Senior Section
Seniors’ last days
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Seniors Kaitlyn Peeples and Haley Glaser share lunch and memories during the senior picnic.
(L-R) Gannon Morrison, Matt Bowen, social studies teacher and men’s lacrosse coach Alexander Buckley, Danny Geiger, Jack Prevost, and Robert Lavelle enjoying their last day of school at the Senior Picnic.
Every day as a high school student culminates in the moment he or she must leave, and while graduation obviously celebrates what is to come in the future, the last day of school celebrates what they have all gone through together as a class. The last day of school for the seniors at Gibbons is roughly three weeks before the rest of the student body’s last day. At 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 14, seniors heard the period 3 bell ring, punctuating their last day of class. For many seniors it was a paradoxical time, full of mixed emotions. “It was great finally hearing that bell, but at the same time it was extremely sad knowing that was my last time leaving a Cardinal Gibbons classroom as a student,” said senior Kaitlyn Peeples, via text. Many classes before have gone from their final class to the senior picnic but this year it was different. For the first time, the senior picnic took place in the new pavilion, located between the softball and baseball fields, instead of in front of the concession stand by the stadium. The pavilion is new this year, and while many have
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(L-R) Seniors Shawn Stankavage, Chase Rhode, Bryan Hall, Dante DiMaggio at the Senior Picnic.
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The seniors congregated in the pavilion on their final day of classes to celebrate all the wonderful memories they had at Gibbons. Students had a barbecue lunch waiting for them in the pavilion as they left their classes after third period.
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(L-R) Seniors Cheyenne Wood, Rachel Gruebel, Natasha Johnston and Gabriella Hernandez at the Senior Picnic.
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(L-R) Seniors Megan Comstock, Jennifer Riley, Mary Grace Doggett, Zachary Soberano, Nicholas Teder and Marqi Rocque at the senior picnic.
not spent a great deal of time in it, it proved to be a great replacement for the former location, easily fitting all the seniors inside. The senior picnic was not the only location of a senior even that moved this year. The senior lunch formerly took place in the Gibbons gym but this year moved to the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Raleigh. There were a variety of reasons for the transition, but the greatest was simple convenience. “The logistics just seemed to work out. Students would be able to go to graduation practice, then walk up the street and go to the Sheraton hotel for lunch, and finish the day off at Baccalaureate Mass [that evening]” said Kerry Mann, Volunteer Coordinator. Though the location of the senior lunch was different, the event looked much the same as it always has. It still included the usual display of baby pictures and also included an address from Harry Stewart, Gibbons Hall of Famer and graduate of the class of 1936. The seniors completed their day of final Gibbons events with Baccalaureate Mass at 7:30 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi, leaving only today’s commencement between them and being official high school graduates.
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Seniors MaryCatherine Prosser and Amy Robertson getting their lunch during the Senior Picnic.
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(L-R) Seniors Shawn Stankavage, Jack Prevost, Embee Kanu, Scott Maw, John MulSeniors Brandon Bales (left) and len, Nick Fornabaio, Jason Sweinckowski enjoy their final day of classes at the Senior John Kelly (right) at the senior Picnic. picnic.