Look Out McClatchy! The 2022 class is here… or was, for two days. From November 16th to 17th, 8th graders toured McClatchy and visited the Black Box Theater, the track, and listened in on a variety of classes.
Before visitations, parents and incoming freshmen attended an information night on November 15 at 6:00p.m. McClatchy staff welcomed them and described school programs and unique school features.
Mrs. Wong, the HISP coordinator, organizes the HISP tours every year, and each respective CKM program also gives tours lead by current CKM students. Teachers kept their doors open throughout the day, and tour groups dropped in and watched the classes.
Having already gone through the visitation process, current McClatchy students recall their visitations to CKM. Josephine Perez, a junior, remembered her first time at McClatchy, “It was a big school, I walked around and got lost.” Perez enjoyed the art classes here, “I think they’re really fun… I’m taking ceramics and 3D art. I’m really into ceramics.”
Freshman and current Law and Public Policy Academy Student Alajah Stewart felt welcomed during the tours last year due to the school’s atmosphere, “The community and the students are there to support each other.”
The class of 2022 was impressed with CKM. On information night, 8th grader Mia Breton looked forward to her tour on Friday. She was excited for VAPA, “VAPA speaks to everything I am. I’d love to go to this program. Nothing is going to stop me.”
Now after touring CKM and seeing what the school has to offer, the 8th graders must choose to join the McClatchy community for themselves.