A dreadful awakening from slumber on a Monday and a cheerful bolt out-of-bed on a Friday both begin with the same possibility. Each morning, nature has the power to paint dream-like colors across the sky, completing a picturesque scene for everyone to admire. This year’s senior class committee organized an event where every senior student could share this experience of basking in such beauty.

PLHS hosted its first ever senior sunrise on October 12. This senior exclusive event began at 7 am on the field near the track, creating an opportunity to watch the sunrise and eat delicious breakfast food from ‘The Modern Waffle’ food truck alongside fellow peers. 

This idea was first conceptualized by the senior class committee, as they are the students responsible for creating and overseeing the activities that the senior class gets to partake in for their last year of high school. This year’s committee, however, has proven to be quite creative compared to previous years’.

“I was really excited to do [a senior sunrise] because it is a completely new thing to our school as we are the first senior class to organize this,” senior class committee Sara Badura said. “It is really cool that we may have started a new tradition.”

With members putting forth a great amount of effort to make this idea become a reality, there was a common feeling of anxiety in fears of a possible failure. Those emotions quickly disappeared the moment they arrived to see students enjoying the event.

“My experience was memorable,” senior Mia Rathbun said. “The waffle truck was a great addition to the already fun time I was having just hanging out with friends.”

While the senior sunrise was clearly a hit among the student body, members still see potential for what this senior celebration could be for the future.

“I just wish we had a better location where we could really see the sunrise because the bleachers weren’t the best spot,” Badura said. “I would definitely also have rented a coffee truck or another waffle truck because the line got really long and moved slowly.”

Sunrises often signify the start of something new waiting along the horizon. Just like a sunrise, these seniors have started a new tradition at PLHS that the future generations of Monarch seniors will have to patiently wait to embark on.