Aarav Dholakia

Senior Aarav Dholakia went mini-golfing at Golfland USA since “there’s nobody there on a Monday morning” and watched the new Marvel film “Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” with his friends. While Dholakia believes ditch day isn’t particularly needed since students are technically able to skip school on any day, he feels as though the tradition is nice and gives seniors a “much-needed” break.

“I don’t really see the point since it’s unexcused, but it’s still a nice break from school,” Dholakia said. “It’s up to the person to [decide whether to] ditch or not, but I think you might as well since we already did so much work. We’ve put in all this work doing college applications and [coming out of a] pandemic一 it’s a good break from everything.”

Bhavik Sheoran

Senior Bhavik Sheoran rented a limousine with his friends and took a day trip to San Francisco, stopping at Half Moon Bay on the way. As it was his first time riding in a limousine, Sheoran says he enjoyed the drive just as much as his time in the city itself. He believes that in addition to allowing seniors a break, ditch day is a good way of celebrating the last few weeks of school with close friends. 

“Ditch day helps us relax and lets us be kids before we head off to college and we start to have more responsibilities,” Sheoran said. “We already know which college we are going to, we have much more time on our hands so we should savor the final few weeks we have left in high school and end on a good note.”