When students come to textbook pick-up Thursday, August 4, it won’t just be a new schedule that Sequoits will be receiving. This year, in an effort to promote community within individual classes, students will be assigned lockers in designated hallways and areas.

“This discussion started a year ago and we’re in the roll-out phase,” Patrick Johnson, English and media teacher, said. “What we’re doing with this change is providing classes with an opportunity to know one another within a class better. All too often seniors don’t know their classmates after four years, and we want to improve that into a more positive culture and climate of the school.”

Johnson is responsible for overseeing school spirit, particularly as it relates to the Cardinal Crazies. Along with Physical Education, Health, Driver Education Department Chair Teri Klobnak and Principal Bradford Hubbard, Johnson worked to restructure the allocated physical space of ACHS to increase camaraderie within the senior, junior, sophomore and freshman classes.

“When you come back to school this year you will be assigned a new locker based on your class and it’s new space,” an email sent Monday, August 1, from the team read. “This means that you have a locker assigned to you in that designated hallway. This is going to be a change for us, but it we know it is going to be a positive one for both our school culture and climate. We are looking forward to this transition and hope you will be too.”

The change will mean seniors will be located English hallways; juniors in the social studies/world languages and upper science hallways; sophomores in the lower science and south gym hallways; and freshmen will be in the math and driver ed/health hallways. Banners will also hang in each of these hallways to kick off the school year.