Staff Photo. Graduating students. Left: Veronica Ross Right: Alyssa McCready
All Dryden High School Students who chose in person learning to start the school year, have officially completed their first few days back in the classroom.
The school year may look different this year, with quiet hallways and limited activities but two Grade 12 students are just happy to be back.
Grade 12 student and DHS Student Council member, Veronica Ross says she’s glad they had the option to return to in person learning.
“It’s really different but it’s also exciting because we missed a lot of our grade 11 year, so we’re happy to be back. It feels a lot better in person because now we have the convenience of asking a teacher whenever we have a question instead of waiting for an email reply and it’s just a lot better to be there and experience it in real time, not on a computer.”
Ross says her hope for the year is to make the most of her last year at DHS.
“I would hope to see a Grad at the end. When you’re younger that’s something you imagine and dream about throughout your high school career. I would just like to make memories with my class, even though we can’t things like dances and events like the other grades before us got.”
Alyssa McCready, another Grade 12 student and council member tells CKDR she feels safe at school with all the health and safety protocols in place.
A look at arrows and hand sanitizer stations inside DHS.
“They’re really good about going over everything everyday, we’ve heard all the protocols for two days in a row now. They’ve really took everything into account and they’re doing a great job. As much as you could ask them to do, they’re doing.”
Doors remain locked at DHS to eliminate visitor access without appointment and other protocols include scheduled breaks, designated doors for cohorts, directional arrows, hand sanitizer stations and mandatory masks.
McCready talks about one thing she’ll miss this year.
“I’m still holding out hope for a basketball season. It’s our senior season and you’ll probably never get to play again, for most of us we won’t go on to play in University. So that’s something I’ll miss but other than that just Graduation and other events.”
While both students agree they feel safe, McCready notes it will take everyone to keep students attending school in person.
“As long as everyone does their job in the community to help us stay safe in here, because we can do everything in here right but if someone goes to work after school and they’re not doing their job there…it’s really community effort to keep everyone safe.”
