Dear MHS high school senior,
High school itself is full of adventure, but sooner or later it is going to come to an end. It's important to live your senior year to the fullest. There are only four years of it, so make it memorable. Take every opportunity to do something while you can! Here are some fun things senior year brings for you!
1. Powderpuff Football
Finally, a chance to pound on the junior class in friendly competition (or not so friendly). The girls get the chance to play in the field while the boys either coach, sit in the stands, or even cheer on the players on the track as cheerleaders. It's a great way to get to know more of your classmates that you usually don't associate with in the halls or classes.
2. Senior Prom
Prom is fun junior year, but senior year is when it counts, only if you make it count! Take chances, buy the dress of your dreams, ask that girl that you have been crushing on since sophomore year, pitch in money for the limo, do anything and everything you can to make sure this last prom is memorable. Just be safe about it!
3. Senior Work Day
Some of our awesome teachers give us the opportunity to give back to the community and clean up our great town! We get to paint, clean, and build on our childhood playgrounds! Due to budget cuts for maintaining these parks, it is important that we get as many people to participate in this activity as possible. Plus, you get to miss school for the day and eat free pizza; it's worth it, trust me! Without getting in trouble by anyone, we can also use each other as canvases and the teachers don't care!
4. Join a Sport (If You Haven't Already)
Sports are a must in our small town and we are pretty good at them, too. It's easy to make friends when you are doing something you love at the same time. Some people don't find their passions until they learn to try new things, so go on and join track in the spring, or be the mascot!
5. Try New Things
Doing things that are a little out of your comfort zone makes senior year even more fascinating! There are so many different volunteer opportunities around our county, it's hard to not find one. Volunteer at the local Humane Society or coach for a Little League team or Special Olympics team. You won't regret it!
6. Homecoming
Whether you are on the field, cheering on the sidelines, on court, in the stands, in the band, or just attending the dance, homecoming is such a great last memory for senior year! Our community comes together for the parade and the pep rally; it's a blast to be a part of!
7. Deciding on a College
It's important that you have already been looking for colleges and applying to them this summer. Do some tours, apply anywhere and everywhere! Also apply for scholarships; college is one of the most expensive things I have ever encountered.
8. Senior Party
The final "farewell" before graduation. At the senior party we get our yearbooks, eat food our parents volunteered to make, get our yard signs, and the fun part is the lantern release.
9. Graduation
Whether you're in the first row, or the last, all that is important is to know that you did it! You survived MHS and all of its obstacles that it has thrown at you. It's bittersweet, but it's a wonderful feeling to know that you have walked through those doors for the last time. The locker that was yours for four years is no longer yours, but the upcoming freshman class's. You throw your cap and then bam you're done, and it's time to celebrate.
One thing to always remember is that there is a new beginning ahead of you. Don't wallow in what you could have done in high school. Yes, it's four years of your life that you will never get back, but it's only four years. Do all that you can to make it memorable though because those years go by fast, and before you know it you'll be in college, on your own, buying your own groceries.
Senior year, make it memorable. Make it the best last year of your high school career!
Good luck,
A Mason Alumni, Class of 2015
