The final high school production of the year is often bittersweet as seniors prepare to say goodbye, but this year’s final show at Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS) in Eastvale was even more difficult as theater teacher David Ireland will also be leaving at the end of the school year.
“It’s just been emotional, for me at least, I feel like just knowing that it’s coming to an end so fast, and that there’s a chance he might not be here next year is just kind of heartbreaking,” Emma Rosales, a freshman at ERHS, said. “I’ve only known him for a year, but I just feel like he’s just made such an impact on my life.”
Theater was just one of the activities Steven Rosales, Emma’s father, encouraged her and her younger sister to participate in after a family tragedy near the start of the school year…