Senior Exit Assembly

Kaylee Long, Editor
May 15, 2015

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  • Juniors are celebrating.

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  • Streamers and confetti are thrown.

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  • The class of 2016 now reigns supreme over Smoky.

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  • Juniors race to the senior side of the gym.

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  • Juniors prepare to become seniors!

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  • Seniors are dismissed.

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  • Seniors are getting up to be dismissed.

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  • A senior gets silly string sprayed on his face.

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  • Students gather in the gym to begin the senior exit assembly.

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  • Junior girls are excited to become seniors.

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  • Sophomores support their class.

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  • Students support their various classes.

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  • The juniors shout louder than the underclassmen.

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  • Unified Basketball champion, Blake Yaw, races to the middle of the gym.

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  • The Buff walks around the gym entertaining students.

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  • Cohen announces more of Smoky’s outstanding students

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  • Students wait for the awards to finish.

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  • The crowd listens to Cohen recognize amazing Smoky students.

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  • The yearbook staff is recognized by Cohen for their award winning yearbook.

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  • Seniors toss around beach balls and spray silly string.

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  • A senior speaks with Scott Cohen.

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  • The seniors are ready to begin the assembly.

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  • The Buff circles the gym.

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  • More award winners walk to the center of the gym.

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  • Cohen shakes hands with a student.

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  • Student government announces the senior gift.

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  • Student government seniors prepare the senior gift.

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  • The West Gym is now the Stampede.

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  • The mural depicts buffalos in the mountains.

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  • Seniors go to view the senior slideshow.

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  • Seniors sit to view the slideshow.

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Thursday May 14, 2015, starting around 1:30 p.m., was the last assembly the class of 2015 would ever go to, and the beginning of a new senior class; it was the day of the Senior Exit assembly. This assembly is the last of the school year and it is to commemorate all of the school year’s achievements and to recognize the seniors and their adventure into a new life. Junior Janell Garcia was very excited to be running across the gym floor to the senior side, but was also sad to see her senior friend graduate. “I’ve been waiting for this since my freshman year,” Garcia said. “But I am going to miss my senior friends.”

During the assembly there was recognitions for all of the school’s achievements, the teachers that are going to retire, and recognition for how the senior class has won over nine million dollars in scholarships.Toward the end of the assembly there was a senior slideshow presented, showing seniors this year and in their past years at Smoky Hill. The moment everyone was waiting for, especially for juniors and seniors, couldn’t come fast enough; running across that gym floor to either exit the gym or run into their new status as the upper class.

“Now this is my year,” Garcia said.
Today, May 15, is the seniors’ official last day- the day they check in their old books and check out themselves.