Hi, I’m Jamie, and I’m a seventh grader at Santa Barbara Middle School.

I really wanted to do do the SBMS Teen Press again because I liked it so much last time I did it. Also, I missed a really big event last quarter, and I hope I can make up for it this time.

The essentials you need to know about me are that I love to dance, I like to read, and I pay a lot of attention to what needs to be done. I’ve been dancing ever since I was about five, and I’m still going today! I am part of a dance academy called "14 Karat Jules," which is where I take classes in jazz, hip-hop, ballet, and gymnastics. Someday, I hope to be famous for what I do. When I read, I really get into it. However, if reading is forced, I’m not too fond of it, especially when I don’t like the book. Other than that, I think its great and everyone should do it! Two previous stories that really caught my attention were when the Teen Press interviewed Will Smith, and when they interviewed Al Gore. I think that both of them are really amazing and inspiring.

If you were to ask me what I thought about the SBMS Teen Press, I probably would be at a loss for words because I like so much about it. I’m really looking forward too all of the cool things we’re going to do, like interviews, videos, etc. I really hope that I’m on top of everything. I think that it would be safe to say that I’m brave and very sociable, which I think are two characteristics everyone on the Teen Press needs. My dream interview would probably be with Daniel Radcliffe, but that would be pretty hard because he lives in England. A random fact about me is that I want to help keep the world clean, but I don't do as many things about it as I want to.

I’m looking forward to a great quarter, and I hope everyone else is too!