High school.

[amelialourdes]

I love my high school. It had its moments. We're just kids when we go there and we go through so many transitional things when we're there but those were some of the best years of my life. I had such an incredible time. I made life long friends in high school. I know that I'm going to have these friendships for the rest of my life.

Not only that but it was probably the best education that I could possibly receive at that age at that particular institution. I was very, very prepared for college to the point where I was doing everything over again or at least I could structure an essay and get through those pretty quickly. I told that to Ms. Wallior
(our strict English teacher) when we went back to visit a year later and she was surprised.

Loretto became our own sorority. It was a sorority of women who formed bonds, gained an education, friendships, memories. I can't believe that it's shutting down. I can't believe that we weren't notified. I can't believe that they didn't try harder to keep the school open. We didn't even know about it!

Being Loretto girls changed our lives and it definitely changed mine for the better. So, to my Loretto girls, especially the Pink Pixies Class of '03 here are a list of insider thoughts: thank you and goodnight, cookie bars, pasta salad, rigatoni and garlic bread, the hamster dance, the love shack, senior silent retreat, junior retreat ...

What else is there to add ladies?

I hope that we all have the opportunity to say goodbye. I hope that they can give us that. I hope that we can all come together one more time as we've always come together as a community to express our emotions and our feelings.

Here are only some of us! Many, many more pictures on my facebook.

Thank you and goodnight, ladies.