 The holiday season is one that is full of best wishes and good cheer. This year we thought we would share some of our wishes and dreams with you as we wish you a happy holiday season from all of us at NCSSM. Thank you for being part of the North Carolina School of Science and Math community and best wishes for 2017. My dream is to become an active member in the medical field and a contributor in research and NCSSM helps me achieve that goal by giving me access to research facilities around the triangle. My hopes and dreams are to make people happy whether that's an employee or a student and in doing so I hope that we create an environment that people enjoy being at NCSSM and whether they retire for NCSSM or graduate from NCSSM that they always consider this place home. NCSSM has helped me fulfill my dream of wanting to be culturally well versed by having tons of multicultural clubs and activities throughout the year. My hope for North Carolina is that all students no matter where they live have access to great courses and incredible faculty and through NCSSM online students are able to access those courses right from their home school. And I'm excited about our students here and how qualified they are actually to teach and I'm excited about the opportunities that they have to spread still knowledge to students all around the state of North Carolina younger than them. My dream is to pursue a career in the medical field as well as pursuing a hobby in music and Science and Math can help me not only with that because they have a great Science and Math program as well as a fine arts program. To make NCSSM North Carolina's high school through video conferencing and online course offerings all over the state. My wish is that every student that I encounter regardless of their background or experience would know that they are loved and respected and that they have something important to contribute to this school and program.