Kat-ch You Later
A final thank you for the last four years at Pioneer, and the last three in newspaper.
By Katherine Rowe
A final thank you for the last four years at Pioneer, and the last three in newspaper.
By Katherine Rowe
There’s something beautiful about writing, the way that words can blend together to transport you to a different place and tell a story. Each page turned or line read builds onto another, but each chapter eventually ends, and the one that I have lived for the past four years is reaching its resolution.
Gliding through the pool and passing the yellow water polo ball back and forth as the sunset signifies the end of the chlorine-kissed summer, flying out onto the ice rink after winning our first playoff game after an intense overtime, lazy days with long lunch conversations drawn out like chalk on the pavement- all of these treasured moments from high school. However, the best memories I’ve had on campus and as a part of Pioneer come from P6.
No one would expect the small portable at the back of campus to be a defining part of their schooling experience, but any yearbook or newspaper student can attest to the fact that it feels like a second home.
I never thought that I would have joined journalism when I first came to Pioneer, and I could never have foreseen the community that I was joining as I walked into my first day in newspaper.
Looking back on the evenings spent in P6 working to finish a deadline and leaving after the sun dipped below the hills in the winter, I remember how the friendly atmosphere and warmth filled the room- the passion of everyone we interviewed pouring from our screens, the smiles shining off the pictures in our layout and within the frenzy, and our pride in The Pony Express as we sent that month’s paper to be published.
Even though this year distance learning has changed our class and we haven’t been able to do many in-person interviews or print any papers, I’m proud of what we have accomplished despite the pandemic.
As my time in high school comes to an end, I want to thank my teachers and friends for helping me grow and letting me interview and write about you. But most of all, I want to thank everyone who I have worked with on the newspaper staff, the people who make The Pony Express so much more than just a newspaper.
Thank you.
Gliding through the pool and passing the yellow water polo ball back and forth as the sunset signifies the end of the chlorine-kissed summer, flying out onto the ice rink after winning our first playoff game after an intense overtime, lazy days with long lunch conversations drawn out like chalk on the pavement- all of these treasured moments from high school. However, the best memories I’ve had on campus and as a part of Pioneer come from P6.
No one would expect the small portable at the back of campus to be a defining part of their schooling experience, but any yearbook or newspaper student can attest to the fact that it feels like a second home.
I never thought that I would have joined journalism when I first came to Pioneer, and I could never have foreseen the community that I was joining as I walked into my first day in newspaper.
Looking back on the evenings spent in P6 working to finish a deadline and leaving after the sun dipped below the hills in the winter, I remember how the friendly atmosphere and warmth filled the room- the passion of everyone we interviewed pouring from our screens, the smiles shining off the pictures in our layout and within the frenzy, and our pride in The Pony Express as we sent that month’s paper to be published.
Even though this year distance learning has changed our class and we haven’t been able to do many in-person interviews or print any papers, I’m proud of what we have accomplished despite the pandemic.
As my time in high school comes to an end, I want to thank my teachers and friends for helping me grow and letting me interview and write about you. But most of all, I want to thank everyone who I have worked with on the newspaper staff, the people who make The Pony Express so much more than just a newspaper.
Thank you.