A cool winter night around the warm fire with childhood friends. 

S’mores are passed around and music plays in the background. 

While senior year may be different for the class of 2021, the senior bonfire Wed. at 7 p.m. holds their spirit. 

“We spoke with past seniors from other Frisco high schools that said their bonfire was one of their favorite senior memories and we are hoping that will be the case for Liberty’s class of 2021 as well!” PTSA senio co-chair LuAnn Glatch said. “Seniors can enjoy socializing together around a cozy fire while making and eating S’mores and other snacks.”

With half of the senior class divided between online and in-person and small classes, Glatch hopes this socially-distanced event reunites friends and even creates a special tradition for future generations of Redhawks. 

“It’s an opportunity for them to see friends they may not see in class these days – where they can relive past memories or share plans for their future after graduation!” Glatch said. “They even have a cool bonfire sweatshirt to wear and commemorate their evening! We hope future senior classes will make this an annual event!”

Located in Plano’s Heritage Farmstead, a historic city location, the event will create a warm atmosphere physically and emotionally for the seniors to enjoy their final months together. 

“We are going to have s’mores and Torchy’s queso; we are going to have music playing; we also decided against a DJ just because it will be a bit of a smaller crowd, so we are doing a playlist,” PTSA senior co-chair Wendy Lawton said. “It is outdoors and there is a covered area. And the point is just being with each other while social distancing and wearing masks.  We are going to be pretty strict on that especially because it is after Thanksgiving and there’s a lot of trepidation about having been with extended family or outside your little bubble.”

Senior Tyler Brown looks forward to these class events as he hopes to take advantage of the times he has with his friends now in case school is moved online the following semester. 

“What I’m hoping to have is just a good old time with my friends. It’s gonna be lit,” he said. “I’m very excited to be able to have a last memory of this semester before Christmas break because we might not even come back, so we should not take anything for granted this year.”

This is just one of the many opportunities PTSA has planned for seniors, with class shirts available for purchase for memories as well as events like an ugly sweater movie night coming up. More information on shirts and events can be found here.

“We tried to plan as many events as we could just because if one gets cancelled then there will be another one and it won’t be the only event that they will get to be at,” Lawton said. “Like the Six Flags thing last year and all the previous years, it was just one event. So the seniors got no other events whatsoever to do or to be seniors outside school So we thought let’s offer a bunch of events because if they can’t attend one, they can go to another, and that way they don’t miss out on an event with their senior class.”