DRS - Built 2001

I finished elementary school and now it was time to move on to the real deal, high school. The high school for our elementary school, D.R.S., was established only shortly before I finished elementary school. They had just graduated their first class when my class was joining. At the time they were renting space for school. Not only was the building small, but we were sharing it with a preschool. Our student lounge doubled as a class room, our auditorium served as our lunch room and a class room as well. I even remember times when a class would have to meet on the front stairs because no class room was open at that time. The building had no gym or computer room. Our basketball team had to travel and rent space for practice and games. Our computer classes were also taking place off campus.

Then in 2001, towards the end of my first year, the new building was completed. This building contained its own gym and computer room. The lunch room was just simply a lunch room. Class rooms were larger and more spacious. The new building changed my high school experience completely. The gym became my best friend. When a teacher wasn’t there that day or I simply had a free period, there was a place for me to spend my free time. If a class was going on in the gym then there was always the computer room. The series of computers connected to the same network allowed for some amazing team action shooting games.

My high school years were my most enjoyable years of my life. My friends from high school are still some of my closest friends today. When we all get together to hang out we still can’t do it without reminiscing about our days in D.R.S. The school defined who I am today and will always be apart of me.