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| Written by Alice Knotts | |
| Thursday, 02 September 2010 | |
 August 23rd- The sun shone warm and low in the sky as GEAR UP's barbecue grill, filled with juicy, sizzling hamburgers and hotdogs, sent billows of barbecue-flavored smoke wafting about the Walla Walla High School campus. But fantastic weather was only part of the evening's enjoyment for the 859 parents, siblings, and freshmen gathered together at WAHI to kick off the 2010 school year with GEAR UP's Freshman Family Orientation and barbeque. The school principal welcomed all those attending the event, thanked them for supporting WAHI, and thanked them for showing an interest in their child's education by participating in Family Orientation. Throughout the evening, GEAR UP and WAHI representatives informed the event's participants of the numerous opportunities WAHI has to offer for students, including a vast assortment clubs, extracurricular activities, leadership roles, AVID, and special events like the Luau and Big Blue Weekend. After dinner, GEAR UP provided freshman families with several great options to help them get to know their student's new school. Parents could meet with their child’s teachers, ask questions, and discuss any concerns they had about their child in a particular class. They could also speak with any of the junior and senior Link Leaders to get a student perspective on life at WAHI.  To top it off, parents were given an opportunity to take a personalized tour of the campus lead by their child’s very own Link Crew leaders. The tours included stops at their child’s future classrooms, a parent question and answer time, and a chance for freshmen to show off their “vast” knowledge of the school (which, naturally, they only just learned earlier that day during GEAR UP's Freshman Orientation). | |
| Last Updated ( Wednesday, 08 September 2010 ) |
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