Class of ’22 experiences their own fairytale ending

Kearsley has been my home for 13 years. And my time at Kearsley has been memorable. I remember my first time playing a tennis match, where I won with a friend named Alexa Jones, who has since graduated. I remember the time when I went to my first pep rally, and being taken back by how loud and fun it was. I remember my first homecoming dance, where I danced the night away with my best friend,...

Freshman year, I was scared. Tall kids crowding the halls, I only had five minutes to get to each class, and I didn’t have anyone by my side. I was never this happy go lucky kid you see before you. I was shy, I tripped over myself when I walked the halls, and I never talked in class. I had my people, but that was it. It wasn't until I entered my fourth hour where I knew I felt comfortable....

Saying goodbye is challenging. There is one group in particular at Kearsley that gets almost all of my nostalgia, and that is the band program. At the last halftime performance of every season, that year's seniors stand on a stump behind the field and give a short goodbye message to their bandmates. When I tried to do that, I failed completely. I was too emotional to get through what I had...

As a senior, this is my final story for the year. It's kind of bittersweet because everything I've done for the past four years has built up to where I'm at now, but also most aspects of my life are about to change with very few things staying the same. In the end though, I am excited and ready for what's to come in the future no matter what it could be. Throughout my high school experience,...

The times here, at the very least, have been interesting. Things may have started out normally at least for most of us and it did for me too. I had started freshman year, joining band, doing swim and refusing to grow up from middle school as we all do. Sophomore started with good times and good weather and the essence of good spirit. And right as the motion of things had started... March...

I'd say the class of 22's high school experience was quite different from the usual. It's been a good experience, yet disappointing. We've all grown up, grown apart, grown together, experienced and learned new things, but all with struggling and accommodating for COVID-19. Freshmen year has really been the only normal year, and probably my favorite year of high school. Coming into high school nervous,...

When I reflect on my high school experience, several stories stand out to me. I could tell hundreds of stories about the goofy things I did or that happened to me while I was here. But, between these memories, there is nothing. Although I have been at this school for the larger part of my last four years, I find myself wishing I remember it more. Maybe it was the pandemic interrupting two...

My Kearsley experience was pretty uneventful as far as things go. I have not had the experience of going here my entire life like some of my peers. I am a former student of Genesee County Catholic Schools and was really sheltered for a good chunk of my life. I came to Kearsley halfway through my freshman year in early 2019. I came to this school pretty much blind and without many friends. I made...

My high school experience has been nothing but strange. Years of Covid-19’s rampage through the world affected my high school years more than I would’ve thought. The start was as normal as could be, as a freshman going into a new school. Freshmen year was an average year for me. It was just filled with learning how to counter the slight difficulty increase from middle school to high school. In...

I have always dreamed of greatness. Now, if you asked me what exactly I mean by that, I would not be able to give you a definitive answer. They say high school is the greatest year of your life, but I believe greatness stretches much further than classrooms, football games, and homecoming dances. It's about the warmth sunshine leaves on your skin, the sound of trees rustling in the wind or...

With the school year coming to a close, it's time for farewells. I have been looking through past farewell letters from former editors and Eclipse writers, and I came to the conclusion that my high school experience was not inspirational or interesting enough. I was confused as to what to write for my farewell because I don't feel like I can pass down some helpful advice to newcomers or look...

High school has been both good and bad. I'll be honest, I did not think high school would go by as fast as everyone said that it would. I came into high school very nervous because I didn't know what to expect coming in. I still don't feel like I got the full high school experience because COVID-19 took away a year and a half from what I should have had. I do not regret anything from my 4...

My high school experience has been an interesting one to say the least. Starting off my freshman year, I didn't really know what to expect. I was scared to do anything in the school and feared the upperclassmen. By sophomore year, I was finally more comfortable and I was really getting into the swing of things at the high school. I became good friends with some really great people like Dominic...

My years at Kearsley High School have been some to remember, these years have made many memories that I won't forget. I've been in band and played sports all four years here at KHS, which includes tennis, swim, and track and field. I will actually miss this school. I enjoyed the teachers and the students that I met. Mr. Brett Boggs, Mr. Cory Fisher, Mrs. Melissa Weeks, and Ms. Natalie Shelton....

As the seniors enter the last stretch of our final year of high school, some of us have reflected on the good times we've had at Kearsley High school. Everyone always tells you that high school flies by quickly. I didn't understand how true that was until now. It seems like just yesterday I was at freshman orientation, walking around a big school that was new to me and worrying I would get lost...

As my high school career comes to a close and with it my time at The Eclipse, I remember fondly my high school experience and all the people that I was able to meet. Though there were many speedbumps along the way, as no one could have expected to live through a pandemic during their high school experience, I still enjoyed being a part of the Kearsley community. At the start of my freshman year,...

Even though the class of 2022 had a shortened high school experience, I still found a way to make the best of it. I moved to the Kearsley district when I was in middle school. It wasn't easy leaving friends but it was a better start for me. I met a lot of new people and made a lot of friends. I felt like I actually found a place where I felt like I fit in. Before moving to Kearsley, I didn't...