Senior Year

Senior year is supposed to be one of the greatest times of our lives. We are the top guys on the high school campus and we basically run the school.  We typically do what we want and have it pretty easy. Senior year is when you get to sit on the senior bench and yell at all the underclassmen that try to lay their behinds on the wood. We look at the incoming freshmen and question ourselves like did we ever used to do dumb things like they do? Or did we used to be that small? The answer is yes to both of those questions.  At the time we didn’t think we were that small because we just hung out with people our own size and did stupid things together without thinking about it. Senior year is one to remember and its truly our last chance to be a kid. Once we walk across that stage we are no longer a child, we are responsible for our future and what we are going to make it. The power is in our hands.

At the beginning of the year we are all so excited to be with each other again. Our last homecoming dance will be there before we have enough time to take a deep breath and football games are the weekend getaway for a fun time. Other major sports like Volleyball and swimming are taking place. This year was my senior year in volleyball and getting to play on that court for the last time with those girls is something that I will never forget. Whenever you come to school on a game day for any sport you can feel the excitement in the air and know that you are about to kick some butt later on that night.  All of that aside, the beginning is also when you start to take a closer look at college and what college best fits you. Filling out applications and writing scholarship essays is something that will soon consume you.

The middle of school is when we are all excited for all the breaks and our last Christmas’s with our families when we live at home still full time. This time of year also means that finals are taking place and we are freaking out because as seniors we all took a ton of AP courses that are supposed to help us but are just getting in the way of our social life. Finals week turns into crunch time and somehow we all miraculously make it out okay. Even though we want to have a good time with our friends we can’t slack off because these grades go into our cumulative grade and account for is you want to be on stage at graduation. Colleges also look at our senior grades to see if you are taking your last year off or if you are buckling down.

The end can’t come any sooner. We are all excited to go on our spring break to warm resorts. Many take a trip to Cancun, Mexico, this is the typical Kennedy High school senior trip that I am hoping to convince my parents to take me on. After spring break Senioritis sets in. All of us are waiting to go to prom and go out with a bang. Then comes the last day of school, it is very emotional and exciting to be done finally. Many people take their last photos together with people that they will never see again. Its hard to let go to all the memories that you have made with these people and being a Kennedy cougar. Even though we won’t all be together at that school we still bleed green and gold.

Graduation is the final step in being a senior. Walking across that stage and getting that diploma will be the greatest feeling of accomplishment. We made it and had a great time doing it. Now its time to start our lives and make it the best we can. (672)