UCS students prepare for new year, reconnect with friends

Utica High School senior Lindsey Berg has some advice for students entering high school for the first year.

“Keep working hard,” she said during the school’s registration. “Their time as seniors will be here before they know it.”

Berg was among the approximately 13,000 UCS secondary students that are taking part in the annual student registration at over the next two weeks at secondary schools.

The registrations give secondary students a chance to pick up their new schedules, take school photos and find their classrooms.

Reflecting on her last year as a Utica Community Schools student, Berg said she is expecting the school year to go quickly as she prepares for the next chapter – studying musical theater and education at Grand Valley State University.

“I’m excited to finish up and to have all of the hard work pay off,” she said.

Down Shelby Road at Eppler Junior High Schools, 8th grader Maddie Karrandja is expected the year to be less hectic since she is in her second year at the school.

“The first year you are getting to know where everything is,” she said.

Both Berg and Larrandja said one of their favorite things about Back to School is taking time to reconnect with classmates.

“I love being with friends who I may not have seen over the summer,” Larrandja said.

Source: Utica Community Schools

Dr. Christine Johns, Superintendent of Schools

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