Advice for incoming students

            Dear incoming underclassmen. Welcome, welcome to the school unlike any other. In this place you will be confused, angry, disappointed, discouraged, unmotivated and lost. Does it sound fun to you? Does this sound like all of your fears of high school merged into one sentence? Does it kind of want to make you cry? Does it make you excited? For me as an incoming freshman, I definitively was NOT excited for this school, I was NOT happy about going to a school where not a single one of my close friends were going, and I was NOT about to give into any stereotype that are so frequently fulfilled by the thousands upon thousands of other high school freshman girls. I wanted to be set apart, but I wanted a group of friends. I wanted to be good at classes but I was constantly discouraged by the fact that I didn’t know anyone in this school, and I just wanted to be accepted. Does this sound like you? Does it not? Are you still scared that this place will be horrible? That high school will be like every Disney movie? I know as a new student at Faith Bible, I felt all of those things. I heard a whole list of lies about who I was, who I wasn’t, what crowd I would fit into, and how I would be judged, and I believed every single one of them. So, my dear friends, if you haven’t been scared off yet, let me tell you something very important. Do NOT believe any of the lies that are thrown at you because Faith Bible is so VERY different. This school is full of people who actually care about you, everyone will know you by name. Your classes are small enough to where they become your closest friends. The teachers genuinely care, and will talk to you and help you out when you need it. Everyone here cares about YOU, they want you to be YOU, they want you to see GOD, and they want you to experience LOVE. My first months of school were not the greatest, I was doing volleyball at the time (take into account that I am not athletic AT ALL), and I didn’t want to show up to school, or go to volleyball workouts, I didn’t like anything at all. But the upperclassmen girls wanted to me feel welcome, and loved. And in all honesty, the people at faithbible, all of the students made me love this school.  So now that you know that this school isn’t scary, the people aren’t out to get you, I want to share with you a couple important things I wish I knew as an incoming freshman. (you should actually do these things, just do them. Don’t try and get around them because these are things you NEED to do)

1.)  Try out a sport you have never done before

       High school gives you an amazing opportunity to participate in sports, if you aren’t athletic don’t feel pressured, but it is definitively something you should try. Also, because it is a small school, you will become fast friends with your team and your coach!

2.)  Do your homework.

No, seriously do this. As a freshman I thought that colleges only would look at my junior and senior year, but it doesn’t work that way. High school grades are cumulative- so your bad math grade freshman year directly affects your college acceptance. So, a way to make sure that you get good grades, is DO YOUR HOMEWORK. Don’t push it off one day, I mean sure, you COULD get away with it, but that doesn’t mean that you SHOULD get away with it, or that it’s a good, fun idea.

3.)   ASK QUESTIONS

When you don’t understand something, ask how to do it. If you don’t understand the concept, don’t expect you to be able to teach it to yourself out of the book at home. I can assure you, the teachers make what’s in the book easier. So, ask them questions, they give you direct answers, not some weird confusing thing from the book.

            4.) Be yourself!
                      Our school has a unique mixture of people, and all of them fit in... I found that                         During my Freshman year, I tried becoming someone I was not, and It made                         me so sad! It wasn't until I was encouraged to be my weird self, that I was truly comfortable at this school. Be yourself! It feels WONDERFUL!
   5.) Be aware of what is happening on the inside- and be prepared for it to change!
            Being aware of where you are mentally and spiritually, this school is blessed with the opprotunity to be a christian school, take advantage of it! Your spiritual growth will give you energy to go through the hard days at faith bible, and the ones filled with work. Once God is your #1, your heart and mind will be at rest, your life will make sense, and you will have someone that gives you peace in your stress. 

No matter what, remember that Faith Bible is full of people who genuinely care about how you are doing! Even if you don't feel that at first- it is true!


PS. use the prayer wall!