WOODBURY – If only the parking lots could talk.
Leaving your vehicle to walk into school is the last breath of air until you sit at a desk for several hours, the NHS parking lot takes on a life of its own. From kids running into the school with a minute left to get to class, or those horsing around between its lines, the NHS parking lot deserves its own commemoration to close out the 2024-2025 academic year. This acre of asphalt has seen everything: kids learning–and struggling–to park all while holding up the lines of traffic to kids bonding with friends early in the morning, memories were fortified here.
Senior Chloe Walsh, has a lot more going on then the average high school student. Being that she is a Seymour resident, Walsh accepted the fact that she doesn’t live close to school. To make up for it, Walsh is still always one of the last ones to leave school, even after staff.
Once she’s on campus, Walsh is known as something of a perfectionist, tending to every detail of every class. Her work in the parking lot, however, is a slightly different case.
Walsh’s 2008 Chevy Trailblazer has earned a reputation for holding up traffic while she backs her vehicle into her morning parking spot.
“She’ll try to back into her spot like 5 million times; I always get stuck behind her,” says senior Juliana Bailey who for four years has witnessed Walsh’s academic accomplishments, but this year has noticed Walsh’s tact behind the wheel leaves something to be desired.
For Walsh, she owns this.
“My bad,” says Walsh, hiding a sheepish smile. “I apologize.”
Senior Scott Bodie, is known for something else in the NHS parking: his outrageous car that for two semesters, has earned a variety of reactions.
“My personality shows when my car shows up to the function” says Bodie who has been known to outfit his car with a fluffy pink steering wheel, bedazzled licence plate, and even striped colored tape depending on Bodie’s mood.
Bodie’s friends get a kick out of his personality.
“He’s jolly,” says his best friend since kindergarten senior Trevor Santopietro. “The only other car I can picture him driving is a 2010 Chrysler PT cruiser. I’ll always remember the way he decorated his car and especially when he cut his exhaust off.”
Senior Greg Voros, is the definition of late, carving out a spot as one of the senior class’ most perpetually tardy students. Greg is often the last to park and the one who is running into the building before the last bell rings. Culinary teacher John Dominello has a special spot for Voros in his heart.
“I think Greg will be successful at whatever he puts his mind to,” says Dominello, but Voros’ longtime teacher understands it’s hard for some students to break their habits.
“I think he just sleeps in,” Dominello added. “I hope he doesn’t continue that trend.”
Voros is also widely known by his fellow classmates for being goofy and it definitely rubs off on the teachers too.
“He’s also a really funny kid, he makes me laugh all the time,” says Dominello.
Renee Harris, one of Greg’s mentors, has always gotten a kick out of Greg and will miss Voros’ antics that follow him from the parking lot and into the building.
“I will miss Greg’s humor,” Harris said. “I have to add that he is very caring and thoughtful which he tries to hide from us.”
Senior Aiden Moffat, has left his mark in the NHS junior lot, all because of his 2000 F-350 multi-colored truck with a 7.3 motor, which leaves oil stains in parking spots and won’t fit inside the more narrow parking spaces in the senior lot.
“It leaks a lot of oil and maybe a little coolant,” says Moffat with a smile, recognizing that many vehicles driven by this year’s senior class may need some work. “It’s all covered in oil because everyone’s truck is a piece of garbage.”
With graduation set to commence in mere weeks, the senior parking lot will be one of the senior class’ final steps the class of ’25 will see. One thing is for certain among the class of 2025: there certainly won’t be any flame outs, and, when exiting the senior parking lot, we’ll do our best to avoid any burnouts.
