By Matt McCrady
My name is Matt McCrady and this is my third year in the Mini-School program. I was one of the first freshman ever to enter the program. Thank God! My freshman year was a bad year for me. I screwed up really bad. So they let me in disregarding the grade I was in. Since I first got in, I’ve seen a lot of changes. I have also seen a lot of changes in myself. Some students come in here with attitudes (sort of anti-social), but the other students always make it easy and accept the newer students and make them one of the clan. From my experience, I’ve noticed that many of the students who enter the program have done a lot of good for themselves. Although you can’t really change a person, the Mini-School staff have done the best I’ve seen in helping troubled students change themselves. Of course some students don’t want to change but the Mini staff does their best.
Everything seems different from when I first entered the program. Almost all the old students are gone, with the exception of the people in my grade, and those few unlucky older students (13th graders) who are struggling to graduate. Some students come in here with attitudes (sort of anti-social), but the other students always make it easy and accept the newer students and make them one of the clan. Mini-School in my opinion is the best thing that’s ever happened to this school. And I’m glad to be a part of it.