Since the 2013 seniors have only a couple of weeks left at school, juniors are beginning to prepare for their own senior year.

“I have been waiting for this since the beginning of junior year and I figure everyone else has too,” said junior Jessica Etheridge.

Many juniors have been making preparations for quite some time now.

“I made senior shirts for the juniors before Christmas,” said junior Jordan Shroud. “I’m pumped and I cannot wait.”

Throughout the past year, juniors have competed with seniors on every event the seniors have participated in.

“When the seniors had senior night, we had junior night; When the seniors got senior shirts, we got junior shirts; Now, the seniors have senior skip day, while we have junior skip day,” said junior Claire Maddox. “It was a funny little game all of us juniors got to have fun with.”

“The competition made all of the seniors mad, which made it all the more worth it,” said junior Alexa Hart.

Many of the seniors didn’t enjoy the fun.

“I did not like how everything was so competitive,” said senior Sarah Barnhart. “This was our year; theirs is next year.”

Other juniors did not participate in the events, but instead watched all the drama unfold.

“I had nothing to do with any of their childish games. I rightfully respect their time left, and next year, it is our turn to have every thing about us,” said junior Savannah George.

Now that the games have finally calmed down, juniors are making their 2013-2014 schedules, applying for certain classes, and enrolling in college classes.

“It’s both scary and exciting, because you think about being a senior your entire life, but it’s scary because everyone is asking you what you want to be when you get into college and I don’t know at all,” said junior Elishiba Maina.

Enrollment in off-campus classes has begun and the 11th and 12th grade guidance counselor, Julia Roddy, started on her schedule arrangements for all the juniors.

“It is a complicated job, but someone has to do it,” she said.

Students in critique classes, such as yearbook, have began applying.

“Even though I was in yearbook last year, I still have to apply,” said junior Josie Keathley. “Along with being on the yearbook staff, I am applying for editor position of the yearbook.”

Many students have not completed their schedule forms, which, according to the counselors, makes the job more difficult.

“The process would be so much easier if every single student filled out the form clearly, or they actually turned one into me,” Roddy stated.

Maina said she is excited about the new chapters opening up due to senior status.

“Even though I will be separated from a lot of my friends, it’s just exciting to get to be a senior,” she stated.

The class of 2014 looks forward to their much-anticipated year of being the big dogs of Searcy High.