An annual tradition and part of Senior Week is the Senior Sunrise. However, the Mountain Echo feels that the tradition of the sunrise should be replaced by a new tradition: a Senior Sunset.
A Senior Sunset could incorporate all of the same traditions as the sunrise including a balloon release, guest speakers and more. Overall, holding a Senior Sunset would be more convenient for all involved parties: attendees and staff.
For attendees, a sunset event would be more manageable. The sunrise is an event they have to set an alarm for and get to on a deadline. Being merely minutes late to the event means missing the whole thing. While this is true, too, for a sunset, seniors are already awake prior to the event, and it is more manageable to spend time hanging out on the field leading up to the sunset.
In addition, a Senior Sunset would be a more fitting image for the end of Senior Week. As the concluding event of the week, the sunset would symbolize a sort of “lights out” on senior week.
For the staff involved in the event, many spend all night setting up prior to the event. Set up for a sunset would be able to be held between the end of the school day and the kick-off of the event.
Some may argue that the senior sunrise is a tradition, but the best thing about traditions is that they are ever-changing and new ones can be adopted. Overall, a Senior Sunset would be an all around more manageable event, would offer more pleasant, enjoyable experiences and memories.
