Your Inside Advantage
...sharing worries & wonderings about high school
What about those worries?
The Warrior Band marched in seven Wisconsin parades in June, including this one in Sun Prairie, and then traveled to Michigan for the National Cherry Festival over the 4th of July weekend.
This summer, we caught up with a couple of soon-to-be sophomores and juniors at the annual band camp that kicks off parade season. Now that they have been Warriors for a year or two, we asked what they worried about before they started LLHS—and how soon they discovered it wasn’t as hard as they thought. With all the activities Lakeside has to offer, you’ll find your niche. It seems most worry about finding friends and fitting in, but read on to discover that not only do you find friends, but you also find family.
Aaron Fritz Westside Academy, Middleton Incoming Freshman Worries: Making friends of his own. Being able to figure out marching.
Aaron had two older siblings come to Lakeside, but they had both graduated by the time he started. He knew a few people who were coming here, but soon found out that he made more friends really quickly. Also, “band camp is so much fun and it’s easy to pick up the marching.” He plays basketball and runs track.
Caleb Koester St. Paul, Fort Atkinson Incoming Freshman Worries: Homework. Trying to make friends.
Maybe you’re worried about making friends of your own or who you will sit with at lunch. Caleb found that he page 6 • The Lakeside Advantage • 2019 Issue 2
sat with the few people he did know and soon other people joined in around them. Also, he shares that “homework didn’t turn out to be that big of a deal.” You can do it! He is in football, basketball, and baseball.
Grace Seim St. Stephen, Beaver Dam Incoming Freshman Worries: Living far away from school. Making friends.
“We live 45 minutes away and others lived closer. I wondered if I would be able to see them on weekends,” she says. “It started out hard, but once I got to know more people, they almost worked harder to make up for the distance.” Now that she can drive, it’s much easier. To meet as many people as possible, Grace reached out to them and talked to as many people as she could. Grace is also in Teens for Christ, track, and NHS. Individual musician photo credit: Scott Anthon Photography See the whole Warrior Band at scottanthon.com/p611469280
