Renbrook: What Makes Me The Person I Am

What Makes me, me What has made me the person I am today. This is a question I pondered throughout my winter walk. As I approach my last term at Renbrook, I think it is easy to say that Renbrook has definitely helped make me the person I am today. However how much of my personality and actions can I attribute to Renbrook. I arrived at Renbrook when I was three years old. The three year old program is where some of my first memories blossomed. I stayed at Renbrook until I was six, and for first grade I went to Braeburn a West Hartford public school. I definitely was not a great fit at Braeburn and I came back to Renbrook for second grade. I have been there ever since, it is like a second home to me. However, over the years I have participated

Something else I can credit with making me the person I am today, is my family. My family, especially my mom has been a very important part of my life. My family has stuck with me through the bad, but they have also been there to help me celebrate the good. Occurrences in my family also have made me who I am today, and have partially shaped the path that I am to follow. I see Renbrook as the nature and environment I have grown up in. I feel like I emulate a lot of the traits that Renbrook tries to nurture kids into. I have never felt unsafe at school. There is always someone with a smile on their face who I can go to talk to for help. I think Renbrook has a healthy environment that encourages growth, leaderships, and friendliness. Whenever I am dealing with a problem, I’ve always known I can come talk to my teachers if I need advice or just someone to talk to. However, nothing is perfect. I have had times where it seems to me that Renbrook is not doing the right thing and could end up causing some sadness. One great example is the fact that Renbrook put up a large poster outside of school that reads “90 percent of Renbrook students get into their top school”. At first

In my life I have been a part of a lot of great events when school is not in session. Whether it's a sports team, my confirmation class, or a vacation during break, everything I do outside of school is helping make me the person I will become and has made the person I am now. For two years I was able to play for the Farmington town lacrosse team. Throughout these two years I would create bonds and learn things I would have never learned if I didn’t reach out to an out of school team. Starting Farmington lacrosse was daunting. I did not know anyone on the team, and everyone else knew each other well. This was the first time I really had to open myself up and reach out and make new friends. For the first couple weeks I was quiet, but as the season began I started making friends. I learned that I had to gain the trust of my team before I could start making an impact on the team. I decided to gain trust the only way I know how, being friendly and trying not to let the team down. After I played a few games and did not mess up too bad the players began to trust me. The whole experience was essential in learning how to open myself up to a group of people I had never met. Around the same year I started lacrosse I began confirmation class, this was another situation in which I did not know many of the kids in my class. However as the year went on I was able to make friends by