As this year come to and end, seniors are preparing for their future. May 1st is National Decision Day, a day where seniors celebrate their decisions on college or plans after high school.

Decision day is part of a three-step process that has taken place over the course of this school year. Apply week, the FAFSA frenzy, and Decision Day are all apart of the Journey to College Program. The program is ran throughout Missouri and to most high schools. It is apart and ran through Missouri Department of Higher Education.

Apply week is to provide assistance during the regular school day to help seniors determine what their future plans are. It helps create a positive and helpful communication between the student and higher educators of different institutions. FAFSA frenzy offers free one-on-one professional help for students and families to complete the Free Application for Students Financial Aid (FAFSA). Decision day is a day of celebration for the seniors who have plans for college, career or military after high school. The program encourages seniors to finalize their plans for the future.

“We had about 130 students participate in apply week,” said Mrs. Gerringer, A+ coordinator at Liberty. “The FAFSA frenzy we had a much lower participation, and decision day we had a good outcome of students participate.”

About 136 senior students had taken part in decision day this year, which will be a yearly happening for Liberty.

“We plan on continuing the Journey to College Program for future years,” said Gerringer.

Now with so little time left in high school, seniors are preparing for final, graduation and future college plans.

“It’s all becoming so real, and now that I’ve signed to a school, I realized how many more days of high school I actually have left,” said senior Kirsten Lawson.