This is a story about being the new kid in school. It is a story about bullies. It is a story about cliques. It is a story about peer pressure. It is a story about family. It is a story about relationships.
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Welcome to Albuquerque Academy (Grades 6-12), an independent, co-educational school. (The wikipedia link will tell you nearly everything you need to know. I have made a few changes though.) The costs to parents is over $24,000 per year per student.
Its football team was 3-6 last year and could barely field a team. In 2015 they moved to a 3 team league. That league has been disbanded and that are back in a league with several teams. It is likely this will be the last year for the football team. If you look up their state championships, that will give you an idea of the sports that get all the support.
Lower School (Grades 6-7)
Middle School (Grades 8-9)
Upper School (Grades 10-12)
It is Fall 2020 and you are a student in the Upper School. (You do NOT have to start at 10th grade. My character will be in 11th. He is 15 and about to turn 16 in late Sept. Yes, he finishes his senior year at age 17. He doesn’t even have his driver’s license yet.
Course Listing
aa.myschoolapp.com/ftpimages/109/down…
Courses are not limited to what is in that list. For fun, I am adding Equestrian (must have a family life that allows for a place to keep a horse, Mares and Geldings only at the school). They do have a Ropes course if you look. Geology is being added. This is not a very large school. Class sizes are small. They have to justify the use of a teacher’s time to keep a class open.
Compared to all the other students of this fine school, my character’s schedule is ridiculously light. Music (Guitar), Keyboard, Theatrical Arts, etc. Creative Writing is his toughest course. He has no course requirements, unlike most students. (He has his GED, though other students won't be aware of this.)
Most students are REQUIRED to take certain courses and even have summer reading assignments. You generally have to sign up a year in advance.
My Character
docs.google.com/document/d/1wr8zlzf4d…
Duncan is a New Kid in School, transferring from the public school system, and looks more than a little rough around the edges - literally. On the first day of school it looked as though he had been mugged by a gang or in a very bad traffic accident. He wears a single fingerless glove on his left hand and walks with a limp. (His left hip is messed up.) Socially he is withdrawn. He hovers on the edge of groups or rooms and observes. That may just be the fact that he’s new. He’s always scribbling stuff in notebooks.
On the plus side he is enrolled in Advanced Guitar. But he is taking none of the usual core requirements. The closest things he is taking to an English class is Creative Writing. He is taking Theatrical Arts. For PE he is mostly on a waiver.
He is NOT the popular kid - or wasn't at his last school. His older brother and sister were though. He had the joy of walking in their shadows. He has no fashion sense.
Note: He doesn't like some blondes, and avoids hispanics like the plague.
Your Character
This should be a girl. You can be a well established student, having gone there all the way back from 6th grade if you like. Or you can a New Kid yourself. If we don't start Day 1, it will be up to you whether your character actually started at the school day 1 and had the chance to find a social group and join clubs.
I am debating on exactly when to start the RP - Day 1 ... or a little into the semester after cliques have formed.
Please contact me via PM if Interested. (Please use the Subject: New Kid.) I am old enough to be a grandfather to characters like these. But I still enjoy the genre. I am looking for a writing partner that has enough life experiences to be looking back at these years - not in the middle of them. I do prefer this RP to be done in PM, but I am not looking for a bunch of smut.
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Welcome to Albuquerque Academy (Grades 6-12), an independent, co-educational school. (The wikipedia link will tell you nearly everything you need to know. I have made a few changes though.) The costs to parents is over $24,000 per year per student.
Its football team was 3-6 last year and could barely field a team. In 2015 they moved to a 3 team league. That league has been disbanded and that are back in a league with several teams. It is likely this will be the last year for the football team. If you look up their state championships, that will give you an idea of the sports that get all the support.
Lower School (Grades 6-7)
Middle School (Grades 8-9)
Upper School (Grades 10-12)
It is Fall 2020 and you are a student in the Upper School. (You do NOT have to start at 10th grade. My character will be in 11th. He is 15 and about to turn 16 in late Sept. Yes, he finishes his senior year at age 17. He doesn’t even have his driver’s license yet.
Course Listing
aa.myschoolapp.com/ftpimages/109/down…
Courses are not limited to what is in that list. For fun, I am adding Equestrian (must have a family life that allows for a place to keep a horse, Mares and Geldings only at the school). They do have a Ropes course if you look. Geology is being added. This is not a very large school. Class sizes are small. They have to justify the use of a teacher’s time to keep a class open.
Compared to all the other students of this fine school, my character’s schedule is ridiculously light. Music (Guitar), Keyboard, Theatrical Arts, etc. Creative Writing is his toughest course. He has no course requirements, unlike most students. (He has his GED, though other students won't be aware of this.)
Most students are REQUIRED to take certain courses and even have summer reading assignments. You generally have to sign up a year in advance.
My Character
docs.google.com/document/d/1wr8zlzf4d…
Duncan is a New Kid in School, transferring from the public school system, and looks more than a little rough around the edges - literally. On the first day of school it looked as though he had been mugged by a gang or in a very bad traffic accident. He wears a single fingerless glove on his left hand and walks with a limp. (His left hip is messed up.) Socially he is withdrawn. He hovers on the edge of groups or rooms and observes. That may just be the fact that he’s new. He’s always scribbling stuff in notebooks.
On the plus side he is enrolled in Advanced Guitar. But he is taking none of the usual core requirements. The closest things he is taking to an English class is Creative Writing. He is taking Theatrical Arts. For PE he is mostly on a waiver.
He is NOT the popular kid - or wasn't at his last school. His older brother and sister were though. He had the joy of walking in their shadows. He has no fashion sense.
Note: He doesn't like some blondes, and avoids hispanics like the plague.
Your Character
This should be a girl. You can be a well established student, having gone there all the way back from 6th grade if you like. Or you can a New Kid yourself. If we don't start Day 1, it will be up to you whether your character actually started at the school day 1 and had the chance to find a social group and join clubs.
I am debating on exactly when to start the RP - Day 1 ... or a little into the semester after cliques have formed.
Please contact me via PM if Interested. (Please use the Subject: New Kid.) I am old enough to be a grandfather to characters like these. But I still enjoy the genre. I am looking for a writing partner that has enough life experiences to be looking back at these years - not in the middle of them. I do prefer this RP to be done in PM, but I am not looking for a bunch of smut.