As senior year comes to a close, it’s time to look towards the future and new beginnings. My parents graduated from Bowie in 1994 and 1995 and I got to carry on the legacy of James Bowie high school graduates one last time.

As a child, I remember coming to Bowie every year for the annual Halloween carnival until it stopped about ten years ago. The booths were run by students and you could play carnival games and win prizes, get your face painted, and have a lot of fun. While we were at this carnival, my parents had a science class together and they would take me to visit their anatomy and physiology teacher, Mrs. McCormick, every single year and I was so excited when I got to high school and got to have her as my physiology and anatomy teacher and my chemistry teacher. I got to learn from her and hear her stories like my parents did and I am so thankful to have experienced that during my high school career and I will never forget it.

I got to spend 3 years in the JBHS choir, 1 year in concert band and color guard, and 4 years in the journalism program. I started in yearbook and decided it’s not for me and moved to newspaper and I’m so glad I did. Mr. Reeves became not only my advisor, but my friend. Newspaper inspired me to think about pursuing a career in journalism because I loved that class so much and I got to meet so many interesting people through journalism and I want to continue that in the future.

I’m not sure where I would be and what path I would be taking if I didn’t go to Bowie, but I wouldn’t be anywhere without the support of my parents and my boyfriend. I don’t know what the future holds, but I’m planning on going to ACC and transferring to another college when I’m ready and hopefully I will get a job where I can pursue journalism and science, like an environmental writer, and eventually move out of my parent’s house and into the adult world. I have no idea when any of this would happen, but without Bowie I wouldn’t be on this path and I’m ready to see where it takes me in the future.