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<\/a>Every new school year at Pueblo High School, many freshmen seem to struggle\nto transition to high school\u2014from being \u201ckings\/queens of the hill\u201d in middle\nschool to feeling insignificant as ninth graders in a new environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even though we\u2019re close to the end of the first semester, several freshmen\nadmitted that they were challenged by their first few days at Pueblo back in\nAugust\u2014including getting lost finding their classes or being confused about\nwhich lunch to take. Now, at the near-end of the first semester, most freshmen\nhave found a routine and admit to enjoying their new school. Truly, they have\nfound their ways\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kortez Rodriguez, one of the more than nearly 500 freshmen this year at\nPueblo, said, \u201cThis first quarter wasn\u2019t as confusing as it could have been for\nme because a lot of upperclassmen helped guide me. Not all upperclassmen hate\nfreshmen!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Transitioning from a middle school to a high school can be a big milestone for\nmany freshmen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Freshman Eve Woods feels proud of herself to have earned a perfect GPA for\nfirst quarter, but she admits that she had her share of personal challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was difficult to put myself out there,\u201d Woods said. \u201cBut, in the end, I\nfound that being involved in volleyball really helped me to meet new people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Woods suggest that all freshmen should become involved with an activity\nbecause it will help them to establish new friends and to help them feel that\nthey are part of a community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another freshman, Issac Palomo, said that making new friends has been his\nbiggest struggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI came to Pueblo from Pueblo Gardens, and only friend from that school came\nwith me here,\u201d Palomo said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI plan to get involved with sports,\u201d Palomo added, \u201cand this will hopefully\nhelp me to make more friends at Pueblo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pueblo counselor Ms. Marian Finley said that freshmen have many\nopportunities to transition smoothly into high school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFreshman Experience is a great program for incoming freshman, and this past\nsummer, we had a record number of participants,\u201d Finley said. \u201cEach student\ngained high school exposure and one-half credit to start off their freshman\nyear.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Ismael Angulo & Alina Cuen Every new school year at Pueblo High School, many freshmen seem to struggle to transition to high school\u2014from being \u201ckings\/queens of the hill\u201d in middle school to feeling insignificant as ninth graders in a new environment. Even though we\u2019re close to the end of the first semester, several freshmen … Continue reading Class of 2023 Freshmen Finding Their Way Through First Semester<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3,334,323,335],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pA2u4-Qg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3240"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3246,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240\/revisions\/3246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}