On my first day of school, Mom accompanied me to the St. Louis Academy.
The academy itself had an integrated school system with kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school, and college just within walking distance of one another.
Even the building styles were similar. The red brick walls, the white doors, and the white window frames were the defining features of the St. Louis Academy building.
The 9th grade was the first grade in high school. I had never been in the high school building before, so I was beyond nervous.
The high school building was larger than the middle school one. The first thing that caught my eye when we arrived was a lot of children who were taller than me. Mom and I went past the chattering crowd and headed toward the principal office right away.
The principal had been expecting us. She was in charge of both the middle school and the high school, so it was convenient for her to decide whether I should enter the 8th or the 9th grade.
