Reflections from Local High School Graduates

Congratulations to the Class of 2025

Editor’s Note: In the spirit of providing opportunities to give our young people a voice and a platform, Our Broomfield is pleased to continue a tradition. Each year, we look forward to inviting seniors from local high schools to share a reflection on growing up in Broomfield and their high school career on behalf of their class. We ran two of these in the May issue. This month we feature a senior from Legacy High School. We thank this year’s seniors for their thought provoking columns, and the entire staff of Our Broomfield sends all 2025 graduates sincere congratulations and best wishes for the future.

Elizabeth Gazaway

Legacy High School

The moment we freshmen walked into our first-period class, we were oblivious to what opportunities and experiences awaited us. We entered high school during the COVID-19 pandemic, where we had to relearn how to be students, athletes, and even friends. From the late night study sessions, to showing up for our Friday night football games, we were able to experience what it meant to be a Bolt. Through every trouble we faced inside and outside of Legacy’s walls, we were able to take the stress of academics, and build on who we were meant to be no matter how much weight we had to carry through the hardest moments we graciously overcame. Being a part of Legacy’s Class of 2025 has reminded us graduates that this moment is more than just a celebration of academic achievement—it is a commemoration of the journey that brought us here. This piece of our story has prepared us for the next set of victories and obstacles that will challenge us, moments that will test our resilience, our patience, and our courage.

Our class has been able to learn how to prosper through the lessons we have been reminded of—that failure is not the end but another step toward evolution. We learned that leaning on others is not a weakness but a strength and that the power to shape our future lies in our hands as we leave Legacy high school.

As I say goodbye to all I have known for the past four years, I will do so with pride and all that I have overcome, as all of us graduates have and will continue to do. Experiencing the support and opportunities Legacy has allowed us to experience. Legacy’s class of 2025 is to be remembered as the meaning of strength and dignity. We grew to love, support, and build a community through all of the memories and friendships we made.

With hope and dignity, with gratitude and appreciation, we were able to navigate this piece of our lives, and we step into the next with open arms, strong enough to face whatever will come our way. We have finally made it, and with that, our high school years are officially over. We will continue to show the world how we thrive, not just our way, but the Boltz way!

Elizabeth will be attending Grand Canyon University in the fall for Healthcare Administration and Criminal Justice. She also will be joining the GCU Flag football team.