Summer is over and students are slipping off their sandals and shades to start to get back into the school mindset. It may be easy for some students to get back on their high school schedule, but what about the freshmen? The transition from middle school to high school is quite difficult, and some of Campo’s freshmen shared their thoughts about when they arrived at their first day of high school and how their experience has been so far.
Freshman Molly Cecchin shared her experience when arriving at Campo and trying to navigate her way around. “It was hard for me to find my classes and it felt very weird,” she said. Cecchin spoke about how transitioning into high school has been a little bit of a challenge. Cecchin is not the only freshman who felt this way. Freshman Nyomi Garcia said that she was, “a little scared and I got lost a lot.” Since Campolindo is a big school with a fair amount of students, it is understandable why new students may get lost.
When it comes to finding classes, unlike Cecchin and Garcia, freshman Lily Cote said, “I didn’t feel like it was that hard finding my classes.” Even though Cote felt like it was easy to navigate her way around campus, she did mention that she “was nervous at first—it is a little bit embarrassing,” coming in as a freshman.
Some students look up to the grades above them for help, as the sophomores, juniors and seniors know their way around campus. Upperclassmen have a reputation of coming across as “intimidating,” so asking an upperclassman for help isn’t the easiest task for some underclassmen. Cecchin stated that she “felt very out of place with all the upperclassmen.” Cecchin also touched on how the grades above can make freshmen feel isolated and cause them to feel like they don’t belong.
With these adjustments aside, Cecchin, Garcia, and Cote all voiced their excitement coming into Campo, and many others in the freshmen class are looking forward to being a part of the Campolindo community.
