A monumental part of a teenager’s life is their senior year of high school. There are several activities that Seminole High School (SHS) has lined up for the class of 2025. Being a senior means that it’s your last year before transitioning into adulthood. Due to there being so many events lined up, it’s important to keep track of what to look forward to. Here are the most important senior activities that are on the SHS calendar.
In recent years, students have been wearing kid backpacks on the first day of school, and some will even use their backpack their whole year as a way of commemorating the end of their childhood. Galilea Henriquez, a senior, believes: “It’s a nostalgic and fun way to remember how we were as kids.”This is not only a trend at SHS, it’s all over the internet with other schools also participating. Students can express their inner child through their backpack designs such as Disney princesses, unicorns, or movie characters like Lightning McQueen.
After four years of waking up early to attend school, seniors will be able to wake up even earlier to enjoy a special morning to watch the sunrise. Students talk and take photos to get their day started. For the class of 2024, this event took place later on in the year during senior week. However, for the class of 2025, it will be taking place on August 28th at 6:15 am. In previous years, posters were provided for seniors to transfer their hand prints. This makes senior year more touching and memorable.
As a nod to the time seniors have spent on the campus, students are given Burger King crowns to decorate and wear. It’s important to have these crowns decorated since they are used for a lot of the senior week events towards the end of the year. People have a lot of fun creating crowns that represent who they were throughout their high school journey.
One of the most exciting activities that students look forward to the most is Grad Bash. Students will meet at the school at 5 pm. From there, the school will provide a bus for transportation to get to Universal. The graduating class has an exhilarating time filled with coasters, food, and amusement. Previous Grad Bashes have ended as late as 2 am.
As students wait to embrace each other’s personality and traits, they will have senior breakfast followed by an award ceremony. In the cafeteria, breakfast will be catered for the class of 2025. Students will also wear their senior class shirts and previously decorated crowns. After the breakfast is finished, students will head to the KWC for senior awards, which are composed of the class superlatives. Some of the different categories include “Best Hair,” and “Most Likely To Become A Model.” The school will send out an email addressed only to seniors who will vote through a google form link. The winners will then be announced at the ceremony.
To add a hint of nostalgia to their elementary school days, seniors will meet at the football stadium to have an afternoon filled with outdoor fun. Field Day is one of the most anticipated events that will occur during senior week. Taylor Richardson who’s a senior expresses her enthusiasm towards the event: “I’m excited for field day, the water balloons, signing of the shirts, the food trucks, all of that.” Field Day shirts will be sold for $5 later on in the school year. These shirts will then be used as a way for students to sign each other’s shirts by using their handprints.
Senior year will go by in a blink of an eye. All that will be left are the memories that you will make with friends.