SAT test? Check. College acceptance letter? Check. Baccalaureate and prom? Check, check. With senior year all over but the shoutin’ (oh yeah, they’ve done that too), the soon-to-be-graduates of Lake Highlands High School have one last thing to cross off their list – reunion breakfasts at their elementary schools.

In a long-standing LH tradition, teachers and staff welcome seniors back to their home school, where students marvel at the tiny desks and colorful classrooms.

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“I remember, on the 100th day of Kindergarten, we got to bring in 100 of some item and share it with the class,” recalled Matalee Reed, who recently attended her reunion at Highlander. “I brought in one hundred hairbows.” Matalee is headed to Pepperdine University.

“My favorite thing about Kindergarten was my teacher, Ms. Benat,” said Bama-bound Brice Paterik. Brice, who also loved the Panther Pride rallies during his years at Merriman Park, told me the best thing about the breakfast was seeing the small group back together after six years.

Future Longhorn Katie Sefko recalled walked to school each morning of Kindergarten with her dad, Dan. “I loved reconnecting with my 5th grade – and favorite – teacher, Ms. Robertson, who created in-class water fights and held the greatest pet day in WRE history.”

“We sang the school song that we all remembered from our time at WRE,” said Megan Jodie, who’s headed to UT in the fall. “Just seeing the school brought back a lot of good memories.”

Future Aggie Janie Tekell recalled her favorite White Rock Elementary memory – sixth grade Field Day. “I was in Ms. Stohner’s class and we won the tug of war.”

Demonstrating that she is truly prepared for college in the modern day, UT-bound Mary Margaret Johnson remembered the time Merriman Park was put on lockdown when a gunman ran through the building to evade police.

“I was in the computer lab and we had to squat underneath the computers for probably 30 minutes – it felt like hours.”

“The best part of the breakfast was that we got to see some of our old teachers that don’t work there anymore but they came back to say hi to us before we graduated,” Mary Margaret continued. “The library was so small, when actually we remember it as being so big back in the day.”