New Bricks In The Wall

By Josh Morrison

Welcome back! It’s the first week of school! Time to finally try out that new sport or challenge yourself with a class you know nothing about! It’s time to get out of your comfort zone and live a little…It’s time for new schedules! New clubs! New friends!   

The biggest challenge of the first week is always re-embracing routine. Summer is over and everyone is gearing up for another year of school whether you’re a teacher, staff, or student. We’re all in the same boat. But what about a new routine or maybe a new class? This year Dalat is offering half credits for Impact Trips as well as three brand new courses for students to take including AP Comp Sci Principles A, African Literature, and European Literature (courtesy of Ms. Weidemann and Mr. Jens).

Whatever your routine is, don’t be afraid to make a change! We’re all faced with countless decisions regarding academics, social lives, and future careers. Thankfully Dalat makes it easy for us to customize our schedules around friends and classes that click, so it’s to no one’s surprise that Mr. Dobson saw over 60 schedule change requests on the first two days alone (me being one of them). 

According to Mr. Dobson, “The record this year for closest schedule change was two minutes before the deadline.” 

How about welcoming change? In the opening assembly, we saw the return of Mr. Scott Uzzle and his family. We also welcomed new faces like Mr. Ulmer, Mr. Schmidt, and Mrs. Craig.  To all the new staff, students, and teachers, we can’t wait to see how you change the school!

I was once told that the first week of school was the most important of all because it’s a week of turbulence. It's a week where no one has a set plan and everyone is down to try something new. The new swing of things takes time for students to get used to, so if you want to join a new table, DO IT! If you want to talk to that someone you haven’t talked to before, DO IT! New friend group, new sport, new club DO IT! I know I sound like a Nike commercial, but if there’s something/anything that you know you could do to make this year more memorable and exciting for you, TRY IT!