The Final Goodbyes of Class of 2012
BY ALI SWEE Editor-in-Chief
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o, this is it. I’ve looked forward to this time since I first started school, over 12 years ago. The time when I would slave over my answers for the senior survey, announce where I’m officially going to college and finally, justify my senior-itis. However, now that I’m finally here, it’s more bittersweet than anything. Along with the excitement of college, graduation parties and senior skip day comes the inevitable sadness: the last days of school, the goodbyes and the unknowns the future holds. But this, like all good things, must come to an end. Considering this is my final column and I have a small tendency to stress over even the tiniest things, there are a thousand thoughts spinning through my head right now. And who knows when I’ll ever have the chance to broadcast whatever’s on
swept the tug-of-war competition at Sion Olympics when we were only sophomores. It was only foreshadowing the strength and leadership our class possessed. Junior year, we prepared to become the leaders of the school. As we each sat in our chairs, anticipating who would give us our ring, it set in. No longer were we the awkward freshmen attempting to make it to
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The hundreds of tests, quizzes and assignments. The endless nights spent typing papers past midnight. The dozens of books bought and sold back to the infamous Back to Books. The hundreds of service hours. The afternoons spent at Rose Brooks, Upper Room and Operation Breakthrough. The hundreds of cupcakes and cookies sold to help organizations all over the world. The hundreds of miles driven looking “ So, here we are. As we enter the final stretch of for prom dresses. The high school, we remember everything. Because dozens of roses given I don’t want to forget a moment of it all.” out at the Mother/ Daughter Luncheon. full of streamers, balloons and candy, Algebra on time or the sophomores, And the thousands of smiles shared our eyes lit up as we each tried our on the verge of upperclassmen-status. day after day. Thank you to everyone who’s been locker combo 45 times in attempts We were about to take on our roles as there. Thank you to the teachers who to see the rest of our incredibly deco- the leaders of the school. We realized that time was now a gift, stayed after school until I understood rated lockers. the homework, the ones that came Our parents stood amongst the cha- because our time at Sion was limited. Little did we realize how quickly it in early so I could take a test and the os, capturing every moment on camones that showed me my strengths. era. Our smiling faces, new friends, would go. And thank you to everyone of you. We came in as 99 individuals, fear new school supplies. Our first moetched across our brace-filled faces. Thank you to everyone who shared ments as the Class of 2012. As we all hung up our beanies and Now, we’ll walk across the stage, di- memories, secrets and laughter with went our respective ways over the ploma in hand, on May 24th as a class, me. So, here we are. As we enter the final as a sisterhood. summer, we all grew up a little. This is the moment we’ve waited for stretch of high school, we remember One by one, we got our licenses and slowly the sophomore lot became full since we paraded into the gym during everything. Because I don’t want to forget a moment of it all. of cars. As we embraced our indepen- convocation four year ago. It’s been a long, exhausting, convoThis is the moment that accumudence, we moved closer and closer lates everything the last four years luted, tiring, stressful journey. into adulthood. But totally worth it. I’ll always remember when our class have held. my mind to the entire Sion community again, right? It’s so easy to look back and laugh, smile and even cry remembering the last four years. But instead, I’d like to take the opportunity to send the Class of 2012 down memory lane. Let’s begin by flashing back four years, remembering our first ever day of high school. Walking down the infamous freshman hallway into chaos
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