I distinctly remember the day in the 10th grade when I decided I would apply to go to the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (nickname: Science & Math). We were living in Charlotte, and I was browsing materials I’d picked up at school during a college fair. The NCSSM brochure looked appealing and I asked my mother if I could apply. If accepted, I would be living away from home my 11th and 12th-grade year as the school is located in Durham. I was excited about the possibility though and she, my father, and my stepmother all helped to ensure I could apply – and I was accepted!
The friends I’ve known the longest are from my two years at Science & Math and I have nothing but the fondest of memories from my time there. It was absolutely incredible and an experience I will never forget. I am so grateful then to have the ability to walk down memory lane as the DigitalNC.org group has partnered with the school to digitize our yearbooks and just today, announced that issues of the student newspaper are now available!
The school’s newspaper is called The Stentorian and I found myself among the pages – notably, in class will entries! I love this one from a departing senior who left me “…quarters and envelopes.” — ha! I wonder what I was mailing so much – maybe letters home?
This is great. I am so tickled. These materials will definitely make good fodder as I scrapbook my childhood – will really help paint a more comprehensive picture of some of my memories.