To the graduating class of 2016,

It's the best time of the year to be a senior in high school. The time between March and May is filled with all the senior trips, picnics, proms, meetings and events that make senior year so memorable. It's those memories that you're going to remember for the rest of your life when you think back to high school. As a 2015 graduate I can honestly say the time really does fly by, and I find it so hard to believe I was in your shoes a year ago.

The most important thing to remember is to make the most out of these last few months left. You're going to get so caught up in all the fun events that are just for seniors that you won't even realize you're about to graduate high school. Take it from me, it didn't hit me that I was graduating until I was standing on the football field holding my diploma. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved my senior year, but I just wish I realized earlier that it was all coming to an end.

The summer after senior year is going to fly by too, so make the most of it. Hangout with your friends as much as possible, because even though you'll promise to keep in touch and come back to see them, things will change.

College will come before you know it. And although the thought may seem terrifying and years away at the moment, it is inevitable. It won't hit you until move in day that you're starting college and a new chapter in your life.

Fast-forward a year and you'll be in my shoes, looking back on senior year because it feels like just yesterday.

Make the most out of each moment you have left,

A graduate from the class of 2015