I'm one of the few people at Animas who has been here for four years, but is just a Junior. This being said I think that that has been beneficial to me both academically or socially. After my first freshman year I had the option to either stay at the school and repeat freshman year or to leave and go to the normal high school in town. I clearly chose to stay because this school is by far the best school that I have ever been to. I feel more connected to everything that I have done at this school and I have no regrets over my choice to repeat and stay. Over the last three years I feel like I have proven myself to the people that matter the most for my experience at school, my teachers, parents, and most importantly myself.