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Sophomore Augustus Dagasuhan poses in front of alligator statues at the Dahilayan Adventure Park on the Philippine island of Mindanao in 2013. He said that due to the Philippines economy, the park is a great vacation spot.

Q&A with sophomore Augustus Dagasuhan on living in the Philippines

Jasmine Zhang February 7, 2023

Could you discuss when you started living in the Philippines? Were you born there? Do your parents have connections there? How long did you live there for? I was born in the Philippines and I came here...

Math teacher Scott Staley runs in the Ironman 70.3 race in Muncie, Ind. on Oct. 1, 2022. He said he plans to run 1,000 miles this year.

Q&A with math teacher Scott Staley on long-distance running

Oleksandr Marmuta January 30, 2023

How did you start running? When I turned 30, I decided (that) I wanted to get into better shape, so when I hit that age I said, “You know what? I need to do that.” I wasn’t a big runner before that....

Yi Lin Yang, president of the Digital Health Club presents how to help cure Parkinsons disease. She said they are currently working on a machine learning program to remove the effects of the disease from peoples speech.

Q&A with Yi Lin Yang, Digital Health Club founder and senior

Jasmine Zhang January 24, 2023

What is the Digital Health Club? We do research on wearable devices such as the Empatica E4 as a type of wearable device. It contains clusters of sensors that measure a ton of physiological signals, like...

Teacher Laura Moore stands with one of her photos and a camera. She said she gets inspirations from the other art she sees and books she reads.

Q&A with teacher Laura Moore, photography and art

Oleksandr Marmuta January 13, 2023

How can you describe your work as a photographer? I have two avenues of photography, I have a license in photography education, and I carry a dual license. So I can teach English, but I can also teach...

Evelyn Tennenhouse, competitive rock climber and senior, practices at Hoosier Heights. She said this is her fourth year of competitive climbing.

Q&A with Evelyn Tennenhouse on Rock Climbing

Lydia Teeter December 1, 2022

How did you get involved in rock climbing? So, I actually used to live in Ireland. That was just for a couple years, and I started there. I think it was just from going to a birthday party or something...

Aastha Sharma, boxer, demonstrates one of her stances. Sharma said she started boxing after getting inspiration from her father and brother.

Q&A with senior Aastha Sharma, boxing and exercise

Ava Reddick October 18, 2022

What first got you into boxing? “I first started in 4th grade. My family, my dad and my brother had started boxing so I was like ‘okay I should start getting some exercise’. The gym I went to...

Senior Angela Peng, fashion YouTuber shows off her channel analytics. Peng said she loves interacting with people who comment on her YouTube videos.

Q&A with senior Angela Peng on fashion, creating YouTube content

Jasmine Zhang September 26, 2022

When did you start your YouTube channel and why? I started my YouTube channel in 2020 because I was doing virtual school and COVID-19 was hitting so I couldn't go out anywhere . Usually at school, I...

Darcie Stanisic, fashion and textiles teacher, shows off a page of her design portfolio. Stanisic said she first became interested in making clothes in middle school.

Q&A with fashion teacher Darcie Stanisic on designing, creating clothes

Jasmine Zhang September 19, 2022

How did you get involved in fashion? How did you start making clothes? I first got interested in making clothes and sewing when I went to Clay Middle School. I don’t think they do this anymore, but...

OPEN FOR BUSINESS:
Junior Sophia Yang works on a jewelry piece. Yang
sells her handmade jewelry on Instagram by posting
pictures. “When selling things you want to keep
in mind the variety of specific groups of people or
customers who you think will be interested; this is a
good way to kind of guarantee profit,” Yang said.

Q&A with junior Sophia Yang on jewelry-making, running small business

Michelle Wan April 22, 2022

What inspired you to start your jewelry business? I was inspired to start it because I just wanted to be more financially independent and I also didn’t think I had the time to be employed in an...

PUPPY PARADISES: Sophomore Abby
Ingersoll holds a puppy service dog in her
lap. According to Ingersoll, “It’s important to expose them to situations outside that your dog wouldn’t be able to experience at home.”

Q&A with sophomore Abigail “Abby” Ingersoll on training, working with service dogs

Michelle Wan March 25, 2022

When did you start training service dogs? I believe in February of 2019, we started getting into it but, the summer before we started working with the puppies and not just the dogs. Were there any obstacles...

Q&A with freshman Josh Cale, self-proclaimed “roller coaster enthusiast”

Q&A with freshman Josh Cale, self-proclaimed “roller coaster enthusiast”

Lorna Ding February 17, 2022

What sparked your interest in roller coasters? I just remember growing up, my family would take me to Kings Island every year. Leading up to the park visit, I would look back on past maps and that...

History teacher Kenneth Browner poses with his comic books. According to Browner, Well there are so many different titles and varieties of books that meet all types of people and needs, emotionally, socially. I just think it’s a good way to really learn. I learned a lot from just reading comic books.

Q&A with History teacher Kenneth Browner on passion for collecting comic books

Michelle Wan January 20, 2022

How did you get inspired to start a comic book collection? (I started) in about 1974. I had friends in the neighborhood that were collecting comic books so I just joined in. I’m (kind...

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