For the Seniors By Olivia Kim and Alyka Mendoza
Skoretz said, “It feels like I’m being robbed of something I’ve waited my whole life for . . . everything I’ve looked forward to isn’t happening anymore.” Class 20 photo: Seniors pose in the shape of their year during their senior trip at Havasu. Senior Joshua Tongpo said, In the midst of their last “Junior/Senior year of high school, the Banquet is the one I’m most seniors of Loma Linda sad about, since I loved the Academy had their time passion ‘21 brought to their together at school cut announcement and was short due to the spread of waiting to see more of it.” COVID-19. Their last Junior/ With all of the recent Senior Banquet, campout, cancellations of school music performances and events, seniors are tours, sports seasons, vespers, concerned about the future and many other events they of the graduation they’ve had been looking forward been working so long for. to have been canceled. Final Senior Karina Lim said, memories that the seniors “This makes me worried were supposed to make that our graduation may be together before they go their canceled, too. In that case, separate ways have been lost I would not get to see my until school is able to resume parents in America because again. they are planning to [fly High school senior Shailani from Korea to] watch my
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graduation.” But despite all of the disappointments that the high school seniors have had to face, many are able to keep a positive mindset and think about how they can help others instead. Skoretz said, “I remind myself that I’m lucky my family is safe and healthy and here with me, I do hobbies I enjoy, I talk to friends through the phone, and pray.”
Handshake photo: (Left to right) High school seniors Krystal Checo, Haley Walker, and Janelyn Jabonillo show off their class pride at 2019-2020 SA Handshake.
