“My goal is just to find a place that I’m happy, fulfilled, and make friendships wherever I am next,” senior Kylie Cox said.
The Class of 2026 has a wide range of goals they want to achieve before they continue to new experiences that await them after graduation. With just over seven months remaining in their high school careers, there are many landmark events that lie ahead for seniors. From prom and countless sports senior nights to senior sunset and ditch day, the seniors have a lot to look forward to.
The prior Class of 2025 left behind quite the legacy to live up to, filled with spirit and energy. This year’s class hopes to go above and beyond to compete with them. “I think [the class of 2025’s] senior prank week was really fun, so I want to top that,” senior Micaela Rubinsky said.
Some Bears want to leave it all out on the field, court, track, or pool. “Football wise, I want to make a big play and mark my name on the program and make sure everybody knows who I am and what I left,” senior Joel Fifita said. “I plan on going to a four-year college for football and doing the same thing I did here, making a name for myself and becoming a better person and becoming a better player.”
Many Bears are busting out of the Bay Area to new, exciting places. With this comes the separation from a community for many. “[I want to spend more time with] one of my friends, since they’re going all the way to Louisiana,” senior Bryan Martinez-Torres said.
Others mention how their family is very important and giving back to the people who invested so much in them. “I want to go to college, get a job that pays me really good, try to get a house, and help my family with money,” senior Yaretzi Calderon Lopez said. “[A challenge I want to overcome is] find love and graduate.”
Rubinsky’s sights are set on something far out of the norm. “Before graduating, I want to go on a hot air balloon ride in Iceland, because it just seems like a fun thing,” she said.
“[I urge underclassmen to] do [their] work majority of the time and then enjoy the few moments with your friends,” senior Bryan Martinez-Torres said, leaving underclassmen with time to think about what each of them wants to leave behind and take with them from M-A.
