Alyssa and Middle School

Alyssa decided to join her school cross country team this year. She enjoyed running, but learned that she does much better at shorter distances, so she is looking forward to trying track and field out in the spring. She did enjoy being part of a team and being forced into exercise every day. The only bummer was that she injured her foot at the first meet and ended up having to rest her foot and sit out of practices and meets for a couple of weeks so she missed a fourth of her season.

Alyssa is part of the beginning orchestra at her school. When she started school, she had never even picked up a string instrument and now she is able to play recognizable music. She decided to learn the viola because it isn't one of the big instruments and she thought it would have less competition than the violin. She had a concert in the middle of October that I was able to attend. They did a good job considering they had only been playing together for a little over a month. She especially loves having her good friend, Olivia, in the orchestra with her.

It's fun to see her try new things at her new school. She is doing well in all of her classes and seems to like her school.