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2 Letters from Senior Officers May 15,2013 Reflecting Upon Four Inspiring Years t. i / Kassra Homaifar Student Body President Dear Class of 2013, Let me take this moment to congratulate all of you. We have overcome the challenges and obstacles in our high school years that involved transitioning to a period when it often seems we conformed our sense of individuality to those around us. We did our best to uphold friendships and cherish relationships, as well as to conquer the academic rigor, exams, and general work in our classrooms. Since our first years here as freshmen, we immedi ately made sure to help one another create strides to wards positive change. We tutored each other after school, created fundraisers to aid local and international initiatives, supported our athletic teams in numerous games and tournaments, devel oped clubs for all interests, and embraced diversity by aiding local organizations and becoming closer with one another in and outside the academic environment. As we grow closer to the day we graduate and pick up our diplomas in front of our lifelong supporters, we should take a moment to think about the friends we have made here at Grimsley, the lessons and mistakes from which we have learned, and the Whirlie pride we have and will continue to spread. While we are approach ing the moments when we seek to fulfill our educa tional and career aspira tions, it is important we continue to be &e "movers and shakers" in our society. We should not let our com munity involvement be come a thing of the past, or merely something we en gaged in only to build up our resumes; instead, we should enhance it, develop up it, share our ideas with others, and pursue issues others ignore or are unable to solve. This past summer, 1 was captivated by a very short, but meaningful blue print; Passion + Relevance + Opportunity = Fire. I share with you this formula because it reminds me to identify what matters to others and ourselves and to seize the urgency and vi tality of the issue to create an uplifting ripple effect in our world. Over the next few years. It is imperative that we, as WhirHes, create experiences that afford ourselves and others motivation in con tributing to society and ful filling ambitions of encour aging each other to think beyond our boundaries, to learn more than what we know, and, perhaps in the long run, to see ourselves as capable of doing more than what society expects of us. It is clear that the generations before us has created many of the prob lems we observe in society today. Polarized groups of people in our nation's gov ernment cannot seem to reach compromise. An economic disparity has cre ated many problems that adversely effect our educa tion, careers, and family life, and longstanding wars continue to plague our relationship with other countries. We must be the genera tion that history teachers, in their third-floor class rooms of this great school, will recognize for solving prqblems once and for all. As we experience change, ideals, and lessons in the coming years, I am confi dent that together, we can rise to the occasion and leave our Grimsley mark on the world. What’S It All For? Fiere we are again. Just like the end of middle school, the end of elemen tary school, or even the end of preschool, one door is closing as another opens. Many seniors think to themselves, "1 can't wait to be finished with high school," but are we ever really finished? The truth is that many of us have numerous more years of hard work ahead, but what is it all for? Is it to buy the new iPhone? To pass a class? In my eyes, the ultimate goal is not as material as these short-term goals, but to live life happily and do ing something I love with people whom I love. Though watching tele vision and attending par ties may make some of us happy now, it is impor tant to understand that nothing in life is free. Yes, we have spent four years in high school, and it is perfectly all right that we believed it to be our time to live life to the fullest. but we must not lose track of our long-term goals. It is in high school where we discovered our interests and considered idea of what career we want to pursue in the near fu ture. In order to live a long and comfortable life, it is imperative to find work that we truly enjoy and find fulfilling. Gener ally, once we determine what future path abso lutely fascinates us, what we would wake up and do every day if given the op portunity, and become skilled or proficient in those fields, cost of living matters will tend to take care of themselves. As Graduation Day approaches, many of us also understand the im portance of maintaining good friends in life. Though living comfort ably with a fun job is pleasant, it means very little without having friends with whom to spend time and share ex periences. It is almost guaranteed that some of the people we have met in high school will be our friends for the rest of our lives, and others may even become much more than friends. It is in valuable to have some one who can always be there to help in times of need but also be there to celebrate when good things happen. Though our high school careers may be coming to an end, our true friendships will continue, and some may last forever. If you gain anything from this article let it be this: As we move on in life, there will always be the latest and greatest this or that, but friends and family will remain. We must remember to keep long-term goals because this life is so very worth living, especially if we are finding our passions in love and sharing experi ences with the people we love. Don't forget to have a little fun along the way. ■I ill wMi i: / BY Wyatt Peterson Senior Class President
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