03/11/2026
âAlex!!!! I canât believe youâre finishing up your senior year and getting ready to head off to college. It feels like just yesterday you were coming to football games in your cheer uniform to match mine and watching me walk across the stage at my own high school graduation. As this year wraps up, make sure to slow down and soak in all the moments and memories with your classmates. It truly goes by so fast. Before you know it, youâll be the one looking back as your own kindergarten buddy is graduating and feeling so proud of the person theyâve become, wondering where all the time went. Iâm so proud of you, Alex. I canât wait to see all the amazing things ahead for you! đđâ -Amanda Russell, Class of 2014, Senior Buddy to Alex