As North opened it’s doors the morning of August 21, students and staff had a big day planned as being directly in the path of totality for the full solar eclipse of 2017. With the glasses being handed out, the people of north were about to experience something nothing short of amazing.

“We were suppose to have a fire drill but because of the rain that didn’t happen. Thankfully the sun came out just in time for the teachers to release us to see the first bite. It was basically the sun with a little bite taken out of it,” Junior Kaylen Taylor said.

The students and staff then crammed into the football stadium to prepare for the two minutes of totality they got to see.

“I was really excited. I think it’s really cool because of how rare it is. The first time I get to see it and I don’t even have to go anywhere. Honestly, I wish they had cancelled school,” Taylor said.

Everyone knew August 21st marked the day of the great solar eclipse. Not everyone got to see it from Liberty MO point of view. As the students and staff of Deer Creek High School (Edmond Oklahoma) came into their school this morning, they were all still roaring about seeing the eclipse.

“We were on an assembly schedule today and the whole school went outside at 1:05 (the prime viewing time for Oklahoma City) and the school provided us with glasses. Every student had to have a waiver signed to allow us to be outside,” Senior Hannah Mays said.

With the anticipation killing everyone, everyone of Deer Creek High School was excited to see all that Oklahoma was going to allow them to see.

“We weren’t totally in the path of totality so it wasn’t super exciting but it got more shaded outside except for the really bright sun. It didn’t look like much until you put your glasses on and then you could see a crescent moon which was really cool. Overall, I’m glad I got to go outside and experience it since it won’t happen again for a long time,” Mays said.