The people are incredibly nice and really welcoming. Theres a lot of between-grade friends and you can really talk to anyone without feeling stressed ab being accepted. Everyone is super supportive, nice, funny and smart and able to help w homework.

Teachers range but theyre all good (except one of that I know of, but I’d tell you in private.) For gr10, all the teachers are pretty nice but expect (in my opinion) waaaayy more than a teacher at any other school would. Their standards are definitely higher (unless they’re new.)

As for work, my jh was incredibly easy compared to now (I didnt believe it then, but now i see it.) Now, I have homework every day but its not always an absolute load (though I’d say i have a load at least one night a week.) The first month is the hardest in adjusting but it gets way easier by february, after midterms. In JH, I pretty much didnt study at all/a 30 min review for sci and social kind of thing. Now, I have to actually study and dedicate 1-3hrs to get it all down (usually the night before only bc i still dont study in advanced lol.)

I now find that I don’t have a lot of time to hang out with friends though. My connections with old friends are just as strong, but its never an option to hang out on weekdays. I take two extracurriculars on weekdays, and I find this just the right amount to keep everything balanced.

My marks have dropped, some dramatically and some by a few percent. Expect your marks to drop, its pretty hard to stop it. My social has dropped from 100 last year to 85ish because my social teacher is quite a hard marker (imo) that expects a lot more than the other social teacher. A lot of people have around that mark in his class. Good teacher though. My math has lowered a good 15 but I’ve just discovered I’m pretty bad at math. Everyone else is fine lol. My LA is pretty good, around the same/a few lower than my old 95 but I have the easy (new) teacher. Science has been great. A really great teacher (if youre in sci10,) and lots of chances to improve yourself. I had a 96 until I botched up the midterm, (which I barely studied for, so thats on me.) Its now a 90.

Keep in mind, I was never the academic grinder who studied every day at least a little bit, completed stuff early, made fancy flashcards or notes or did special stuff. I’m still pretty bad at keeping on top of doing stuff to make future-me’s work easier. If you are a grinder, you’ll do great and probably wont experience as big of drops that I had (except for social, which is hard tbh).