The countdown to the end of school has started, but for seniors in particular, time is ticking.

Seniors’ last days are drawing to a close as their last day is May 20.

With mere days left of high school, seniors are still juggling the traditional end of school stresses, such as AP tests and finals while also struggling with the impending realization that their time in high school is almost over, and that they must start a new chapter in their lives. 

Nathan Goodman (12) feels like he is losing his Liberty “family” as he graduates. 

“I feel like I’ll feel freed from something, but also feel like I lost two families as I am in band and theater and I have met and become such good friends or acquaintances with so many now from seniors and all the way down to freshmen,” Goodman said.

Goodman has found it to be getting progressively harder to focus in his classes, especially as he wants to spend his last few days of high school with his friends instead of worrying about the usual workload.

”Knowing I’ll be out of this school in a few weeks makes me kind of want to just chill and enjoy my time,” Goodman said. “I’ve sort of fallen behind on work as I said I just want to enjoy my final few weeks here with all my friends and teachers instead of focusing too much on the workload.”

Ben Arras (12) feels that he is mentally already done with school.

“Physically, I’m still here, but mentally up here in the head, most of time, no. I’m just somewhere else, somewhere better,” Arras said.

Arras talks about how the prospect of the last day of school is motivating him to get through the last few days of school.

“Honestly, I just keep thinking about graduation day and how happy I’ll be on that day, and that just motivates me to keep going,” Arras said.

Obviously, seniors have incredibly complicated feelings about graduation. However, either way it most definitely is a celebratory part of everyone’s time in high school.