Congratulations to Annabelle Kier, seventh grader at Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle School, whose article "The Life and Times of a Sixth-Grade Student" was the cover story for the February 2020 Association for Middle Level Education magazine.
The
article
echoes
Kier's
encouraging
words
to
fifth-grade
students
who
attended
the
Ronald
Reagan
Middle
orientation
session
over
the
summer.
Having
witnessed
her
leadership
qualities
and
work
ethic,
Joseph
Murgo,
Reagan's
school
principal,
asked
Kier
to
speak
to
the
incoming
students.
Kier
is
also
a
junior
reporter
at
the
school
and
was
featured
on
a
Fox
5
"Zip
Trip
to
Haymarket"
segment
last
May.
In
this
honest
article,
Kier
opens
up
about
missing
elementary
school,
where
everyone
and
everything
is
known,
about
being
"CLUELESS"
on
her
first
few
days,
and
about
worrying
that
she
wouldn't
be
able
to
manage
the
new
responsibilities
of
assignments,
switching
classes,
and
opening
lockers.
She
tells
personal
stories
about
reaching
past
her
fear
during
some
tough,
lonely
moments
to
find
the
help
she
needed.
"There
are
so
many
things
that
open
up
for
you
once
you
get
to
middle
school
other
than
lockers
and
classes,"
Kier
said.
"In
the
end,
if
I
could
go
back
and
say
something
to
my
fifth-grade
self,
I
would
say
one
thing.
'It's
going
to
be
okay.
It's
going
to
be
more
than
okay.'"