To kick off the start of the school year, students were asked what they’re going to change this year or what they wish to accomplish. Here’s what they said:

Sophia Solis, freshman

“I plan to be more organized, make better grades and be more focused in class. I plan to branch out a little more with clubs [like Key club, FCCLA, Student Council] and to interact more with others. I would really like to continue with theatre [Entr’Acte].”

Nicole Drewnick, sophomore 

“I plan to study a lot more and focus on school work. [Also] I play volleyball, and hopefully I can continue my career in volleyball after high school and get into a good college. [This year] I hope we can get to state again, have a competitive team, do well and play hard.”

Stacy Nguyen, sophomore

“I [am] going to study a lot more, be more organized, be more out there and try new clubs and meet new people. I would like to have all As this year, [and] next year I’m going to try to become a junior representative [in Student Council].

Edmer Banagas, sophomore

“I hope to have a lot of fun and be successful, [but] this year has me anxious. I want to get better at my instrument and [in] art. In orchestra, we have an art group for promotion, so I would like to be part of that.”

Cassandra Sims, junior

“I want to be more organized and take better notes so I can fully understand what the teacher is explaining. [I would like to] obviously get better grades, but also be involved in other activities. I want to continue with choir. I took art my sophomore year and I really liked it, but sadly I couldn’t take it this year or in my senior year, so I’ve been actively pursuing [it] outside of school, especially water color painting.”

Tracie Hicks, junior

“[I want to] do better in class and have fun this year. I’m going to try to be the best I can. I want to exceed in sports. I’m in football, track and basketball, and I want to focus on football [because] I’ve been playing since I was little and it’s the only thing I really like.”

Kameesh Thobani, senior

“I want to procrastinate less [since] I’m really bad at that. And to try to take part in my electives more, like theatre. [My goals are to] stay in the musical this year, hopefully get a lead role in one of the plays, get [my] grades up, just have fun and go to more football games. I’ve already started applying to UCLA, UT and other schools like that.”