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Reducing freshman anxiety
POCATELLO - Lauren Jones is Highland High School's senior class president, but one of her main goals is to reduce freshmen anxiety.
She said Highland's youngest students often have a hard time with the transition to high school. But this year, a new program called the ''Freshman Project'' aims to change that. Jones and other upper classmen have adopted 10 freshmen each to show them the ropes. They regularly call the students and invite them to school activities. ''It's terrorizing to be a freshman,'' Jones said. ''The point of this is to eliminate those terrors. That way they will get involved and come to events.''
Jones, 18, served as a student senator her first three years of high school and decided to run for senior class president last spring because she enjoys the leadership role. This week, Jones is busy with homecoming activities, which peak Friday night with a football game against Twin Falls. So far this season, Highland has a perfect 3-0 record, which Jones said has been great for school spirit.
''We have a ton of fan support,'' Jones said. ''It's a good time to come out and watch the team succeed.'' She said one of the most popular events preceding the game is the ''car smashing'' in which students decorate an automobile to look like a Twin Falls Bruin and then commence demolishing it. There will also be a first-ever tailgating party complete with root beer floats in the Holt Arena parking lot at 5:30 p.m. before the game.
As far as her schoolwork goes, Jones enjoys writing essays and poetry in her English classes. She is also taking Advanced Placement government, which will give her credit toward college. Article RatingReader CommentsSubmit a CommentCommenting RulesWe encourage your feedback and dialog. All comments are subject to deletion by our Web staff.
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