High school can be overwhelming. There are so many things that come up, in what sometimes feels like random times, that it may cause student’s heads to spin with all the information or contrarily, that students don’t really know what is going on. It is our belief that students need to be proactive in seeking the information they need to make good decisions.  

It’s important to make use of the resources available to you. This means, yes, you need to check Schoology for general school announcements. It also means that you will want to attend Homeroom in order to be successful. Wednesday’s Homeroom, for example, is set aside to get you ready to tackle the rest of your lives, starting with either college, apprenticeships, or ways to go straight into the workforce. This can be difficult for teenagers to think about, planning your future isn’t easy, especially when you don’t know what you are doing. That is why students need to not only attend Homeroom but to make use of SchooLinks, the new program designed to help with those things. 

The way that society is structured today, information is so readily available at our fingertips through social media and the web. We very rarely have to seek out the information that we are looking for, and consequently we don’t know where to look. Using online resources, such as the various social media accounts of different school clubs and organizations, like Viking Student Media’s YouTube channel, provide you with information you might not get otherwise. But you may have to take it upon yourself to seek out these channels of information.  

Some might argue that they shouldn’t have to go out searching for information, that anything important will be brought to them. While that is a general opinion shared by some, this is not the way to find success and connection at school. Students complain that they don’t like school, but that is often because they are treating it like passive consumers, not doing anything to help themselves.  

School is what you make of it, whether it is attending school activities like drama productions or art concerts or cheering on your classmates at athletic events, all of these contribute to what you get out of school and whether you get the information you need.  

There’s a lot that goes into being successful during your time in these crowded halls, but you have to be willing to put in the effort to at least do a small part to meet your peers halfway. Be a proactive member of the Viking community to get the information you need to be part of the Viking Way.