By Alec Lautanen
Editor-in-Chief
As I was casting my votes for Homecoming Court last Thursday, it finally struck me how dynamic and involved my senior class is. I’ve always been somewhat aware of the strength of the Class of 2013, but after starting the process of college applications and seeing where my friends are applying, it finally hit.
Since Homecoming is also the first event of the year that’s strictly a senior affair, it also made me aware of how right now is truly “the beginning of the end.” So far, I’ve spent over 10 years getting to know this group of individuals, and a sudden departure is a scary thought. But to be completely honest, there is no other group of students I’d rather spend my final year of high school with.
As most are already aware of, La Vista always rounds out the year with a page mapping out where the graduating class is attending college. I never thought I’d be looking at my friends’ names on that page, but once I realized how palpably close that was, I couldn’t help but smile.
If this class keeps up with its same standards, we’ll end up with 39 valedictorians in June. Ever since I started going to school in Manhattan Beach my kindergarten year, I’ve been consistently impressed by my peers. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say I’m just as excited to find out where everyone else will go to college as I am to know my future school.
Taking that a step further, the prospect of seeing my friends and classmates in future Mira Costa Alumni Hall of Fame ceremonies was also a scarily realistic thought. The idea that those 17 initial inductees accomplished so much using Mira Costa as a springboard gave me hopeful thoughts about current students and where we’ll be in the coming years. I wish to see my classmates on that stage in the years to come and witness the success that had.
The cliché question of “what do you want to be when you grow up?” has always seemed like a nebulous and irrelevant inquiry, but now it’s more real than ever. In any case, I’m positive both the immediate and distant future will be successful for the class of 2013.
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