Students who transfer into Lake Central come here for classes that are not offered at their previous school. Preston Petrie (12) moved back into the school system for a wider course selection.

“I wanted to go into computer science after high school, but Andrean didn’t offer many CS courses. I transferred because I wanted to have some background before going into college,” Petrie said.

Although students may decide to make this transition, they often have a hard time finding new friends right away, but Petrie had an advantage when he transferred.

“Because I went to Grimmer for middle school, I came back to many of my older friends with whom I hadn’t talked in awhile, and they welcomed me back. In addition, it was quite easy to make friends with new people, much easier than when I started at Andrean,” Petrie said.

With class sizes as big as they are, some new students may not be quite used to how many peers are in a classroom, but he was used to that.

“The classes at Lake Central are generally larger, but more equal to one another. Due to the small number of teachers at Andrean; however, the number of people in each class varied quite a bit (from 8 in my smallest to 35 in my largest),” Petrie said.

One of the biggest changes for new students is the block scheduling that Lake Central offers.

“It was definitely a change going from a traditional schedule to block scheduling, but in the end I liked block scheduling much better,” Petrie said.