Freshmen united!

The official magazine for High 1 students!

My first experience in High School!

FACILITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL

FRENCH EXCHANGE STUDENT?!?!

FRESHMAN MEMORIES

TIPS FOR TRANSFEREES

by Nahaniel Go and William Ong of H1-C

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2- A Guide for Surviving High School

3- Advice for New Students

4- Facilities Available in High School

5- Simon Liot: French Exchange Student

6- Life When I was a Freshman

Steps to Survive High School

I WILL SURVIVE!(dancing to the song)

Step 1: Chill- Don’t worry about it too much.

Step 2: Buy everything, supplies, books, and materials, ! ahead of time.

Step 3: Follow the rules of high school.

Step 4: Study- Study ahead of time; don’t wait until the ! day before the test or you will have a hard time. ! Also, do not stress all of the assignments ! ! together.

Step 5: Take notes- Always remember to take notes ! during a lecture so that you can study something ! for the test.

Step 6: Sleep as early as possible- I guarantee you that ! you will feel sleepy at some points during lectures ! and then miss a lecture. You can avoid this by ! sleeping earlier.

Step 7: Finally, enjoy your high school life!

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Advice for New Students

Being a new student at a new school is never easy. You would have to face tough challenges like having no friends, unfamiliarity with the school facilities and where to locate them, unfamiliarity with the school curriculum and the rules, and unfamiliarity with the lessons. If you’re a new student here are some advices and facts you need to know about Xavier School.

1. Make friends.- Making friends in a new school is very important. Being a new student, you wouldn’t know anyone in the class. If you have problems, you won’t have anyone to rely on. Believe me, if you don’t have any friends by the time a week passes, you’re going to have a very hard time. You can ask them important questions about life in school and they will also help you adjust more to it.

2. Ask a teacher/ your adviser for help.- If you have any problems adjusting to the curriculum, you may want to ask a teacher for some guidance. Any teacher would understand your situation so feel free to ask them any questions or some advice about school.

3. Learn and remember the school rules- Since it’s very likely that the rules of Xavier School and your past school’s rules are different, you have to learn and adjust to the new rules.

4. Explore.- Go around the campus during your free time so that you will remember and see the different facilities of the school. Keep in mind though that not all areas are open to the students.

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Facilities Available in High School

When I first entered High School, the place was an unknown region for me. It was very different from the grade school area. I felt more free to go wherever I want in High School, from the patio, to being able to eat in the high school gym instead of just the canteen. The campus seemed bigger when you’re in high school. Your space doesn’t feel limited anymore. We could go almost everywhere, even hang out in the art room and music room during lunch time!

Facilities:-Library-Mac Labs-Art Room-Music Room-Football Field-HS Gym-Patio

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Simon Liot is a French student who came to the Philippines to learn about our culture and to improve his English. He was assigned to Xavier School and luckily, our class, H1C, was chosen to be his advisory section. We knew we had to make him feel at home, and we also wanted to prove that it was a good choice putting Simon in our class.At first he was a little bit shy because people didn’t know him that well yet, but after a couple of weeks, he started to talk more, play, eat, and laugh with us. We discovered that he liked watching movies, listening to music, and playing the guitar. We truly felt that he was a part of our class.Our first memorable experience with Simon was during our welcoming party for him. Our class officers assigned the class to bring food that he wouldn’t find in France. Simon enjoyed the warm welcome, and we even asked him to sign a plate as a remembrance of that day. He attended various classes with 1C, such as science, music, and English. He was very talented in science; in fact, he had some of the highest scores in the class. Simon also spoke very good English and did very well in our assessments in music. He also enjoys playing ping-pong, so he chose that sport for his PE and his intrams.The next bonding activity we had with Simon was his very first “salo-salo,” where he ate his very first “balut;” he enjoyed it, but it took him a long time before he decided to take a bite. We fed him different kinds of Filipino food, some of which we hope he would never forget.During one mentoring period with Simon, we watched “Feng Shui,” a Filipino horror movie, although he thought it was a funny film. Simon also attended Xavier School’s Pep Rally; you could see and almost feel the Xaverian within Simon when he placed some face paint on his face and cheered with the rest of us. As time passed, you could really see him becoming more and more like us.Soon, we heard that he was leaving in a few days, so we made a video of everyone saying his goodbyes to Simon. On his last day in Xavier, we showed him the video, and it touched all our hearts. Simon was about to leave after all the time that we had spent with him. We were really going to miss him because he was a part of the class and part of Xavier School. We were even hoping that we could be with him for one more day. On the day he was about to go back to France, Simon stopped by Xavier to visit us one last time. We all hugged him because we were so lucky to have a classmate like him. He changed 1C: he made our bond stronger, he made our classes more fun, and he was a really good friend to us all.Xavier School was very fortunate to have a student like Simon. We hope that Simon would come back to the Philippines so that we could meet him again. It has been two really fast months since Simon’s arrival in the Philippines. It’s really sad that it all happened so fast. Indeed, “time flies when you’re having fun!

Simon Liot: French Exchange Student

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WITH THE TIME THAT HAS PASSED...

...THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER GREAT YEAR IN XAVIER SCHOOL!!!