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Happy New Year! 2026... I wonder how many times I will write 2025 out of habit and if that will continue beyond the month of January. (History would tell me that the answer will be I'll write the wrong date often and far into the year...) But here we are, ready to roll with the 2nd semester and a full 5 day week to get us right back into things.
I hope that you had a restful break and that you're feeling ready to be back at school... or at least ready to see your friends, teachers and classmates again! I haven't been awake even remotely close to "school time" throughout all of break so I am anticipating that waking up in the morning will be rough. I suspect I'm not alone in that concern.
One of the exciting aspects about returning to school tomorrow that I am looking forward to is seeing the new library space and the new Student Services office area - both of which are expected to be back up and running tomorrow. I think those areas being open is going to make our school seem WAY less like a construction zone than it has in the past. I believe that the athletic training room, sports lockers, and music wing addition are the big spaces that the construction teams will be continuing to work on in the 2nd semester - so that is a much smaller area of impact than what we have seen previously. Yay!
In addition to checking out the new spaces of the school, be sure to check Infinite Campus to see which of your semester long classes have changed and where you'll be going for all of the new classes. I know that there is always a lot of uncertainty about how much you will or will not like your classes or the timing of your lunch period and who you will know in the classes or in your lunches. Just try to go into tomorrow with an open mind and hopefully you'll find that you love your schedule. If you don't, remember that you will need to do a schedule change form. These forms are available on the Counselor Website for you to download or you can pick up a form from the front of the Counseling Center - it is on the black shelves to the left of the front entrance near the secretaries. Those forms are required for any year-long classes that you are going to drop and any other significant changes that you are trying to make.
Seniors, remember, you need to think VERY hard about making any schedule changes that could be seen by the colleges as changing your level of rigor from your application. The colleges asked for your senior year schedule because the classes you are taking matter to them. If you decide that you are going to change your schedule, please be sure to double check with each of the colleges to let them know about your planned schedule change and confirm with them that it will not negatively impact your admissions decision BEFORE you make a change to your schedule.
Looking forward to seeing you all and hearing both about your break and what you're hoping for in the new year!
