We are in our countdown to the end of the 2022-2023 school year! It is a particularly bittersweet time for our 8th grade students as they prepare to graduate. To help celebrate and recognize our ILS Class of 2023, we have again launched our “Meet Us Monday” blog series to introduce you to the members of this year’s graduating class.
Each week, we will share interviews with each of our 8th grade students, in which they share more about their favorite ILS memories and traditions, words of wisdom they’ve received over the years, and other reflections from their years here with us at ILS. We hope that you will enjoy these reflections, and join with us in congratulating and celebrating these students!
Meet Us Monday: Msgana, ILS Class of 2023
1. How long have you attended ILS?
“I’ve been here for eight years, since 1st grade.”
2. What house are you in and was your favorite House competition?
“I’m in Athanasius. I think one of my favorite competitions has been the Peeps Dioramas in Lutheran Schools Week. I think it has gotten better - this year I’m House Captain so I got to help organize, make the groups, direct the projects. It is just really wholesome making all of these dioramas.”
3. What is your favorite ILS memory? (Or, which ILS tradition will you remember the most?)
“One of my favorite memories is from 2nd or 3rd grade. I remeber we would go to the Library regularly, and it was really great. Also, going to Wawa before Science Camp!”
4. What will you miss the most about ILS?
“I will really miss the teachers. Also, my classmates. We rarely get new classmates, so we’ve been together a long time and you get to know people really well. ”
5. How has a teacher impacted your life personally in a way you will never forget?
“I think Miss C. Davis and her projects! Even though she gives really short deadlines for these projects, she pushes me to work harder. She has expectations, and I just try my best to exceed them every time. She has really pushed me.”
6. Do you have a favorite Hymn of the Year or Verse for Memorizing?
“There are so many!
”We All Believe in One True God”
Or, “No Tramp of Soldiers Marching Feet””