Dear Seniors,

I know senioritis is definitely kicking in really hard right now, but there's only a month of school left. We are in the final stretch. This is the physical definition of so close yet so far. Don't let all of your hard work to waste by giving up now.

If you feel anything like I do, you just want high school to be over. Yeah, it was fun, it was good, but it's time for something new. We are all ready to graduate and begin the new phase in our lives. A phase where we can finally be who we are without the preconceived notions people have of us. All of this freedom and independence is right around the corner; even so, we still have one more month.

Do not give up! These four long years were not for nothing. As my dad always says, "You have come too far to be stupid." Summer is almost here, then you can be wild and have fun, but for now, you need to buckle down. Study for your finals and continue turning in your school work. A month is long enough for your GPA to drop. Just from last semester to this semester, my school's senior class went from 500 to 300. Do not let yourself be one of the people not graduating.

All the work you have done in high school is about to pay off. All of those long nights spent studying, all of the breakdowns from tests, all of the worrying — it is all going to pay off. Whether you are going to college, taking a gap year or going straight into the workforce, your hard work is coming through. This is not the time to get lazy. We are all going to walk across that stage in May and bring home that diploma. This is our time, so we can't waste it.

Sincerely,

A Fellow High School Senior