FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — For Foxborough High School seniors Drew Young and Stephanie Barrett, scrolling through yearbooks of the past is a painful remember.
The special days that weave together senior year never happened.
As editors for the school’s yearbook, that presented a real challenge.
There are not enough moments to print.
“They’ve missed out on pep rallies, homecoming powderpuff, clubs, they didn’t have a prom, they have missed out almost entirely on their junior and senior year,” said Ellen Pillsbury, Career Specialist and Yearbook Advisor at Foxborough H.S.
At 176 pages, Pillsbury wondered how they would do it.
There’s no doubt what the big story is.
“Covid,” said senior Stephanie Barrett.
Because of that, it’s been one of the most memorable years in a century; a global pandemic. But the reason why it will be remembered…
“You can’t get these years back and we just lost all of them,” said senior Drew Young.
...is for all the memories they never made.
“Looking through it you’re going to see how much changed, how different it was,” said Barrett.
The “new normal” the theme of the 2021 yearbook, comes with its own lesson, accept and overcome.
“I think we’ve had to work super hard to accept what happens and take it as it comes – accept that this is our normal,” said Barrett.
“Even though it’s not like normal – we found a way around it and made it work and we’re really proud of our team for doing that,” said Young.
“They’ll all come out stronger people for this,“ said Pillsbury.
The yearbooks are made with Balfour, who works with approximately 5,000 schools across North America and Europe each year. The company also manufactures class rings and graduation supplies such as caps and gowns and announcements. Balfour was started in Attleboro.
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