Senior Week

by Nina Goldman

While schools across the country have already let their graduated seniors out into the world, Bronxville High School just doesn't seem to want to let go. BHS students' big entrance into the real world is not taken lightly. In order to prepare students for their lives in the years to come, one of the weeks leading up to graduation is dubbed "Senior Week", and is packed full of important transitional activities.

"The purpose of [Senior Week] was to provide some degree of transition," says Mr. Klurfeld, the primary organizer of Senior Week. "[To] provide some guidance for kids who will be out on their own for the first time."

Activities ranged from discussions with speakers on human rights and public policy to training in self-defense and conflict mediation to useful information booths to volunteer work at the Andrus Center for children.


"My favorite part of senior week was definitely our time spent at the Andrus Center," says Senior Kelly Peña. "I feel that the community service aspect plays a large part in our senior week, and is beneficial to all of us. I had a great time interacting with all the kids and really brightening up their days."

Many Seniors expressed contentment with the events of senior week. John Ranieri called it “really fun and well planned.” And although it was very extensively planned by Mr. Klurfeld and everyone else, next year’s Senior Week may be set up a little differently.

"In the future we're going to steer increasingly towards the more community
service aspect of it,” says Klurfeld. The events had originally been all based on public works at a local camp.

This may be a good step, considering students such as Richard Bastuck who commented that “the community service was pretty fun.” Others say that they do enjoy the service aspects, but would prefer a choice of manual service (i.e. building projects) in addition to the sort of activities that this year’s group did at the Andrus Center.

But it may be that what soon-to-be seniors really want is to just have fun with members of their grade. For example, a grade wide pool party was scheduled this year, but rained out. However, Juniors hope that next year’s Senior Week will provide the final event with their friends that they are looking for. In the words of current Junior Jessica Mack, “[They] hope to enjoy a stress free week with [their] friends, to celebrate the end of a great senior year.”