Yard signs delivered to seniors
READY — From left: Sharon Ramaker, Larry Jensen, (window) Robin Eder, Teri Korman, (window) Brooke Krohn, Oliver and Carrie Petsinger, Geneva Fire Chief Curt Boswell, (window) Wendy Schultz, Daniel Nydegger, (window) Angie Aaseth, Mark Domeier, (window) Brenda Dobberstein, Doug Anderson, Randy Schott, Deb Bently. Below is Andrew Bailey. (Star Eagle photos by Eli Lutgens)
By ELI LUTGENS
Editor
It was a somber day for NRHEG.
Typically, graduation is a group event where every senior is together one final time. The class of 2020 will not get the typical experience. They will not experience a senior prom, Baccalaurette, or even, their final day of class. What they get is bittersweet.
With 17 days left until the official conclusion of the 2019-20 school year, seniors were delivered yard signs and good wishes Monday night across the school district, complete with caravans led by fire trucks.
It's hard to imagine what seniors are going through, the thoughts going through their minds. Some people say graduation is for the parents more than the seniors. That may be the case. As school buses made their rounds Monday night, one comment stuck out, "This is kind of fun," said one volunteer firefighter from Geneva.
Caravans quickly formed as the faculty made their rounds of deliveries. The stops were short and the conversations brief as cars started lining up behind the school bus, fire truck and fire truck vehicle. As the sirens and horns honked, Deb Bentley, Brook Olson and Robin Eder all ran out to greet the high school senior at each stop.
"Seventeen more days," said Eder over and over as she reminded the seniors that they weren't done with her or their schooling just yet.
And although this isn't what anyone pictured, it has definitely been the most interesting spring NRHEG has ever seen. It may be bittersweet, but as one person said, "It was kind of fun. This feels special."
Under the circumstances, it’s the least they could do.