With the new semester starting for teachers and students at the Wessington Springs High School (WSHS), I decided to ask the students and staff how the first couple weeks are going and what they feel could make beginning the second semester go more smoothly. Students and staff said the semester is off to a great start!
As WSHS Superintendent Dr. Michael Ormsmith said, “Things are off to a quick start. It seems like there’s never a dull moment.”
Most teachers are saying that one way to make the semester go more smoothly is for students to try to get their schedules figured out and to be on time and prepared for class.
“I would like students to seriously consider what classes they would like to take, so there are less drops and adds,” said Charlotte Mohling, Wessington Springs Cyber School Coordinator, Family and Consumer Sciences/Technology Skills/Social Sciences/ Curriculum Coordinator “This would make getting schedules figured out much easier.”
Most students said that no homework would be nice.
“I believe no homework would make things a lot easier on the students,” shared Max Klein, a junior at WSHS.
This sentiment is not surprising since students have been very busy with basketball and wrestling. “The wrestling team has had a good season so far. They are two for two for duals, and they are getting better throughout the year. They have multiple ranked wrestlers now,” said WSHS senior Holden Havlik.
Boys’ basketball coach Joey Mitchell said, “We have had a nice start to the season showing glimpses of awesome basketball while we are now working on the consistency, night in, night out. We have battled through some injuries, and guys have nicely stepped up in numerous situations early this season, which will pay dividends come late February into March.”
Most teachers share WSHS English teacher Devena Jackson’s sentiment about the semester as it unfolds. “We wish our students success in both their school and extracurricular activities as the semester progresses!” Editor’s note: This column introduces True Dakotan readers to the work of Wessington Springs High School journalism student Jada Kolousek. The junior will provide True Dakotan readers with an insider perspective to the goings on at WSHS. “I have always wanted to take journalism, I’ve thought it would be interesting to gather everyone’s insight and write about it weekly for the rest of the semester,” Kolousek shared. “I’ll be reporting on the inside take of what’s going at WSHS.”