To all you HHS seniors...
As a junior in college, and former student of Harrison High School, I find that I ironically enough, continue to think about our small little town quite often.
I know that you’re all thinking about how much you can’t wait to get out of there, I was there once too, however I ask you to take all of these things into consideration before you venture off into the world…
I ask you to first and foremost eat as much as you can and to not think twice about it. You really will not find another Casa or Bagel shop wherever you end up… I’m not kidding. Not to mention that you won’t find bagels in general that are anywhere near the quality of bagels we are used to. That being said, you should probably eat pizza for every dinner until you leave, you won’t regret it- won’t find that anywhere either unfortunately.
I ask you to stay close with your peers, this is your last year spending every moment with these people. For most of you, you’ve attended the same school since 6th grade, probably more! Although you may be thinking about how great it’s going to be to finally meet some new people, I want you to participate in as many things as possible this year, these are memories that you will talk about for the rest of your life.
I ask you to say hi to the people in town, the faces that have been familiar to you for as long as you could remember. I find myself walking around campus and mistaking my peers for familiar faces from Harrison to this day.
I ask you to show your school spirit and have the time of your life at every pep rally, dance, and spirit week. You will never again get to participate in a school spirit week, so go all out, you have nothing to lose.
I ask you to appreciate all of the teachers you have become close to over the years. Visit your elementary school one more time. Go see your favorite teachers in LMK. There are times where I wish I was able to walk into some of my favorite teachers’ classrooms just to say hello, I can’t do that anymore, but I encourage you all to do that as often as possible this year.
I ask you, lastly, to please have fun. Don’t jump into college before you get there. Live this year to it’s fullest and you will get out of it what you put in, I promise.
And most importantly…. I ask you to remember where you came from when you do decide to venture outside of our little H-town. Once a husky, always a husky.
