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• 2020-05-27

  Claiming My School Experience Back

  Covid really hindered my experience at school through college. I graduated high school the year of covid. I was thankful for the first half of that semester I got to go into the classrooms and enjoy my senior year. Covid took away my senior prom and trip that my class was planning to take to Germany. At the time I did not care about the prom or the trip. The only thing I cared about was having a graduation. We did end up having one even though it was small. After, that I started college in the fall of 2020. It was an experience because Galveston College had every single class on zoom that semester. I legit did not get to experience college like most people do at all. I struggled to make friends that year. Eventually we got past that semester and started going back to school normally. After I graduated Galveston College, I transferred to UHCL. I still wore a mask even when they told us we did not require one. The reason is because I legit developed a fear phobia over it. I did not want to bring it home and get others sick. Slowly, through my remaining years at UHCL I took off the mask and got back to life normally. I made friends and I joined a club. My life was back to normal. Looking back, it seems covid was such a long time ago. Covid will always be a part of our history, but I can’t help and say that it shaped us to become the best versions of ourselves. Who I was back then was scared she would never make it in college, but she would be proud to know that I did. Through covid, I came out of my shell and got the best memories ever!
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  2020-08-26

  Peyton's Covid Experience

  At first, I didn't think much of it. It wasn't too bad when I found out about it, but the virus was getting progressively worse. As we were leaving school for spring break, I expected to go back to school the following week. That is not what ended up happening. Cases were increasing, but I still wasn't very worried. I mainly focused on it being a risk mostly for older people, but younger people starting catching the virus. I never left my house except to go grocery shopping with my mom. My family didn't really take any precautions, we expected it to not affect us. My mom continued going to work when businesses starting shutting down for the time being. With being around the same people everyday, we didn't worry much. At the time, I was playing competitive volleyball. I still had about five or six tournaments left, but they all got cancelled. We were not able to make up the rest of the season, which was definitely upsetting. There ended up being a big party just outside of the town I lived in, and there were about 300+ people from my school and surrounding schools. It was not too long after restaurants and stores started opening back up along with sports activities. A lot of people ended up receiving the virus, leading to some restaurants to close one again. A lot of people from my school's cheer team had to be quarantined. Sports were once again shut down, waiting until the week before school started to start back up again. I was still involved in a summer league volleyball team, but we took precautions. We sanitized, didn't come in contact with the other team, and the spectators wore masks. It wasn't too much different, but school volleyball is going to be much different. There are a certain amount of people each player can invite, we have to wear masks on the bench (and while playing depending on where we are), and of course, spectators have to social distance and wear masks as well. During school when social distancing of 6 feet is not available, we are required to wear masks. There was an option of doing online school, or going in person. This is a picture of my friends and me during history class.
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  2020-06-23

  Tragedy or Fortune

  This is important because this tells my true feelings about what is happening in the world currently.
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  2020-05-12

  COVID-19 and Me

  Self Reflection Piece
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  2020-04-23

  FAQs for 2020 High School Seniors Regarding End of Year Activities

  With school closure through the end of the 2019-2020 school year announced, Garden Grove Unified School District sent an FAQ to parents and students to answer common questions. The FAQs regarding graduation are still pending as more information comes from the state.