Student of the Week: 10-29-18
Q: What are your hobbies and extracurricular school activities?
A: I’m involved in track, the school musicals, and student council.
Q: When you get screen time, what are you viewing?
A: I’m usually watching YouTube or scrolling through Instagram.
Q: What is your favorite memory from high school?
A: My favorite memory is breaking track records with my friends, Chris Marshall, Brenden Shreckengost, and Joe Mansfield during the Junior High Track Meet.
Q: Where is one place on the planet you would like to visit someday? Why?
A: I’d love to tour through Europe and see the famous landmarks.
Q: Favorite class subject and why?
A: My favorite class subject would be Spanish because Mr. Weaver is a truly memorable and wonderful teacher, and being able to speak a new language is fun.
Q: If you could have dinner with anyone from the past or the present, who would it be and why?
A: I would choose to have dinner with Abe Lincoln. He seems like a kind person to speak to and I’d want to hear his views on life from then to US today.
Q: If you had to write a thank-you note to a person who has taught you an important life lesson, who would it be? What lesson did you learn?
A: I would write to my father. He hasn’t taught me a specific lesson per say, but he has shown many particular skills and showed me how to be a better person. I wouldn’t be half the person I am without him, literally.
Q: What is your passion, as of right now in high school?
A: I have a strong passion to be creative. I love experimenting with clothes or drawing.

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