KERSHA SANDERS
K-12 EXPERIENCES
EXCELLED IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
JOINED EXTRA-CURRICULAR BALLET AND TAP CLASSES IN KINDERGARTEN.
PREFORMED IN TWO BALLET AND TAP RECITALS.
PLACED FIRST IN A FIFTH GRADE FEMALE TRACK AND FIELD COMPETION.
PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL SPELLING BEES, NEVER PLACED.
HAD A TOUGH TIME TRANSITIONING TO THE NEW GRADING SYSTEM -NO PASS UNDER 70, NO MORE D'S!
FAVORITE SUBJECT WAS WRITING AND SPELLING, WROTE SEVERAL SHORT STORIES IN CLASS
PICKED THE BOOK OF OUR CHOICE AT FREE READING TIME.
STUDENTS WERE ALLOWED FREE READING TIME AND TEACHER NARRATED READING TIME EACH DAY.
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
I MOVED FROM THE FORT WORTH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BIRDVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE 6TH GRADE, STARTED ALL OVER IN A NEW SCHOOL.
I MOVED FROM THE FORT WORTH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BIRDVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE 6TH GRADE, STARTED OVER AND MADE NEW FRIENDS
CASTLEBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MOSTLY ART RELATED ACTIVITIES. WENT FOR HALF A DAY IN THE AFTERNOON CLASS
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.
HALTOM MIDDLE SCHOOL
STARTED SWITCHING CLASSES FOR EVERY SUBJECT.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNED MOST NIGHTS FOR EACH CLASS.
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.
EXCELLED IN CREATIVE WRITING
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
LITERATURE, NON-ESSAY, DESCRIPTIVE TERMS AND PUNCUATION
FAVORITE CLASS WAS HOMEMAKING-COOKING, SOWING AND SIMULATED CHILD CARE EXPERIENCE.
Very few males in the class.
GRADES 7-8
LAST YEAR FOR JUNIOR HIGH IN 1988
SCHOOL BOARD RE-CATEGORIZED GRADE LEVELS.
CHANGED TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, INCLUDED 6-8 GRADES, FRESHMAN MOVED TO HIGH SCHOOL.
HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL
TOOK THEATRE CLASS. WAS IN OUR TOWN AS AN EXTRA ACTOR.
ASSISTED WITH THE SET OF BRIGADOON AND THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA.
WROTE MY FIRST ESSAY, JUNIOR THEME
JUNIOR THEME ON JIMMI HENDRIX
Creativity
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
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.
HAD TO TAKE CO-OP MARKETING CLASS, SPLIT SCHOOL WITH A RETAIL JOB.
HAD TO TAKE SEVEN CLASSES PLUS CO-OP MARKETING IN ORDER TO COMPLETE ALL REQUIRED CREDITS ON TIME.
Had several different retail jobs, mostly as a cashier. All managers were male.
GRADES 9-12
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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.
