Rieck_Christie 2012 Portfolio

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4910 Simmons Rd.Orlando, Florida 32812

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Chris t i e Rieck

Christie Rieck4910 Simmons Rd.Orlando FL, 32812

Cell: (407)-451-8313Email: [email protected]

May 23, 2011

Angel Tommy OrtizYouth MinisterBlessed Trinity Catholic Church4545 Anderson RoadOrlando, FL 32812

Dear Angel Ortiz,

I have been an avid member of our youth ministry for the past three years. I have been involved with confirmation, retreats, mission trips, peer ministry and showed my leadership abilities through being captain for last year’s peer ministry. I have heard that you are looking for a admin assistance to help you, due to your gradual enter back into the missionary. With the experience I have gained from my yearbook class such as computer programs, professional emailing, and sales, I believe I could properly fulfill the position. Also I have personal experience with our youth ministry from the 18 years attending Blessed Trinity therefore it would be a smooth transition on my hiring.

Throughout our ministry I have been around to witness your daily responsibilities and I have the knowledge of knowing what you need to do to get things completed. If I were your assistant I could help you organize retreats, meetings, and contact the peer ministers, priests, the bishop and anyone else needed to be contacted. I would be capable of making your phone calls, organizing your notes, helping organize and execute fund-raisers, all to help reduce your stress level.

Along with being your assistant, I could also be your treasurer. As I have attended the 2010 Chattanooga, TN, mission trip, the 2011 Atlanta, GA. mission, and the National Catholic Youth Conference in November, I have learned the process that we use to distribute and fund-raiser money. If I were your assistant and your treasurer I would be trusted to count the money after fund-raisers, calculate what money is needed, brought to the bank, cashed checks and deposit money.

All in all, I believe I am qualified though my experience on yearbook staff and an avid member of our youth ministry to be your personal assistant. I hope that you consider this application and contact me when applicable. Thank you for your time.

Respectfully yours,

Christie RieckEnclosed: Resume

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Chris t i e Rieck

4910 Simmons Rd.Orlando, FL 32812

Cell: (407)[email protected]

Objective:My future goal is to become an aspiring business woman after majoring in business and minoring in journalism at Valencia Community College and the University of Central Florida.

Education:William R. Boone High School 2008-2012

Experience:PUBLICATIONS INDEX EDITOR, William R. Boone High School 2010-2012•Being Index editor this past year has made me become more efficient and articulate with my work by learning how to balance my time, energy and focus between my personal jobs, spreads, and stories and staffers. PEER MINISTRY- 2010-2012 •Being the girl, Co-Captain for the entire youth ministry this year has allowed me to become extremely extroverted, personable and allowed me to excel my leadership qualities. I gained these qualities through leading sessions at a retreat of 60 students, leading small groups, and being head of the remaining 19 peer ministers.

Volunteer Work:•Alive in You 2010, 2011 Mission TripI attended and worked at a week mission trip to Chattanooga TN., and Atlanta, GA. There I painted an elementary school building and cleaned and cleared the cornerstone to a 50 mile trail along the Peach Tree Creek.

•SPCA Humane SocietyEver since third grade I have been a certified volunteer at the SPCA Humane Society. Within those eight years I have accumulated 50 of hours cleaning, caring for, and helping adopt animals at the shelter.

Activities/Awards:•Index Editor•Peer Ministry Co-Captain•National Honor Society•National Art Honor Society•Second Place Certificate for the CSPA Gold Circle contest

Reference:Renee Burke: journalism adviser and Orange County Public School Teacher of the Year 2012, [email protected] Tommy Ortiz: You Minister at Blessed Trinity Catholic Church, [email protected]

The past three years of my life, has consisted mostly of yearbook. Gradually this course became more and more promenade in my life. It went from a being just a class that intrigued me, to a part of my daily life, to my passion. My love for writing started in third grade when I wrote a bell work entry about my sick uncle. That entry moved not only my family but also my teacher. After she had read that, she began to read to the entire class my daily entries. Seeing that she saw talent in my writing, was what had inspired me to love the form of putting emotions, thoughts and ideas into words. But at that time I didn’t want to over analyze my third grade talent, so I begun to push writing away. But fortunate for me, my mom saw my talent still there. So she personally signed me up to take journalism one my sophomore year: then these last three years have blossomed. It has most definitely been the most stressful times of my life with deadlines, designing, helping others, getting everything done, and in the mix contributing to the entire book by creating an entire section. After the months of designing, writing and re-writing, I believe over all that I conquered what I had to get done and finished it well enough to satisfy my liking. But after yearbook, and high school, I would like to major in journalism. Seeing that my work is truly good enough by getting the second place certificate for my feature writing last year, that assured me that I really can be a decent journalist; that I shouldn’t be intimidated by the field. Therefore I hope, if not journalism, at least writing stays in my life and my future. Writing is my outlet and my one thing I feel confident in. But I will have to wait and see what God brings me too.

Personal Essay

This year has by far been the most nerve-racking, stressful year of my life due to journalism. Not only was I a new editor that was just beginning the actual techniques of our programs, but our staff and yearbook sales were its own stress all together. Starting off with poor communication skills was a struggle I think all editors and yourself can agree on. But then once we fixed that problem, we had to focus on increasing our book sales. I believe I did everything in my personal power to sell books. Whether I was wearing a banana suit, peer pressuring kids in the hallways and my classes, texting everyone in my phonebook, and shouting in the parking lot, “buy your yearbook” I think I covered about almost every way we could advertise. Then once we reached our goal by a miracle, I had to begin the months of hard indexing, and creating the index itself. It was very time consuming, tense and pressuring. But because of all of those obstacles, I learned so much. I learned how to advertise in ways that people will listen, how to manage my time, and how to simply use Photoshop and InDesign which will highly benefit me in my future. So despite the countless hours I spent on everything in yearbook, I wouldn’t take it back for the world. I loved being not only an editor this year, but just being a part of our staff. We had a great group of people this year and once they truly gave it their all, we did an amazing job. I look forward to seeing the turnout and comments on our book and hope that people can appreciate everything that we did, as much as we do.

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My most significant piece of work throughout this year would be my deadline two. For deadline two I wrote a profile story about a junior model Olivia Rizor. I wrote the story explaining her life as a model and everything she has won, modeled in/for, and the steps she takes to prepare for a job. I believe this is my most significant piece because it was such a stressful page to put together with the conflicts we had with using her pictures that once it was shipped and finished I was proud of it. It took me about till dead line day for me to find her photographer, find his number online, call him, get his approval and get an email from him approving our use of her pictures. Before hand, I couldn’t get in contact with any of her other photographers or companies that she had shot for. Therefore that led me with no pictures I was able to use. But now that I can see the page in the book and seeing how well the whole spread looks, I ended up very pleased. The body copy and my secondary coverage wasn’t too much of an issue but just overall I’m very proud that I put the page together and that the by line is mine.

Reflection 1

senior Rose Lopez said.

[1] smile with your eyes. Rizor angles her face at the right degree to make her eyes speak a million words. “Even though I hated this picture it led me to get my agent,” Rizor said. [2] blend in. Wearing a natural arrangement of clothing and jewelry, Rizor poses for her photographer, Eric Sutton, who was shooting for her portfolio. “[This is] my favorite picture but taking it wasn’t so much fun because of [all the] bugs and snakes in the field,” Rizor said. [3] fierce. She encloses the door frame while posing for her photo. “This picture was really laid back and not time consuming. All I had to do was stand against the door,” Rizor said.

She stood in front of the theme designed set wearing clothes stitched to specifically fit her body. Listening to the critique of the photographer, she focused on her facial expressions, her eyes and the position of her body, hoping for the perfect picture.

“No one teaches you [how to model], you just do it,” junior Olivia Rizor said.

Rizor first began modeling at the age of 10 when she and her grandmother were approached in a mall by a professional photographer. The department store asked her to model sweaters. This event led Rizor to her first paid job, a show for Matrix hair products.

“[Modeling] is something I feel I’m

good at and I was never really good at sports or singing or cheerleading and all the stuff everyone else does for extra activities,” Rizor said.

Rizor never expected modeling to lead into something serious such as her job or even a passion, but that quickly changed when Rizor’s agent discovered her. Once she had an agent, her jobs quickly enhanced.

“It really depends [on how often I model]. I can have two jobs in a weekend, back to back, or a month apart. It’s really unexpected unless it’s in the ‘modeling season’ from May [through] June and December [through] January,” Rizor said.

Since beginning high school, Rizor had 10 modeling jobs. She was a

student discovered; hobby turned into career and passion

dreamrunway model in Harriet’s Fashion Week charity show, as well as a contestant for Miss Florida where she competed as Miss Kissimmee.

“It was awful preparing for [Miss Florida because] it killed all my free time, but the experience and competition was amazing,” Rizor said.

She modeled for well-known companies such as Nike, DC Snowboarding and Juan Colon from Project Runway, along with other smaller name brands like Liz’s, Diamond and Casa Nova.

“Modeling [has] opened a lot of doors for me. I like how it keeps me looking a certain way, how it’s boosted my self-esteem, and it’s something I’m good at,” Rizor said. [christie rieck]

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red bullTo keep energized for a long day of modeling, she chose a Red Bull over coffee or soda.

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To ensure her nails were presentable, Rizor had them done at Sunlight Nails.

To keep in shape and healthy, Rizor would go to the gym everyday before a job.

Rizor made sure her hair was cleaned and prepared with quality hair products from her stylist.

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Deadline three was honestly the hardest most frustrating deadline I have ever had in the two years I have been apart of staff. It was exceedingly difficult for me to find angles for six different people, who I have no idea who they are, and trying to connect a ceramic piece they created to a part of their life. Getting good information from people is always a hit or miss. Some people will give you great answers that will make the page so much more enticing to read, and others will give you almost nothing to work with; even if you drag it out of them. That was one of the problems with my page, three of the people gave me nearly nothing to work with while the other three gave me something more to grasp to. Then once I wrote the stories, it became a problem being able to get all of the ceramics from the people at school in at the same time. Therefore the picture I was supposed to get of the table with all the pieces on the table was nearly impossible. Some of the pieces weren’t done, some where too small, and it was really just a mess. So because of all the conflict overall I feel deadline three is a spread I think could use some more work because I don’t like the ending look of the table and ceramics. I think the page looks good in the book but I would still like to clean it up if I had the chance.

Reflection 2

Ever

y de

spit

e th

e gr

ade,

the

‘clic

he’,

or t

he g

ende

r, ev

ery

pers

on w

ho s

at in

tha

t ch

air,

had

his

or h

er o

wn

stor

y [c

hrist

ie rie

ck]

All

from

the

sou

nd o

f it

Her

min

d bo

unce

d w

ith d

iffer

ent

idea

s, as

th

ey a

ll slo

wly

inte

rtwin

e to

geth

er a

nd w

orke

d th

roug

h he

r ha

nds.

Whe

ther

it w

as t

he b

rush

in

her

gra

sp o

r cla

y be

twee

n he

r fin

gers

, sen

ior

Cynt

hia

Will

iam

s re

flect

ed

her

iden

tity

thro

ugh

the

art s

he m

ade.

“Me

lovi

ng a

rt sh

ows p

eopl

e ho

w

I’m a

per

son

that

lov

es c

reat

ivity

, ha

s a

huge

im

agin

atio

n an

d th

at I

re

ally

car

e ab

out d

etai

l. L

ike

my

King

Ko

ng; I

took

it o

ver e

xtre

me

leve

ls of

my

imag

inat

ion

whi

ch m

akes

my c

reat

ivity

show

to

oth

ers,”

Will

iam

s sai

d.W

hile

Will

iam

s re

flect

ed h

er c

reat

ive

abili

ty i

n he

r ar

t cl

asse

s, sh

e al

so p

ursu

ed

art o

utsid

e of

sch

ool.

Som

e ty

pes

of a

rt sh

e cr

eate

d w

ere

mak

ing

and

desig

ning

shi

rts,

draw

ing,

pai

ntin

g, fa

ce p

aint

ing

and

cera

mic

s. “M

akin

g so

met

hing

that

is o

ut o

f the

ord

inar

y m

akes

me

exci

ted

beca

use

I lik

e th

ings

diff

eren

t. Li

ke m

akin

g m

y ow

n sh

irts t

hat s

how

wha

t I li

ke

and

wha

t I a

m a

nd d

raw

ing

or p

aint

ing

stor

ies o

n a

canv

as a

nd g

ivin

g it

to so

meo

ne,”

Will

iam

s sai

d.W

heth

er W

illia

ms w

as d

raw

ing

or sc

ulpt

ing,

her

lo

ve fo

r art

was

all

the

sam

e.“I

lov

e ar

t be

caus

e th

e id

eas

I m

ake

are

min

e al

one

and

no o

ne e

lse c

an t

ake

them

. [

Art

is]

ever

ywhe

re y

ou g

o an

d it

expr

esse

s w

ho y

ou a

re th

at o

ther

s do

n’t k

now

abo

ut y

ou,”

Will

iam

s sai

d.

Betw

een

clas

ses w

ith h

er e

arbu

ds in

her

ear

s and

her

hea

d bo

bbin

g as

she

uni

nten

tiona

lly li

pped

the

wor

ds, s

opho

mor

e Ja

smin

e Ce

sare

o co

ntin

uous

ly li

sten

ed to

her

iPod

, whi

ch to

ok

her i

nto

a w

hole

oth

er w

orld

. “I

love

mus

ic b

ecau

se it

’s lik

e te

lling

a s

tory

, but

in

mus

ic,”

Cesa

reo

said

.Ce

sare

o lis

tene

d to

pop

pun

k m

usic

to e

xpre

ss

hers

elf

and

her

thou

ghts

. B

y an

alyz

ing

song

ly

rics a

nd p

eopl

es’ e

mot

ions

, she

was

able

to fi

nd

conn

ectio

ns b

etw

een

the

two.

“I

lov

e m

usic

bec

ause

I t

hink

diff

eren

tly t

han

[oth

er]

peop

le.

I’m fa

scin

ated

by

the

way

peo

ple

act

and

the

way

peo

ple

thin

k. Y

ou h

ave

to u

nder

stan

d a

song

to

find

it’s

mea

ning

, lik

e a

pers

on,”

Cesa

reo

said

. Th

e w

ay C

esar

eo e

xpre

ssed

her

pas

sion

for

mus

ic w

as

by g

oing

to

conc

erts

and

con

tinuo

usly

list

enin

g to

mus

ic.

From

this

pass

ion,

Ces

areo

beg

an to

giv

e he

rsel

f an

edgy

look

.“T

he p

unk

artis

ts an

d ba

nds i

nspi

re m

e. I

just

love

the

look

[o

f the

arti

sts]

bec

ause

I th

ink

it’s c

ool a

nd y

ou d

on’t

see

a lo

t of

peo

ple

dres

s lik

e th

at,”

Cesa

reo

said

. A

conn

ectio

n be

twee

n he

r lo

ve f

or p

unk

mus

ic a

nd

her

ener

getic

life

styl

e w

as d

epic

ted

thro

ugh

a pe

ndan

t sh

e m

ade

in c

eram

ics.

The

mix

of c

olor

s she

cho

se to

pai

nt h

er p

enda

nt

expr

esse

d he

r per

sona

lity

as u

niqu

e an

d ed

gy.

“The

gre

en p

urpl

e an

d w

hite

[co

lors

on

the

pend

ant]

are

colo

rful a

nd fu

n an

d th

e ot

her s

ide

with

yello

w an

d gr

ey st

ripes

[is

] edg

y, li

ke m

e,” C

esar

eo sa

id.

Encl

osed

in

a sp

ace

with

col

d til

e flo

ors,

a ra

mbl

e of

bar

ks a

nd a

mix

of

emot

ions

, ju

nior

M

adiso

n Ro

drig

uez

volu

ntee

red

with

th

e Bo

one

Anim

al R

escu

e Cl

ub.

Rod

rigue

z’s

volu

ntee

ring

help

ed t

o ge

t do

gs a

dopt

ed

thro

ugh

BARC

at t

he p

ound

and

was

one

of

the

vario

us w

ays

Rodr

igue

z co

uld

expr

ess

her l

ove

for a

nim

als.

“I l

ove

anim

als

beca

use

I gr

ew u

p ha

ving

a lo

t of p

ets,”

Rod

rigue

z sa

id.

In c

eram

ics,

Rodr

igue

z de

mon

stra

ted

her l

ove

for a

nim

als b

y co

nstr

uctin

g a

fish,

to

giv

e to

her

sist

er.

“I m

ade

a fis

h fo

r m

y sis

ter

beca

use

I kn

ow sh

e lo

ves t

he w

ater

,” Ro

drig

uez

said

.Ro

drig

uez

expr

esse

d he

r af

fect

ion

for

anim

als

thro

ugh

art

and

mor

e im

porta

ntly

th

roug

h vo

lunt

eerin

g.

“I v

olun

teer

with

BAR

C an

d I g

o to

Pet

Smar

t to

hel

p w

ith th

e pe

ts fo

r ad

optio

n, [

and

I lov

e th

e fe

elin

g] w

hen

a pet

com

es u

p to

you

to p

et it

. Th

ere’

s no

reas

on fo

r it,

but t

hey

just

love

you

,” Ro

drig

uez

said

. “It’

s lik

e a

cons

tant

love

.”

At a

ge f

our,

he s

at o

n a

dust

y bl

each

er a

nd

wat

ched

his

first

bas

ebal

l ga

me.

Fr

om t

hat

day,

ju

nior

Der

ek D

eler

imm

erse

d hi

mse

lf in

the

spor

t, pl

ayin

g fo

r the

nex

t 12

year

s.“B

aseb

all

and

life

have

a w

ay o

f co

nnec

ting

whe

n it

com

es to

teac

hing

me

thin

gs.

I lea

rned

pa

tienc

e,

hard

w

ork

and

bein

g fo

cuse

d [th

roug

h ba

seba

ll].

[It’s

] hel

ped

me

thro

ugh

life,

” Del

er sa

id.

To p

ortra

y hi

s lo

ve fo

r ba

seba

ll, h

e cr

eate

d a

base

ball

jers

ey fo

r his

mot

her i

n hi

s thi

rd p

erio

d.“I

mad

e a

smal

l ba

seba

ll je

rsey

for

my

mom

be

caus

e it’

s so

met

hing

we

have

in

com

mon

. I

w

orke

d pr

etty

har

d on

it a

nd it

took

a lo

ng ti

me

to

mak

e bu

t I k

new

she

wou

ld lo

ve it

,” D

eler

said

.D

eler

use

d ba

seba

ll as

a w

ay to

focu

s in

sch

ool

and

prio

ritiz

e hi

s lif

e.

His

pass

ion

for

the

spor

t ta

ught

hi

m

the

disc

iplin

e an

d pe

rsev

eran

ce

he

inco

rpor

ated

into

var

ious

asp

ects

of h

is lif

e.

“[W

ithou

t ba

seba

ll] I

wou

ld p

roba

bly

be g

ettin

g in

to tr

oubl

e. B

aseb

all h

olds

me

back

from

doi

ng st

upid

st

uff.

It k

eeps

me

from

doi

ng th

ings

like

drin

king

or

smok

ing

[and

] it k

eeps

me

in c

heck

,” D

eler

said

.

With

his

thou

ghts

sca

ttere

d, s

enio

r An

drew

St

earn

s jo

ked

with

his

neig

hbor

s ab

out

anyt

hing

th

at w

ould

be

unre

late

d to

cla

ss.

“I’m

uni

que

beca

use

my

wild

sen

se o

f hu

mor

, m

y ‘O

CD-n

ess’

and

my

clam

my

hand

s,” S

tear

ns sa

id.

Stea

rns’

uniq

ue

char

acte

r w

as

show

n th

roug

h a

proj

ect

in

his

cera

mic

s cl

ass

mad

e w

hen

they

w

ere

crea

ting

and

pain

ting

pots

.“[

My

pot]

is un

ique

bec

ause

I u

sed

the

wax

res

istan

t te

chni

que,

whi

ch n

o on

e us

es a

nd in

corp

orat

ed t

hat

into

my

desig

n.

I di

d th

at b

ecau

se I

did

n’t

wan

t m

y pi

ece

of

wor

k lo

okin

g lik

e an

yone

else

’s,” S

tear

ns sa

id.

Stea

rns

wan

ted

to e

nsur

e th

at h

is cr

eatio

n w

as d

iffer

ent.

Whi

le h

e us

ed th

e w

ax r

esist

ant

tech

niqu

e to

let

oth

ers

know

tha

t he

was

a

diffe

rent

and

a uni

que

type

of p

erso

n, S

tear

ns al

so

tried

to m

ake

ever

ythi

ng p

erfe

ct.

“[I’m

a] p

erfe

ctio

nist

, I tr

y to

mak

e it

as g

ood

as

I can

,” St

earn

s sai

d.W

heth

er S

tear

ns w

as b

eing

crea

tive

or tr

ying

to

mak

e ar

t pe

rfect

, all

that

mat

tere

d w

as p

rovi

ng

that

he

was

uni

que

and

diffe

rent

.“M

y in

spira

tion

is ju

st tr

ying

to m

ake

it as

di

ffere

nt a

s po

ssib

le.

I wan

t peo

ple

to k

now

I’m

a d

iffer

ent t

ype

of p

erso

n,” S

tear

ns sa

id.

Play

ing

on a

cle

an f

ield

Fish

are

fri

ends

Scul

pt y

our

pers

onal

ity

With

his

genu

ine

happ

ines

s, ju

nior

Sea

n Su

lliva

n cr

eate

d la

ught

er in

the

hallw

ays,

smile

s in

his c

lass

es a

nd

a sim

ple

joy

to a

ll hi

s pee

rs.

“I d

on’t

like

whe

n pe

ople

are

sad

; I

just

wan

t ev

eryo

ne to

be

happ

y,” S

ulliv

an sa

id.

Diff

eren

t w

ays

Sulli

van

was

abl

e to

boo

st

peop

le’s

moo

d w

as th

roug

h hi

s se

nse

of h

umor

an

d hi

s am

iabl

e pe

rson

ality

.“M

y pe

rson

ality

[m

akes

m

e w

ho

I am

] be

caus

e I’m

ver

y ea

sy t

o ge

t al

ong

with

unl

ike

mos

t peo

ple,

” Sul

livan

said

. H

e w

as a

ble

to f

eatu

re h

is un

ique

ness

and

po

sitiv

e pe

rson

ality

in

cera

mic

s by

cre

atin

g a

cera

mic

foot

ball

with

a m

otiv

atin

g qu

ote

on it

. “T

he f

ootb

all I

mad

e [h

as a

] qu

ote

that

sai

d ‘E

ven

if yo

u ge

t kn

ocke

d do

wn,

get

bac

k up

,’”

and

that

’s ho

w I

liv

e m

y lif

e: [

by]

over

com

ing

obst

acle

s,” S

ulliv

an sa

id.

Sulli

van

stay

ed

posit

ive

thro

ugh

life’

s st

rugg

les

by c

ontin

uing

to

smile

and

kno

win

g th

at li

fe g

oes o

n. W

ith h

is po

sitiv

ity, h

e ex

pres

sed

his r

efre

shin

g lif

e po

int o

f vie

w.

“I am

mor

e uni

que t

han

anyo

ne el

se. M

ost p

eopl

e w

ant

to b

e or

dina

ry; I

wan

t to

be

extra

ordi

nary

,” Su

lliva

n sa

id. Don

’t w

orry

, be

happ

y

CHA

IR ha

s a

stor

ySh

aped

fro

m a

dif

fere

nt m

old

pag

e 69

page

68

drive

nev

ery

chair

has

a s

tory

“I lo

ve t

he b

ig E

dgew

ater

foo

tbal

l gam

e be

caus

e it

bri

ngs

the

scho

ol t

oget

her

and

[it’s

] rea

lly f

un t

o sh

ow m

y sp

irit

,” ju

nior

Sh

elby

Tri

mbl

e sa

id.

Ref

lect

ion

3

This photo attracts my attention because it has a good center of visual interest, leading lines, and repetition. With the focus on the dominate girl, the lines from the surrounding Bravettes lead you to her. Also the repetition of the girls’ poses attract your attention.Bravette practise 11-28_christie020

This photo attracts my attention because it has a good center of visual interest and how she is framed by the other performers and the music sheets. chorus concert 10-25_christie0127

This photo attracts my attention because of its good center of visual interest and how it uses the rule of third. I like how the focus is on the drummer and how the dominate angle of the drummer isn’t placed in the center of the picture but uses the rule of thirds.chorus concert 10-25_christie0030

I was an asset to staff and the 2012 Legend yearbook by being index editor. I took on a large responsibility this year by taking that role. I did everything I felt I could to be the best editor I could be. I helped staffers with designing, I checked all of the names throughout the books on time, made grading my first priority, and helped others when they needed help. Then I was the one to created the index design that consisted of 15 current event stories, cobbed students holding colored-in letters with the same questioned quotes as the folio, and the headline. It was a long month and a half of of me working on it with sleepless nights and hard worked days but it was all worth it. I’m honored to be the 2012 index editor and will treasure that position and memories throughout my life.

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Reflction 5

I feel like our staff faced more hardships this year then we did last year. We had to double our book sales, had conflicts with lack of communication, and there was just something always going wrong. But I think the biggest hardship for me this year was personal stress level. Senior year is one of the biggest years of your young adult life. Therefore it is over-loaded with different tasks to complete. So being editor, captain of my youth ministry, and dealing with senior priorities made me more stressed out then I have ever been. It was difficult balancing all my demands and getting everything done on time. Peer ministry is a very demanding job in itself and balancing that with all of the grading was close to impossible. But eventually I was able to find that balance and finish off the year in both categories strong. So after the experiences from this year, I learned how to manage my time and still be committed to both. I stayed organize, used calenders, check-lists, and made sure I was able to get everything completed and accomplished to the best of my ability. So even though it wasn’t a pleasant experience having to deal with eye-twitching stress levels, it will be a helpful experience for my future.

Reflection 6

My greatest weakness was balancing my schedule between all my commitments. I knew that being editor, everyone will eventually have to rely on you. That you must be available for whom ever needs your assistance before you begin to work on your own tasks. And I believe overall I did a good job overcoming this obstacle of priorities and time commitments by finding a happy-medium between them all. I was able to focus on yearbook when the time was needed, such as when club proofs were in and when I created the index, yet still focus on my grades, homework, and peer ministry as well. The one time yearbook was my number one priority was when I was creating the index. I only focused on fixing it and making it the best I could for about a month. I still have more room to grow with balancing commitments and prioritizing my schedule but I have grown a lot over the past year and look forward to being challenged to excell even more.

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lect

ion

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TEENAGE

#Y4

CURRENT EVENTS

“This is a really good quote about the page that may or may not relate 60 years?” senior Allie Greer Sloan said.

[christie rieck]

We said you were here. Now go find yourself.INDEX&

“This is a really good quote about the page that may or may not relate 60 years?” senior Allie Greer Sloan said. page 423

“It’s a lot of fun going to the football games [because there’s] a lot of enthusiasm,” freshman Jessica Aikin said. aaa - ballentine

AAA 282AARON 267Abbatello, Jacob 88Abbatello, Marina 88Abel, Cody 88, 201Abelenda, Daniel 88Abel, Tyler 88Aboudallah, Xena 88, 258, 262Abreu, Zaria 88Academic Clubs 241Acevedo, Ariel 88, 254Acevedo, Carlos 88Acevedo, Justin 88Ackerman, Gabriel 293Acord, Jack 88Acuna, David 24, 355Adams, Carter 129, 258, 279Adams, Dalton 88, 201, 209Adams, Samantha 88, 226Administration 63Afanador, Stephanie 88Agostinelli, Floyd 59, 129, 263Agosto, Jessica 88Aguado, Paola 88Aguilar, Cristian 136Aguilar, Edyn 88Aguilera, Sergio 88

Ahart, Kody 8, 129Aikin, Jessica 88, 423Akbarzadeh, Noah 88, 270Akinwolere, Olusegun 88, 262,

269Akspinosa, Christopher 265Alas, Abraham 88Alava, Bryant 48, 88Alce, Kerry 88, 209Aldana, Guillermo 88Aleem, Tatianna 88Alejo, Ramon 88Alexander, Lindsay 14, 88, 249,

257, 260Alexis Olijnyk 39Ali, Aja 88Alicea, Liz 88, 407Al-khalil, Jad 88Alkhalil, Laya 88Allanson, Victoria 88, 233Allen, Dominique 88Allen, Nakeo 88, 103Allen, Parker 88Allen, Perry 156Allen, Zachary 88, 201Allen, Zoe 129, 259, 262, 355Allman, Callie 88, 407Allstate Paving 389Almarode, Emily 88Altensee, Nicholas 88Alvarado, Enrique 88Alvarado, Jerry 211, 355Alvarado, Sabdie 88, 190, 210Alvarenga, Brandon 129Alvarez, Andrew 88Alvarez, Bryan 88, 211Alvarez, Carolina 88Alvarez, Jennifer 88Alvarez, Monica 88Always Wear Your Seatbelt 238,

239, 250Alwine, Sarah 129Alzner, Savannah 16, 27, 129American Safety Council 284American Sign Language 250Ames, Alexander 88, 256, 263, 273Ames, Nicole 74Amick, Cayla 88Ampuero, Edward 268Ampuero, Nancy 50, 129, 196Amspoker, David 88, 266Anagnostis, Sophia 88, 197, 280

Anderson, Adam 88, 201, 209Anderson, Connor 88, 255Anderson, Kyle 20Anderson Moopen Orthodontics

390Anderson, Ron 62Angel, Cindy 88, 220Angelo, Kelsey 88Angelo, Kylee 88, 210Angelo, Mark 88Angle, Jared 55, 88Angulo-Ontiveros, Pedro 423Animal Medical Clinic 391Anime 251Ankudavicis, Kara 251Ansell, Dana 88Anselmo, Vinicius 129, 283AP Classes 53Aplin, Braxton 88, 200, 201Aponte, Casiana 88, 272Aponte, Luis 82Aranda, Kiana 88Arcara, Stephanie 88, 95Arce, Christian 88Archer, Cameron 88Archer, Nicholas 88Archer, Tylor 85Archundia, Luz 88Ardines, Angelica 88, 204Areizaga, Elyssa 88Ares, Emily 88Areu, Natalie 89Arias, Marissa 129Arias, Rhapsody 89Aristizabal, Jhoan 89Arkeilpane, Delaney 89, 182, 202,

343Arkeilpane, Keaton 89, 110, 201Arndt-green, Robert 89Arnold, Chase 129, 285 Arroyo, Cynthia 89Arroyo Beltran, Ashley 89Art 251Artavia, Remy 89Artica-Herrera, Cristian 89Asbury, Meghan 89, 234Ashbridge, Devon 89Ashbridge, Mason 89Ashmen-Wright, Suzanne 156Askew, Jordan 129, 388Assang, Chelsea 24, 129, 286Atiya, Ayea 89

Atiya, Mala 89Atkinson, Jordan 89Attaway, Carlyn 89, 178, 204, 206Attaway, Oakley 89, 202Attaway, Solomon 12, 129, 287Atwood, Emily 89, 423Auschwitz, Emily 89, 254, 255Ausen, Hannah 129Avera, Brenden 89, 167, 196Ayala, Raheem 89

Baba, Arielle 89Babb, Thomas 89, 164, 174, 200Babcock, Matthew 89Baca, Jacqueline 89Bacon, Jade 150Badawi, Sami 73Baella, Yalina 129, 254, 256, 275Baez, Gerald 89Baez, Jose 89Bahl, Jag 89Bailey, Ashley 89, 197, 270, 276,

438Bailey, Brianna 89Baird, Steven 129Baker, Cody 89, 254Baker, Cole 89, 200Baker, Marissa 89Baking Braves 252Ball, Amanda 89, 247Ballard, Jacob 89, 93, 262, 275, 342Ballentine, Ann 156, 258Ballentine, David 129, 254, 256,

“I like the bonfire. It’s pretty wild and the drummers [are] pretty exciting.”

12PEDROANGULO-ONTIVEROS

“It’s special [to be at Boone for it’s 60th year] because it’s such a long time for a school to be established.”

11CAPRIANA BENJAMIN

Ever

y d

esp

ite

the

gra

de,

the

‘clic

he’,

or t

he g

end

er, e

very

per

son

who

sat

in t

hat

chai

r,

had

his

or

her

own

stor

y [c

hrist

ie rie

ck]

All

from

the

sou

nd o

f it

Her

min

d bo

unce

d w

ith d

iffer

ent

idea

s, a

s th

ey a

ll sl

owly

inte

rtw

ine

toge

ther

and

wor

ked

thro

ugh

her

hand

s.

Whe

ther

it

was

the

bru

sh

in h

er g

rasp

or

clay

bet

wee

n he

r fin

gers

, sen

ior

Cynt

hia

Will

iam

s re

flect

ed

her

iden

tity

thro

ugh

the

art s

he m

ade.

“Me

lovi

ng a

rt sh

ows p

eopl

e ho

w

I’m a

per

son

that

lov

es c

reat

ivity

, ha

s a

huge

im

agin

atio

n an

d th

at I

re

ally

car

e ab

out d

etai

l. L

ike

my

King

Ko

ng; I

took

it o

ver e

xtre

me

leve

ls o

f my

imag

inat

ion

whi

ch m

akes

my

crea

tivity

show

to

oth

ers,

” W

illia

ms

said

.W

hile

Will

iam

s re

flect

ed h

er c

reat

ive

abili

ty i

n he

r ar

t cl

asse

s, s

he a

lso

purs

ued

art

outs

ide

of s

choo

l. S

ome

type

s of

art

she

cr

eate

d w

ere

mak

ing

and

desi

gnin

g sh

irts,

dr

awin

g, p

aint

ing,

face

pai

ntin

g an

d ce

ram

ics.

“M

akin

g so

met

hing

that

is o

ut o

f the

ord

inar

y m

akes

me

exci

ted

beca

use

I lik

e th

ings

diff

eren

t. Li

ke m

akin

g m

y ow

n sh

irts

that

sho

w w

hat I

like

an

d w

hat I

am

and

dra

win

g or

pai

ntin

g st

orie

s on

a

canv

as a

nd g

ivin

g it

to s

omeo

ne,”

Will

iam

s sa

id.

Whe

ther

Will

iam

s w

as d

raw

ing

or s

culp

ting,

her

lo

ve fo

r art

was

all

the

sam

e.“I

lov

e ar

t be

caus

e th

e id

eas

I m

ake

are

min

e al

one

and

no o

ne e

lse

can

take

the

m.

[Ar

t is

] ev

eryw

here

you

go

and

it ex

pres

ses

who

you

are

that

oth

ers

don’

t kno

w a

bout

you

,” W

illia

ms

said

.

Betw

een

clas

ses

with

her

ear

buds

in h

er e

ars

and

her

head

bo

bbin

g as

she

uni

nten

tiona

lly li

pped

the

wor

ds, s

opho

mor

e Ja

smin

e Ce

sare

o co

ntin

uous

ly li

sten

ed to

her

iPod

, whi

ch to

ok

her i

nto

a w

hole

oth

er w

orld

. “I

love

mus

ic b

ecau

se it

’s li

ke te

lling

a s

tory

, but

in

mus

ic,”

Ces

areo

sai

d.Ce

sare

o lis

tene

d to

pop

pun

k m

usic

to e

xpre

ss

hers

elf

and

her

thou

ghts

. B

y an

alyz

ing

song

ly

rics a

nd p

eopl

es’ e

mot

ions

, she

was

abl

e to

find

co

nnec

tions

bet

wee

n th

e tw

o.

“I l

ove

mus

ic b

ecau

se I

thi

nk d

iffer

ently

tha

n [o

ther

] p

eopl

e. I

’m fa

scin

ated

by

the

way

peo

ple

act

and

the

way

peo

ple

thin

k. Y

ou h

ave

to u

nder

stan

d a

song

to

find

it’s

mea

ning

, lik

e a

pers

on,”

Ces

areo

sai

d.

The

way

Ces

areo

exp

ress

ed h

er p

assi

on fo

r m

usic

was

by

goi

ng t

o co

ncer

ts a

nd c

ontin

uous

ly l

iste

ning

to

mus

ic.

From

this

pas

sion

, Ces

areo

beg

an to

giv

e he

rsel

f an

edgy

look

.“T

he p

unk

artis

ts a

nd b

ands

insp

ire m

e. I

just

love

the

look

[o

f the

art

ists

] be

caus

e I t

hink

it’s

coo

l and

you

don

’t se

e a

lot

of p

eopl

e dr

ess

like

that

,” C

esar

eo s

aid.

A

conn

ectio

n be

twee

n he

r lo

ve f

or p

unk

mus

ic a

nd

her

ener

getic

life

styl

e w

as d

epic

ted

thro

ugh

a pe

ndan

t sh

e m

ade

in c

eram

ics.

The

mix

of c

olor

s sh

e ch

ose

to p

aint

her

pen

dant

ex

pres

sed

her p

erso

nalit

y as

uni

que

and

edgy

.“T

he g

reen

pur

ple

and

whi

te [

colo

rs o

n th

e pe

ndan

t] a

re

colo

rful

and

fun

and

the

othe

r sid

e w

ith y

ello

w a

nd g

rey

strip

es

[is] e

dgy,

like

me,

” Ce

sare

o sa

id.

Encl

osed

in

a sp

ace

with

col

d til

e flo

ors,

a

ram

ble

of b

arks

and

a m

ix o

f em

otio

ns,

juni

or

Mad

ison

Ro

drig

uez

volu

ntee

red

with

th

e Bo

one

Anim

al R

escu

e Cl

ub.

Rod

rigue

z’s

volu

ntee

ring

help

ed t

o ge

t do

gs a

dopt

ed

thro

ugh

BARC

at t

he p

ound

and

was

one

of

the

vario

us w

ays

Rodr

igue

z co

uld

expr

ess

her l

ove

for a

nim

als.

“I

lo

ve

anim

als

beca

use

I gr

ew

up

havi

ng a

lot o

f pet

s,”

Rodr

igue

z sa

id.

In c

eram

ics,

Rod

rigue

z de

mon

stra

ted

her l

ove

for a

nim

als

by c

onst

ruct

ing

a fis

h,

to g

ive

to h

er s

iste

r. “I

mad

e a

fish

for

my

sist

er b

ecau

se I

kn

ow s

he lo

ves

the

wat

er,”

Rod

rigue

z sa

id.

Rodr

igue

z ex

pres

sed

her

affe

ctio

n fo

r an

imal

s th

roug

h ar

t an

d m

ore

impo

rtan

tly

thro

ugh

volu

ntee

ring.

“I

vol

unte

er w

ith B

ARC

and

I go

to P

etSm

art

to h

elp

with

the

pet

s fo

r ad

optio

n, [

and

I lo

ve

the

feel

ing]

whe

n a

pet c

omes

up

to y

ou to

pet

it.

Ther

e’s

no r

easo

n fo

r it,

but

they

just

love

you

,”

Rodr

igue

z sa

id. “

It’s

like

a co

nsta

nt lo

ve.”

At a

ge f

our,

he s

at o

n a

dust

y bl

each

er a

nd

wat

ched

his

firs

t ba

seba

ll ga

me.

Fr

om t

hat

day,

ju

nior

Der

ek D

eler

imm

erse

d hi

mse

lf in

the

spo

rt,

play

ing

for t

he n

ext 1

2 ye

ars.

“Bas

ebal

l an

d lif

e ha

ve a

way

of

conn

ectin

g w

hen

it co

mes

to te

achi

ng m

e th

ings

. I l

earn

ed

patie

nce,

ha

rd

wor

k an

d be

ing

focu

sed

[thr

ough

bas

ebal

l]. [

It’s]

hel

ped

me

thro

ugh

life,

” D

eler

sai

d.To

por

tray

his

lov

e fo

r ba

seba

ll, h

e cr

eate

d a

base

ball

jers

ey fo

r his

mot

her i

n hi

s th

ird p

erio

d.“I

mad

e a

smal

l ba

seba

ll je

rsey

for

my

mom

be

caus

e it’

s so

met

hing

we

have

in

com

mon

. I

w

orke

d pr

etty

har

d on

it a

nd it

took

a lo

ng ti

me

to

mak

e bu

t I k

new

she

wou

ld lo

ve it

,” D

eler

sai

d.D

eler

use

d ba

seba

ll as

a w

ay to

focu

s in

sch

ool

and

prio

ritiz

e hi

s lif

e.

His

pas

sion

for

the

spo

rt

taug

ht

him

th

e di

scip

line

and

pers

ever

ance

he

in

corp

orat

ed in

to v

ario

us a

spec

ts o

f his

life

. “[

With

out

base

ball]

I w

ould

pro

babl

y be

get

ting

into

trou

ble.

Bas

ebal

l hol

ds m

e ba

ck fr

om d

oing

stu

pid

stuf

f. I

t ke

eps

me

from

doi

ng t

hing

s lik

e dr

inki

ng o

r sm

okin

g [a

nd] i

t kee

ps m

e in

che

ck,”

Del

er s

aid.

With

hi

s th

ough

ts

scat

tere

d,

seni

or

Andr

ew

Stea

rns

joke

d w

ith h

is n

eigh

bors

abo

ut a

nyth

ing

that

wou

ld b

e un

rela

ted

to c

lass

. “I

’m u

niqu

e be

caus

e m

y w

ild s

ense

of

hum

or,

my

‘OCD

-nes

s’ a

nd m

y cl

amm

y ha

nds,

” St

earn

s sa

id.

Stea

rns’

un

ique

ch

arac

ter

was

sh

own

thro

ugh

a pr

ojec

t in

hi

s ce

ram

ics

clas

s m

ade

whe

n th

ey

wer

e cr

eatin

g an

d pa

intin

g po

ts.

“[M

y po

t] i

s un

ique

bec

ause

I u

sed

the

wax

res

ista

nt t

echn

ique

, whi

ch n

o on

e us

es a

nd in

corp

orat

ed t

hat

into

my

desi

gn.

I di

d th

at b

ecau

se I

did

n’t

wan

t m

y pi

ece

of

wor

k lo

okin

g lik

e an

yone

els

e’s,

” St

earn

s sa

id.

Stea

rns

wan

ted

to e

nsur

e th

at h

is c

reat

ion

was

diff

eren

t. W

hile

he

used

the

wax

res

ista

nt

tech

niqu

e to

let

oth

ers

know

tha

t he

was

a

diffe

rent

and

a u

niqu

e ty

pe o

f per

son,

Ste

arns

als

o tr

ied

to m

ake

ever

ythi

ng p

erfe

ct.

“[I’m

a] p

erfe

ctio

nist

, I tr

y to

mak

e it

as g

ood

as

I can

,” S

tear

ns s

aid.

Whe

ther

Ste

arns

was

bei

ng c

reat

ive

or tr

ying

to

mak

e ar

t pe

rfec

t, al

l tha

t m

atte

red

was

pro

ving

th

at h

e w

as u

niqu

e an

d di

ffere

nt.

“My

insp

iratio

n is

just

tryi

ng to

mak

e it

as

diffe

rent

as

poss

ible

. I

wan

t peo

ple

to k

now

I’m

a d

iffer

ent t

ype

of p

erso

n,”

Stea

rns

said

.

Pla

ying

on

a cl

ean

fiel

dFi

sh a

re f

rien

ds

Scu

lpt

your

per

sona

lity

With

his

gen

uine

hap

pine

ss,

juni

or S

ean

Sulli

van

crea

ted

laug

hter

in th

e ha

llway

s, sm

iles i

n hi

s cla

sses

and

a

sim

ple

joy

to a

ll hi

s pe

ers.

“I d

on’t

like

whe

n pe

ople

are

sad

; I

just

wan

t ev

eryo

ne to

be

happ

y,”

Sulli

van

said

.D

iffer

ent

way

s Su

lliva

n w

as a

ble

to b

oost

pe

ople

’s m

ood

was

thro

ugh

his

sens

e of

hum

or

and

his

amia

ble

pers

onal

ity.

“My

pers

onal

ity

[mak

es

me

who

I

am]

beca

use

I’m v

ery

easy

to

get

alon

g w

ith u

nlik

e m

ost p

eopl

e,”

Sulli

van

said

. H

e w

as a

ble

to f

eatu

re h

is u

niqu

enes

s an

d po

sitiv

e pe

rson

ality

in

cera

mic

s by

cre

atin

g a

cera

mic

foot

ball

with

a m

otiv

atin

g qu

ote

on it

. “T

he f

ootb

all

I m

ade

[has

a]

quot

e th

at s

aid

‘Eve

n if

you

get

knoc

ked

dow

n, g

et b

ack

up,’”

an

d th

at’s

how

I l

ive

my

life:

[by

] ov

erco

min

g ob

stac

les,

” Su

lliva

n sa

id.

Sulli

van

stay

ed

posi

tive

thro

ugh

life’

s st

rugg

les

by c

ontin

uing

to

smile

and

kno

win

g th

at li

fe g

oes o

n. W

ith h

is p

ositi

vity

, he

expr

esse

d hi

s re

fres

hing

life

poi

nt o

f vie

w.

“I am

mor

e un

ique

than

anyo

ne e

lse.

Mos

t peo

ple

wan

t to

be

ordi

nary

; I

wan

t to

be

extr

aord

inar

y,”

Sulli

van

said

.

Don

’t w

orry

, be

hap

py

CH

AIR

has

a st

ory

Sha

ped

fro

m a

dif

fere

nt m

old

pag

e 6

9p

age

68

drive

nev

ery

chair

has

a s

tory

“I lo

ve t

he b

ig E

dg

ewat

er f

ootb

all g

ame

bec

ause

it b

ring

s th

e sc

hool

tog

ethe

r an

d [

it’s

] re

ally

fun

to

show

my

spir

it,”

juni

or

She

lby

Trim

ble

sai

d.

#Y6#Y23

From reviewing my last years portfolio I was able to compare the differences and growths of my past two years. I have grown immensely in my designing, Photoshop and InDesign skills. To express my InDesign and Photoshop enhance, last year all I used for my portfolio was textured background and a brush. This year I have used pattern backgrounds, cobs, personal photography, speed shoot, anchor points, swatches, strokes, and step and repeat. Last year I wouldn’t have known to use any of that. Now other then shown in my portfolio, having to write 13 current event stories for the yearbook expresses my writing growth and designing the entire index myself also has shown growth. Last year I felt I was good at what I was doing, but this year I feel I have grown so much and learned so many new things that I can use in my future if I go with the mass media/ journalism career choices.

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n 8

unique “[I feel] good because it’s a good school and I’m becoming part of the tradition,” senior Jaciel Perez said.

Wesley Linxwiler

Branden Lomax

Matthew Long

Kevin Lopes

Rose Lopez

Angel Lozada

Leslie Lugo

Madison Lumbert

Rachel Machado

Alyse Machuca

Kayla Mackey

Ricardo Mackey

Abraham Madera

Emily Madigan

Lauren Main

Tanisha Mark

Ashley Marrero

Tyler Marshall

Alexis Martinez

Cornelia Martinez

If you could bring one person [ashley micks and christie rieck]

“Selena Quintanilla Perez because I love her music and her stuff was amazing.”

NGAN NGUYEN

“Michael Jackson because he’s an inspiration to me with his dance which has made me want to learn breakdancing.”

SHANNON FORD

ERIC GITAU

JA QUIEL GRANT

TYLER MC CLINTOCK

KEISHLA GONZALEZ

DANIEL BERNAL

“My great grandparents because they were my role models. They were always there for me.”

“Martin Luther King, Jr., because he changed my people’s lives.”

“My grandfather because he got me away from all the negative things in my life.”

“I would bring back Kurt Cobain because his music and philosophies inspired a generation.”

“Aaliyah because she was a great singer and I still listen to her music.”

from the PAST to the PRESENT who would it be and why?

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2

TEENAGE

Dea

dlin

e 2

Ever

y de

spit

e th

e gr

ade,

the

‘clic

he’,

or t

he g

ende

r, ev

ery

pers

on w

ho s

at in

tha

t ch

air,

had

his

or h

er o

wn

stor

y [c

hrist

ie rie

ck]

All

from

the

sou

nd o

f it

Her

min

d bo

unce

d w

ith d

iffer

ent

idea

s, as

th

ey a

ll slo

wly

inte

rtwin

e to

geth

er a

nd w

orke

d th

roug

h he

r ha

nds.

Whe

ther

it w

as t

he b

rush

in

her

gra

sp o

r cla

y be

twee

n he

r fin

gers

, sen

ior

Cynt

hia

Will

iam

s re

flect

ed

her

iden

tity

thro

ugh

the

art s

he m

ade.

“Me

lovi

ng a

rt sh

ows p

eopl

e ho

w

I’m a

per

son

that

lov

es c

reat

ivity

, ha

s a

huge

im

agin

atio

n an

d th

at I

re

ally

car

e ab

out d

etai

l. L

ike

my

King

Ko

ng; I

took

it o

ver e

xtre

me

leve

ls of

my

imag

inat

ion

whi

ch m

akes

my c

reat

ivity

show

to

oth

ers,”

Will

iam

s sai

d.W

hile

Will

iam

s re

flect

ed h

er c

reat

ive

abili

ty i

n he

r ar

t cl

asse

s, sh

e al

so p

ursu

ed

art o

utsid

e of

sch

ool.

Som

e ty

pes

of a

rt sh

e cr

eate

d w

ere

mak

ing

and

desig

ning

shi

rts,

draw

ing,

pai

ntin

g, fa

ce p

aint

ing

and

cera

mic

s. “M

akin

g so

met

hing

that

is o

ut o

f the

ord

inar

y m

akes

me

exci

ted

beca

use

I lik

e th

ings

diff

eren

t. Li

ke m

akin

g m

y ow

n sh

irts t

hat s

how

wha

t I li

ke

and

wha

t I a

m a

nd d

raw

ing

or p

aint

ing

stor

ies o

n a

canv

as a

nd g

ivin

g it

to so

meo

ne,”

Will

iam

s sai

d.W

heth

er W

illia

ms w

as d

raw

ing

or sc

ulpt

ing,

her

lo

ve fo

r art

was

all

the

sam

e.“I

lov

e ar

t be

caus

e th

e id

eas

I m

ake

are

min

e al

one

and

no o

ne e

lse c

an t

ake

them

. [

Art

is]

ever

ywhe

re y

ou g

o an

d it

expr

esse

s w

ho y

ou a

re th

at o

ther

s do

n’t k

now

abo

ut y

ou,”

Will

iam

s sai

d.

Betw

een

clas

ses w

ith h

er e

arbu

ds in

her

ear

s and

her

hea

d bo

bbin

g as

she

uni

nten

tiona

lly li

pped

the

wor

ds, s

opho

mor

e Ja

smin

e Ce

sare

o co

ntin

uous

ly li

sten

ed to

her

iPod

, whi

ch to

ok

her i

nto

a w

hole

oth

er w

orld

. “I

love

mus

ic b

ecau

se it

’s lik

e te

lling

a s

tory

, but

in

mus

ic,”

Cesa

reo

said

.Ce

sare

o lis

tene

d to

pop

pun

k m

usic

to e

xpre

ss

hers

elf

and

her

thou

ghts

. B

y an

alyz

ing

song

ly

rics a

nd p

eopl

es’ e

mot

ions

, she

was

able

to fi

nd

conn

ectio

ns b

etw

een

the

two.

“I

lov

e m

usic

bec

ause

I t

hink

diff

eren

tly t

han

[oth

er]

peop

le.

I’m fa

scin

ated

by

the

way

peo

ple

act

and

the

way

peo

ple

thin

k. Y

ou h

ave

to u

nder

stan

d a

song

to

find

it’s

mea

ning

, lik

e a

pers

on,”

Cesa

reo

said

. Th

e w

ay C

esar

eo e

xpre

ssed

her

pas

sion

for

mus

ic w

as

by g

oing

to

conc

erts

and

con

tinuo

usly

list

enin

g to

mus

ic.

From

this

pass

ion,

Ces

areo

beg

an to

giv

e he

rsel

f an

edgy

look

.“T

he p

unk

artis

ts an

d ba

nds i

nspi

re m

e. I

just

love

the

look

[o

f the

arti

sts]

bec

ause

I th

ink

it’s c

ool a

nd y

ou d

on’t

see

a lo

t of

peo

ple

dres

s lik

e th

at,”

Cesa

reo

said

. A

conn

ectio

n be

twee

n he

r lo

ve f

or p

unk

mus

ic a

nd

her

ener

getic

life

styl

e w

as d

epic

ted

thro

ugh

a pe

ndan

t she

mad

e in

cer

amic

s. T

he m

ix o

f col

ors s

he c

hose

to p

aint

her

pen

dant

ex

pres

sed

her p

erso

nalit

y as

uni

que

and

edgy

.“T

he g

reen

pur

ple

and

whi

te [

colo

rs o

n th

e pe

ndan

t] ar

e co

lorfu

l and

fun

and

the

othe

r sid

e w

ith ye

llow

and

grey

strip

es

[is] e

dgy,

like

me,

” Ces

areo

said

.

Encl

osed

in

a sp

ace

with

col

d til

e flo

ors,

a ra

mbl

e of

bar

ks a

nd a

mix

of

emot

ions

, ju

nior

M

adiso

n Ro

drig

uez

volu

ntee

red

with

th

e Bo

one

Anim

al R

escu

e Cl

ub.

Rod

rigue

z’s

volu

ntee

ring

help

ed t

o ge

t do

gs a

dopt

ed

thro

ugh

BARC

at t

he p

ound

and

was

one

of

the

vario

us w

ays

Rodr

igue

z co

uld

expr

ess

her l

ove

for a

nim

als.

“I l

ove

anim

als

beca

use

I gr

ew u

p ha

ving

a lo

t of p

ets,”

Rod

rigue

z sa

id.

In c

eram

ics,

Rodr

igue

z de

mon

stra

ted

her l

ove

for a

nim

als b

y co

nstr

uctin

g a

fish,

to

giv

e to

her

sist

er.

“I m

ade

a fis

h fo

r m

y sis

ter

beca

use

I kn

ow sh

e lo

ves t

he w

ater

,” Ro

drig

uez

said

.Ro

drig

uez

expr

esse

d he

r af

fect

ion

for

anim

als

thro

ugh

art

and

mor

e im

porta

ntly

th

roug

h vo

lunt

eerin

g.

“I v

olun

teer

with

BAR

C an

d I g

o to

Pet

Smar

t to

hel

p w

ith th

e pe

ts fo

r ad

optio

n, [

and

I lov

e th

e fe

elin

g] w

hen

a pet

com

es u

p to

you

to p

et it

. Th

ere’

s no

reas

on fo

r it,

but t

hey

just

love

you

,” Ro

drig

uez

said

. “It’

s lik

e a

cons

tant

love

.”

At a

ge f

our,

he s

at o

n a

dust

y bl

each

er a

nd

wat

ched

his

first

bas

ebal

l ga

me.

Fr

om t

hat

day,

ju

nior

Der

ek D

eler

imm

erse

d hi

mse

lf in

the

spor

t, pl

ayin

g fo

r the

nex

t 12

year

s.“B

aseb

all

and

life

have

a w

ay o

f co

nnec

ting

whe

n it

com

es to

teac

hing

me

thin

gs.

I lea

rned

pa

tienc

e,

hard

w

ork

and

bein

g fo

cuse

d [th

roug

h ba

seba

ll].

[It’s

] hel

ped

me

thro

ugh

life,

” Del

er sa

id.

To p

ortra

y hi

s lo

ve fo

r ba

seba

ll, h

e cr

eate

d a

base

ball

jers

ey fo

r his

mot

her i

n hi

s thi

rd p

erio

d.“I

mad

e a

smal

l ba

seba

ll je

rsey

for

my

mom

be

caus

e it’

s so

met

hing

we

have

in

com

mon

. I

w

orke

d pr

etty

har

d on

it a

nd it

took

a lo

ng ti

me

to

mak

e bu

t I k

new

she

wou

ld lo

ve it

,” D

eler

said

.D

eler

use

d ba

seba

ll as

a w

ay to

focu

s in

sch

ool

and

prio

ritiz

e hi

s lif

e.

His

pass

ion

for

the

spor

t ta

ught

hi

m

the

disc

iplin

e an

d pe

rsev

eran

ce

he

inco

rpor

ated

into

var

ious

asp

ects

of h

is lif

e.

“[W

ithou

t ba

seba

ll] I

wou

ld p

roba

bly

be g

ettin

g in

to tr

oubl

e. B

aseb

all h

olds

me

back

from

doi

ng st

upid

st

uff.

It k

eeps

me

from

doi

ng th

ings

like

drin

king

or

smok

ing

[and

] it k

eeps

me

in c

heck

,” D

eler

said

.

With

his

thou

ghts

sca

ttere

d, s

enio

r An

drew

St

earn

s jo

ked

with

his

neig

hbor

s ab

out

anyt

hing

th

at w

ould

be

unre

late

d to

cla

ss.

“I’m

uni

que

beca

use

my

wild

sen

se o

f hu

mor

, m

y ‘O

CD-n

ess’

and

my

clam

my

hand

s,” S

tear

ns sa

id.

Stea

rns’

uniq

ue

char

acte

r w

as

show

n th

roug

h a

proj

ect

in

his

cera

mic

s cl

ass

mad

e w

hen

they

w

ere

crea

ting

and

pain

ting

pots

.“[

My

pot]

is un

ique

bec

ause

I u

sed

the

wax

res

istan

t te

chni

que,

whi

ch n

o on

e us

es a

nd in

corp

orat

ed t

hat

into

my

desig

n.

I di

d th

at b

ecau

se I

did

n’t

wan

t m

y pi

ece

of

wor

k lo

okin

g lik

e an

yone

else

’s,” S

tear

ns sa

id.

Stea

rns

wan

ted

to e

nsur

e th

at h

is cr

eatio

n w

as d

iffer

ent.

Whi

le h

e us

ed th

e w

ax r

esist

ant

tech

niqu

e to

let

oth

ers

know

tha

t he

was

a

diffe

rent

and

a uni

que

type

of p

erso

n, S

tear

ns al

so

tried

to m

ake

ever

ythi

ng p

erfe

ct.

“[I’m

a] p

erfe

ctio

nist

, I tr

y to

mak

e it

as g

ood

as

I can

,” St

earn

s sai

d.W

heth

er S

tear

ns w

as b

eing

crea

tive

or tr

ying

to

mak

e ar

t pe

rfect

, all

that

mat

tere

d w

as p

rovi

ng

that

he

was

uni

que

and

diffe

rent

.“M

y in

spira

tion

is ju

st tr

ying

to m

ake

it as

di

ffere

nt a

s po

ssib

le.

I wan

t peo

ple

to k

now

I’m

a d

iffer

ent t

ype

of p

erso

n,” S

tear

ns sa

id.

Play

ing

on a

cle

an f

ield

Fish

are

fri

ends

Scul

pt y

our

pers

onal

ity

With

his

genu

ine

happ

ines

s, ju

nior

Sea

n Su

lliva

n cr

eate

d la

ught

er in

the

hallw

ays,

smile

s in

his c

lass

es a

nd

a sim

ple

joy

to a

ll hi

s pee

rs.

“I d

on’t

like

whe

n pe

ople

are

sad

; I

just

wan

t ev

eryo

ne to

be

happ

y,” S

ulliv

an sa

id.

Diff

eren

t w

ays

Sulli

van

was

abl

e to

boo

st

peop

le’s

moo

d w

as th

roug

h hi

s se

nse

of h

umor

an

d hi

s am

iabl

e pe

rson

ality

.“M

y pe

rson

ality

[m

akes

m

e w

ho

I am

] be

caus

e I’m

ver

y ea

sy t

o ge

t al

ong

with

unl

ike

mos

t peo

ple,

” Sul

livan

said

. H

e w

as a

ble

to f

eatu

re h

is un

ique

ness

and

po

sitiv

e pe

rson

ality

in

cera

mic

s by

cre

atin

g a

cera

mic

foot

ball

with

a m

otiv

atin

g qu

ote

on it

. “T

he f

ootb

all I

mad

e [h

as a

] qu

ote

that

sai

d ‘E

ven

if yo

u ge

t kn

ocke

d do

wn,

get

bac

k up

,’”

and

that

’s ho

w I

liv

e m

y lif

e: [

by]

over

com

ing

obst

acle

s,” S

ulliv

an sa

id.

Sulli

van

stay

ed

posit

ive

thro

ugh

life’

s st

rugg

les

by c

ontin

uing

to

smile

and

kno

win

g th

at li

fe g

oes o

n. W

ith h

is po

sitiv

ity, h

e ex

pres

sed

his r

efre

shin

g lif

e po

int o

f vie

w.

“I am

mor

e uni

que t

han

anyo

ne el

se. M

ost p

eopl

e w

ant

to b

e or

dina

ry; I

wan

t to

be

extra

ordi

nary

,” Su

lliva

n sa

id. Don

’t w

orry

, be

happ

y

CHA

IR ha

s a

stor

ySh

aped

fro

m a

dif

fere

nt m

old

pag

e 69

page

68

drive

nev

ery ch

air h

as a

story

“I lo

ve t

he b

ig E

dgew

ater

foo

tbal

l gam

e be

caus

e it

bri

ngs

the

scho

ol t

oget

her

and

[it’s

] rea

lly f

un t

o sh

ow m

y sp

irit

,” ju

nior

Sh

elby

Tri

mbl

e sa

id.

Dea

dlin

e 3

Dea

dlin

e 6/

Des

igns

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