With the 2023-2024 school year coming to an end, students are starting to reflect on their experiences. Many sport teams made it to playoffs, some even made it to Regionals or States. The Envirothon Team had many victories, FFA traveled to Indiana at the end of October for a convention, and Capstone students presented their year end projects.
Freshman Aiden Silvano said that his favorite part of the school year was “playing football and being in classes with my friends.” Silvano has been playing football for four years, as a wide receiver. Silvano’s favorite classes this school year were “art and math, [because]the people made it most enjoyable.”
Freshman Mallory McCartney said she enjoyed “meeting new people and making it to States for indoor track and cross country.” McCartney was one of the agriculture students, so coming to North Harford, “was a big change, but being involved in sports helped the change and helped new friendships to develop.”
Other students also explained what they’re most proud of. Senior Mackenzie Dunaway said she is really excited about “making it to the end of the Harford County Sheriff department application process.” Senior Calvin Rose has many accomplishments that he is proud of from this year, including “getting into college,” because he’s “been looking forward to [college] for a while now.”
Even though there were many successes to the school year, that doesn’t mean there weren’t any struggles on the way to get to the success that the year ended with. Sophomore Payten Ivy said, “My biggest struggle this school year was music theory and chemistry.” Silvano added, “The work made my classes more challenging because of the assignment load and deadlines.”
Seniors have been thinking about what they’ll miss most about high school and what they’re most looking forward to after graduation. Rose explains he will miss, “The people I’ve known throughout high school,” because “it’s always hard making new friendships.”
Dunaway said, “I’ll miss being able to see my friends every day, and having classes with them.” Senior Blake Carberry added he’s “going to miss [his] friends most, but also sports and clubs, too.” He continued, “I’m most looking forward to being independent and being able to make my own decisions and making new friends as well.”
Senior Noel Bailey said she will miss “seeing [her] friends everyday. I know I have summer with them, but then we’re all leaving for different states in the fall.” She explains that they are all “going to be a lot of hours away from each other,” and that she will also “miss school events like Powder Puff, football games, and other high school things.”
Bailey adds that she’s most looking forward to leaving for college because she says she’s excited about, “being on [her] own, living in a different state with none of [her] family – even though [she]loves [her] family.” She adds that she is “also excited to make new friends and just being at a school where I don’t know anyone, which I like because I want a fresh start.”
Senior James Ortt said he’s going to miss “being able to see my friends after school at practice and team events we have in high school” the most. Ortt is most looking forward to “making [his] own schedule and expanding the research of [his] capstone project.”
