With the Class of 2026 graduation around the corner, we seniors are preparing to say goodbye to some of the best years of our lives. We leave the four walls that brought us to our closest friends, favorite teachers, and the best chocolate chip cookies. We have personally made memories that we will hold in our hearts forever. From the fun lunch table talks with our friends, to the connections built from being on a sports team, this part of our lives will be special forever. We have all grown as individuals, taking the valuable lessons and personal experiences we have gained from our time in high school into our adulthood. But as much our personal memories mean to us, there is nothing more special than sharing the memories we have with our entire class. As we have all grown together as a class throughout the past four years, and from all the fun times we have spent together, we have built connections significant and special only to us. But most of all, we have made inside jokes that only our class may understand.
I provide you with the unofficial list of “Class of 2026 Inside Jokes”. I leave absolutely no context for any of these, because if you know, you know.
- Dragon School and Pocket Scissors
- Cameron’s thoughts on Halloween
- Sanders’s scooter
- Drake’s pink owl, Rosa
- SLUDGE
- N’s “That’s What You Said!”
- Naked Mass
- The secret pool on the roof
- The hidden bathroom
- Tristan Needs Koalas
- MAN BABY
- “SIIIIIIIIIIIII”
- Microsoft Teams Chat Ban
- Phone Ban Assembly
- Turnabout dance fail
- World Cup 2022
- An ACTUAL student section during football games
Whether you understand all these jokes, or just one, it is a blessing to have all these jokes within the class. Beneath the comedic surface, these inside jokes are a reflection of the connection we have built with each other throughout these four years. Our bond with each other has been built through empathy, understanding, and love; and understanding each other, even just our silly jokes, is just one example of what comes out of a strong connection like our class.
