By RYAN CHAMPLIN The school year is about to begin once again at Bishop Hendricken High School. Next week, 952 students will be going through orientation in preparation for the first day of classes on Thursday, Aug. 31. There's not many jobs where you"
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The school year is about to begin once again at Bishop Hendricken High School. Next week, 952 students will be going through orientation in preparation for the first day of classes on Thursday, Aug. 31.
“There’s not many jobs where you get to start fresh each year,” says Principal Joseph “Jay” Brennan (’72). “Everyone here has a ‘let’s go got ’em’ attitude.”
Teachers and staff will have their orientation on Monday, kicking off the first of three orientation days. Ten new teachers are joining the Hendricken community this year.
On Tuesday, 8th and 9th graders will join the transfer students for “Taking Flight,” a day for the new students to get acclimated to the Hendricken setting.
“Though the incoming students are coming into a bigger environment than they might be used to, the faculty and staff are here to guide them,” said John Jackson (’71), president of Bishop Hendricken.
Wednesday is considered the “business” orientation. All students are required to attend and will complete housekeeping tasks, like taking their school ID picture and finding out where their homeroom is. Following that, students will have their first day of classes on Thursday.
There will be no classes on Friday, September 1, in order to give faculty and staff the chance to join together for a retreat. St. Kevin’s Father Robert Marciano (’75) will host the retreat on Enders Island in Mystic, Connecticut.
“The retreat is a good way for faculty to sit back, relax and contemplate,” Jackson said. “It’s important to thank God for the opportunity we have as educators to mold and influence these young men.”
Out of the 952 students attending Bishop Hendricken this year, 33 of them will be in the 8th grade class. This is the third year of this program. Of the 243 incoming freshmen, 36 of them graduated from last year’s 8th grade program. The graduating class of 2018 is starting the year off strong with 214 students.
“If they attack everything they do with a passion, the students will look back on Hendricken as the best years of their lives,” says Jackson. “Jump in with both feet.”
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