Senior Columns

High school is an opportunity to create a future for yourself through academics, friendships, sports, and memories. Parkway South has shown a large growth potential for these things to become a reality. When I reflect back to my freshman year self I think of a person who was struggling to find who they really were. Constantly trying to fit into social groups and become involved isn’t the easies...

Four fast years later and it is over. Graduation is coming up right around the corner. These past four years I have spent at South have honestly gone by so quickly. It seems like just last week I was a meager freshman walking the vast and crowded hallways to classes on my first day of school. I honestly cannot believe that high school is coming to an end, literally it has not set in yet. High sch...

Over the past four years, I’ve learned a lot.  Well, that’s obvious; this is school after all, but I’m not talking about anything academic.  If there’s anything I’ve really learned while attending Parkway South, it’s that you have to realize what’s right in front of you.  Sometimes, you think you know what you want and may later come to realize that you screwed yourself. There ...

Parkway South has pulled, poked and tortured me through four grueling years of high school, so here are my words of wisdom to survive this miserable bottomless pit of despair. Ok, maybe that was a little too dark because it hasn’t been all bad. I’ve made a lot of friends here and have taken some really fun classes. However, since I’m optimistic, I haven’t been able to realize how I wish I ...

It feels like just yesterday that I was walking through the doors of Parkway South for the start of high school. Four short years later I am a senior in my last week before graduation. I can say I have made many friends, learned many lessons, and created countless memories that will last a lifetime. Even though every morning I struggled to roll out of bed and gain the courage to go to class, these l...

With freshman year of college fast approaching, I am reminded of my first year at South. Coming from a private grade school, I didn’t know anyone, and all my friends were attending other high schools. I remember arriving for summer orientation, seeing the Commons full of my new classmates, and wondering how I would be able to fit in. Four years later, my departure from South is bittersweet. I’m ...

Looking back to freshman year I would’ve never thought that some of the people that I’m closest with were ever going to turn out to be my friends and I also have my friends that I’ve kept since middle school. Going through high school has been a roller coaster for me and I know that friends have kept me happy through my school career. You may have fights with your friends but that’s nothing co...