Way back in the day I was just a young tot at Pollard Elementary school in Plaistow. I would wake up every morning and go to school, pretend to be learning simple ABC’s and 123’s, play with my friends at recess and go home. I didn’t have a care in the world, absolutely nothing to worry about. I was cruising through the first few grades, making countless memories and friends I’ll never forget about. But on the last day of school in 3rd grade, I thought to myself “I’m getting old.” I felt like college was right around the corner, but then I came to realize it isn’t that far, and that was back when I thought 5th graders were giants. Us little guys viewed the kids on the top floor of the school (4th and 5th graders) as gods. Then we were in their shoes, about to leave and go to middle school.
I was excited for the change and ready for the change, until I heard about the team’s system. I was split up from my friends I had made in elementary school. But then once middle school started it wasn’t too bad. I don’t remember much from 6th grade, or middle school in general. I do remember a lot of the teachers I met through those quick three years, I can name all of them; but I want to keep this short and sweet.
Halfway through 7th grade, everything got put on hold and we all went home to stay safe from the infamous COVID-19 pandemic. I’m going to be completely honest: as soon as we started online classes, it was slack off central for me. I didn’t do any work and it was really bad. Before I knew it I was about to head into high school, and I thought it was over for me. I thought it was going to be terrible because of the choices I made during online classes. I was scared and nervous about the inevitable changes that were going to happen. I thought everything would increase in difficulty and all the teachers would be mean and all the kids would be bullies.
I was eased into the high school community via summer football, and that made everything much better. My first day was nothing like how I thought it would be. Everyone was welcoming and laid back and had patience for the freshman. I was in my first year of high school, and football and making friends on the practice field after school and sparking relationships with teachers and coaches.
High school came and went with a lot of memories to look back on, especially through athletics. I thank every student in the 2025 class, even if I don’t know your name, or if I’ve never spoken to you before, I still thank you. Because without you the outcome would be completely different. I’d also like to thank the staff of Pollard 2013-2018, the staff of TRMS 2018-2021, and lastly the staff of TRHS 2021-2025.
