Hello, my name is Charlotte. I’m a Chinese-American, and I recently moved from a school named UNIS (United Nations International School)Queens(in Queens), because the other half of UNIS, which is UNIS Manhattan, shut UNIS Queens down. 

        I want to tell my experience about the move. I’m not going into every detail, but I’ll share the bigger, more general chunks. If you have any questions, I’m in Hackley in class 4f.

                                            So, let me start.

    I was actually really nervous for the move. I’d lived in Forest Hills for all of my life but two years. Besides, I had no memories of where we lived before we lived at Forest Hills. This was my home, my place. The place I grew up in!

            And to move to a different school? I’d been at UNIS since kindergarten!!! Hackley is so different from UNIS, anyway. At UNIS I only had four classmates, and here I have sixteen!  I was really anxious, so I hesitated.

            Now, it’s not all that scary. All the furniture is still there, just in different spots. It’s just a little bit different. I find it okay where I live now. I like Hackley, it’s educational, friendly and makes learning fun(from my experience in 4f.). It’s still not how UNIS was, but I’ve accepted it.

           I will list what is different about UNIS from Hackley.

• At UNIS they taught Spanish starting in Kindergarten(which is earlier than when Hackley starts(I think that is in third grade) teaching Spanish to their students)
• At UNIS there were less teachers than in Hackley
• UNIS was a lot smaller, the Lower school(all grades in the LS were known as J (for junior school)(for example J3 which is third grade) and then the grade it was.) and the Middle school were connected together so I knew my way around, and now Hackley is larger than I’m used to.
• For another thing, I never had Spanish or PE in the morning.
• Another fact is that we didn’t always travel in a group together.
• Another thing,  we barely had science, plus it was taught by our homeroom teacher.
• Last of all, at UNIS  there was a choice of whether you wanted to bring your own lunch or pay for the cafeteria lunch. The lunch was also different, I think it was a bit stale.

          The point is, Hackley is super different from UNIS Queens.

                This was my experience and how I felt.

         Remember, if you have any questions, I’m at Hackley. My homeroom class if 4f which is taught by Mrs.Fagundo and

Mr. Fiore.