For OH seniors, the college application process is already becoming part of everyday life. Between essays, applications, scholarships, college visits and other regular school responsibilities, students are finding different ways to manage the transition from high school to college.
OH senior Carter Anderson has taken a direct approach to the process he has already submitted five college applications and had heard back from four. “I think it's going pretty good so far,” Anderson said.
Anderson began preparing by keeping track of when one college would release their applications. Once an application became available, he filled out the required information.
While completing applications has gone smoothly for Anderson, deciding which colleges to apply to has been more difficult.
“Will you go to the dance with me?”
Nowadays this simple question on its own won’t cut it. As homecoming approaches this weekend, OH students have hustled to make the perfect homecoming proposal for their special someone.
As the proposal tradition grows, the struggle to create the perfect sign grows with it. Although everyone has different preferences, there are some must haves to every proposal.
“I think what makes a good homecoming proposal is when it's…creative and original, and especially if it's… a surprise, like if they don't know it's coming. Also, you should have something on the side, like flowers or candy, not just the poster” said OH junior, Nathan LaFan.
On Fri., Sep. 4, under the Ken Pickerill stadium lights, OH OATS members, along with the football team, cheer, and dance, were crowned and walked side by side with their parents. This moment celebrated how far they’ve come in their high school, as well as, athletic training career.
“I feel great, feel full and loved. I just am surrounded by all my friends and family, and it’s just a great feeling to feel,” OH senior Brooke Trottier said, who is one of the many seniors who has impacted the OATS team and serves the group as OATS Secretary.
“I’m just proud of everything that I do for OATS being the secretary... sometimes it gets hard to just do all of that, but I just really enjoy it,” said Trottier.
September 7: Empty halls fill the school, and it’s as quiet as can be. The reason? Labor Day, a federal holiday that most people get off of school and work, though not many know why. Nor do they tend to care.
“I'm honestly somewhat ignorant to it. I know it's part of those who work. I'm assuming that it was for the industrial workers who never really got a day off,” OH Pianist and Teacher Tyler White said.
And although he’s close, he’s not on the dot! Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1916 when an unknown industrial worker fought to declare a national holiday for all, even students. And even 110 years later, this holiday brings people together.
“Labor day is the last day that the Bristol renaissance fair is open so normally me and my family spend the day there,” OH Senior Yvette Lapidus said.
s gather early in the morning before dawn, watching the sun come up together on their “last first day” of school, celebrating the milestones to come and showing off their creativity.
“Senior sunrise is on the first day of school around two hours before it starts," OH senior Aubrey Reding said. "All of the seniors gather at the stadium to watch the sunrise, eat, take pictures, and have fun on their last first day. I heard about it mainly from previous years, but also from the Orange Crews' post.”
For seniors, this isn’t just another sunrise, but a symbol of the dawning of their final school year.