By Rachel Cox and Maile Drigss

You have waited three years to be a senior. You pull into the back parking lot, do a quick hair sweep and slowly take off your Avi. Then you start to walk all the way to the main building with your train of friends.

You are finally a senior and you rule the school.

Before you start doing anything ridiculous, the class of 2010 has a few quick pointers and some advice for future seniors.

First of all, even if you think you are going to be productive your senior year, you won’t be. By the time spring break rolls around, homework isn’t a priority, and it’s a miracle when you show up to class with a book or binder. Take easy classes and don’t push yourself too hard.

Brown bag speakers give you a lot of information on different colleges and careers choices. Take advantage of all the ones you and your friends are interested in for an idea of what you want to do in the future.

On a less productive note its important not to get caught cutting class.

“Be sneaky when you cut,” said senior Jordan Sperry.  “Schedule a lot of ‘doctor appointments’.”

One cut can lead to another and when they all start adding up you can end up in a lot of trouble. You could potentially miss out on memorable senior activities and the offices ladies start to know you by first name for all the wrong reasons.

Although by the time you’ve reached your senior year, you have learned most everything you have needed to and it’s okay to miss the unnecessary classes.

“Avoid coming to school as much as possible,” said senior Brett Morris.

Spend a lot of time with the friends that mean a lot to you.  This will be the last time all of you will be this close together. So make the most of it and do as much as you possibly can.

In order to have more time to spend with your friends you should work on getting all your applications done and out of the way.

“Finish your applications early,” says senior Barbara Cummings. “And apply to more out of state schools.”

Don’t procrastinate on your college essays and applications. The sooner you turn the applications in, the sooner you hear back from the colleges.  The worst feeling you can have your senior year is when all your friends know where they are going next year and you don’t.

Once you know where you are going next year you might loose interest in doing school activities but try hard not too. Bring all the school spirit that you have left to your senior year. It will make the last few months more bearable.

“I regret not having enough school spirit,” senior Kayla Price. “I wish we had more senior spirit.”

Don’t forget to bring out the grizzly inside of you senior year!

“It’s your last year in high school.  Live in the moment.  Set the worries aside.  Let the future unfold.  Have the most fun you can,” said ASB president Gio Javier.