Graduating in the midst of a pandemic. We waited twelve years for this, not knowing that ‘this’ would be social distancing and quarantine. My senior class had so much left to give, but our last three months of high school were lost to something...
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My high school senior year didn’t go according to plan. The last day of school I had on campus was when we were leaving for spring break. I expected to be back at school in two weeks to finish off my year. Because of this I didn’t...
Experiencing the COVID-19 crisis as a senior in high school has been both surreal and stressful. I was far from thinking of it as a real issue until the state-wide quarantine was issued and everyone had to stay indoors. The remaining months of...
It’s clear that senior year for the class of 2020 is vastly different from anything we expected. Most of us saw the last quarter of senior year as a traditional, celebratory culmination of all the work we’ve put in the past 13 years, the kind...
Unpredictable. The hardest part about this COVID-19 pandemic is that it was unpredictable. Of course, we knew little bits of information regarding the virus, but overall, it was something out of our control. I could not have predicted that...
Covid-19 has had a major impact on my senior year as well as everyone worldwide. When I first heard of the virus, I never really expected it to impact America, because terrible things such as pandemics and wars never really take place in the...
by Chuck Colbath Vail residents John Chaisson and I have found our 10th year the most challenging and exciting one yet. Having to shut down for a month made us realize we needed to keep our top-notch stylists employed. These are...
By Jessa Brighton Imagine living in a world where you must knock on a door and speak through a peephole to enter the only bar where you are allowed to dance. The walls are painted black, the toilets are overflowing, and its liquor license is...
by Susan Summers To say the least, the months of April and May were frenzied for staff members and volunteers at Resources Vail Food Bank, but immensely gratifying on many levels. General Manager Stefanie Stark and Vail Depot Thrift Store...
By Patrick Whitehurst Father’s Day might look a little different in 2020 than past years, but dads will still get a chance to shine. Social distancing, due the coronavirus pandemic, has been the norm in the small residential community of...