As a new student to Anderson High School, I wanted to know other new students’ perspectives and hardships they may have gone through starting this school year. Being new to a school can be challenging, but most of the time new students are not alone in their struggles at a new school. I wanted to know more about the school from new and fresh eyes and to see if my experiences with moving here were common.

One of our new students is a sophomore named Cheyenne Mayo. “I did online school so I went to discovery in 8th grade,” Mayo said. “[AHS] is bigger since I’ve never been to high school before, and it’s more diverse here.”

On the other hand, another one of our new students is Jer’ran Nave, a junior from George Washington High School, who thinks otherwise.
“It’s a lot of white people,” Nave said. This being his first year, Jer’ran wants to get involved in athletics at AHS.

“I was living with my mom and had more resources for basketball down here.”  

There are some hardships students go through when adjusting to a new school.

 “I would have to say having to find new people or just restarting,” Nave said. 

One of the biggest hardships a new student will go through is meeting new people. I asked one of our other new students, sophomore Alejandro Tlaxco what he thought the hardest thing about moving here was. “I don’t have as many friends as I did at my old school,” Tlaxco said.

Another big complaint about adjusting to our school comes from Chris’sean White, a junior. “The hallways are crowded and the passing periods are short,” White says. Facing the crowded hallways as a new student can be stressful. 

All in all, Anderson High School is a school with supportive teachers and staff.  Teachers or counselors are always available to connect new students with diverse opportunities and resources to get involved with sports, academics, or career training.