Welcome Seniors!
It’s your SENIOR YEAR!!! WHAAAT?!? That’s awesome! You are in for one of the best years of your life – if you choose to make it that way. My senior year of high school was one of my most favorite years of all time – so much fun, so many great experiences and memories, some of my most rapid and emotional growth… It was a tremendous year, for sure!
As a high school senior, you are certainly maturing and growing more independent – you are very close to adulthood. But in another way, it’s your last year ever to be a “kid”. You’re still in school, and you’re still living under your parents’ covering and provision. You’re still a “minor” (at least until you turn 18).
If you can keep these two realities in balance – the reality of being an almost-adult AND the reality of still being in your final year of kid-hood, you can have an AMAZING year as a senior!
A lot of high school seniors waste what should be a great year by living in the future – rushing ahead mentally, emotionally, and physically into adulthood, although they’re not really ready. Others ruin this precious year of their lives with a lot of stupid, childish decisions, as if they were still a 9th- or 10th-grader. Others make their only senior year a living hell for themselves by pre-maturely “promoting” themselves above their parents’ authority and protection, exposing themselves to all kinds of unnecessary dangers and temptations.
You have a lot of power this year as a senior – power to make a lot of heart-breaking choices which could result in lifelong consequences and regret. This same power gives you the opportunity to leave a positive legacy in the lives of others – others in your own family, others in your senior class, and all the underclassmen at your school.
Let me know if there is anything I can do for you. Check in often for information and updates!
Enjoy the year!
Ms. Kendra Ursta
Senior Class Sponsor
Room 241A
It’s your SENIOR YEAR!!! WHAAAT?!? That’s awesome! You are in for one of the best years of your life – if you choose to make it that way. My senior year of high school was one of my most favorite years of all time – so much fun, so many great experiences and memories, some of my most rapid and emotional growth… It was a tremendous year, for sure!
As a high school senior, you are certainly maturing and growing more independent – you are very close to adulthood. But in another way, it’s your last year ever to be a “kid”. You’re still in school, and you’re still living under your parents’ covering and provision. You’re still a “minor” (at least until you turn 18).
If you can keep these two realities in balance – the reality of being an almost-adult AND the reality of still being in your final year of kid-hood, you can have an AMAZING year as a senior!
A lot of high school seniors waste what should be a great year by living in the future – rushing ahead mentally, emotionally, and physically into adulthood, although they’re not really ready. Others ruin this precious year of their lives with a lot of stupid, childish decisions, as if they were still a 9th- or 10th-grader. Others make their only senior year a living hell for themselves by pre-maturely “promoting” themselves above their parents’ authority and protection, exposing themselves to all kinds of unnecessary dangers and temptations.
You have a lot of power this year as a senior – power to make a lot of heart-breaking choices which could result in lifelong consequences and regret. This same power gives you the opportunity to leave a positive legacy in the lives of others – others in your own family, others in your senior class, and all the underclassmen at your school.
Let me know if there is anything I can do for you. Check in often for information and updates!
Enjoy the year!
Ms. Kendra Ursta
Senior Class Sponsor
Room 241A