Term 3- AHS/CR-HS

Anamosa High School/Cedar Rapids High Schools

All my life I grew up and went to school in Anamosa, but recently that changed and I moved to Cedar Rapids. The school systems are much different here than they were in Anamosa. We had two lunch periods, and 7 classes each day compared to the 5-7 courses here and 4 lunch periods each day. 300 students in Anamosa, compared to the 2000+ in each of the three public high schools in Cedar Rapids.  In Anamosa we started school at 8am everyday except Thursday, which we would start at 8:30 am. School ended at 3:20 in Anamosa. In Cedar Rapids, Kennedy and Washington start at 8am and end at 2:45, and Jefferson starts at 7:45 and ends at 3. Changing my school schedule, really messed me up the first few weeks, it was very confusing for me. In Anamosa, we had only two or three early outs every two months, and they would always be on a Friday, Unlike the every other Wednesday we get let out early in Cedar Rapids.
There is only one high school in Anamosa, and it isn't very uniquely named, "Anamosa High School." Cedar Rapids, has Xavier, Cedar Valley Christian, Kennedy, Washington, Jefferson, Prairie, Linn Mar, Homeschooling system and so many more. There is a more broad variety of classes you are eligible to take in Cedar Rapids, courses you wouldn't imagine if you grew up in Anamosa. You know everybody that goes to school with you when there is only 300 students in the entire school, at a High school in Cedar Rapids, it isn't that easy, you may know the names of everybody..but I am nearly positive you don't know each of the students personally.