LRHS Senior Reflections on their High School Years

Over the past 13 years, Lind-Ritzville High School’s Class of 2015 has worked together, learned from each other, and grown up into mature individuals.

While it’s no question that graduating high school will make his or her futures brighter, each soon-to-be graduated student has been influenced differently by their unique high school experience.

Senior’s last official day of school at LRHS will be Thursday, June 4th. Until then, it seems only natural to reflect on the events that led them up to this point.

High school is famous for the relationships made within it. Cort Ruzika explains, “My favorite part of high school was growing the bonds and life-long friendships that I am excited to come back to! The hardest part of high school is definitely having to say goodbye to it this fall.”

Katie Manke said, “I’ll miss the familiarity of high school, friends, teachers, relationships, activities. The hardest part was having traditions come and go (i.e. Winterfest dress-up week) and having to say hello and goodbye to friends, like foreign exchange students.”

High school is one of the best times for students to discover who they are, and who they want to become. Manke continues, “I would change the way I looked at certain events or people. I didn’t like some sports, but I just suffered through it because I thought it was the cool thing. I wish I would’ve been more independent and did what I wanted!

BJ White feels similarly: “the advice I would give the underclassman is to not conform to the ideals of society. Be yourself and don’t let anyone try and change you. It will get you farther in the long run; when you get out into the real world, and you’ll be much happier.”

Several of this year’s seniors were influenced by their participation in Bronco athletics.

Mallory Kessler said, “I have to say, my favorite part of high school would be the varsity athletics. I wouldn’t change a thing if I had to do high school all over again, <and> I am looking most forward to college and new experiences!”

Brian Campbell II also said his favorite part of high school was “being able to be involved with all of the successful sports teams throughout my four years.”

His advice to underclassman is to not put off their homework until the last minute; “It isn’t worth it,” he says.

Sara Aldrich added that the most important thing she learned is that “nerdy is not the worst thing in the world to be.” She says she is looking forward to going to college in New York.

Overall, this year’s graduating class has used their experiences within the walls of LRHS to their advantage.

Kym Webb explained, “The hardest

was how my teachers pushed me, even though I know now that I needed those pushes. And, I learned that you really can’t make everyone happy, so you may as well do things that make you happy!”

Colin Sheffels concluded, “ [My] favorite part was getting to meet different people from different schools and make friends. [The] hardest part was staying committed to good grades, knowing a community college was going to admit me regardless. And I’m mostly looking forward to being able to make a name for myself outside of the communities I grew up in.”