Azaria Podplesky

Though senior year of high school is often a year of lasts – last time memorizing a new locker combination, last time getting dressed up for homecoming, last time asking friends to sign yearbooks – it was a year of firsts for Liberty High School senior Trishia McTaggart. Wanting to get the most out of her final year after a slow start to high school, McTaggart spent the year trying new activities. She cheered on the basketball and football teams as a first-time cheerleader and jumped head first into Future Business Leaders of America, placing eighth in marketing with her teammate, all while pitching and playing shortstop in softball, which she’s played since sixth grade.

Technically speaking, Miranda Espinosa has been on summer vacation since February. The Three Springs High School senior finished school months ago, and is just waiting until she can walk across the stage to make it official.

To take a stand against bullying, Ferris High School theater students will premiere a three-part production on the subject tonight. Ferris students identified bullying as an issue in the community and wrote three performances – “Bystander Blues”; “I Don’t Want to Talk About It”; and “Selfie” – that explore the topic.