WOODBURY — As the school year starts to unwind seniors have many different feelings about graduating and students begin to reflect on their favorite memories at Nonnewaug.
“I’m sad about my year coming to an end,” says Julia Longoria. “I’m going to miss seeing all my friends every day and all the teachers I had.”
Others are excited for their high school career to come to an end.
“I’m excited to be going somewhere bigger than the small town of Woodbury,” says Grace Walkup, “because you feel kind of stuck in a small school in a small town. I am excited to be somewhere bigger than here.”
Over the past four years, students have accumulated a variety of memories. Lincoln Nichols states that his favorite memory at Nonnewaug is winning the Berkshire League basketball championship his junior year.
“I think my favorite memory was winning the basketball BL championship last year,” says Nichols.
For Mathew Dutton, captain of the baseball team, his favorite memory also revolves around the sport he loves most.
“My favorite memory of Nonnewaug is when we went to Florida for baseball for a week during my sophomore year,” says Dutton. “We went for spring training to play a couple teams out of state. We played a Canadian team, a team from upstate New York and a Massachusetts team. It was a pretty good experience and I had a good time with all of my friends.”
For R.J. Barksdale, baseball also brought some of the best memories for him.
“My favorite memory from sports was winning the state championship for baseball,” says Barksdale.
Winning championships for sports seems to be a key memory for high school seniors. Ellie McDonald, a track and soccer star, also states that winning state championships for both indoor and outdoor track is one of her favorite memories.
“My favorite memory from high school in sports was when we won state championships in the SMR and also the year before we won in the 4×4,” says McDonald.
Eva Ripperger and Karisa Cizauskas both share the same favorite part of their high school experience.
“Our favorite thing to do is to sit in Mrs. [Kathy] Green’s room during passing periods or free periods,” says Ripperger.
“She really helped us with our college applications,” says Cizauskas, “and also just allowed us to sit and chill in her room whenever.”
Longoria says that there is no specific memory that comes to mind, however her sophomore year was her favorite year.
“My favorite memory was probably sophomore year,” Longoria said. “I had every single class with my friend Ava Hustek, so it was just a really fun year. That’s also the year where I met most of my friends I have now.”
Although graduation can be bittersweet, after spending four years, seven hours a day at Nonnewaug, each student has at least one remarkable story their high school career has left them with.
