The dynamic duo of Tessa Corle and Jordan Henderson, best friends who once roamed the halls of Tyrone High School, are together again: strolling the grounds of the St. Francis University campus in Loretto.

Corle and Henderson were best friends at Tyrone but, like most of her classmates, parted ways after graduation.  Corle to Juniata College in Huntingdon and Henderson to St. Francis.

They remained close friends, but didn’t get to hang out as much as they did in high school.

However, before the beginning of her sophomore year at Juniata, the two were reunited when Corle decided transfer to St. Francis.

“During that year I applied to St. Francis,” said Corle, “because it had always been a choice in the back of my mind. I dreamed and hoped so much that Juniata would be it for me, but it wasn’t. So now that I’m at St. Francis I couldn’t be happier!”

Henderson chose St. Francis because she loves the people who work and go to school there. She loved the atmosphere from the second she visited to the campus.

Corle is majoring in business because she always knew she was good at math. She took accounting her senior year at Tyrone and loved it, and knew from then on that business and accounting was a career path for her.

Henderson took a different route, beginning as a chemistry major, but recently changed to her major to business management. Last year she realized that she really didn’t want to be a chemist, but rather would like to be a business owner.

In high school both Corle and Henderson both played softball and enjoyed cooking in Mrs. Binus’ class.

According to both, the best part of Tyrone High School is are how caring and helpful all of the teachers are.

Corle credits guidance counselor Tiffany Johannides with helping her make important decisions before she went to college. She also credits English teacher Dave Rutter, who helped her with her scholarship applications.

Henderson appreciated learning how to take college style notes from Mr. Cummins McNitt in his economics and world geography course.

“I think the biggest thing that [the teachers] could have done for me was believe that I could make it and do well. When I am feeling low [at college] and thinking that I won’t be able to do it, I remember when I was a senior and all of my teachers were saying that I would do great things,” said Henderson.

According to Corle, accounting was the most valuable class that she had in high school. She said that without having an accounting class, she would have never realized how much she loves it.

“Build your network!” said Corle, “Keep close relationships with your teachers and your friends. Your teachers will support you. They still support me, and try to take as many college classes as you can in high school to get ahead. Do not fall behind!”

Henderson’s advice to the freshman at Tyrone is to keep your grades up, they really do matter, and to not worry about what others say, because in four years that won’t matter.

“Seniors, YOU CAN DO IT! You’re almost done! said Henderson, “Keep pushing forward and getting good grades. I promise that it will be very scary, hard, and exciting, but when you’re all done it will be worth it. Good luck in your future.”