b'1. Laurenour story, our ormeSperber 25H ello, my name is Lauren Neva Sperber. The 2023-2024 school year will be my fourth year at Orme. Although, Orme has always been a part of my life. My father, John Sperber, graduated from Orme in 1989. As a child, I would go to Reunions and dream of going to such a place as Orme. Then, in 2020, that dream became a reality. I applied for my Eighth Grade year and I got accepted. Without Orme, I would have no idea where I would have ended up. Due to this special place, I have become closer to reaching goals that I didnt even know existed!My favorite Tradition at Orme has to be The Orme Games. The Orme Games originated in 2021 during our Spring. Due to Covid-19, we were unable to go on our yearly Caravan, so they came up with a solution. That solution is a week-long event of fun and games. I am part of the Film Crew, OSPN (Orme Sports Programming Network), and I am the Lead Anchor, Editor, and Executive Producer. These games have taught us more thanhow to properly do a mud run, but have shown us true family and how to come together as a team, learn-ing how to cope with difficult situations and challenges. The games take place at the beginning of the year,2. Aisha that way we can all get to know each other and still be competitive.Some of my favorite aspects of high school that I haveAbdsatter 24experienced are friends. The friends you make at Orme are lifetime friends. These people will always bring you back up when youre at your lowest. No one will ever be sitting alone during meals, you will always have a friend be there for you. Whenever Im walking, Im ableM y name is Aisha Abdsattar. I am a 16-year-old se-to say hello to anybody I pass by; a friend, a teacher, ornior at The Orme School. I come from Kazakhstan, a random person I dont even really know. Being in suchwhich is on the other side of the world. My cousin a sense of community lets you bring out all of the socialgraduated from The Orme School and entered Embry Riddle skills that will last a lifetime. as an Aerospace Engineering major. This essentially planted Living in a dorm is truly one of my favorite thingsthe idea in my dads mind to send me here. When he an-about Orme. The stories and silly moments you have in anounced it, I was shocked, I wont lie. But then I got excited dorm room can truly change your life. I was in my dormbecause its a school in America! However, he omitted when my friends and I jokingly said we should make athe fact that its a ranch in the countryside. This essay will movie, and guess what, one hour later we made a movie.recount my story, experience, and the outcome.Whenever we all gather in the Chapel, I always get aWe applied and sought help from my cousin because we feeling of warmth and family. No other place does it likethought enrolling in Orme would be much more compli-Orme. Bringing everyone together even just for a fewcated than it actually was. I enrolled and even received a minutes really makes my day. I see people who I mightscholarship. The only thing left was flying across the world have not interacted with in a while and Im able to shareto get there. For reference, I was 15 at the time. The day I a friendly face or a quick chat with a smile. The best partleft Kazakhstan, my parents gathered my closest friends and is how everyone is welcome, all faces, all people. family. Who would have thought saying goodbye could be This year, I look forward to getting to meet all the newso painful?! My journey took 32 hours, and when I arrived people. Seeing how people of different communities andon campus, I felt like someone had tricked me since I had different backgrounds are able to all get together anda preconceived notion of what America was, and I couldnt have a fun time! Im anticipating everyones arrival andsee myself staying until graduation. My friends and relatives being able to banter with my new friends and teachers.were so far away, and I couldnt get used to the 13-hour See you soon!time difference. Terrible homesickness and loneliness con-sumed me, and I started freaking out, calling my parents and 20'