A LETTER FROM THE EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

Dear Reader,

We’ve made it. With the stick of chalk not dissimilar to those we were given as kindergarteners, we’ve drawn a line–no matter how messy–all the way to our senior year. Chalk in hand, we stand up, marveling at our masterpiece culmination of 13 school years; and as we look around, we can see all the masterpieces our friends and peers have made as well.

Together, we see it all. The triumphs (that one time your teacher used your work as an example and you sat there silently beaming with pride), mistakes (like those times you overslept 30 minutes into a Zoom class, having to hear the ding of shame as you joined late) and periods of growth (delayed realizations that school lunch is actually quite decent, amongst other more serious realizations)---all laid out in chalk in front of us.

Exactly 12 months ago, the three of us were standing in the Wagon Wheel, preparing senior posters for our beloved senior staffers—I (Katelyn) holding my backpack that only starts to get packed up at least two minutes after the bell rings, I (Theresa) fiddling with my blue scrunchie and I (Saniya) sipping on my third diet coke of the day. We smiled proudly at the posters, bedazzled in doodles and signed messages, but knew that the legacy our seniors had created during their time in high school was art that could never be replicated.

Now, standing in their place (even accidentally walking in on juniors making our posters as they once did), we pick up our coloring tools, dusting our hands off as our time in high school draws to an end. We’ve enjoyed telling Tino’s stories for the past three years, but now, it’s time to capture our own memories in print (which, if you think about it, is just like a more permanent version of chalk :D).

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As we all follow our own (side)walks of life, we hope that every once in a while, you remember to let your inner child run free and enjoy moments in the sun. Leave your mark! (Or not, the choice is yours.)

Katelyn Chu, Theresa Nguyen and Saniya Laungani The Prospector Editors-in-Chief 2022-2023