Opportunity Exists Despite Complaints
Throwing out hateful words about one’s high school is something of a common occurrence, and Waverly students are no exception.
Perfect high schools don’t exist, and a student would have to be ignorant to believe so.
However, high schools that set a student up for life after graduation and high schools with supportive and hard-working administration teams exist.
With the support and opportunities that each student is given at Waverly High School, it’d be far-fetched to say we don’t fall into that category.
Right at the beginning of our freshmen year, we’re encouraged to go out of our comfort zones and become a part of different clubs, activities and groups. Upperclassmen approach underclassmen with the ultimate goal of persuading them to join clubs and activities.
And yet, people still have audacity to complain about their lack of skills, their lack of preparation for life after their four years here and maybe their lack of inclusion, as if that’s all somehow the school’s fault.
There is not one teacher in school that will tell a student they can’t enroll themselves in their class, not one adviser that will tell a student they can’t sign up to be a part of their clubs and not one student which holds a leadership position in their club or activity that will tell a student they can’t join their club.
Administrators aren’t around to tell students they’re failures and teachers aren’t around for the sole purpose of grading tests and quizzes. Each of them is here to help students grow, learn more about themselves and, more importantly, learn more about what their future holds.
Waverly has clubs based around core subjects such as science, math and history; clubs based around career fields like Family Career and Community Leaders of America, Future Business Leaders of America, SkillsUSA, Students Against Destructive Decisions and National FFA Organization; clubs based around the arts which include art, drama, German, Spanish, Hi-Spot and Yearbook. And, last but not least, clubs for the students that take an extra step and apply themselves in order to get into them: Student Council, National Honor Society and Presidents Club.
Within each club are more routes into different subjects, allowing students to learn about things that may or may not be in their standard curriculum.
Involvement at Waverly High School is not only possible, but highly encouraged. And any student who believes the contrary is not paying attention.
