KERSHA SANDERS

GRADES 9-12

FAVOITE CLASS WAS HEALTH, ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

HAD SEPERATE FEMALE AND MALE SEX EDUCATION

PHYSICL EDUCATION SPLIT THE MALES AND FEMALES INTO GROUPS BY GENDER, PLAYED DIFFERENT SPORTS.

FEMALES PLAYED MOSTLY VOLLEYBALL AND RAN TRACK. MALES PLAYED MORE CONTACT SPORTS.

HAD TO TAKE CO-OP MARKETING CLASS, SPLIT SCHOOL WITH A RETAIL JOB.

Had several different retail jobs, mostly as a cashier.  All managers were male.

HAD TO TAKE SEVEN CLASSES PLUS CO-OP MARKETING IN ORDER TO COMPLETE ALL REQUIRED CREDITS ON TIME.

WENT TO SUMMER SCHOOL FOR MATH AND ALGEBRA 5TH, 7TH, 9TH AND 11TH GRADES

TOOK SEVERAL TIMES TO PASS THE MATH PORTION OF THE TAKS TEST.  PASSED MY SENIOR YEAR, TUTORIALS NOT AVAILABLE.

SUBURBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT, MOSTLY GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSES.

HAD TO TAKE MY FIRST REMEDIAL MATH COURSE TO GET THE REQUIRED MATH CREDITS.

TOOK PRE-ALGEBRA AND ALGEBRA TWICE

WROTE MY FIRST ESSAY, JUNIOR THEME

JUNIOR THEME ON JIMMI HENDRIX

TOOK THEATRE CLASS.  WAS IN OUR TOWN AS AN EXTRA ACTOR.

ASSISTED WITH THE SET OF BRIGADOON AND THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA.

GRADES 7-8

LAST YEAR FOR JUNIOR HIGH IN 1988

CHANGED TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, INCLUDED 6-8 GRADES, FRESHMAN MOVED TO HIGH SCHOOL.

SCHOOL BOARD RE-CATEGORIZED GRADE LEVELS.

FAVORITE CLASS WAS HOMEMAKING-COOKING, SOWING AND SIMULATED CHILD CARE  EXPERIENCE.

Very few males in the class.

EXCELLED IN CREATIVE WRITING

LITERATURE, NON-ESSAY, DESCRIPTIVE TERMS AND PUNCUATION

READ EXTENSIVE LITERATURE

BEOWULF, ROMEO AND JULIET, HUCK FINN, HAMLET, A RAISIN IN THE SUN, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, THE RAVEN, THE TELL-TALE HEART, THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM

FAVORITE AUTHOR WAS EDGAR ALLAN POE

STARTED SWITCHING CLASSES FOR EVERY SUBJECT.

TROUBLE WITH FRACTIONS AND PERCENTAGES

Had to go to math tutoring-curriculum of MY junior high days were more advanced than that of my parents.

STUDIED MATH WITH SEVERAL PEER GROUPS AFTER SCHOOL.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNED MOST NIGHTS FOR EACH CLASS.

CASTLEBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LEARNED THE ABC'S IN KINDERGARTEN.

Teacher-centered but had several field trips throughout the year.

FIELD TRIPS INCLUDED LOG CABING VILLAGE FOR HISTORY CLASS.

FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND SCIENCE.

WENT TO SEE OLIVER FOR LANGUAGE ARTS CLASS.

MOSTLY ART RELATED ACTIVITIES.  WENT FOR HALF A DAY IN THE AFTERNOON CLASS

I MOVED FROM THE FORT WORTH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BIRDVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE 6TH GRADE, STARTED ALL OVER IN A NEW SCHOOL.

HAD A TOUGH TIME TRANSITIONING TO THE NEW GRADING SYSTEM -NO PASS UNDER 70, NO MORE D'S!

GOT MY FIRST FAILING GRADE IN MATH, HAD TO ATTENDED SUMMER SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME

TRANSFERRED TO WEST BIRDVILLE ELEMENTARY IN THE 6TH GRADE

FAVORITE SUBJECT WAS WRITING AND SPELLING, WROTE SEVERAL SHORT STORIES IN CLASS

STUDENTS WERE ALLOWED FREE READING TIME AND TEACHER NARRATED READING TIME EACH DAY.

PICKED THE BOOK OF OUR CHOICE AT FREE READING TIME.

PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL SPELLING BEES, NEVER PLACED.

EXCELLED IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

PLACED FIRST IN A FIFTH GRADE FEMALE TRACK AND FIELD COMPETION.

JOINED EXTRA-CURRICULAR BALLET AND TAP CLASSES IN  KINDERGARTEN.

PREFORMED IN TWO BALLET AND TAP RECITALS.