I had my first experience with PW Mini the day I walked into Mini Info Night in Grade 5 with my sister, who was in the middle of tackling the application process. To be honest, I wasn’t sure what I was walking into. But as I sat through the (roughly) one-and-a-half-hour-long presentation, trying to process the magnitude of opportunities one could receive from the program, I began to imagine what it would be like to be a Mini. I thought about the trips I would take, the number of friends I would make, and everything in between. By the end, as my family and I were starting to leave, I was brought to the realization of just how badly I wanted to go.
It was at that moment, walking out of the Prince of Wales Auditorium, that I decided I was going to apply to the mini school. I distinctly remember my mom, excited that I hadn’t fallen asleep during the presentation, asking what I thought of the school. I ranted to her for about 15 minutes before she finally cut me off. She said, “OK, then you’ll have to work for it.” And that’s what I did.
If I hadn’t attended the Mini Info night that evening with my sister – if I hadn’t made the decision to apply as I left the auditorium in 2021 – I likely never would have come to the Mini. After all, two years later, instead of a proper info night, my Grade seven class, due to COVID, got a single lengthy video of the then-Head Teacher speaking about the program. The video didn’t particularly excite me, and maybe if I hadn’t already decided I wanted to go, I wouldn’t have really considered it. Well, who knows - maybe I would have still applied despite the lengthy online explanation. But whatever the case, as far as I know, everything happens for a reason, and my mom forcing 10-year-old me to go to that information session one night in 2021 was one of the best decisions she ever could have made.
the decision that led me here
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