Junior Maisie Street is the Athletics Director on student council, and has been involved in a variety of activities all over NDB. “I would recommend [joining] Ambassador Club. That’s what I did freshmen and sophomore year and it allowed me to participate in more activities as an upperclassmen.
– Maisie Street ‘26
“I think as an underclassmen, you can be a homeroom president or run for your class council,” says Blanchard. Getting involved in student leadership is a great idea. “Kids come up with special projects they want to do to support stuff. [It’s a] great way of getting involved.”
– Kathryn Blanchard, Spanish teacher
Mr. Tomczak advises underclassmen to get out of your comfort zone. “Definitely communicate your interest to try things to people and seewhat suggestions come out of that, and the next step is to actually give them a shot.”
– Jonathan Tomczak, Freshman Class Coordinator
Clubs are a great way for underclassmen to get involved. “I think a really good way for [students] to get involved is to either try a sport or club you’ve never done before, at least try it once. Being involved means being an active member.”
– Kari Allegri, Admissions Associate
![“I would say first thing is staying warm…keeping to a consistent sleep schedule because it's easy to start to want to fall asleep as soon as it gets dark and that just takes motivation out of otherwise, productive times of the day. I would say the biggest thing is [to] just be conscious of morale and motivation and why it's weighing, and [to] confront those challenges head on," History Teacher Jonathan Tomczak says on easing back into S2.](https://thendbcatalyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/unnamed.png)
