"My parent are really important to me because they really supported me through everything like for my volleyball games, they're always taking me bringing me back going to watch me and for all my other...
“I am half Indian and I love my parents and my older sister for being there because they really helped me by supporting and encouraging me academically and in general. They also made me feel confident...
"I think what shaped me into who I am today is moving to different schools. I have lived in Arizona, India and even went to school at Fort Zumwalt. Because now I'm used to more people and also I made a...
"I am really proud of winning a taekwondo competition and achieving my black belt. I am proud of how far I have come in taekwondo as-well. It really takes a lot of consistency to get good," Naidu said.
“Art history is a huge passion of mine. I knew from my first college course, they didn't have AP art history at my high school, but I knew for my first college course of art history that I had a love...
“My dog grooming mentor has really made a difference in my life by teaching me what I should and shouldn't do with my career moving forward. I used to work at a dog daycare and I found it very calming...
"I'm most proud of being able to look back and see how far I've come from when I started doing fine arts and being able to see now, going from being the little girl who liked to play dress up in the basement...
"Don't be afraid to tell people when they're wrong. You don't really need to hurt their feelings but you can tell them. I don't hold back," Nordeen said.
"Probably getting my [driver's] license. You know, it changed me it made me more independent. And I feel older now. Like ever since I got it, feel like a whole new person," Donaghue said.
"Definitely just making a difference in a lot of kids' lives like, when they come up and tell you that they love you and that they like you, and that you're their favorite counselor. You're their favorite...
Varsity Cross Country competed at districts Oct. 29 and placed 5th as a team, narrowly missing a team bid to state.
“It [districts] went really well. We had three girls make it to state. We didn’t...
"I would probably say getting shot would probably be something that affected my life. Like it's something that just dealing with the like the stress and the memories and things like that as someone that's...
