STN Day 9

Hey guys! Today is the ninth day of the STN trip! This morning we had breakfast again in the lobby that the hotel served for us. Then, we went to Norwood High School to watch them do their morning announcements and to get a tour of their high school. My first thoughts on walking into their studio was mind blowing! It looked like what you see on national television news channels and what not. They had chairs, an anchoring table, and camera crew, flat screen tv’s, lighting, nice backgrounds, etc. It was so fancy! In the other room, they had all their control panels and media crew that made sure everything was in order and that everything would go smooth enough to go live in front of the school. When morning announcements finished, their teacher, Mr. Brunt, gave us a tour of the school. It was interesting about the sizes of their lockers compared to ours, and the way the hallways are in a mainland school compared to our Hawaii school. He showed us the gym, then a classroom where we presented our slideshow like we practiced. Lots of students had many questions after the presentation. When we were done, the P.E teacher took us to try snow shoes! We put it on our shoes and then went outside to " exercise" inside the snow! It was so fun! The snow was more like ice since it was solid. Then, we went back inside and returned them. When the school tour was over, they gave us T-shirt’s that all students have that says kindness on it with the school logo. After we left the school, we went to this mall to eat lunch at Five Guys. A couple people went to eat somewhere else but the rest of us had burgers from Five Guys. Then, we split up for shopping. I went to bath and body works and some of my friends came along. After buying stuff from bath and body works, our group split up and some others went to Claire’s and other stores while Mr. M, Mia, Aunty Aileen, Mia’s brother, Shayne, Natalie, and I, went to the Gillette stadium. Home of the Patriots. We looked around their team store then we went to a sports store then drove to another shopping center which had Trader Joe’s and A.C Moore crafts. So I bought a few items from each place. Once all of us were finished shopping, we went back to the hotel rooms and played cards, etc. until dinner time. The hotel served us cheese and pepperoni pizza, salad, and drinks. Everyone was tired early so we went back to our rooms to relax, and do other things until we realized it started snowing very little outside! So immediately everyone put their warm jackets and shoes on and went outside to play in the snow! When we were done we went back to our rooms to shower and get ready for bed.