by Madison Hoffman, SSLI '27
Layna Botwinick, a senior, said that they are going to “celebrate their final year with traditions including senior sunrise, which we already did and had an amazing time, senior skip day, senior prank, and senior sunset, which will take place at the end of the year.”
As the year has only just begun, many of the events are coming up, but most of the traditions occur at the beginning of the year. So far, the seniors have decorated their cars, worn their little kid backpacks, tie-dyed their shirts at retreat, and celebrated senior sunrise.
The senior class at Jones Beach, where they watched the sunrise together. (M. Bidner)
Jordan Bitton, a senior, shared that his favorite thing so far has been senior sunrise. Bitton continued, “Senior Sunrise was so great…it united us as a grade even at 6:00 in the morning.” Jonah Resnick added that “we all wore our matching sweatshirts, took pictures together, and took in the view.”
Natalie Khaimov, a senior, explained that she is looking forward to the senior skip day and their grade prank as “we will all work together as one big group and hang out.” Botwinick is also excited for senior skip day because she can’t wait for the fun activities and is “really excited to have a pass on schoolwork and waking up early.”
Botwinick feels that having these traditions is important because “[the seniors] have all come a very long way and have been through so much together, so we have to live up to this last year.”
Resnick added, “I think these traditions are important because it is a way to make senior year more memorable…it sets apart senior year from the rest of the high school experience, as a year that should be remembered as more than just schoolwork.”
As the seniors are wrapping up their time in high school, they are holding the memories that they’ve made at Schechter and with each other close. Botwinick added, “I couldn't be more excited for senior year. It is very surreal, and I love being a leader for the younger kids. I am so excited for my future, like college, but I am also so excited to live in the present and soak in my final year here.”
Natalie Khaimov, a senior, explained that she is looking forward to the senior skip day and their grade prank as “we will all work together as one big group and hang out.” Botwinick is also excited for senior skip day because she can’t wait for the fun activities and is “really excited to have a pass on schoolwork and waking up early.”
Botwinick feels that having these traditions is important because “[the seniors] have all come a very long way and have been through so much together, so we have to live up to this last year.”
Resnick added, “I think these traditions are important because it is a way to make senior year more memorable…it sets apart senior year from the rest of the high school experience, as a year that should be remembered as more than just schoolwork.”
As the seniors are wrapping up their time in high school, they are holding the memories that they’ve made at Schechter and with each other close. Botwinick added, “I couldn't be more excited for senior year. It is very surreal, and I love being a leader for the younger kids. I am so excited for my future, like college, but I am also so excited to live in the present and soak in my final year here.”
Madison Hoffman is a writer for Paw Print Now and has been published on the site since January 2024. Madison is currently a junior at the Schechter School of Long Island and can be reached at the following email address: mhoffman27@schechterli.org.
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