Students participate in many different activities outside of school

Q: When did you start collecting these items? Freshman Oliver Feiring: I started collecting stuff over the summer when I started going to a lot of thrift stores and finding things that pop out to me. Q: What do you collect? OF: I collect a lot of things. Various antique items, cassette tapes, CDs and DVDs, crystals, different types of bones. I even have a real human skull. Not all the bones I ha...

Laying in their hammocks together around the Lakepointe pond, freshmen Emma Lee, Maddie Martin and Melia Davis relax outside with the trees rather than spending time together inside. Davis liked listening to music outside while hammocking “My favorite part of hammocking is being able to relax and listen to music outside on a nice day,” Davis said. Martin found the tools for hammocking at loc...

Q: When did you first start taking karate lessons, why did you start taking them? Sophomore Dalamar Read: I started when I was five years old to have something to do because I wasn’t currently enrolled in a sport at all. Q: What level are you at now? What has the process been like? DR: I’m a black belt at the moment. For the test, I had to write a 20 page paper, break three boards and I had to te...

Like many other student athletes, sophomores Matthew Tieman, Drew Hannam and Gunnar Knight spend their free time practicing their sport of choice, however, these boys play a less popular sport, lacrosse. Hannam described his position on the team. “I play lacrosse because I think it is a very fun sport and is very hard. I am a midfielder and I also play face-off. Face-off is a player whose job ...

Q: When do you practice and what do you work on? Junior Ashley Makalous: I skate at KCIC and my favorite thing about the rink is that it’s really quiet in the mornings so it’s easier to concentrate on my practices. I wake up early for practice because I don’t have another time since I’m typically busy after school with homework and school activities. My practices are typically at 5:45 am or ...

For junior Bella Dumler, creating her own community service project served a more personal reason than just getting service hours for NHS or college applications. Dumler and her younger sister, freshman Lola Dumler, created Team Repeat, a team made up of students and parents, to run for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Student Visionaries of the year.  The girls set out to raise $50,000 for cance...

Q: How long have you been doing gymnastics? senior Amaiya Manirad: I’ve been doing it since I was seven years old. Q: What gym do you practice at? AM: Pinnacle Gymnastics. Q: What made you want to start gymnastics? AM: I started because my friends were doing grip classes. I already liked to do it at home so I started doing it with them Q: What awards or big meets have you received o...

After Cooper Davis passed away after he overdosed on Fentanyl in August 2021, his mother Libby Davis has worked to spread awareness of the dangers of illegal drug usage by starting the Keepin’ Clean For Coop foundation in Cooper’s honor. Cooper would have graduated with the class of 2023. The events Libby and her friends and family organized helped inform the public about the dangers of dru...