Upper classmen work with new freshmen

RITZVILLE – Lind-Ritzville High School juniors and seniors who volunteered to be Link Leaders as mentors for incoming freshmen in the fall had the opportunity to show the Class of 2025 around the school last week.

This is the second year the high school is taking advantage of the program that assigns groups of eight to 10 incoming freshmen to two junior or senior Link Leaders. The leaders go through 12 hours of online training to prepare them for the role of mentors.

Link Crew Advisor Kathy McAnally said students have a difficult time with the transition from middle school to high school espec...