REDS Blog

The first month of school has always been one of my favorite times, the excitement of getting back into classes, seeing my friends and teachers, experiencing the leaves changing colors, and all around the immense amount of joy on campus. I thought I would take this blog post to share some of my favorite moments and highlights from this year so far!

#1 Painting the Senior Room

Each year, a few seniors are chosen to help re-paint the senior room with their class colors. Way back when, on our freshman year retreat, we chose yellow and blue to be our class colors. Fast forward to the start of senior year, and I was one of the seniors chosen to help coat the senior room in shades of yellow and blue. This experience truly set the tone for the school year, spending hours in a tiny room getting to paint, playing 2000s music, laughing, & eating honey grow with not only my classmates, but my closet friends. This truly set the tone for the school year.

#2 Opening Day

The day every RPCS girl dreams of. Starting off with a 7:00am dance party in the senior lot, taking pictures, and overall soaking in every bit of joy. Opening day has always been my favorite RPCS tradition, and I never thought the day would come when I was finally the one in the middle of the gym dancing. Setting the tone for the school year, decked out in red and white, prepared to spread joy and happiness throughout the gym.

#3 Senior Year Class & Coordination

Day 0, I walked to all 6 classes… from Bryn Mawr to Gilman back to RPCS and repeating this multiple times in the day, all totaling up to 8 miles of walking…in my converse. Most people heard this and said, “Didn’t you hate that?”, “Your feet must hurt so bad”, or the most common “Why would you put a RPCS class in the middle of 2 Bryn Mawr classes”, while these are all valid comments, that day truly got me excited for the school year. Getting to explore new topics, and finally tale multiple classes across the campuses with a sea of new and old faces. I’m currently loving AP Environmental Science at Bryn Mawr, this past week we got to take a field trip to Phillip’s Wharf on the Chesapeake Bay to examine the environment we leave in. We canoed in Black Walnut Creek, seined for aquatic organisms, made water quality measurements, and toured the Philip Merrill Center. This experience not only taught me so much about the Bay and how we can protect it, but also allowed me to bond with my tri-school classmates in only the first 2 weeks of school.

#4 Long Runs with the Cross Country Team

Once a week, the cross-country team groups up and heads off to run 6+ miles out in Baltimore. I look forward to relaxing and debriefing my day with my fellow teammates. These runs have become a staple in my week, not only to bond with my teammates (ranging from fellow seniors to freshman), but to also find serenity in the hustle and bustle of everyday school life.

These 4 moments are only snippets of the best parts of my senior year so far. I’m truly learning to appreciate each moment, whether it be small or larger, and enjoy the time and people around me.