Moving forward: Students look to the future (Part 1)
A four part series chronicling a look at grade level changes
May 31, 2016
As the school year ends, staff reporter Aliza Porter takes a look at how each class level feels going into their next academic year. From the perspective of a freshman, a sophomore, a junior, and a senior, these stories reveal the expectations and goals for the upcoming year.
Moving forward: Freshmen to sophomores
Freshmen prepare to tackle their second year of high school after their first taste of its academic culture.
In a matter of weeks the 2015-16 school year will come to an end. Summer will come and go. Soon enough, the freshmen will have evolved into sophomores. Freshmen year as they knew it will become more distant while sophomore year will become more permanent.
“I don’t really feel different,” freshman Laurel Sell said. “I feel like there’s not a whole lot of hype into going into sophomore year. I guess it’s really just like you’re happy you’re not a freshman anymore.”
Although most freshmen look forward to not having the freshmen label anymore, others look forward to taking different courses. Courses such as Chemistry, Geometry, Algebra 2, and English 2 are some examples of courses that incoming sophomores may be looking forward to.
“I look forward to chemistry which is weird,” freshmen Laurel Sell said. “I like science.”
The first year of high school is more than just a new school for some. For freshman Kyra Mccracken it was her first steps in a public school is years.
“I think it’s gonna be better because being homeschooled for the past four years and coming into a new high school has been kind of overwhelming and hard,” Mccracken said. “I think being a sophomore, I’ll be more used to the classes and the schedules that I’ll understand what to do more.”
While some freshmen are looking forward to the new courses that are offered, others are seeking the new opportunities sophomore year may bring.
“I don’t really have any major feelings about it but I am excited to get new teachers,” Mccracken said. “And meet new people and to interact in new classes I will hopefully like.”
While some incoming sophomores dislike some of the required classes, others are hoping for a better social life that sophomore year may bring.
“I feel like sophomore is going to be better than freshmen year just because you kind of like, you get it now and it’s just easier to understand like what’s going on in the school and you know everyone,” Sell said. “You probably don’t, I’m not saying that if you get picked on a whole lot, but you definitely don’t get picked on as much as a sophomore.”