Mott Community College
Gary Campioni came to Dryden High School to speak to the seniors last week. He currently works in the admissions office at Mott Community College, a 2-year college located in Flint, MI. He and his kids attended college or are in the process of attending college, so he had a lot of good information from both sides of going to college. Throughout his presentation, he used a slideshow to give us different information on Mott Community College and college as a whole.
To start off, Mr. Campioni made a lot of good points, but one thing I found impactful was
how he made us feel comfortable if we didn’t know exactly what we wanted to do with our lives yet. He stated that it is normal and that made me feel better about not one hundred percent knowing what I want to do. He did an outstanding job interacting with us by asking and answering questions and using certain people’s desired majors as an example. A lot of us in the class take dual enrollment classes, and he gave us different possibilities on what we could do after high school, such as: since we already have so many credits we could finish our associate's degree quickly at a community college before going to an university, picking up classes over the summer to meet requirements or get ahead, along with other possibilities I found very helpful.
Next, he was obviously very knowledgeable on Mott Community College exclusively,
therefore, he also gave us a ton of information on how many programs they offer, the new facilities for each, and how the satellite campuses have some different programs than the main campus. All of the information he gave on Mott was very helpful and opened my eyes to possibly attending a community college, maybe to just pick up some classes to work towards my degree. He also compared Mott to universities, he told us how the class size at Mott is much smaller than universities resulting in opportunities to get to know your professor and possibly have a better learning experience and he told us they have all the sports teams just like big universities. Overall, he did a really good job making Mott seem like a desirable college to attend and was very knowledgeable on the topic.
To conclude everything that has been stated so far, Gary Campioni not only spoke to the seniors of Dryden High School but also connected to us. His knowledge of Mott Community College and the overall college process was very helpful and gave me a lot of information I can use to better my college decision-making process. After summarizing and
reviewing Campioni’s speech, I wish I had asked him to talk more about the differences between Mott and bigger universities.
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Varsity Cheer
by Audrey Napolitano
On Friday, September 29th, at Dryden’s 2023 Homecoming game, the Dryden Varsity Sideline Cheer team welcomed elementary and junior high future cheerleaders as part of their mini cheerleading program. They welcomed about 40 K-8 future cheerleaders. The members of the Varsity Cheerleading team taught the members of the mini cheerleading program different cheers that are performed each game, including Dryden’s fight song. The future cheerleaders were invited to join Dryden’s Varsity Cheerleading Squad for the first half of the Homecoming game.
Great job, cheerleaders! We hope to see all of you future cheerleaders on Dryden’s cheerleading squad soon!
Aiden Fitchett
Aiden Fitchett is a Senior. He has four younger siblings and two cats, and he is an all-state cross country runner. He has been a student at Dryden since 5th grade, or eight years. He does cross country and track, also his favorite thing about Dryden is how small it is. His favorite thing outside of school is to be outside, ride his motorcycle, and sleep. His dream career is something in the medical field, and he's interested in the way the human body works. He plans to go to a four year university to continue his education and go into the medical field.
The Team
Ava DeVlaminck
Reporters:
Lily Finnigan
Audrey Napolitano
Penelope Spencer
Claire Wright
Faculty Advisor:
Ms. Sheryl Czerwinski
Email: SCzerwinski@drydenschools.org
Website: https://www.drydenschools.org/
Location: Dryden High School, Rochester Road, Dryden, MI, USA
Phone: (810) 796-2266
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drydencommunityschools