At the start of every Ac Lab, Sophie Lane, junior, excitedly talks with her classmates and teacher, Jonah Boyd.

“I feel like I’ve made a connection with the people in the class. It was nice to have a teacher that I was able to get to know,” Lane said.

Ac Lab Homeroom has kept the same teacher and people since the current juniors’ freshman year (the 21-22 school year). Starting next year, however, Ac Lab will be arranged by grade level and last name.

“I’ve been in my Ac-lab for three years, so I don’t understand why it should change now,” Lane said. “By having a teacher I got to know for so long, I felt like if I had any problems I could go to him.”

Associate Principal Dr. Michael Wegener said the changes were made for more individualized guidance.

“If the counselors are going to be doing advisement and presenting about schedules, scheduling it into Ac-Lab will allow students to make sure they don’t miss their classes,” Dr. Wegener said. “It’s arranged alphabetically because the counselors are arranged by alphabet.”

Greg O’Donnell, sophomore, is happy about the change.

“It’s awesome because I don’t like my homeroom,” O’Donnell said. “There is no cellular service.”

O’Donnell said the changes will be beneficial because if students are by their grade level, they will be around their friends and be able to talk to them.

“Next Ac Lab, I’m hoping that I will have friends and cellular service,” O’Donnell said.