This month, I graduate high school. Actually, by the time this is published, I'll have that stamped, cream colored paper in my hand

This article is for those people who I will be on that stage with. The ones who I will change the side of my tassel with, my class and the people who helped us get to where we are.

Dear Class of 2018 and those special teachers who got us here,

Thank you for accepting me. Before CCS, I was a very different person. A lot of you don't know this, but CCS is my tenth school, the hardest to transfer to as well.

Since graduation has started to show itself, I've looked back on my two years with you, but also the previous years without you.

My time before consisted of my small group to go friends from different schools. The simple peace signs and silent communications were nothing to compare to the connections I have with a lot of you in the hallways.

I'm not going to point all of you out in this letter, because that would be ridiculous with over 60 entries, but I will generally show how much impact you have on my days.

All of you have given me some reason to smile or laugh. I've gotten to know a small portion of who you are during class, in the hall, after school, or heck, some of you in Europe during a school trip. I have learned something from every single one of you, no matter how little you think that something was.

I can't wait to see what my class does with our futures. The simple "sup, (name)" (she knows who she is) in the hallway and the fist bumps between my closest friend, to the simple smirks/silly faces, they were all temporary, but the marks we are about to make in the real world could last forever.

I'm going to miss those moments the most. The ones where I don't have to talk to everyone every day, but I am still accepted and respected. The moments where just that single moment makes me smile and happier throughout the day.

Don't get me wrong I am excited beyond means to move on. However, it's such a big change. I'm moving 18 hours away to St. Charles, Missouri in two weeks. I'm not afraid, I certainly will miss you all though.

No matter what you do next year I wish you the best of luck. In 10 years, I hope we will be able to catch up. I wish you and future families the best.