Alexandra Buchler
Staff Writer
On May 12 the seniors will depart the high school and begin their APEX projects. All of the seniors will begin doing things such as community service, volunteer work, or working at a small business in order to be exposed to work. Many of the jobs that seniors are leaving for include construction, pharmaceuticals, physical therapy, and entrepreneurship.
“I am jealous that they get to leave school early!” sophomore Kelly Hauch said.
Once the seniors have left, however, there will be some negative repercussions along with the benefits. Unfortunately, many classes will be soon emptied or nearly emptied with the lack of these seniors. Also, many of the sports team who have seniors on them may be missing key players at times. Due to their volunteer requirements they must meet, some seniors may not be able to make some of the practices and some of the sports events, which may be an unfortunate thing for some of our sports teams.
On the flip side, the hallways and lunchrooms will be less crowded and teachers may be able to have more one on one time with students who are left in empty classrooms where seniors used to be. The seniors will return in June to give short presentations about their APEX experiences and share what they learned. Students will be able to sign up for which presentation they want to see. The underclassmen all wish the seniors the best of luck!
Sophomore Claire Ullom says, “I'm glad the halls and cafeterias will be less crowded!” On the other hand, senior Dave Shonis claims, “It's sad that I get less time with my underclassmen friends, but I'm happy that I get to leave!”
