2022 November Issue
The Redbird Word is the monthly print edition of our student-led newspaper at Alton High.
The Redbird Word is the monthly print edition of our student-led newspaper at Alton High.
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Students Take Free Days to Explore Colleges<br />
By: Michael Fellion<br />
At Alton High School, students are able to use college days during junior and senior years in order to go<br />
and check out colleges.<br />
Junior Marvia Lawrence said he has known about being able to use a college day, but never planned on<br />
using it this year. Lawrence said he thinks that if he did actually go on a college day, it would probably be at<br />
the end of the year and far away from Alton. “I think college days are good because they give you a day off<br />
school,” Lawrence added.<br />
Other students, such as Adam Hunter, Brianna Mitchell and Sarah Martin also have their takes on college<br />
days and whether or not they are planning on using them. Amongst students, college days were common<br />
knowledge and were probably going to be taken throughout the year.<br />
In senior Adam Hunter’s case, he said he knew about the college days he was able to take since junior year.<br />
Hunter also said he doesn't plan on taking his college day this year just because he already knew where he<br />
wanted to go instead. “I plan on going to a trade school over trying to go to a college, so I don’t need any<br />
college days,” he added.<br />
On the other hand, junior Sarah Martin said she has also known about being able to take a college day off<br />
and thinks it would be something she may do this year. Martin said she also plans on going to a college<br />
around the Illinois or Alton area for her college day.<br />
Another junior, Kimberlynn Hicks, said she didn’t know that juniors could take college days, but was<br />
planning on taking a college day for herself whenever she got the chance. Hicks thinks that now that she is<br />
able to go and do a college day during her junior year, she plans to check out a college that she heard about<br />
in Oregon.<br />
Overall, some students know, or at least have heard, that they are able to take college days while in their<br />
junior and senior years. Whether or not the students take them is all up to them and if they actually want<br />
to. In the end, taking a college day can be very useful to help students explore their after-high school<br />
options.<br />
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