Think back to when you first started school. Remember picking your colorful school supplies — new pencils, crayons, markers and fresh paper? And remember picking that perfect backpack? Was it Princess Tiana? Cars? Ninja Turtles? iCarly?
Riverside Academy’s class of 2024 is remembering those days too, with backpacks that are taking them back to their childhood. They vary from a cute panda bear to Disney princesses, Hello Kitty, SpongeBob and yes, Cars.
Senior Corrin Cashio is carrying a sparkly panda bear backpack through her final year of high school, just as she did for her first year.
“I love it, because it is something fun to carry around with me all the time,” Cashio said. “My school bag was actually from my first grade year of school, so it is cool I get to use it for my senior year. I hope future senior classes do this tradition because it is so cute.”
No one knows exactly when the tradition began, but the last couple of senior classes have showed their youthful side with “kiddie” backpacks and school bags.
“I love wearing my kid backpack because it makes me feel like a kid again,” said senior Courtney Bordelon. “It was my same backpack from when I was smaller.”
