Sophomores integrate into student population

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By Tyler Christensen

For better or for worse, the sophomores have arrived at Timpanogos High School, and they agree that moving up to high school is a change from the junior highs they left behind.

Any change of schools involves a change in lifestyle, but the jump to high school represents an especially important step because this is where new students will start preparing for their future.

However, some sophomores are finding it easier to adjust than others. Jason Eyre, sophomore, has a lot to like about the new school structure, saying, “It’s easier to adjust because you have a bigger variety of classes, and the teachers keep you interested.”

More classes, though, means more classrooms; more classrooms means more hallways, more doors, and more opportunities to get disoriented and lost. “The school is bigger, so you get lost a lot,” says sophomore Tiffany Peterson. “I think I’ve been lost about four times.”

It’s not just these students that are trying to adapt to T-Wolf culture. Several junior high schools feed into Timpanogos, resulting in a brand new mix of students for the Class of 2010. Students have many opportunities to make new friends with people that came here from other schools; there are a lot of people to meet that sophomores, juniors and seniors alike wouldn’t have known before.

Because several junior high schools distribute students fairly evenly among the high schools, it’s a virtual guarantee that everyone can find a sophomore they don’t know in one of their classes. Johnny Silva, junior, definitely can. “My AP History and AP Environmental Science classes are full of new sophomores I didn’t know before,” he said.

Eyre also seized the opportunity to criticize THS’s attendance policy. “The one thing I don’t like is the ARC program,” he said, though he hasn’t yet needed to attend a session. The number of sophomores sharing this sentiment will likely grow in the coming months as the new students risk getting closer to that critical fourth tardy.

There’s little reason for the juniors and seniors to worry about these new challengers already; while THS’s newest students finish moving in, the rest of the school will wait patiently to see how loud the cheers of “Twenty-ten!” can get.

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