As graduation approaches, the president of the Class of 2025 is closing a chapter and preparing for the next while building a legacy.
While Rosa Blevins has accomplished many things over the year, one of her favorite memories came right at the beginning with the senior sunrise.
“We had the biggest turnout out of all the classes. It was fun — little chaotic in the beginning, but it was calming. It made my day calming,” she remembers.
But she has trouble signifying one as a favorite.
“I loved every senior event and every moment of senior year,” she said. “My biggest accomplishment as class president would probably be being interviewed on ABC News. I was able to tell the world about our school in a positive light.”
Being a class president came with some hardships, but Blevins never backed down from the challenge.
“The hardest thing about being class president is being able to make everybody happy,” she said. “Like some people want certain things that some people want another thing and then we also have to do stuff that correlates with the school. So like if the school doesn’t approve of it, we can’t do it. And that’s the hardest thing.”
Blevins tried to balance her classmates’ suggestions with school policy.
“If people asked me to do something, I’ll bring it to the table with my other officers and we’ll talk about it and then we’ll try to figure something out so everybody can have a chance to get what they want to do. I think we got everything done.”
Blevins is has some advice for the future class president.
“My advice is to draw all of your ideas ahead of time. like, because the time will go by really fast and like you can’t do it like by month. Because then once you get to that month, it’s not going to be up to work. So just plan out everything ahead of time, make all the proposals, bring out your ideas, and then let your sponsors know.”
During her speech at graduation, she plans on talking about the ups and downs of high school, her transition as a transfer student and the people who made her journey better.
After high school, Blevins will attend Louisiana State University with a major in business and a minor in dance and she plans to become a professional dancer.
