SCOTTSBURG, Ind. — Dozens of cheering supporters this morning welcomed some 500 students to the temporary home of their tornado-devastated southern Indiana high school.

The Henryville Junior-Senior High School students arrived on school buses after a 10-mile drive north from their hometown to a Scottsburg business complex. That’s where conference and store rooms have been converted into classrooms, computer labs and a cafeteria.

Students walked in beneath a banner that read, “Welcome Henryville Hornets.” WDRB-TV reports that several Scottsburg High School students helped line the path from the buses to the front door.

John Reed, West Clark schools assistant superintendent, says a priority is getting students back in the academic groove following the March 2 storm. Elementary students returned to school March 21 at a rented church building in New Albany.