What is This?
Being a part of AMES is something quite special. Showing our growth throughout the years as well as searching to find ourselves through an internship, a senior project, and memories here at AMES. Being a Senior and part of the 2016 graduating class, I am happy to be an Amesian and show my growth.
Who am I?
There being a lot about me, in such an awkward format and rather formal greeting is quite difficult. I don't even know how to capture the essence of me. I have attended AMES all 4 years of my High School Career before that I bounced around a number of middle schools, public and charter. I am actively involved with the Choral Department as well as a Member of the Choir Council- which distributes lots of responsibility and learning. I am also the current President of Donut Club, which doubled as my Senior Project that will be more thoroughly explained later. Being President is hard work, and I have got to give Obama some credit. Although I have struggled in some areas academically, it does not show all I have learned. There is more than just book smarts, there is world smarts. How to get out of taking a test, or get something at a discount price. Not to cheat the system, but more be knowledgeable as to what something is worth or what you deserve. Being at AMES has given me courage to step outside of the box and try new and different things, and without that I don't think I would be the person I am today.
Quote
"And since we know that dreams are dead,
And life turns plans up on their head, I will plan to be a bum, So I just might become someone." - Twenty One Pilots- House of Gold My quote is actually song lyrics. Although it seems anything but original that I listen to Twenty One Pilots, considering how popular they have recently become, this song speaks to me and multiple levels.
At the beginning it talks about his relationship with his mother, and my mom is indeed my best friend and so the first line grabbed my attention quick. It then goes on to talk about life and hardships, but the phrase that stuck out the most to me is the one written above. When we are little, we are always asked what we want to be when we grow up; a singer, a superhero, a cop, ect. But me? I wanted to be something extraordinaire. I wanted to be a Princess. However, as the years went on I simple swept that silly dream under the rug because it was simply ridiculous, that dream could never come true. As my life went on, I planned for something more realistic; a Hair Dresser, a therapist, and simply a mom. One by one, those dreams became seemed to be crushed leaving me with only a little hope to hold onto. But now, almost a graduate, without submitting an application to one college, no job leads, and no real plan on what I am going to go after May 26, I am anything but worried. I know I will make it out there and I know I will make it at my own pace, and that is probably the best thing I could be looking forward to right now. |
Memory
If I were to capture my whole AMES experience it would more than likely be of 2016 Tour to San Fransisco, which consisted of Vocal and Orchestra from both AMES and Cottonwood students. Although this was indeed a Cottonwood High sponsored event, it explains how diverse us Amesians truly are. Even though we have our Robotics club, Art Club, Literary Magazine, and AMES satellite, we all can become unified in one thing or another. The way we were unified at Tour was that we all wanted to accomplish one thing, to be awarded for are hard work in producing and perfecting the music it had taken months to learn.
I had the pleasure of spending a majority of my time with my fellow Amesians. My best friend who was enrolled in Bella Voice, an auditioned women's choir, a Junior who was in Madrigals, an elite choral choir, and then other AMES students who were in my grade but I didn't know very well. They had been more involved with Math, or Robotics rather than art or choir like I had spent most of my focus on, and during this trip I got to know them on a whole other aspect rather than "Oh, they are a lead on the Robotics Team". I got to make make memories with students I had known since Freshman year, and sure it took till Senior year to make those memories but I wouldn't change that for the world. |
Who are We?
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The Academy for Math, Engineering and Science (AMES), located at Cottonwood High School in Salt Lake City, provides high school students (grades 9-12) opportunities to extend their knowledge beyond the typical high school curriculum, especially into the worlds of technology, math, science and engineering. At AMES, we are looking for students who are searching for better educational opportunities, willing to work hard, applying themselves to challenges, and are eager to try new things.
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