The alarm clocks ring, signaling the end of summer, forcing 472 soon-to-be freshmen out of bed.

“Transition day is a good way to learn where you are going, where your classes are, so you don’t get lost,” freshman Emma Mueller said.

With the new building and very little knowledge of where anything wasm students paid special attention to the details.

“If I didn’t come I wouldn’t have known where to go,” freshman Kevin Adzio said.

“Howell is so much bigger than my middle school, I ran through my schedule before school started, I really didn’t get lost that much,” Mueller said.

Transition day, while filled with already, also had many ames and activities.

“Viking Edge was great. There was a game with a paper wad and it helped us learn people’s names,” Mueller said.

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Photo credit: Katie Roberts