Senior Spotlight

By Emelia Richling

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Lauren Morrow

What are your favorite binge-worthy shows?
“I really like Grey’s Anatomy, Vampire Diaries, Criminal Minds and The Office.”

What are your plans for after high school?

“Currently, my plan is to go to college, get a biology degree and become a PA (Physician’s Assistant).”

What is a fun fact about yourself?

“I broke the same arm twice.”

What advice do you have for underclassmen?
“Go to as many games and activities as you can. They are really fun.”

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Ethan Hansen

What are your favorite binge-worthy shows?
“I work at a nursing home, so I have memorized The Golden Girls. Any game show like Jeopardy.”

What are your plans for after high school?
“They are very different paths because I am either going to go pre-med or into international affairs.”

What is a fun fact about yourself? “I am trying to teach myself to write with my left hand. It isn’t good. I was comparing it to my old kindergarten journals, and it is the exact same.”

What is your favorite high school memory? “Probably Winter Ball last year.”

What advice do you have for underclassmen? “Get involved because, once you start meeting people, it is so much easier to make friends and be confident and comfortable.”

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Allison O’Connell

What are your favorite binge-worthy shows?
“Right now, it is Shameless, but it changes often.”

What are your plans for after high school?
“I am going to go to Hastings College and study elementary education. I am going to be either a third, fourth or fifth grade teacher.”

What is a fun fact about yourself?
“I actually can’t hear out of my left ear.”

What is your favorite high school memory?
“Band. The competitions, the bus rides and getting
to perform are so much fun. It is such a rewarding experience.”

What advice do you have for underclassmen?
“Definitely enjoy it while it lasts. Focus on your grades but also focus on having fun.”

Senior Spotlight

By: Gabriel Lorenzo

Jack Butler:

Q: Who has given you the best advice? What did they say?
A: “Last year’s seniors, and they all told me, obviously ‘worry about your grades, get some work done, don’t spend too much time, enjoy your senior year.’”

Q: What is the worst thing about being a senior?
A: “I would say just how fast it’s going. I don’t think there is anything bad about it.”

Q: Describe your senior year in four words.
A: “Fast, fun, simple and eye-opening”

Q: What is the most creative excuse you’ve ever used to get out of a homework assignment?
A: “I dropped it in the sink. It got all wet, and I threw it away.”

Q: Describe senioritis.
A: “Just being lazy. I’m not doing track. I dropped Sports Performance. Just don’t feel like it anymore.”

Layla Ford:

Q: Who has given you the best advice? What did they say?
A: “I have to say my chemistry teacher, Mrs. Verba. ‘Some things are going to be harder for other people than others that you can do to be successful.’”

Q: What is the worst thing about being a senior?
A: “That the year goes by so fast”

Q: Describe your senior year in four words.
A: “Awesome, wonderful, fun, fast.”

Q: What is the most creative excuse you’ve ever used to get out of a homework assignment?
A: “I don’t think I have one.”

Q: Describe senioritis.
A: “They say that senioritis is getting lazy to do homework or some of them start slacking off. I don’t have that, and I don’t think I know anyone who does that.”

Ean Simmons:

Q: Who has given you the best advice? What did they say?
A: “My dad. He said to save up money.”

Q: What is the worst thing about being a senior?
A: “The fact that you are going to be done after this year. You got all your friends left behind. Flies fast.”

Q: Describe your senior year in four words.
A: “Easy, speedy, slow, different.”

Q: What is the most creative excuse you’ve ever used to get out of a homework assignment?
A: “It flew out of my truck, flooring it.”

Q: Describe senioritis.
A: “I don’t have it.”