Glasgow’s Eighth Graders Look to the Future and High School
99 eighth graders at Glasgow were surveyed and 73.7% are going to Justice High School. Chloé Bernasconi Niño,
7.1% of the 8th graders surveyed said they are going to Annandale High School. Mayeda Alom, another eighth grader, says, “They offer a lot of great courses.” She also applied for TJ for the same reason.
2% of 8th graders in the survey are hoping to go to Thomas Jefferson High School. Robert Gard Marquez, someone who applied for TJ, says he was interested by, “all the hype about how awesome of a school TJ is.” Explaining the process, he says it isn’t guaranteed that he will get in. He says he’s also really looking forward to “probably seeing a bunch of my friends” if he goes.
3% of 8th graders are going to Edison High School, one of them being Alisa Oden. She says she feels very excited, “I did a lot of research and the teachers seem really cool there.” She did apply to TJ, and she said, “At first, when I first started applying in November, I applied because I really like STEM.” She also says it was “kinda to see what would happen.” Although, she doesn’t think she’d go if she gets in.
Glasgow will miss the current eighth graders, but they will be remembered at this school. They have shown us the right way and taught us well. They were our friends, our peers, our mentors, and our idols. Perhaps they will become famous one day and will keep Glasgow in their thoughts. Farewell, 8th graders!
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Katarina Sochurek (she/her) is an 8th grader at Glasgow Middle School. She was born and raised in Northern Virginia, but her great grandpa on her dad’s side was an immigrant from the Czech Republic and her great grandpa on her mom’s side is an immigrant from Mexico. She loves flying on airplanes and is considering being a pilot one day. She is a true Drama Queen and has been acting since 3rd grade. Her new hobby that she picked up over quarantine is writing poetry. One fun fact about her is that she was voted “Team Mom” of her swim team.
