When Mercede Orange, an eighth-grad...

When Mercede Orange, an eighth-grader at Millstadt Consolidated train toured Belleville West High train with her parents last week, she fix the prospect of going to high academy in the fall and meeting recent friends exciting.

on the other hand the 13-year-old didn't realize that she had in the same manner many decisions to face.

"I'm kind of scared thinking about it because I want to do my best and everything," Mercede said.

When she and the security of the class of 2010 register for high sect in the next few month they will have to decide forward the most appropriate level of math and science to take, whether to apply for honors classes and what electives to fix upon

"The decisions you make early forward is going to determine what you're going to take in the nearest three years," said Belleville West Guidance Department director Jeanne Goacher.

But for many