horrible hitting, but, since we continued using tennis balls, I could still field.It turned out that the bats gave the hitter too much of an advantage so we went back to using thetennis racquets. That continued all through the rest of that year. There were no differences exceptwhere we put the bases and that we sometimes used gloves. By sixth grade we were always usingaluminum bats and gloves, I was hitting really well and was getting on base one out of five times.I learned tons from being on the field and playing.

In all of my Miquon experience, I have never been a spectator. From my first day totoday, I have been a doer, not a watcher. When I go to Friends Select, I will continue to be a doer,not a watcher. As Jackie Robinson once said “Life is not a spectator sport.” Goodbye, old friend.You’ve taught me from nursery to sixth, old and new buildings, different people, different things.From here on out, I will follow Jackie Robinson’s advice and I won’t be a spectator. I’ll be adoer, and I won’t waste my life.

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Eliza Macneal

Winnie-the-Pooh once said,“The river knows this: there is no hurry; we’ll all get there some day.”

Every year at graduation, I’d look up at those big kids and think, “That kid, thatwill never be me.” I guess I just couldn’t imagine that one day I’d be up here myself; itseemed so far away. I should have known that there’s no stopping time. Like the greatphilosopher Pooh Bear once said, “We’ll all get there some day.” Whether I like it or not,no matter how much I wished this would never happen, I am here. This day is anending, a beginning, a celebration of all I have learned. I’ve reached the end of thetributary of my childhood, and yet entered a vast new river in life. I speak these wordstoday in recognition, in celebration of my ever-growing knowledge and experience.Today is the day that Winnie-the-Pooh knew would come, even if I had closed my eyesto the truth.

Throughout the years, Miquon has taught me to believe in myself. Though I can’talways be sure that what I do is right, I know that my intentions are good and my heartis pure. Miquon has made me a good person. And Miquon has taught me to believe inthe future. Because of the wonderful experience of my childhood, I have anadventurous, optimistic view about what is ahead of me. Miquon is like a breakfast formy life; it has given me a fresh start for the future, an auspicious outlook on life.Because of Miquon I have the energy and confidence that will make me always shine.

During many times in life, I've wished I could relive my younger years. I nowknow that "there is no hurry," and that "we'll all get there some day." But I also know thatthere's no going back to where I once was, because though the future is always brightahead of me, the past is forever behind. Thankfully, my amazing buddies in the nursery,Naomi and Leila, helped me relive the memories of being small. Thank you, both of you,for giving me the wonderful nostalgia of my early childhood. You are the best buddies Icould hope for.

Many 6th graders in their speeches say they are ready to leave Miquon, that theirtime is through. I always used to believe that I would feel just that way by this point. Asthe years wore on I tried to convince myself that 6th grade would be different, that Iwould feel ready. But here I am today still wishing I could stay here forever. Now I knowwhat those kids meant; it doesn't matter where you want to be, or what you wish couldbe so. The truth of the matter is, there's no stopping destiny. I must move on, becausechange is necessary if I want to be the fullest extent of who I can be. So yes, I am readyto leave Miquon, no matter how much I wish it wasn't so. I am drifting out of this Miquoncreek I have grown up with, and floating down life's twisting river.

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Frank Driscoll

Louis L’Amour once said:“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.”

This quote is important to me because as I stand here I am at the finish line, Iam done but this is really the beginning of my future. Right now I can seethe past very clearly, it’s easy to look back from here and see where I havecome from and where I have gone over the last nine years. I have changed alot. When I first came to Miquon I was really shy. In fact, my social liferevolved around dinosaurs, I found them fascinating and learned so muchabout velociraptors, quetzalquatlus, and Giganotosauruses all before the endof Nursery. Somehow, the teachers knew I was shy and needed to makefriends with extinct dinosaurs before making friends with people. From thefinish line I can appreciate that no one ever pushed me to grow until I wasready to do so on my own. Somewhere along the line while learningeverything from science to music and art to PE I learned that I was also goodwith people.

Because I was really shy, it was important for me to feel comfortable;somehow Miquon knew this about me from the beginning. In Kindergarten Istarted to come out of my shell. I would explore the creek every day with mynature books. Over time a few of my classmates joined me and soon my newfriends and I were playing “dinosaurs” together. Then I started to learn that Ihad a lot in common with my new friends. In 1 and 2 Grade I began tost nd

play sports on the woodchip field and found more new friends. I graduallyfound my way to become more outgoing. And in 6 grade I’ve found myselfth

teaching a mini-course, helping lead Good of the School and being a big partin plays. I realize now how important being myself is important witheverything.

As I look back, I realize that I am so lucky that I went to Miquon. During myyears at Miquon I have learned a lot of other things like math, science, art,music, library, literature, PE, and geography. Miquon teaches not just factsbut makes school fun. Next year I will be happy to go to Penn Charter whereI may hope to be able to learn even more about myself.

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Hannah

Oprah Winfrey once said, “When I look into the future, it’s so bright it burns my eyes.”

I agree with her. My future is so bright that I can’t see it clearly. I don’t know exactly

what my future will be, but I know it will be brilliant because I have gone to Miquon.

For the next couple of years, I will be going to Conwell Middle School. I know that at

Conwell things will be hard at first. I’ll be a new kid who’s different. Miquon is such a different

school, but this is where I got ready for a new school. I know I will have a great time there. I’ll

make tons of friends and do well. I’ve grown and changed in so many ways. When I first came to

Miquon I was a shy, scared, little girl. Miquon helped me become a strong, independent,

responsible, young woman. For my personal project this year I started my own babysitting

business. I was able to go to a Red Cross babysitting class. Now I know so much about

babysitting and first aid. I am a great babysitter now. That’s one way that Miquon helped me be

more responsible. I am always able to be myself here, so it’s been easy for me to change. I am

ready for my future now. I’ll go to another school after Conwell for high school. Then college.

I’ll get a job and start a family. I’ll always remember Miquon and how the people there did so

much for me. I will be an old lady still remembering how Miquon changed me. I will always give

Miquon credit for everything that happens for me.

I think I’m ready to leave Miquon now. My future is going to be so bright now because

Miquon will always be in my heart.

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Jonah

George Gordon said, “There is pleasure in the pathless woods.”

Miquon has been a wood and I have learned and played as I strolled through it. SometimeI’ve been on the path, and sometimes I’ve wandered. I’ve learned to understand math, how tobuild a Monkeyland fort, to create my own Halloween costumes, to accept not understanding,and . . . snow tubing.

I love snow tubing. I would stand on the top of the hill, looking down at what I thoughtwas the best hill ever. I could see myself going down the hill, feeling the wind. And then I wouldjump onto the tube I’d been carrying and rush down the hill. I thought I was going to beat therecord for how far you could go on a tube. I felt so fast. And then – I met a small bump as thetube I was riding came to the even steeper part of the hill. Sadly, at this part, I fell out of the tubeand found myself with snow down my pants, snow up my shirt, snow almost everywhere. Wow!I thought. That was fun!

One of the pathless places I enjoy is the bamboo forest. I can climb on the tall stalks. I canlie down by the stream and look up at the sky through the leaves. Sometimes, when the groupwas doing too much arguing over the game on the lower field, I would wander down to thebamboo forest to get away from it. The bamboo forest is a haven from chaos.

Soon I will be moving on to middle school. I am near halfway on my educational path.But I still have so much to learn. I don’t think I’ll ever stop learning until I die. Miquon has beenan excellent stepping stone, but it’s time to move on to the next stone. Sometimes I will fall intothe pond, but I think Miquon has set me off to a great start. I hope that I will be able to comeback and visit all the paths I taken. Goodbye, Miquon.

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Karoline Irvin

Richard Hatch once said, “Happiness comes from being a little uncomfortable as often as possible, so you are always learning and growing.”

I chose this quote because seven years at Miquon have taught me that takingchances in education is essential. If you don’t take chances, you cannot grow.As I look back my years here have been filled with fun, friends, learning,taking chances, aiming for the stars, being myself and beginning to speak out.All my teachers say, “Karoline speak up! Use your stage voice!” I have heardthat a lot. All my teachers believed that I could do anything that I wanted to. I tend to be a little quiet and I learned from them that the world needs to hearmy voice. I now believe my voice carries many important messages and as Igraduate I will bring this gift with me to The Academy of Manayuank. I am sograteful to have learned so much from so many people.

A big thank you goes to my teachers who have helped me and taught meacross my years at Miquon. Every teacher that I have had has been great andthank you for helping me when I got frustrated with school work. You alwayshelped me if I got stuck and this made me feel proud and capable. All mywork at Miquon is now done. I will now be leaving but I will take everythingI have learned with me.

Another of the many people I would like to thank for making my last year atMiquon very special, is my nursery buddy Gaelin Kimball. He as taught meno matter how big or small you may be, you can always be a best buddy and agood road builder. Having Gaelin in my last year at Miquon is one of the bestthings that has happened to me. We have had a lot of good times, never badtimes. I just wish I could relive every day I was with him. So thank you Gaelinfor being an awesome, loving nursery buddy. I will love you always. And lastly, thank you to my mother for being such an awesome mom. Thankyou for helping me through the homework, reading my lines with me for theplays, believing in me and always doing what’s best for me. I will never forgeteverything you have done for me and will always be grateful to you. When Iwas five years old, you knew that Miquon would be a safe and perfectenvironment for me. So, mom thanks for finding Miquon because these havebeen the best years of my life.

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Lucy Finney

Bill Watterson, the author of Calvin and Hobbes, once wrote… “You can’t just turn on creativity like a faucet, you have to be in the right mood.What mood is that? Last minute panic.”

I chose this quote because, for me, creativity is everything. When I look at the world around me, I seepeople, I see places. At first glance one might simply see the concrete things. But if one looks, reallylooks, then one can begin to see the truth of things, the abstract. At Miquon the universe is perpetuallyworking to produce more creativity. It is everywhere, and in everything. This creativity has helped medeal with things by finding outlets for my frustrations in art and music. If it weren’t for Miquon, Iprobably would have boiled over and exploded in first grade. From roots to rockets, from plant toplanet -- everything is made of creativity. It will always be present, even when you think it’s gone,kind of like Miquon. This creativity that Miquon has taught me about, has helped me cope with all thechanges my life has thrown at me. It has helped me manage the complex and difficult things,smoothing over the many potholes in the road we call life.

The first time I really had to cope with change happened four years ago under a tent very muchlike this one. It was a nice day in June, but not just any day, it was graduation day. I was in secondgrade sitting under the graduation tent stewing in my own thoughts and boredom. Then I looked up.Now, usually, this would be completely normal, except for the fact that my sister was sitting there withthe graduates. I remember thinking, "Wait, that isn't right! Kate's not that old!" Yet, there was my oldersister giving her speech in front of the whole school. Now when my brother's graduation, rolled aroundin 2008, I was ready to cope with the fact that he was graduating, because Miquon gave me time toprocess the fact that I was going to be the only one of the Finney trio at the school. I was ready for thechange and had learned an important lesson. I didn’t need my siblings around me to be me. I was ok bymyself! I’m around them enough at home, I mean really!

Well, that was all in the past, and a lot has changed over those four years since Kate and Jamesgraduated. I learned heaps about maturity and fairness, love and happiness, math and reading, science,art and history. I also learned about the possibilities of the future. The reason I learned all of this isbecause of where we are gathered, the school that I am graduating from, and the place I will alwaysremember fondly . . . the place that teaches children about creativity and freedom of expression. Theplace called Miquon.

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Maxx Mines

Mark Twain once said, “I never let schooling interfere with myeducation”

Miquon has given me an opportunity to learn more than just math,writing, and reading. Education I have found everywhere: the bamboo forest,the creek, the lower field, the woods, and everywhere else.

I definitely learned a lot from a part of the woods across the creek thatwe call Monkeyland. It’s filled with different forts that are made by kids atchoice time. Eventually kids out grow Monkeyland, but it’s quite amazingwhen your there. Monkeyland is a whole different world. We used a stonecalled quartz as currency. Quartz is a beautiful rock that you ‘ooh and ah’over when your young. In second grade my two best friends and I were first‘sold’ the land to build our fort on from an older kid. We had finallycollected enough quartz to buy one of the best fort spots in Monkeyland. Wepurchased the land and started building . . . and building . . . and building.For two years, every choice time, my friends and I would rush toMonkeyland as soon as we could. We sold 4 different kinds of mudballs:regular (just mud), golden (just clay), rocky road (mud and small pebbles),and swirl (half mud, half clay). There were so many great thing thathappened in Monkeyland. One time we really wanted to add a log to our fortthat Chuck had cut down. The log was huge so we had a lot of kids pushingit. Just as we got it to our fort it rolled down into the creek. For the next fewdays we worked on bringing the log back up out of the creek. When we got itup, it rolled into our fort and part of our fort came crashing down.

I loved our fort. It was practically my second home. Our fort was amixture of a tribe, a store, and a family. One night, with my dad’s help, Imade business cards and a website for our fort. I came to school the next dayhanding out business cards and giving people slips with the website address.

There were so many great times at the fort, that at the time I thoughtwere just fun. However I was also learning about economics, teamwork,math, leadership and construction. That’s the education Miquon gives you. Inthe future I will always remember everything that Miquon taught me. Whoknows? Maybe the world will someday find a use for rocky road mudballs.

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Nina Harrod

Nicholas Joseph once said:"I'm afraid to see the past reoccur. I'm scared to see the future unfold. That's why I'd much rather take the present one second at a time."

I chose this quote for two reasons. One reason is that I wanted to choose a quote

by someone I look up to. So I decided I would not just search for a quote about a certainthing, but a quote by a certain person. And I found this, by Nicholas Joseph, anunsigned electronic artist whom I look up to as a role model. The second reason is I’veoften made mistakes in the past and I’m always fearful of the next one I’ll make.Sometimes I’ve wanted to rush through my own life. I wanted to get through the badthings that life has to offer so I could get to the good things. I've wanted to grow upmore than anything. But I want to take my time with this. I never cherished my time as ayoung child. While rushing through childhood, I never really stopped to think about howmuch I’d miss Miquon once I’m gone. I could never see myself standing up here,delivering my speech. And I realized once I graduate, I can’t come back. This is a sadmoment, but also a happy one. I now know that rushing through life has no benefits,and I wish I hadn’t in the past. I’ve grown tired of always anticipating everything thatmight happen. Everyone makes mistakes, and it’s okay even if they’re not erasable. Ijust need to continue on with my life and take what I learned from my mistakes with me.

I am anxious about moving on in my life, but it is something that I need to do.Even though I can’t see what’s going to happen, I’m excited to continue on to my newschool, Abington Friends School. I will keep in mind that whatever happens, happens. Iknow that I’m getting older, and more is expected from me from here on out. But I’mreally just a kid, and in my heart I always will be. I’ve been lucky to go to Miquonbecause being a kid is encouraged here. Here at Miquon, "Perfection is Optional." I’mhoping that that’s true everywhere I go in life.

I can’t see the future, I don’t think anyone can. That’s why I really just want to livein the present. I’ve learned from Miquon to take life one second at a time. I learn frommy mistakes instead of keeping them in the back of my mind and regretting them.Which means I learn a LOT. I won’t stop making mistakes, but I will keep learning fromthem. Part of me will always be a Miquon kid. So I don’t need to always find perfection,and no matter where I go in life, I’ll never forget to be myself.

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Owen Cheung

Someone once said, “A farewell is necessary before we can meetagain, and meeting again, after moments or a lifetime is certain for thosewho are friends.”

I chose this quote because it explains to me that leaving doesn’t needto be hard as long as you believe you will be back. Moving on is definitelythe hardest thing I have ever done. Once you become attached to something,it is hard to separate the bond that has grown. Today, I am leaving. But I willnever be without Miquon. I will always have Miquon- not rocks, not leaves,not dirt (although a bit shows on my socks), but memories. Memories I willcherish everyday of my life. These memories will help me throughout myentire life as I make decisions and handle different situations by remindingmyself to listen to my heart. This is only one of the many things I must thankMiquon for giving me.

Because of Miquon, I am quite fearless. If I had gone to any otherschool, chances are that I would not be as courageous. Miquon has not onlytaught me, but every Miquon student and Miquon family to treat each otherequally and with respect. Because of that, I had the courage to sing a solothis year in front of the entire school, knowing that no matter how good orbad I sang, I would receive love from my educators and peers. From that, Ihave learned that I don’t need the approval of others, I just have to believe inmyself. Thank you, Miquon.

Standing here, right now, I am obviously nervous and scared. But Iam also happy. Happy that I was lucky enough to attend Miquon, to meetwonderful people in a loving community, and to be brought up in a beautifulenvironment. I had the true experience of childhood, when one should feelfree and joyful. So now is my chance to thank everyone who has helped mereach this point. Thank you to my Mom and Dad for always being there forme, to my friends who always cheered me up when I needed it, to myteachers who showed me how to be myself, to everyone who is here at thismoment supporting me. Next year I will be attending the GermantownFriends School, but my heart lies here at Miquon and these memories willstay with me forever. Thank you, Miquon; farewell. We shall meet again.

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Talene

Albert Schweitzer once said, “No ray of sunlight is ever lost, but the green which it awakens

into existence needs time to sprout.”

I have experienced many rays of sunlight here at Miquon, It took me time to sprout, as I am

a person who takes a while to get used to change.

My earliest memory of Miquon is the first day of kindergarten. I rode the van. I remember

when a brother and a sister got on the van. The boy was crying. He was in kindergarten too, and he

looked more nervous than I did. When we got to school, I picked up my new Barbie backpack, got

off the van, and met my mother who had been following the van in her car. We walked slowly up

the path to the kindergarten classroom. Just before the classroom, we stopped to look at the Japanese

pond. We pointed to the different fish and talked about being scared of kindergarten. I finally went

in. Everyone was helping to make the biggest block structure. So I joined in, too. Some people knew

each other, but we were mostly strangers. All that we talked about was where certain blocks should

go. As the block structure grew bigger, our relationships grew stronger.

Then Toni called us to circle. I don’t remember the rest of that day, but it must have turned

out fine. My kindergarten classmates and I are no longer strangers but friends who are standing on

this stage graduating together. When I look back on my years at Miquon, that first day is the only

scary memory that I have. All the rest are happy and filled with rays of sunlight.

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William Shepherd

Malcolm Forbes once said,“Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”

I chose this quote because, an open mind is a mind that is willingto accept the impossible. When people have open minds they don’tjudge, they are willing to listen and accept people’s differences. AMiquon education teaches children how to act around other people andin different scenarios with an open mind. In many ways, Miquon teacheseverything you need to know in your life.

Miquon teachers encourage kids to learn more about themselves byteaching them to have an open mind and guiding them to become morecreative and independent. Miquon is teaching children even when itdoesn’t seem like it is. In reality we have been learning algebra sincesecond grade. For example, when we were in the creek we were notaware that we were learning about gravity and the speeds that water cantravel over the rocks in the stream. Miquon teaches every subject in ahands-on and fun method. Miquon taught me how to make math fun andnow am really good at it and it’s my favorite subject.

An open mind also lets people believe in themselves and in the dreams of others. An open mind allows you to be willing to try newthings and experiment, and become a very well rounded person. I amready to try new experiences at AFS next year. I will bring my openmind from Miquon to my new school. It will likely be the mostimportant thing I will ever learn.

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