by Devin Hendrick, sports editor<\/p>\n
The first day of high school is always nerve-racking, especially for Freshman. High school is a brand new experience for incoming Freshman. The journey is immensely different than middle school, and for some, it takes a little while to adapt to the high school lifestyle. <\/p>\n
In high school, there\u2019s much more homework, the classes are harder, and it starts an hour earlier than middle school. Those are probably the most overwhelming parts of high school though.
\nOn the first day of high school, some people just don\u2019t really know what to expect. Kyle Henry, a freshman football player, said that he was excited to begin his high school adventure. \u201cI couldn\u2019t wait for it to start,\u201d said Henry. \u201cI saw all the fun that my older brother was having and I couldn\u2019t wait to get started myself. I\u2019m excited about all the new opportunities.\u201d
\nMr. Gray, a 9th grade U.S. History teacher, didn\u2019t sense any nervousness in his new freshman students. \u201cMost of the kids were energetic,\u201d Gray said, \u201chowever, it definitely depends on if the kids have any friends in their class.\u201d Mr. Gray also said that the kids responded really well to all of the icebreaker activities that were conducted on the first day of school. \u201cThe kids were really engaged in all the activities that we did,\u201d Gray said.<\/p>\n
Another freshman, Nick Laumann, felt the same way as Kyle. \u201cI had mixed emotions about it,\u201d he said to me, \u201cbut I was just ready for the school year to finally start.\u201d The thing that he looked forward to the most about coming to River Hill is making new friends and meeting new people.<\/p>\n
Elijah Taylor, a freshman soccer player, felt differently compared to Nick and Kyle. \u201cI was nervous for the change, but I was excited to meet new people,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cAfter the first day, I wasn\u2019t nervous at all. When asked about which schedule he prefers, Elijah said that he would choose the high school schedule over the middle school schedule. \u201cAs crazy as it sounds, I actually like waking up early, and I like the high school schedule better than my old middle school schedule because we get out of school earlier too.\u201d<\/p>\n
The common theme seemed to be that almost every freshman was excited and eager to start their first day of school at River Hill. They all also were looking forward to meeting people from other middle schools that would be joining them in their classes this year. Most of them didn\u2019t have those first day jitters that freshmen in the past years have had.
\nStarting at a new school is always an exhilarating feeling and it\u2019s awesome to see that the class of 2021 at River Hill feels just that way. Hopefully, each and every new hawk will have an amazing year at River Hill high school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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