Class of 2024 Senior Parade

Emmy Dean and Kara Graham • August 1, 2024

Thursday, August 3, Tupelo seniors flooded the senior parking lot in the annual senior parade.

The class of 2024 gathered at Harrisburg Baptist church at 7:30 to take pictures and ready themselves for their big day. Many were dressed in their best blue and gold jerseys and took time to look their best.

“I just got up early, did my hair you know, got myself ready in the house,” Sanyla Smith said.

Cars were also decorated in blue and gold. Some even had signs. Some seniors experienced the festivities with their friends. Many seniors reflected on the time they entered high school for the first time.

“It’s very bittersweet. I’m excited but at the same time, it’s like surreal to believe that’s almost over,” Arianna Shaw said.

An important part of starting a new school year is setting goals.

“For this senior year, I’m trying to up my ACT score and I’m trying to get as many scholarships as I can. And yeah, and that’s about it. I’m just trying to make it make my senior year the best year possible,” Monne Patton said.

Seniors are going to soak up every moment till graduation on May 17.

Senior start parading onto campus

Emmy Dean

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Senior come onto campus to start their year

Emmy Dean

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About the Contributors

Emmy Dean, Wave Media Managing Editor

Emmy Dean, 2021-2024 Managing Editor, is a senior from Tupelo. She enjoys spending time with her family and baking in her free time. Her favorite quote is "I wish there were a way to know you're in the good ole days before you actually left them".

Kara Graham, Associate Editor

Kara Graham is an editor for Wave Media. She has always had a passion for writing and often writes poems and reads in her spare time. She is the recipient of the MSPA Best of Show Lede, MSPA Best of Mississippi Feature Writing/Reporting, and MSPA Best of Mississippi Depth Reporting Winner. She is also an MSPA All-Mississippi Honoree. She had one of her articles published on the Best of SNO website. She is president of the journalism honor society Quill & Scroll. She participated in a virtual newsroom called Headliners of Summer where she was joined by writers from 16 states and 4 countries to write stories of local and national interest. You can access more of her work on the Headliners of Summer website. She hopes to major in journalism at the University of Mississippi. This is her second year writing for Wave Media

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