According to Senior Class president Julian Batts, the primary upcoming event for seniors is Homecoming, including playhouse building, fundraisers, the Homecoming game and the dance. This is the biggest event for the Senior Class over the entire year, Batts said, other than Homecoming.

“Seniors have the responsibility to ‘set the tone’ for the school in terms of leadership and participation in school-wide events/activities, positive behavior, and community service,” Senior Class sponsor Robert Fellows said via email.

According to Batts, Class officers will meet periodically throughout the year to discuss ideas for school and Senior Class events.

“We (as Class officers) try to encourage our classmates to get involved in the bigger events throughout the school (like Homecoming),” Batts said.

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This upcoming week of “senior spirit,” Batts said, will be the last for the Class of ’13, and that changes many seniors’ attitude toward the event.

“It will be a great time, it will be an awesome week, but it will be in reality the last time we all come together as seniors,” Batts said. “…It’s a little bittersweet, but we all go our separate ways, and that’s a part of life.”