Through maintaining an image from a young age to developing her own personal style, Ava Rotman has become the best version of herself, thanks to self-expression.

by Lilian Wible, Avon High School

Style has always been a prominent thing. It’s something you can always count on changing. People change and so will their look. Upcoming senior, Ava Rotman, sees personal style as the most important form of self-expression.

In elementary school, Rotman began to felt the pressure because her mother taught at her school. They felt like everything they did could either affect her mom negatively or positively, which could make or break her mom’s or the school’s reputation. This led her to not express herself with her hair or clothes as much as she wanted to.

“I had to keep an image for her image.”

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Lilian Wible dives into her past and future for her passions regarding her grunge music interests

By: Ava Rotman, Legacy High School

Music is a universal language that has connected people from very different paths althroughout time. For rising junior, Lilian Wible growing up her father and grandfather influenced her music taste and her passions for it. From a very young age she’d listen to bands such as the Beatles with her grandfather, and she remembers always making fun of her father’s music taste while secretly loving it. 

“I remember getting in my dad’s car and the Grateful Dead or Pearl Jam station would always be on, that would always be playing. And my dads the one that got me into having physical copies like Vinyl and CDs, which we both really got into during COVID because, when it first hit he saw …
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17-year-old Zoey Duchene uses her photography skills to document the big picture.

by Isabella Roberts, Avon High School

In the midst of flashing lights, 17-year-old Zoey Duchene shines brightest. Whether it’s through theater, film making, French club, art club, or photography, Duchene has an obvious passion and talent when it comes to the arts. “There’s a bunch of small things that shape who I am,” Duchene said. She has found many ways to incorporate her interests into her everyday life. Yet in the midst of such talent, Duchene’s photography takes the cake.

Photography serves as one of her primary passions. “It’s something that I enjoy and happen to be really good at,” Duchene said. Having derived inspiration from her father to begin her journey in photography, Duchene comes by her talent honestly. He used to record her …
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Jahnavi Avula, upcoming Junior, Embraces Heritage through Indian Classical Dance

by Jael Davis, Bloomington High School South

Jahnavi’s passion for Indian classical dance blossomed at the age of seven. However, her family’s decision to move to the United States when she was nine brought an unexpected pause to her dancing journey. Despite the excitement of starting anew, Jahnavi couldn’t help but feel a sense of melancholy without her beloved art form.

“I used to reminisce, when I saw pictures of myself dancing,” she said. 

Yearning to reconnect with her cultural heritage, Jahnavi found solace and inspiration in classical Indian dance once again. After four years in the United States, she was able to resume her practice, thanks to finding a new teacher who reignited her passion. 

“I love dancing… It was really nice to find a teacher and start dancing again after moving to the …
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Isabella Roberts expresses her dreams to be a writer and who has influenced her passion.

Starting out with violin, rising senior Isabella Roberts has a passion for music which she hopes to continue into the future. Isabella’s love of music is largely driven by her father as is her love of writing.

“My dad collects records, he’s played the guitar for me my whole life, so I just kind of grew up in that.” Isabella said, followed by, “My dad is also a writer, basically he influenced my whole life. He wrote short stories, but I’ve wanted to be an author since like second grade. I’ve obviously adapted.” 

Authors that have inspired Isabella’s work have primarily been Oceans Long and Richard Siken, due to their primary focus in poetry, which is what Isabella is more prominently drawn to. Poetry gives Isabella a space …
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Bethany Brown discovers new ways to manage stress through swim team and music.

Bethany Brown. A 16 year old at Avon High school in Avon, Indiana is taking three AP classes, an extra credit college course class, and is one of five section editors for her school’s yearbook. “I really wanted to push myself for my junior year. I don’t think I’ve really processed the amount of work I am going to have this year, but I feel confident that I will be able to push through it and make the most of my junior year.” said Brown. 

With high school comes freedom, friends, and stress. One learns a lot about oneself during their high school years and learns a lot about what kind of workload they can handle and how to manage their own stress. Each person finds their …
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Emerson Zuranski puts herself out there so she can achieve her goals. 

Not everyone is gifted with an extroverted personality, but when it comes naturally for someone it can bring benefits along with it. Luckily for Emerson Zuranski, a senior yearbook editor at Avon High School, her outgoing personality helps her pursue her passions. Zuranski has been a four year member of choir and a three year member of yearbook. While searching for a story or singing a song may seem vastly different on the surface, they actually both have one thing in common; they require Zuranski to step outside of her comfort zone.

As she approaches her final year of high school, one of Zuranski’s obstacles is taking on a new leadership role as editor in chief. Although Zuranksi already has a year as a section editor under her belt, her …
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Throughout high school, rising Senior Katherine Jackson has moments of trial and error, to help her succeed, not just in the classroom

Photo by: Olivia Smith, Avon High School

Upcoming Senior Katherine Jackson, who goes to Martinsville High School in Indiana, the future was the highlighted topic, ranging from publications, teachers, and her struggles and her successes. Publications, having an idea about what she wants, her struggles and her math teachers have pushed her to be the best that she can be and to help her shape her future.

When asked about what Katherine saw in her future Jackson explains, “Marketing at Notre Dame, is [her] dream.” Then she goes on to explain that publications and photography pushed her into wanting to show a story versus telling it, which led her to the marketing landscape.

Jackson chose to go the route of …
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Drew Nesbit joins her school’s yearbook team after her older sister leads by example

Everyone always has someone to look up to. Someone that is an influencer or is just an important person in their life. For Drew Nesbit, a 17-year-old student from Martinsville Indiana, that person is her older sister. Her sister Piper has always been a role model. When Piper was in high school, she joined the yearbook staff, which encouraged Drew to also join the yearbook team.

For Drew, her older sister has always been an inspiration.

“She was class president, and she was just all these good things,” Drew said. “And that’s who I want to be.”

Piper was also an editor on the school’s yearbook staff. And following in her sister’s footsteps, Drew joined yearbook and became and editor.

“…she would always tell me the stories about how it was …
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Day by day senior Greta Powell strives to be the best version of herself that she can be

Photo by Bethany Brown, Avon High School

Finding someone who you can be yourself around can be crucial to becoming friends with someone. Rising senior Greta Powell feels her friends compliment her personality and teach her more about herself than she realized as well as help her become a better and more genuine person. This has helped shape Powell into the person she wants to be and is helping her become an even better person. 

“Being around the people that make me feel good, especially my family and friends and giving myself alone time helps,” Powell said. 

Powell strives to improve the version of herself that people see each and every day. To make progress, Powell surrounds herself with people she knows will help …
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