Hearts and Minds On February 9th, 2018, Eagle Valley community members were asked to share their thoughts and feelings to capture a moment in a place in time. KAYLA HETEI ’19, CARTER JOSEF ’21, MEGAN LODGE ’19, NOEL SOMOGYI ’20, and ELLA SRHOLEZ ‘20
In AP Art Portfolio, the studentswork on composing pastel pieces and then mark making over them, a process in which a photocopy is made and then designs are drawn with a Sharpie. Emily Conklin ‘20, one of few students not absent in this class today, says, “It was difficult at first, but I came around to enjoy it.” She found the blending, smudgy nature of the pastels hard to work with, but came to like it as she understood it more.
“I know there’s a lot of people struggling out there, and I haven’t exactly been able to talk to every individual who’s struggling... I would’ve said, Hey, I see myself in you... I know how you’re feeling and I know it’s not a good feeling. It may not seem like it’s gonna get better, like I lived through it… I know, for a fact things have gotten better. It’s just a matter of waiting, and I know people don’t like hearing that, like “Wait it out” and “Tough it out”. But if you’re being real, that’s what you do, just live through it, and find a way to cope with your difficulties,” Jose Gonzalez Guzman ’20 shares.
Omar Mata ’19 says, “I liked Auto Shop. Digital Photography also. I just like working hands on, and I like working on cars. It is something I enjoy a lot. I would take it again.”
“What is your greatest struggle right now?” “Not procrastinating my homework,” Ximena Serna ‘21 replies.
Jasmine Hermosillo ‘20 is a member of Student Council who has been organizing Wish Week, a week of fundraising dedicated to Scarlett Jones, a seven-year-old with ALL Leukemia. “I feel like we’re just so isolated from a lot of the large communities that we don’t even realize how big and impactful cancer actually is... and we’re able to see how we can actually unite in order to make a change,” says Hermosillo.
“When I was in college, and I was in engineering, and I really wanted to coach football, and I knew the only way I could coach football was if I became a teacher, so I picked math as the subject I wanted to teach,” reflects Mr. Cliff Zehring.
Maddie Schenck ’19 feels, “Sometimes good change happens that you perceive as bad at first. Stay open minded...I’ve lost a lot of friends this year, and I’ve gained a lot of friends this year. Life is always changing. Nothing is set in stone, even your junior year.”
Luis Felix ’21 explains about this book he is reading in the hall, “It’s about a boy that was a foster. It is called Lost Boy. It is a sequel. It is about a boy that was kicked and hated by his mother when he was little. When they took him away from his mom he went to a foster place. [It’s about] how people feel like they are sad because something is not the way they like. They are confused because something happened that one cannot control. It is bad for them, but they think it is their fault. I like most about reading that I can spend time thinking about how the characters are. Just how everything is. Just like reading it and getting out of the world.”