Walking through the doors on the very first day of school, the two brothers knew no one. New school, new grade, new state. This has become the routine.

“Moving around when I was younger didn’t affect me that much,”Kade Randall said. “But the older you get the harder it is.”

Kade Randall, junior, and his younger brother, freshman Koy Randall, have moved to Texas from Eagle River, Alaska and had their official first day at Argyle High School on August 25 .

“Argyle is a lot different from our school in Alaska” Kade said. “It’s a lot smaller here”.

The Randall boys used to go to Anchorage school district. Chugiak, the 5A high school, had around 1,200 students.  It’s hours were from 7:30 to 2:00 instead of the regular Argyle hours of 8:30 to 3:45. Even the sports were different for hockey and cross country skiing were some of the most popular sports. However, the biggest difference rests within basketball.

“We didn’t have the best basketball coaches in Alaska,” Kade said. “Coach Perkins is doing a great job. Thats the largest and best adjustment coming here, it’s the coaching.”

Having a good coach and sports team was not the only reason the Randall family chose to take a ferry from Hans, Alaska that lasted 4 to 5 days, to then travel by car from Washington to Texas in order to finally arrive in Argyle.

“It was the best choice because it’s a great school but small too. Since it’s my last two years and Koy’s first year, our dad wanted us to go to a smaller school,” Kade said. “This school is also close to his job at TCU, Baylor and UNT working as the head of the ROTC program.  He teaches classes up there, but overall, he trains students to become officers.”

Due to Koy and Kade’s dad , Casey Randall, working in various jobs throughout the army, the family has moved from state to state about eight times, including living in Germany for a while. Kade and Koy were even born in different states; Kade in Kentucky,and Koy in Oklahoma. Moving has become apart of their family background.

“We lived in Alaska for three years, so this was the hardest move since we were older and could understand what was happening more,” Kade said. “You just get used to it though.”