As each senior graduates, they leave behind a legacy of their own. Their journeys and experiences are all different. Next year, all of them will be stepping away from the regular routine from the past and start something new. Each senior will be taking their own path, some will go to college, while others will go to trade school, a few will start working right away. They will face new challenges as their life goes on and learn how to handle them. Seniors shared their testimonies on their time in high school, and what follows for each of them:
Joshua Nobitz: When I was a freshman, I thought about how cool it would be to be a senior because of how I looked up to the seniors my freshmen year. Now that I’m in their position, I understand them better. I was thankful enough to be friends with a lot of seniors, whom I still talk to. My freshman year my scope of the world in general was so narrow and talking to these seniors, I looked upped to them because they seemed knowledgeable. Now I realize how high school develops you as a person and turns you into an adult partially maturity wise. It feels surreal that I will not be seeing the people i’ve known for 12 years. I’ve enjoyed almost every second of growing up. I am going to the University of Delaware, but I know my friends from home will always mean more to me since we’ve had 12 years together, and now it’s coming to an end.
Mia Colon: Being a senior means learning to finally grow and accept that high school is ending and soon enough you have to enter into the real world and be able to apply all that you’ve learned after high school. I am going to Southern Connecticut State and will be in the nursing program. Everyone in high school helped me to become who I am today, all my friends over the year have led to me grow and accept new things about myself.
Justin Smith: Being a senior to me means enjoying every day to the best that I can, while at the same time improving yourself and others. After high school, I plan to get my bachelor’s degree in sports and exercise science to eventually become a physical therapist. The people I’ve met in high school affected me and hurt my bank account, but great memories and having the most similar people to me be my friends.
Gabi Navarra: Being a senior means that you have completed a huge accomplishment in your life, but little do you know you are about to start the biggest chapter of your life after graduation. It means that you are the one the underclassmen are going to look up to, and you can be there for them because you were once a freshman four years ago and went through the same thing as them. To be grateful for everything you’ve done and to never take anything for granted. The people I’ve met throughout high school and become close with have truly shaped who I am today as a person. They’ve made me learn the ups and downs to life and how to live life to the fullest because we only have one. They’ve made me realize that it’s okay for people not to like you and that you will find your people no matter what because everything happens for a reason, and to just be grateful for every moment you have. I am going to University of Rhode Island and majoring in kinesiology to become a pediatric occupational therapist.
Wyatt Luke: Being a senior means one final moment with all of my friends and enjoying my final year of a childhood. After this year, I am going to Maine Maritime Academy where I hope to eventually become a captain of boats, All my teachers and especially my friends have shaped who I am today. All my friends have always had my back, and it’s a blessing to have them all on my side.
Olivia Ruotolo: The people I’ve met in high school have made me a better person and friend. I’ve gained leadership, a stronger work ethic, discipline, and confidence from certain teachers and friends that I’ll stay in touch with after high school. I’m going to Marist University to study film and video production.
Aleia Aleman: To me, senior year has been a lot. It has definitely made me open up to more new challenges and tasks that I have had to take. I feel like in the start of senior year, I didn’t know what to fully expect. I did already have my decision in mind, but wasn’t fully committed yet. Once I made my decision with URI, there was probably the biggest weight lifted off of my shoulders. It felt like I was meant to go to the school. I even wrote a whole scholarship essay about how it was my dream school. I am going to end up majoring in Environmental and Life sciences. Yes, things may change, (with my major) but I do still hope to have a bit of journalism included either as a minor or a club that I will join in. I think that people don’t realize that college is a journey, that everyone chooses to take. It is all based on you, and that one decision.
