A Senior’s Farewell: Morgan Johnston

Morgan Johnston, Editor-In-Chief

Senior year is full of lasts. The last Friday night lights, the last homecoming week, basketball game, wrestling meet, track meet, prom, and everything else from getting a locker in senior hallway to the last time the athletes get to compete in that gym, field, mat, or track and the Dawgpound gets to cheer them on.

As my last days approach here at Alliance High, I can’t help but wonder why I wanted time to speed up to graduation. My time here is so precious now that graduation is only a few days away. The people I’ve grown up with, will all go their separate ways. Some will keep in touch and some will not, even though it’s easy to keep up with everyone’s life with social media. I look forward to seeing what my classmates will accomplish in the future.

It’s my third year here at the SPUD, and it’s going to be one of the things I’m going to miss about the school itself (also Ms. Schroer’s punny science shirts). From the yearly Lincoln trips and the laughs from every one of them, to every day class that might seem like chaos, but it’s organized chaos. I was also blessed with getting to go to Norfolk to compete at state journalism with some not so great experiences and also being delirious from exhaustion after prom. It’s been a lot of fun throughout these few years and I’ll miss how close the students really are in that class.

I want to say thank you to everyone who has ever been there for me. Thank you to my friends for making some great memories and picking me up when I’m down, my parents for dealing with my meltdowns about pretty much everything, especially graduation party planning, and my teachers for getting me through the years and inspiring me to do the best that I can. Also everyone else who ever believed in me, I’ll need the support when it comes to the few years ahead.

A note to the incoming freshman: you’ve been told this a thousand times, but one more time never hurts, it flies by. Enjoy it while it lasts. The people that are walking the halls with you will be gone in four years and you won’t see the majority of them again. People change through high school. They grow up or they don’t. You’ll lose friends, make friends and you’ll grow apart from them. You’ll find out what your friends are really like. Accept people for who they are and you’ll make plenty of friends all while keeping the ones you have. Also, don’t yell and make obnoxious noises in the hallways during passing period it’s kind of annoying and you’ll be known as “that freshman.”

A note to next year’s seniors: don’t take it for granted. Enjoy every minute of it, even if you’re ready to graduate already. You’ll never be able to go back. Also, do your scholarships ahead of time there’s nothing worse than spending hours on applications then forgetting to get a recommendation or type an essay and losing that hard work when the deadline passes.

I’m ready to graduate and start the next chapter of my life, but it’s a scary thing not knowing what everything is going to be like for the rest of our lives. School is the only thing we’ve ever really been sure about, Monday through Friday, August to May, for twelve years of our lives. I couldn’t have made it without the people in my life and also the people who have touched my life. Thank you to my class, I know everyone will do great things. It’s been a blast with you all. Now lets graduate seniors.