Sunday, May 17, 2020

My Class of 2020 send off.

Written Sunday May 17th at 12:00 PM

The Class of 2020. I think about what could had been with this class especially in the spring.

With things taken away from them like spring break, prom, graduation, band concerts, theater, plays, and spring sports because of the coronavirus epidemic. It has certainly been a challenge for this class.

As we head into Memorial Day weekend, I can think about the celebrations of enjoyment that each senior class went through in the past but with the Class of 2020, it will be different.

This is no fault of their own.

Since Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer imposed stay at home orders and closed the schools in March. Whitmer effetely shut down schools the rest of the school year which also meant that this class couldn’t get the proper send off.

Schools have found ways to honor the seniors but in different ways.

As this class heads into a future of unknown they have a chance to bring their own special brightness for future generations.

It will be a challenging road to say the least but the Class of 2020 have been through a lot and to see their high school careers end like this in wake of this epidemic is absolutely wrong and unfair.

There will be someone who takes blame for this epidemic. There will be a cure and an end to this crisis.

There will be hope.

But at the end of the day, this class deserved better.

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I have highest function of autism (Asperger Syndrome.) I'm a huge Dallas Stars fan. I like to play and watch football, especially when the Dragons play on Friday nights. I am a 2006 alum and used to play football for the Dragons. I ran track, I ran the 100, 200, 400 meter dashes along with shot-put and discus. During my time in Orion I was a manager for Junior Varsity Boys Basketball team. I'm the volleyball, girls basketball, and football announcer for the team and do the book on the road for girls basketball. I do the clock for volleyball in the fall along with girls basketball in the winter and announce some boys basketball games as well. In the spring I coach shot-put at Scripps Middle School, in my fifth season coaching. I run the shot-put for high school meets. I played Special Olympics Basketball, I've won three gold medals for them. I host "Between Taorminas" which is on ONTV along with a podcast called "OAA Now". In other various things outside of Lake Orion, I love to jet ski over Saginaw Bay. Saginaw Bay is basically my life. I'm a trained weather spotter for the National Weather Service for Oakland and Huron counties.