The Antlerette May 12 2020 Volume 94 Issue 7
A Letter From The Editors Hannah Villarreal, Content Editor Jordan Ritchie, Editor-in-Chief Senior year has definitely not turned out as expected….as of March 7th, the Elk Grove School District effectively closed its doors due to the rapid spread of COVID-19. A few days later, a stay-at-home order was issued to the entire state of California. Now, students are forced to participate in distance learning, which is not as easy (at all) as it seems. Seniors – me – already suffer from the ‘wonderful’ senioritis that makes us want to procrastinate like it’s a paid job, and now with the structure that comes with physically going to school gone, we don’t know how to even wake up before noon and sign into classes on time. Despite senior year not going as hoped, I am grateful for the previous years I’ve spent in Antlerette to make up for the depressing end of my last year in high school. I am able to look back at my previous articles and previous potlucks, and be satisfied with my high school experience. I hope that current and future students of the Antlerette are able to feel the same as I do. (Hannah Villarreal, Senior) As a junior, I can’t even comprehend what seniors are currently feeling, but as a high school student in general, I can vouch for my upperclassmen in their struggle to maintain their sanity these last few weeks of school. However, what separates the class of 2020 from the rest of us is that while seniors will
be moving on to greater endeavors such as college or careers – which I’m sure will include their own setbacks – it is we underclassmen that will have to return to high school and face the consequences of the time we lost due to the novel Coronavirus. I can’t imagine what my senior year will look like, how it will change, and what little will stay the same. This whole situation has been so surreal that it’s hard to imagine what happens next when most of us still haven’t grasped onto what’s happening now. All we know is that the rest of our high school experience has changed in a moment. Right now, whispering in class, hanging out at lockers, and all else that we considered the “norm” are things of the past, and we’ve transitioned to online education, which is not at all like the high school experience we know and took for granted. Despite my frustrations, these current circumstances have made me cherish the times I spent at school more than I did before this all happened. I’m especially indebted to the Antlerette… without it, I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to share my perspective in the first place. No matter to what extent next school year will change, I can only promise to stay strong in these troubling times and uphold the legacy of my seniors to be an inspiration for my underclassmen as they were for me. (Jordan Ritchie, Junior) Considering current events, this magazine focuses not only on the senior class of 2020, but the change that seniors (and all underclassmen) are currently facing and how they’re feeling towards it. Several writers