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Adam Frederick
What advice do you have for incoming Sequoia students?
How are you “Get out and talk to people, whether that be involved in class, in sports, or whatever, I think you’ll be at Sequoia? pleasantly surprised at who you’ll meet and bond with. Another piece of advice I have would “I’m in the DAA, be to always try and play a sport. Even which was fun because if you don’t consider yourself you get to interact with the athletic type, there is a a lot of Adobe programs sport for everyone and in our multimedia classes. it makes your time It’s kind of like an introduction spent at Sequoia to stuff if you want to work in so much the entertainment industry because better.” you’re gonna be using a lot of Adobe products. I did swim last year and water polo in my freshman year. I’m also in the Comic-Making Club and the Crochet Club.”
What are your plans for after high school? “My plans are to attend Cal Poly Pomona. I’ll be majoring in psychology. If you are a graduating senior, and you don’t get into your top school, or maybe your friends are all going away for college while you’re staying here, or maybe you don’t know a single other kid going to your new school, don’t worry.Your experience at your new school, I’m sure, will be a unique and fun time.”
How are you involved at Sequoia? “I participate in sports when I can. I think building a community with your team and with the different clubs you join is super important and rewarding as you can meet tons of new people and stay connected with other school activities too. I was involved in Crochet club and ski club, although that club disappeared after the pandemic. As for sports, I played boys tennis for 3 years and Track and Field my senior year. I also find that supporting or even visiting the events of sports, clubs, or groups that you’re not a part of is a good way I stayed involved.”
Isabella Fraumeni What are your plans for after high school?
I’m going to be going to Art Center, which I applied to with whatever was closest to an animation major. I want to go into an animation career, but specifically storyboarding that falls under the animation umbrella, usually in 2d animation cause they don’t really do 2d animation anymore. What advice do you have for incoming Sequoia students? “I started to notice my art classes kill my creative drive, but you got to start practicing your improvement., as soon as you can start getting technical skills. So figure drawing, and studying and colors and all that stuff. There are infinite resources online and you can just look up videos, but it really helps and it really prepares you especially if you want to get into a competitive art school. And the sooner prepared you are the better and you’ll thank yourself.”
RAVEN REPORT | JUNE 2023
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