Mount Saint Joseph Academy - Mount Yearbook (Rutland, VT)

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Being a student at M.S.J. these past four years has taught me a feeling of community, of belonging and of friendship. In eighth grade we worshiped high school students. We longed to walk the halls of M.S.J., to play football, to go to pep-rallies, to know that everything there was ours and that we belonged there. As Freshm.n, v e came with our minds open, ready to grasp everything in sight. The next two years were spent sorting out everything we took in, and also getting to know ourselves a little better. Because of the size of M.S.J., the personal relation- ships between classmates and faculty are ones of friendship. As a senior and a soon to be alumnus, I have come to know myself, my friends,, and to know I am not just a part of M.S.J. but that M.S.J. is a part of me. The memories of the teachers and the kids, both of which are great, and of everything that I have done, will long be remembered. I finally realized one day why it would be so hard to leave M.S.J.. I can sum it up by saying that at M.S.J. v e get something besides just an education. We find the free- dom to be creative, to grow, to love, to laugh, and to build up a security in a place where we can be ourselves. But suddenly we’re going to leave this place where our roots are and move on. The thought is scary but we all are capable of handling it now. It will be one more experience that will help us to grow. I hope that everyone in our class loved M.S.J. as much as I did. I also hope they will continue to love it and support it so that other kids will be given the same chance we were so lucky to have had. In closing, I hope this yearbook will recapture some of the memories you have from M.S.J.; the parties, the games, the classes and the kids. Take Care,