8th graders tour school and begin pre-enrollment
Senior Analyse Claude helps the eighth graders highlight their potential elective classes for their freshman year. The eighth graders ate lunch after filling out their work for the following year.
In less than a year, a new class of students will be joining the high school. On Jan. 20, those students were given the opportunity to tour the high school and pre-enroll.
During the times of 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m., the eighth graders spent time with Leadership Team as they showed them important parts of the school and answered any questions.
The students were split into multiple small groups and two larger groups which would tell them where to begin.
Instructor Lisa Renz speaks to the eighth graders on their tour. The students got the chance to enter classrooms, such as metals, woods, art and many more.
“We started out in the Cafeteria,” junior Cori Isbell said. “In the cafeteria we began with using the student handbooks to introduce activities that people can get involved in at Hays High School. Then, the eighth graders highlighted their career clusters in their course guides. After that, we discussed all the courses that Hays High School will offer next year.
“During this time we also talked about what was required to graduate, eligibility and creating a schedule. To end the Cafeteria portion, we had a Q&A and discussed a lot of the questions they might have.”
The event was put together by the counselors who wanted to make the transition of schools easier for the incoming freshmen.
“One, they get to really take a look at our building and hopefully get into some of our classrooms where some of our electives are,” counselor Suellyn Stenger said. “The other thing is mainly the enrollment information. They can start looking at what classes they might want for next year and getting pre-enrolled.”/
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