Honoring The Class Of 2021: Naiah Rivera Of West Aurora High School

AURORA, IL — The high school seniors of 2021 have had an experience like no other in a century — a year upended by a pandemic and by lockdowns that kept them from enjoying many of the activities that previous seniors have taken for granted.

Patch hopes to help make it up to those seniors by giving them a special sendoff. We asked parents and other family members to pay tribute to this year’s grads using a special submission form so we can publish those tributes one by one.

West Aurora High School student Naiah Rivera will graduate this year.

Plans after graduation: Her plans are to go go to Waubonsee then off to be a proud meme we of the U.S. Navy. Then Naiah will go back to school and study Psychology. Naiah would like to work with kids.

Accomplishments: Naiah was a proud member the the best Marching Band, The Blackhawk Marching Band for all 4 years, she was in the AFJROTC for 4 years, Thunder Guard Drill Team for 3 years, and she was on the Softball team for a year before the Pandemic.

Special message: We are so very proud of you Naiah. It was tough but you wanted to finish strong and you did. Go out there and run the world like we all know you can. Congratulations, we love you and you did it!