Class of 2019

Raven Campbell Parents/guardians: Carrie Campbell, Aaron Campbell I’ve lived in Yellow Springs for as long as I can remember. I’ve attended only YS schools as well, preschool through high school. From what I’ve heard from my friends who come from other schools and places, Yellow Springs schools — and Yellow Springs — are like their own little worlds compared to the rest of the world. Yet I still feel like I have a loose understanding of how the rest of the world works. I feel like I learned more in school than I would’ve on my own — not only through elective classes, but the core curriculum as well. Not just through classes, but through the programs and people we have visited and the schoolwide days that we take off of class to learn a valuable life lesson or watch a life-changing documentary, or address a deeper issue with society in a positive way that teaches us how to handle said issue. Not just through programs, days of awareness, and classes, but also through clubs and sports. We have student led clubs that find ways to address and fix issues. Not just the schooling, but because of the people I grew up around. I’ve known of some of my peers since preschool, more since elementary, most since high school started, and almost all of them as of this year. I’ve learned of different parts of the world as these people come into our school district, whether it be from as close as Xenia or from as far as Senegal or Libya — and I’ve learned something from that. I’ve learned the impor- tance of trying to understand a stranger. As a more solid statement, in Yellow Springs and its schools, I’ve learned the importance of trying to under - stand things that are new to me, instead of just letting someone else explain it, and that’s valuable to me. Through the school I have learned of many different potential career paths for me, so immediately after school I plan on attending Clark State Community College for the next two years to prepare some general credits I might need for careers such as psycholo - gist/counselor, engineer, public speaker, economist, general manager and anything else that becomes of interest to me. In 10 years, I plan to be working in various fields of sci - ence along with politics to solve as many problems as I can with the current state of the world before I pass away. More specifically, in 10 years time I’ll probably be obtaining a doctorate degree in psychology/ sociology and designing some obscure product or process to fix a problem with daily life. Eli Capasso No response submitted. Alyssa Chance Parents/guardians: Amy Groeber, Christopher Groeber I started at McKinneyMiddle School in 7th grade. My experi - ence through the years of being at YSHS/MMS has been a lot better than the school I was at before my family moved to Yellow Springs. I like doing the project-based learning that YSHS/MMS does because it is much more simple to under - stand the topics we are learn - ing than through textbooks and Powerpoints. The best part for me about YSHS/MMS, besides the PBL, would be the staff and teachers. The staff and teachers have been really great to me and have helped me understand the lessons in each class. I have such great relationships with the staff to where it helps me feel comfortable with coming to school. I also really like coming here for my friends. My friends have helped me a lot with get- ting through classes, being people I can trust and call my second family. My plans for the future are to go to Columbus State and get a degree in studio art or art his- tory. I am hoping that, through college, I can find an internship or a job that involves one of those fields. I am also think - ing of becoming a certified dog trainer. I hope to get a good job in the future and be able to use my art skills or dog trainer skills and be happy in life about what I do. Thank you to all my friends and the staff for helping me over the years. Kayla Chance Parents/guardians: Amy Groeber, Christopher Groeber I started going to Yellow Springs Schools my seventh- grade year. Throughout my experience at Yellow Springs Schools, the greatest part of the school was the teachers and staff. I have had such great relationships with the teachers here. They are great with helping me and just inter- acting with me. In my mind, the school system itself has changed for the better. Slowly, but surely, the PBL is improving. I do believe for students who excel with learning in groups and in projects this school system is a better choice. It has helped me a lot with my own learning. My plans for the future are to go to Columbus State this fall and study mechani - cal or electrical-mechanical engineering. I plan to use my degree in engineering to get a good job using my skills or work for the Lego company at one of their factories. Sulay Chappelle No response submitted. Victoria Chesnut No response submitted. Andrew Clark No response submitted. Yellow Springs High School  CLASS OF 2 0 1 9  A Special Section of the YEllow Springs News  |  May 23, 2019    3 Coldwell Banker Heritage Realtors, Sam Eckenrode, Minerva Bieri Current Cuisine Dunphy Real Estate, Jo, Teresa & Sheila Ehman’s Garage Emporium Wines/Underdog Café O u r S p o n s o r s  Anastasia Cooper Parents/guardians: Jason Cooper, Jenny Cooper Growing up in the Yellow Springs school district, I have been open to many different experiences. A lot of those experiences have to do with involvement in the commu - nity. I would have to say that’s the thing that has stuck with me the most from attending Yellow Springs Schools. Choosing to attend the Greene County Career Center was the best decision I have made about my schooling so far. Not only has it given me a jump start into my future career but I was also able to get several college classes out of the way. After graduation, I plan on attending Sinclair Community College to study radiologic technology. In the next ten years I hope to have a steady job in a career I love and enjoy! Dharma Crocker Parents/guardians: Marta Mari, Billy Crocker I moved to Yellow Springs when I was eight years old and I have always enjoyed the town — Mills Lawn was a good experience. Yellow Springs High School was fine; I think that they were figuring out PBL and still were learning how to best implement it in the curriculum. I will say that how the staff handles out-of-school