Being someone people can depend on in tough situations is not an easy task for the weak.

Senior Maya Nakar has always seemed to be a natural-born leader and has never let anyone stop that and put out her flame.

“I have always been the friend that has been looking after each other and sometimes it comes off as bossy to the point where my old coach had to bench me for it,” Nakar said.

Although Maya has good relationships with her friends she has not had the best track record with dates.

“I once went on a date with a guy and he threw up and still complained that he had to pay, I gave him a second chance and he did it again,” Nakar states.

Being held to high expectations is also a part of Maya’s daily life and she’s never shied away …
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Valeria Moreno will be volunteering in a mental health group later this year which she is very excited to be able to help out her community and anyway possible. Another group she is volunteering at is called best buddies where she will be specializing in helping special needs children. She is currently in a service group where she helps around the community. Mr.Moreno said.

“I just like being nice, and I like going around and spreading kindness”.

Another thing Ms.Moreno is passionate about is baking. And she sees herself in the future becoming a nutritionist and the reasoning behind this is so she can help people eat healthy and get to know all the differences of how certain food can make you feel. How she got into this when she was bored during quarantine and found a passion in baking. Mr.Moreno said.

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Growing from an enjoyment of taking sports photos for yearbook, Britain Givens, rising senior at Southport High School, never found someone high quality to take his sports pictures, so instead he became that person. He decided to create his own way, through a website, to share with athletes their pictures.

“I had to take pictures for a yearbook event, because they didn’t have a photographer.” Givens said. “So, I went and took pictures and I sent them out to a few of the players and they thought they were good photos and asked me to come to more games for pictures.” That’s when Givens started up a website (picvudu) to give access to the athletes for them to purchase and browse through.

Givens doesn’t just see this as an opportunity for a quick way to make money, he sees it as meaningful …
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A self-proclaimed ‘jack of all trades’ Rin Diki balances her time between a plethora of different hobbies. From arts and crafts to content creation, Diki covers a wide range of skills and likes to try out new hobbies frequently. 

When asked why she tries so many different things, Diki responded, ” I think it’s a combination of my indecisive personality and that I really just want to create my own path.”

One of the hobbies she feels most strongly about is creating content. This can be anything from her most recent hobby, video editing, to vlogs and yearbook design. 

“I like content creation because I like challenging myself to be creative and produce something I can show to people. I like being able to express my creative side because I don’t feel like I can show that during school,” Diki said.

Yearbook is …
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Senior Mackenzie Roberts obtains new skills to help her take on a new role on her yearbook staff

The yearbook is a timeline, a time capsule, a love letter. It has to encapsulate what that specific year was like while it happens, which is not an easy task. It takes many difficult hours of dedication. Editing, designing, reporting, the hard work of many staffers. It’s long nights staring at a computer screen, redesigning spreads and graphics, and correcting proofs. But it’s all gratifying in the end when the book gets sent out, with excited faces of students picking themselves out, and the staffers know what their work was worth it. 

One of those dedicated staffers was senior Mackenzie Roberts, senior editor at the Hamilton Southeastern Sceptre Yearbook. She was in charge of the senior portraits, senior ads, seniors ads, and the people section is …
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Adjusting the focus of her camera, junior Ally Swearingen takes a picture of the light shining through the tree leaves. As well as nature, her favorite things to photograph were portraits and macro shots.

She described her mother, a photographer and a ballerina, as a woman with grace. Grace, defined as simple elegance, to which she received her middle name. Like her mother, junior Ally Swearingen strived to become like her mother through dancing. However, it was their affinity for photography that she grew to love.

“She could see an image in her head and capture a moment in time forever. It’s something I’ve found insanely beautiful and cool as a child and what inspired me to do what it is I do today,” Swearingen said. 

At the age of 10, her mother bought her a camera. Since then, she underwent …
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junior Siang Zi steps up into new roles for her upcoming school year

High school is widely seen as a time to try out new activities, create new friendships, and figure out what you are passionate about. Many start with high expectations and full schedules. Junior Siang Zi unexpectedly found her passion after joining her high school’s yearbook staff. Not long into the program she discovered her passion for journalism.

“As a sophomore when I joined I had no idea it was this much responsibility when I joined,” Zi said. “I’m so glad I did it because it’s actually something I’m passionate about.”

Her first year on staff Zi was just a regular staffer but her second year of staff will include a higher position. 

“Next year I am going to be the Junior editor in chief but it’s a lot of pressure,” Zi …
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Indiana sophomore captures the moment.

15 years old with a broad outlook on life, Carroll High School sophomore Lilly Essex spends her time watching true crime, involved in musical theater, reading books, and listening to podcasts. She is consistently eager for more information and looks for a deeper meaning behind it all.

Essex finds as she is growing up, she not only looks at something, but wants to see why it is the way it is. “ ‘Capture the moment’ fits [in my life] because I try to see the bigger picture, see what is behind it,” Essex said.

At her job, she’s reminded frequently of this “capturing the moment” feeling. Working as a receptionist at the D.O MCombs and Sons Funeral home, she sees many walks of life come to an end, and notices how life is so short, and memories are …
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Junior year was infamous for its grueling workload which caused some individuals to shy away from taking on new responsibilities, not Alyssa Cirillo. As her sophomore year came to a close, she was first approached by her geometry teacher, the Carroll High School football coach.

“He actually coached my dad, my uncle and my cousin and graduated with one of them…so I kind of had a little bit of a connection with him,” Cirillo said.

Coach Dinan was in need of new managers given that most of his managers were seniors. Cirillo was offered a managing spot and prepared for the expectations of her new role.

“The season starts July 31st and I have to go to every practice every day…we get water, help with the IPads, wrap ankles, get ice, and just be the helpers on the sidelines,” Cirillo said.

Football management required …
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Meredith Ziegler looks at her school’s yearbook.

Meredith Ziegler is an upcoming senior at Southport High School in Indianapolis, IN.

For Meredith Ziegler, Yearbook had always been a creative outlet since she joined. “I had a friend who did it and highly suggested that I take part in it and I also wanted to do something in the arts that wasn’t really artsy,” Ziegler stated. Now three years later, Ziegler is Design Editor for her school’s book for the past two years. 

While Yearbook is something she has been interested in, she has an interest in psychology. “I want to go to Marion College and I’m going to be in the counseling department and then I’m probably going to graduate with a degree in psychology and counseling. I had a great therapist and so then that made me want to become …
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