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I remember when we had to do this thing called Xtra math in 5th grade and every one hated it. We had to complete multiplication and division and it would time you and we had to do it everyday. But I remember I was one of the first ones to finish it so that was good.

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At the beginning of the year, and on the playground I used to be the swing master untill it got boring and started making my own friends. With my friends I used to play chasing games outside during recess. I also remember the time that the girls make jokes out of my shirts. I also remember the funny teacher Mr. Blesi. I also remember the ping pong ball policy where you have fill all of the ping pong balls inside of a fish bowl and if you fill it fully, we get a party. One thing we didn't do this year is have a feild trip.

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When I came here, it was in the middle of October so I missed a few things.  But when your the new kid, basically someone talks to you and later on you become friends with them or they become your enemy (got that from books).  For me, it took a while to find friends since I was kind of shy.  But soon I found my first friend, Hailey.  We were friends for as long I was in Latham Ridge.  Soon after I had my birthday party and it was a lot of fun.  Then in 4th grade, we met Daff.  Now I'm not going to explain everything that happened because I don't think I should, but there was some drama.  I also met Izzy D.  We didn't talk that much but we met because she stood up for me. Izzy and I really started talking in 5th grade.  There was even more drama this year, sooo I think I'll skip that part.  But the field trip that I'm guessing was the best for everyone for 5th grade was Camp Chingachgook.  It was so much fun because we got to do activities outside.  It was really fun.  6th grade, this year, was crazy.  I mean we couldn't even go to school for like the half of the year since of COVID-19.  And so we are trying the best we can to speak with one another.  Video calls, phone calls and more.  All I can say is that I am happy to have my friends with me that will stick with me by my side.
- Sharika Shikder

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i remember some of the fun time i had in 2nd grade.. my teachers was amazing and i would always go to one of the extra math teachers room we would always learn about math but the best was when we went in the woods at the play ground and got a plant and if u get poison ivy then inside the certain plant you can rub it on your skin. another memory is when we would go bird watching and learn all about the different birds!! (the extra math teacher)

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If you didnt do this in kindergarten you werent a kindergartener.

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If you didnt do this in kindergarten you werent a kindergartener.

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Ok so i remember being an actual mood in kindergarten and wanting to grow up and be in sixth grade. I dont remember who was on my bus but we would talk about being older.

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2nd grade was one of the best years because thats when i came to the school and it was fun. On the first day it was very different because we didn't hae to wear suits and all of that we cold st where whatever. when I started a class I was in Mr. Mattis room and it was very fun. Because the work was easier and we were learning.

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I had fun on the Cooperstown field trip. I loved seeing the baseball hall of fame. While at the baseball hall of fame me and my best buddy Aiden got to hang out with our dads while we looked at all of the cool stuff. as we were making ourtway out of the hall of fame we grabbed ice cream a couple blocks away. i also still have the golden baseball glove souvineer. - Trevor B

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There are a lot of memories I have made in Latham Ridge. I remember 1st grade pretty well. It was my first day at Latham Ridge and I was very nervous. Since Harrison was in my preschool I was somehow able to remember him. I remember we had to spell each others name in first grade and that's it. In second grade I remember Mr. Mattis would give us Starbursts every Friday. We also had this thing called show and write. We would have to bring an item in and write about it. We could also get more starbursts by making the little basketball in the hoop. Third grade was pretty weird. First of all I keep on remembering Mr. Buckley reminding me to not rush. She even wrote it on my knuckles.. :/  Anyways, I wasn't trying to rush. We had a drivers liscence we could have for multiplication. Also we made these weird gingerbread houses. I ate all of mine in 5 minutes when I got home. The worst thing about 3rd grade was we needed to start New York State testing. We also had this auction thingy. I don't like it because I had nothing to make. 4th grade was also kinda weird. Mrs. Rossi had a bunny named I don't know. She had another bunny named Chloe. She was fat and didn't care if people pet her. One day we found out I dont know (im going to call the other bunny I dont know from now on.) was pregnant. I dont know had 2 bunnies that grew very fast. We went to Cooperstown and also learned about circuits. I forgot about it now. 5th grade was the BEST. I remember the first day. I remember who I had to sit with on the first day. I had to sit next to Ethan. He wore his Preston merch and made weird noises. Shradha kept trying to calm Ethan. He made more weird noises. There was also Mohammed. He was a bit toxic. Ethan made this Google slide we all could talk to each other on while we were at home. I think all the people were me, Jerry, Rahim, Jackson,  Ayaan, Nico, Mohammed, Briella, Izzy, Shradha, and Caroline. Mrs. Leoniak let us do basically whatever we want. We made a 4 person bottle flip. Mohammed flipped it, it hit my hand, bounced of Ayaan's head, hit Jerry's shoulder and I think it capped. Also when it was boys vs. girls dodgeball in P.E. the girls would be losing, and then Mr. A  would come out of nowhere on the girls team and chuck the ball at every single one of us. The girls got carried. I also remember I threw a pillow a Ethan because he kept on throwing it at me and then. Well, Briella got up from her seat, went over to Ethan, and started to STOMP on him. Camp Chingacook was also good. I remember on the bus ride we were singing along to some songs on Jerry's phone. Jerry got his phone taken away because somebody told on him. In Camp Chingacook I remember someone fell in the water while we were trying to catch crayfish. That fall made me fall. I got soaked and I started to get so mad I litterally flung myself around the place and got water on everybody. 5th grade was fun. 6th grade was amazing. I really liked everything about it and the teachers are just AMAZING. 6th grade was so so so good. I will never forget it and will always remember these moments in Latham Ridge.

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So in kindergarten I remember meeting Bri at the bus stop for the first time and I remember how excited we were when we found out we were lived like next to each other. I also oddly remember on  beach day we went outside and had a balloon fight. Abby pooped a balloon over my head and I chased her around throwing balloons at her. I also remember the kindergarten play. I was a cow and I sung about chocolate milk I think. In first grade Mr. MacNamara would have us put on little shows for the other classes and It was so much fun. In second grade I remember in Mr. Mattis´ class there was this couch on the rug and everyone would fight over who would get to sit there. Also when we went to Five Rivers and I freaked out because there was a tick on me and the teachers were like ¨Oh it´s fine¨ but then this other girl I´ll call her Becky got one on her and the teachers freaked out it wasn´t even latched on or anything. Third grade I remember like making gingerbread houses and this kid drew a mustache on his face in permanant marker! Also when these two kids moved we got to eat ice cream in math club or that might have been second grade IDK. Anyway it was also my first year of LEP and we read the book Hoot is was a pretty good book and I still have a copy of it. We also wrote a school newspaper and I wrote interesting facts about the teachers retiring that year. In fourth grade I helped out with the bunnies a lot and that was fun. I also started to play the bass that year. I also wrote my first real historical fiction story for young writers. Fifth grade um... I   so I don´t know a lot about fifth grade um... oh camp Chingachgook was super fun I love archery so I was super excited to do that Sixth grade has a lot of memories can I just start with Future City in LEP it was so much fun building and presenting our model and our team won fourth place. I worked really hard on the presentation so it felt really good to see all that hard work pay off. We also got to go back and present at the board of education later that year. Then the sixth grade play happened and that was so so much fun. It was a lot of work but it was a great show. I have so many memories that happened during the process of making the show. And last but not least the kindergarteners. Abby and I used to help them out everyday and It as one of my favorite parts of the day. I miss them a lot and it is sad to know I will most likely never see them again. I also want to say thank you to all the teachers who made my years at Latham Ridge super special and to my amazing friends I have made throughout the years.
-Amy

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i started school at Latham ridge in first   grade, i remember being scared until i met my first friends. I love the teachers, especially  Mrs. Verchereau. i love her because she is patient and kind. i also liked being in the play because i was doing something  that i liked and was fun.

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There are SO MANY memories I have of all my years at Latham Ridge! I just want to say that everyone is so different, unique, special, kind, beautiful, awesome, and phenomenal in their own way!!! Anyways, does anybody else remember Math Club in 2nd grade with Mr. Harrower? I would always just walk around the room and avoid other people because I was scared to talk to them! And now I remember being in the same room for Math Enrichment, not being afraid anymore! Time really does fly!!! This is a weird memory, but I remember in 1st grade, playing Word Tic Tac Toe in Mrs. Ackerly´s room with a partner. My partner was Briella, and we just colored the whole whiteboard and then erased it, thinking we were cleaning them!

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I remember how in 3rd grade ( i'm not sure if mrs buckleys class was the only one that did this )

We used to make things and then we would sell them for buckley bucks. That was alot of fun! We would also have auctions. I remember at one of the auctions I bought this bunny stuffed animal. 3rd grade was one of my favorite grades!

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I remember this picture of me and my bff sharika,,,,, Its my favorite picture now

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Student Council (sorry Mrs. French I stole this image from your weekly assignments)

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Student Council (sorry Mrs. French I stole this image from your weekly assignments)

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I  remember when we held student council tryouts and everyone had anxiety of whether they were in or not. After tryouts we had to do speeches and me and Jackson and Hunter were sitting on the chair and I'm not kidding when I say this but we were all shaking while reading our speeches! Even after we finished we kept shaking. Hunter eventually became president and I think that he made a great one since I talk too much and he is smarter when it comes to fundraisers.  Anyway I kind of gave up after I lost and wasn't going to tryout for Representative because Everitt was running and I wouldn't stand a chance but Tess forced me to raise my hand! So yeah turned out I made it as representative and I just wanted to say thank you for all the people that encouraged me to try out and who voted for me during the election. Thank you Mrs.French for giving us this opportunity!

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I remember when i went to camp Chingachgook. It was so nice and peaceful a and bit muddy.

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I rember we would play bloxus at block time and it was so crasy it was like we were competting for money I got 3rd like always and another funny memory. Was when we were just had no emotion one day at the 6th grade play mrs french stormed out. I did not think for a second it was fake but mrs french said she was acting  then We heard this one time at the 6th grade. Play buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz every 5 seconds and mrs french said somthing and she said you do not mrs with the mighty  french!

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I remember throughout the year when everyone would fool around during block time. We would play abcya and Ryan Horn would make everyone laugh... even Mr. Blesi would laugh and add another joke!
I also remember Shradha, Briella, Ava L, and Izzy V, always doing Tik Tok dances in the hallways, middle of class, and even during lunch.  Mr. Blesi would always be overwhelmed from how many times they would ask him to do a Tik Tok. I really miss being in school with all you guys and sixth grade wouldn't have been fun without the teachers and students in it. Thank you so much to all of the people that made the year better and a special shout out to Shredha for helping me with editing this! Thank you!

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I remember in first grade Briella, Renee, Caroline, Grace, and Jaahanavi (Sorry if i spelled that wrong) had a group called the girl scouts. We did weird crafts and weird games on the play ground That was probably my first friend group ever. I remember when we got older (Like second grade lol) we didn't do it anymore. It was kinda hard to find a friend group. But I ended up findng great friends. I had a class picture from that time but i couldnt find it. It was a pretty funny looking picture too.

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I remember way back in fourth grade, we were learning how to draw ribbons and on the back I wrote a small note to Mrs.Youmans. I wrote, "I really want to be in art explorers." And I waited until the s=next time we had art. She wrote back!! Mrs.Youmans said maybe. Fast forward to the first day 5th grade. I knew that I needed to get in art explorers, so everyday, I showed her artwork I painted and drew over the 4th grade summer. Each piece getting better than the last. I wanted to show her how much I was interested in art! The last piece of work I showed her was a hyper-realistic girl with a flower crown I drew. I don currently have the drawing with me. :(  She. Was. Amazed. That was the best sketch I have ever drawing in my WHOLE life. ( not exaggerating). Later in the year I got a letter that I got in! I was so happy! I got in this year as well, but because of corona. We missed more than half of art explorers. There was also this thing called after school art explorers. The theme for this year was, Fashion Design or Character Design. I never really finished, but the character I drew is below.

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i remember in first grade when i moved from Texas to New York i came to the school and i sat across from Avery i cant remember what day it was but Avery ask its she could barrow same crayons so i said sure but when she took a crayon out to us it i got mad at her

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I will always remember the 6th grade musical it was so much fun. We worked really hard and in the end it all payed off we did great. I really love to sing so it was really fun and exiting! I really loved that in the very end we did amazing and we all worked very hard to get to that point.So thank you so much Mrs. French and Mr. B for doing this with us and teaching us the whole play . To be honest I didn't know if I was going to be able to get used to not having rehearsals every day after school and i knew I was going to miss the play a whole lot!

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The play was so so fun! We got to have so much fun with each other and it was a time that I will never forget! Everybody had so much fun with everybody that was in the play and Mrs. French and Mr. B. It was a great 10 weeks!!! I never wanted it to be over but I will never forget it!!!

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I remember when we had plays in first and second grade I couldn't go through half the play because of stage fright. And that's way I was stage crew in 6th grade

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I remeber art and Mrs. Youmans would be proud of this drawing!

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cross country and the track meet was so much fun!

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cross country and the track meet was so much fun!

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cross country for three years and we all got better and better every year! and the track meet was so much fun too!

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And this is Jackson and I on our first day of 6th grade, you could tell we didnt want to take a picture that morning.

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I remember the first day of school for me and the first day of 6th grade 

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I remember the first day of school for me and the first day of 6th grade 

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my weird outfit...  im going to miss latham ridge a lot

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I remember the first day of school and I was walking into the cafeteria for cyc, and then my mom started talking with some stranger (my mom knew her) me and her son Ryan k were just looking at each other awkwardly and then we palyed a game and we were best friends, from that day on we were the best of best friends!

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I remember in 5th grade when we when on the bus to go to the track meet. We spent a lot of time picking what we were going to run or do. Once we got there, I saw a bunch of my friends from other schools. Then, the races started. I loved cheering on my class mates and encouraging them to go faster. Even though, I had came in second place, I still had a blast and tons of fun!

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when Mrs.French spit out red bull because of me before the play!

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when Mrs.French spit out red bull because of me before the play!

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before we performed the play on Wednesday, I said "so I work with the kindergarteners in mrs.Nadlers class and I asked them if they knew what play we were doing, and they said ELSA! And I was like, no thats just a character...... and then all of a sudden I see mrs.french laughing so hard with red bull all over her, and mr.b right next to her laughing too, and before you know it, everyone is laughing and I will never let Mrs.French forget that!

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I love to act and sing and doing it for my friends and family so so cool. I got to bring a huge part of myself into school and show everyone. Even though it was hard, we got through it. It was like the glue piecing my 2 world together, And I had a great time with friends!

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I remember going to Camp Chingachgook and what a fun time we all had. We played knock out, tried to catch fish, play the floors lava, etc. We all got to walk by lake George. It was really fun!

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This was my favorite thing that I have done all year. I really enjoyed getting to know everybody and the play really helped me to get to know everybody better. I know that I wasn't really the best stage crew person but I tried my best to help the show go on no matter what happens. We really worked hard on it and I was so excited to see all of it come together. The play also helped me bond with others that i didn't I would bond with. We laughed around and made jokes but in the end it all come together with the amazing singers, the actors, the costumes, stage crew, the scenes, lighting, and also music. But in the end all of our hard work payed off. I was so happy to end it off with such great and amazing people. The party that was made for us was so great I enjoyed it it was really fun. I was hoping to end an amazing year with such amazing people but we cant because of this virus but I wish every a great summer and see you next year!

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I feel like our school lunches are taken for granted when we should really be thankful for having such good school lunches. They may have some bad things like soggy waffles, soggy nuggets, soggy fries, ect. but now that I think about it, They are pretty good. I mean, the hot dogs bend 180 degrees, but the taco salad is is amazing. The pancakes feel like water cakes but the pasta is delicious. When I really think about it, The food is pretty good (Especially the taco salad). What's Your favorite school lunch?

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I remeber walking on to the stage thinking, why am i wearing tights!?
I was so happy though because my family took up the whole first row and my cousin was making me laugh!

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I remember first auditioning. It was not that bad, and I wasn't that nervous because I knew that we were all going to get a part. We worked super hard on it, and I was so glad that I got the oppertunity to participate in the play. I remember how we had many long talks with Ms.French and Mr.B about how we had to stay focused and listen to directions, because our script was longer than the one last year. I went on a stage many times, but this one will be one of the many that I will remember.

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One night after school a painting instructor came to show us how to paint! We used canvases and painting on A beautiful sunset with a palm tree in the background! It was so much fun!

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That was the highlight of this year. It was really fun to put together a huge show for the school and for the parents. Everyone worked together so well and the play turned out to be a huge success. It was really fun to be able to practice our lines and slowly put together the show. When we first started, I felt like we would never be able to run through the whole script but we finished it so fast.

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I had experience performing to a bunch of people. That was when 4th grade showed us to perform, but 5th grade, that was the year that I was gonna have to perform at the Shaker High School. We had recitals which was not that bad. Not that much people were there too see us other than people at our school. But then the day came. I remember forgetting where we were supposed to meet until someone showed us it. Before I went to the Concert I was checking to make sure my Flute was working and it was at home. But then my flute did not work in the concert. So my teacher handed me a spare and the Concert went fine.

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I have been here at latham ridge for all seven years and I remember from when I played a hen in kindergarden to playing young anna in the play!  I dont know How to right my name on here so its grace sorry about that... I have some pictures from when I was the hen and you are going to laugh so hard like I did I am crying right now, not kidding! and I have one from when I was young anna. I am so embarassed right now But it is so funny and a great memory I am so embarassed!!!!!

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I've only been at Latham Ridge 1 year and it was the best year ever. I met so many new friends and teachers. The first day when I walked in I was so nervous. I walked in with Izzy because I already knew her from cheer. I knew Briella to but I never met Sharadha. When I first started talking to Sharadha I knew we would be good friends but we became bestfriends. i also never met Grace and now were really good friends.

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I remember going on the bus and having a fun time with my friends and then getting to walk around and see all the amazing sights and then at the end of the day a got a water bottle from the store to remember the trip by. Then we had another fun ride on the bus back.

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In this school, I had a lot of fun. Supposedly for the events. I just realize how much of the benefits we really do get at this school. There were many great events that happened, but let me just pick one like... Spring Fling! We have spring fling every year along with some kind of great fun fundraiser such as... The Latham Ridge Fun Run. We get to talk and run with our friends and have a great time. At spring fling, we do awesome activities all day. We also celebrate sooo many holdays. Also, every single year we have steam day. It is also like Spring fling. We have so many great things at school.