New students at Thomas More Prep Marian Junior/Senior High School will get a leg up next week during the school’s Monarch 4 A Day program. The event is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to noon Feb. 20.

Incoming high school students will shadow students in class, meet teachers and get to know current TMP students.

It’s a chance to let new students know “who we are and what we are,” said Angie Roth, TMP director of admissions. Roth said the event is not just for incoming freshmen, but for new high school students at any level.

Monarch 4 A Day has been around for nearly 20 years. Since the inception of a junior high program at the building, fewer local students attend the event.

“But interest has increased from outside the area,” Roth said, noting groups surrounding counties have attended in the past.

There are currently 387 combined junior and senior high school students, Roth said — 137 in junior high.

The Monarch 4 A Day program is paired with parent information night, scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 19 at the school, 1701 Hall.

Being able to shadow a peer offers advantages to new students.

“The goal of that is if they do decide to come to school here, they have a face of somebody they kind of know (to ask for help),” Roth said.

RSVPs are requested to Roth at (785) 625-6577, although she stressed students who have not RSVP’d are welcome to attend.