On Monday, February 22 gifted students from Kempsville Middle School and Larkspur Middle School were invited to KHS to shadow current 9th and 10th graders. The idea came from a series of recruitment trips that took place at the middle schools in December. Many of the middle school students talked about feeling anxious about coming to high school so the shadow day was created to soothe some of those fears.
The students were ferried around in activity buses driven by gifted cluster teachers and delivered to the Kempsville library during our second block. The future Chiefs were greeted by their host student and Mrs. George, one of the assistant principals at KHS. After a tour of the building, high school students took their guests to third and fourth blocks. Middle schoolers participated in classes, navigated the hallways and the lunch line, and some had an opportunity to participate in an intra-building problem solving activity during study block. Most importantly, our guests had a chance to find out first hand what Chief-life is all about.
The students were ferried around in activity buses driven by gifted cluster teachers and delivered to the Kempsville library during our second block. The future Chiefs were greeted by their host student and Mrs. George, one of the assistant principals at KHS. After a tour of the building, high school students took their guests to third and fourth blocks. Middle schoolers participated in classes, navigated the hallways and the lunch line, and some had an opportunity to participate in an intra-building problem solving activity during study block. Most importantly, our guests had a chance to find out first hand what Chief-life is all about.