Hermosa Middle School Observation Report

I have had the opportunity to go to two middle schools due to moving locations. This paper is going to be based on my experiences at Hermosa Middle School in Farmington, New Mexico. Since, this where I started caring more about my education and I can relate more to this placement. To begin with, Hermosa Middle School serves grade from 6th-8th. The demographic in this school is about 42% Caucasian, 31% Hispanic, 23% Native-American, 2% Asian, and 2% African-American. Notice, that there is a high population of Hispanics, I believe that this is why I started to be more involve at school. Prior to moving to Farmington, New Mexico; I lived and attended a junior high school in Huntington, Utah where 5% were Hispanic. I can honestly state, “That Hermosa Middle School is a contemporary developmentally responsive middle schools”. I quote this because I can point out the differences between what both schools had offered me as a student.
As chapter one state in the text, “Early junior high school programs focused on enriched academic program for college bound students and vocational program for students”. I feel that my middle school did the same me, since many of the
The counselor would explicitly tell me that I could achieve many things. He always told me, “Humberto, you my friend have a niche and that niche is math. Do something with it!” At the time I did not understand what he meant; however, over time I came to understand what my “niche” was. I think that getting to know the students is best practices because it really makes them feel important. Moving on, my school participated it this career simulator where every student had a job and an annually salary. The jobs were picked at random and I remember getting a not so great job. To be honest, this simulator made me realize how important education is and why it is important to participate be