Early Graduation farewell

Dec 11, 2023

Graduating early can be scary or stressful when school is the only thing you have ever known. Leaving early from your friends and the people you have grown with for the last 4 years, but having a plan and a clear path can make it a lot less scary and stressful.

Knowing what you want to do after you graduate is very important. Knowing the direction you’re going in can also help you decide whether graduating early is good for you or maybe not.

“Make sure you have a plan on what you want to do after you graduate,” said senior Isaiah Fullwood. “I want to go into musical production so I decided to graduate early to have the opportunity to get started as soon as I can for that. Getting started with classes in the fall or spring can help me get ahead with the year of college I’ll have, graduating early gives me more time to work toward my goal.”

The process of graduating early can be easy and using your resources to get where you need to go can help you achieve these goals. Maybe you didn’t have to plan on graduating early but you ended up having the credits you needed to graduate early.

“Talking with my counselor helped me,” said senior Ashlyn Darby. “She helped me make a plan this year for what I needed to do in order to graduate early. I also already had most of my credits to do so.”

Not only does graduating early give you the opportunity to focus on yourself, or your mental health but it can also give you some time to have some fun or to have a little break before going back to school for college or just to travel and spend some extra time with the people you love.

“I wanted to have more time to work and prepare for college rather than only 2 months in the summer,” said senior Ashlyn Darby. “When I graduate I’m going to work and save some money for college and focus on myself. Spend some time with my family before I leave for college, I also might travel a little. Graduating early was pretty easy to do, I say do it if you can.”

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Aniston Mclamb, Staff writer

Aniston McLamb is a 16-year-old sophomore. She was born in Loris, SC but grew up in Supply. Just recently, she moved to Ash where she lives with her parents and little sister. Mclamb is now going on her 11th year of dancing for “Simply Dance” in Whiteville. Her parents put her in dance at the age of five, and her love grew quickly. Her favorite style of dance is hip-hop because it is up-beat and allows her to let loose. “Dance is my escape,” said McLamb. “Whenever I am dancing I feel like all my problems go away–the studio is my happy place.” This is McLamb’s first semester in journalism. She wanted to join the class because she was in search of something new. She wanted to take a class that is interactive with the school and a class that keeps her busy. “I joined journalism because I was interested in the social media aspect of the class,” said McLamb. “I have seen Tiktoks on my ‘for you’ page of the class and it seemed like something I wanted to get involved with.” Outside of the West Brunswick walls, McLamb found an interest in attending and competing in pageants. She has been doing pageants avidly since she was two years old thanks to the support from her mom and the rest of her family. “I recently won the Fair Bluff Watermelon Festival Teen Miss,” said McLamb. “Pageants are going to stay consistent in my life, and I don’t think I’ll be stopping soon.” McLamb plans on going to UNC Chapel Hill. She hopes to pursue a career as a General OB/GYN. She has been thinking about going into this field since middle school. “I have wanted to go to UNC Chapel Hill since forever,” said Mclamb. “Going there has always been a dream of mine. If Chapel Hill doesn’t work out, my goal is to go to another college with a good medical program.”