With the state’s tallest and fastest rides, it’s no wonder that Six Flags is one of the most popular amusement parks. Roller coasters such as the 70 miles per hour Mr. FREEZE and the wooden roller coaster the New Texas Giant. On Wednesday, seniors will take their annual trip to the amusement park to celebrate the completion of high school.

“This trip is important because it’s one of the last times I get to hang out with my friends before we graduate,” senior Heather Johnson said. “We will just be having a good time at Six Flags and enjoying the rides. Senior year has been great, but I’m ready to go to college next year.”

Taking this trip has been a tradition for seniors since the beginning of the school as a way to have fun and enjoy themselves before college.

“Since the seniors take exams the week before the underclassmen, we wanted to create a Seniors Week with fun activities to finish off the year,” Administrative Assistant to the Principal Lydia Fleming said. “It just made sense that we send the seniors each year to Six Flags since everyone enjoys it so much.”

Not all seniors can or have to go on the trip.

“All seniors are eligible as long as they have paid all of their fees and made up their attendance hours,” Fleming said. “If they don’t go, since it is still considered a school day, they are supposed to come to school.”

For many seniors the last days of their high school career are filled with melancholy and anxiety.

“Being a senior is very exciting,” senior Kate Hawley said. “You get to have all of these perks, like going to Six Flags and finals exemptions. There’s a new life ahead of you that seems so thrilling and you are anxious to start. But at the same time, I’m sad because you have to part ways with your best friends and leave home.”