When I came to Reserve I was astounded that the students actually wanted to learn. I feel that in my small classes at Reserve I am pushed to be the best I can be because all of my classmates are doing the same. With 21 AP courses at Reserve and many honors courses you can pick and choose between the things you really like to do and are good at.

At Reserve there is a requirement that everyone play at least two team sports a year. I love this idea because it gives me opportunity to try something I haven’t before and make friends with those that I wouldn’t necessarily be interacting with a lot.

While attending Reserve you must fulfill a certain amount of art credits giving students the opportunity to take advantage of what the art department has to offer. The diversity of the art program is also amazing. If you aren’t interested in drawing or sculpting then you can take a speech course or a writing course. Computer courses as well as dance and music are also included in the art department standards for graduation.

The diversity of activities to choose from at school is very impressive. You can do community service, play the stock market, or even go to youth group. There are numerous possibilities when it comes to choosing what you want to do. Reserve has also set one period a week for clubs to have their meetings. This has proven very affective because now you can balance more clubs on top of everything else at school.

Reserve is working hard to make smaller dorms. Being a dorm with 14 girls I love the fact that I am so close to each and every one of them. They are truly my best friends because they spend the most time with me. Our dorm is also an old house so I get the feeling of a home instead of the dorm feeling. I also enjoy the time I spend with the faculty master’s children who share the house with us. It makes me feel like I am at a home away from home.

Monday through Thursday Reserve has sit-down formal dinners. This is a time for students to sit at a table with faculty to have a meal. It is fun to sit at a table with one of my teachers and their family. The faculty who are the heads of the table serve the food just like you would at home. It’s a time I look forward to because it gives me the feeling of being at home.

Hudson, Ohio is a small town literally one block away from campus. During my free periods I can walk down and get a milkshake or grab a sandwich at one of the many places to eat. I can shop at the GAP in town and the school has made it possible for the students to use their ID cards as a debit card to make shopping in town easily. I feel comfortable walking downtown whether it is to celebrate a community day or just grab something to eat.

Coming to Reserve as a new sophomore I was afraid that I wouldn’t fit in but when I came I found that I was completely wrong. I wasn’t the only new student and Reserve’s small population made it easy to make friends. The school is too small to not get to know everyone. Student council makes weekend activities available to everyone in the school. Activiites range from seeing an orchestra play in Cleveland to ice hockey games in New York. Most of the time I sign out to my friends house for sleepovers and hanging out around town.