Senioritis is a contagious disease that has plagued many seniors at Grand Ledge. Senioritis, according to Google, “is a supposed affliction of students in their final year of high school characterized by a decline in motivation or
performance.”

With the amount of school days left for seniors dwindling, so is their resolve to show up. The decline in attendance from students, especially Seniors, since the beginning of the year has been very apparent to other students and teachers. “My senioritis kicked in 2nd trimester and I just stopped showing up but then it started
to affect my eligibility to play basketball,” senior Kiara Page said.
The people who are most privy to the amount of absences from seniors are the teachers. “This is a common trend among all grade levels in the Spring…about 6 absences count for about 10% of days in a trimester,” Mrs. Karrer, a statistics teacher said. “It really creates a problem in the classroom when kids miss 10% of the trimester.”
Students like Isa Aguilar said that their senioritis started before the school year. “I was dreading having to go back to school and finish,” Agulair continued, “I believe all my friends have senioritis, but now I’m starting to believe it’s our whole class.”
Some students have opted to graduate early instead of returning to school after the
second trimester. “I was motivated to study for my AP exams as well as wanting to get out of long classroom hours,” senior