The BAM staff is celebrating 25 seniors from the Class of 2025! Starting May 1, we’ll highlight one randomly selected senior each day as we count down to graduation. The fourth senior is Talia Barbuto.

What has been the highlight of your senior year? 

Competing in the state indoor track meet with my best friends.

What is your favorite memory of your time in high school?

I don’t have a favorite, just being involved in different things and having friends who are different from each other has been so fun.

What are your future plans? 

Attend Ohio University in the fall and major in education.

What will you miss the most about high school? 

Being around my childhood friends everyday.

What are you looking forward to after graduation? 

Meeting new people, and trying new things.

What was your favorite school lunch (alternatively, favorite thing you’ve brought)? 

In the intermediate school, when the head chef would come make smoothies on one day a month.

What Portrait of Graduate do you identify most with? 

Empathetic. I find it easy to put myself in others shoes and be kind. Kindness is one of my biggest endeavors that I have learned and acquired through high school.

What was your favorite class?  

My favorite academic class was Mrs Decker’s English class. Her teaching and the literature we learned was very enjoyable for me. My favorite elective was Choir. I’ve been involved in all four years of High school, and I would do it over and over a million times. 

What was your favorite class project?  

My favorite class project was the final Biology project freshman year where we were asked to create a habitat for living organisms in a 2 liter bottle. 

What advice would you give underclassmen? 

One piece of advice I would give underclassman is don’t dwell. Whatever you are worried about right now– if it’s “drama” with friends, a bad test grade or a rumor– it will not matter in two weeks. Everyone is too worried about their own life to be focused on details of yours.