1 00:00:06,459 --> 00:00:09,097 Hey, everybody. I'm Doug and that's Connor, and 2 00:00:09,097 --> 00:00:12,067 this is the bethel school district presents podcast 3 00:00:12,204 --> 00:00:13,261 connor. It is 4 00:00:13,797 --> 00:00:16,425 graduation time across our great country and here 5 00:00:16,425 --> 00:00:18,039 in the district and you have been a 6 00:00:18,039 --> 00:00:20,919 busy photographer. How many graduation ceremonies have you 7 00:00:20,919 --> 00:00:23,160 been to personally this past week. Well, Doug, 8 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:24,679 I am happy to say I've been up. 9 00:00:24,934 --> 00:00:27,008 All over them. Every single 1 of them, 10 00:00:27,327 --> 00:00:29,002 and there's been quite a few, and they've 11 00:00:29,002 --> 00:00:31,235 all been lovely, and I love this time 12 00:00:31,235 --> 00:00:33,548 of year and shout out to the grads. 13 00:00:34,186 --> 00:00:37,632 Absolutely ass of 20 24, your future is 14 00:00:37,632 --> 00:00:39,627 bright. You better get some shades as we 15 00:00:39,627 --> 00:00:41,543 used to say in the eighties. Now, Connor 16 00:00:41,543 --> 00:00:42,875 a staple of 17 00:00:43,393 --> 00:00:46,105 graduation ceremonies is that commencement address here in 18 00:00:46,185 --> 00:00:48,179 Bethel. It's given by our school board president. 19 00:00:48,338 --> 00:00:49,853 This year it was Marcus as young senior, 20 00:00:50,013 --> 00:00:52,507 and really, he delivered a fantastic 21 00:00:53,139 --> 00:00:56,010 speech and hope and inspiration to all of 22 00:00:56,010 --> 00:00:58,323 our graduates. Really, really enjoyed it. And if 23 00:00:58,323 --> 00:00:59,679 you wanna hear it yourself, be sure and 24 00:00:59,679 --> 00:01:01,434 check out our Youtube channel, check out any 25 00:01:01,434 --> 00:01:03,915 of this year's graduation. And listened to that 26 00:01:03,915 --> 00:01:05,264 speech, but it got me wondering, 27 00:01:05,819 --> 00:01:08,358 thinking back to your college days, even your 28 00:01:08,358 --> 00:01:10,698 high school days if you could have picked 29 00:01:11,152 --> 00:01:12,368 your commencement 30 00:01:12,743 --> 00:01:13,141 speaker. 31 00:01:13,857 --> 00:01:16,323 Who would you have picked? Now keep in 32 00:01:16,323 --> 00:01:16,641 mind, 33 00:01:17,213 --> 00:01:19,199 you have to pick someone that was around 34 00:01:19,199 --> 00:01:21,424 during that time. So for example, I know 35 00:01:21,424 --> 00:01:23,729 you by you, I mean, me would pick 36 00:01:23,809 --> 00:01:25,716 Taylor Swift, but when I graduated, she was, 37 00:01:25,795 --> 00:01:27,724 like, 5. So I don't really wanna a 38 00:01:27,724 --> 00:01:29,479 5 year old commencement speaker. So I would 39 00:01:29,479 --> 00:01:30,595 have to pick 1 of my heroes of 40 00:01:30,595 --> 00:01:32,850 the day, I think. So who would you 41 00:01:32,909 --> 00:01:34,504 have 1 to speak? At either your high 42 00:01:34,504 --> 00:01:36,672 school or your college graduation. Oh, that is 43 00:01:36,672 --> 00:01:37,730 a fascinating 44 00:01:38,346 --> 00:01:41,217 little conundrum of a question there, Doug. But 45 00:01:41,217 --> 00:01:43,130 you can't keep popping these interesting questions on 46 00:01:43,130 --> 00:01:44,885 me and expect me to just off the... 47 00:01:45,059 --> 00:01:47,157 Top of my head have a equally fascinating 48 00:01:47,376 --> 00:01:49,134 answer. So I'm gonna take a moment here 49 00:01:49,134 --> 00:01:50,652 to really mold that over. I'm gonna kick 50 00:01:50,652 --> 00:01:53,540 it back to you. Same question, Doug. Taylor 51 00:01:53,620 --> 00:01:56,161 Swift aside, and no 5 year olds at 52 00:01:56,161 --> 00:01:59,282 all. Who would you want speaking at your 53 00:01:59,735 --> 00:02:02,139 graduation? Well, 1, we never. Put Taylor swift 54 00:02:02,139 --> 00:02:03,817 aside. But, I guess, for this particular episode, 55 00:02:03,897 --> 00:02:06,534 we're gonna have to. In high school without 56 00:02:06,534 --> 00:02:08,612 a shadow of a doubt, I would have 57 00:02:08,612 --> 00:02:10,905 wanted Eddie van Hale to come and give 58 00:02:10,944 --> 00:02:13,990 a commencement address. Yes. I was that kid 59 00:02:14,126 --> 00:02:16,035 with not that long hair, but I did 60 00:02:16,035 --> 00:02:17,626 have a guitar, and I wanted to be 61 00:02:17,626 --> 00:02:20,418 him a so so bad. Remember days mowing 62 00:02:20,418 --> 00:02:22,822 the grass, listening to Van Hale and just 63 00:02:23,036 --> 00:02:24,781 day drinking that the tour bus would get 64 00:02:24,781 --> 00:02:27,019 lost and pull up in my parents little 65 00:02:27,019 --> 00:02:29,008 called the Sac never happened. But in college, 66 00:02:29,644 --> 00:02:31,792 I would have to say Quentin Tara, I 67 00:02:31,792 --> 00:02:33,797 was a huge film buff And that really 68 00:02:33,797 --> 00:02:36,109 started with Pulp Fiction in 19 94. So 69 00:02:36,269 --> 00:02:37,784 I would say Quentin and Tara would be 70 00:02:37,784 --> 00:02:40,733 an amazing commencement address speaker in 19 97 71 00:02:40,733 --> 00:02:42,500 when I graduated to college, I would just 72 00:02:42,500 --> 00:02:44,963 have loved to hear him 4 letter word 73 00:02:44,963 --> 00:02:46,791 his way up and down at that stage. 74 00:02:47,109 --> 00:02:47,609 2 75 00:02:47,983 --> 00:02:51,255 fantastic perfectly of their time picks. Those could 76 00:02:51,255 --> 00:02:52,844 not have been more eighties and early nineties. 77 00:02:53,002 --> 00:02:54,829 So well done, sir. Thank you very much. 78 00:02:55,544 --> 00:02:57,450 So the ball is back in your court 79 00:02:57,450 --> 00:03:00,641 which celebrity is speaking at your graduation. Okay. 80 00:03:00,879 --> 00:03:03,177 This 1 might seem a little out of 81 00:03:03,177 --> 00:03:05,159 left field, but there is a backstory, which 82 00:03:05,238 --> 00:03:06,902 I'll be happy to share. I'm going to 83 00:03:06,902 --> 00:03:07,219 choose... 84 00:03:07,949 --> 00:03:09,726 Mister Roger Mu 85 00:03:10,263 --> 00:03:12,120 himself. Oh, boy. Danny 86 00:03:12,497 --> 00:03:14,891 Glover. I heard he might be getting too 87 00:03:14,891 --> 00:03:17,314 old for that stuff. You heard right 88 00:03:17,687 --> 00:03:20,541 apparently. And the reason I'm picking this kind 89 00:03:20,541 --> 00:03:22,865 of... I don't wanna say c list actor 90 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:25,655 because he's A list in my heart always 91 00:03:26,106 --> 00:03:29,514 is because mister Glover was originally supposed to 92 00:03:29,514 --> 00:03:32,548 be the graduation speaker. At my college graduation 93 00:03:32,548 --> 00:03:33,983 at Uc Berkeley. Wow. 94 00:03:34,381 --> 00:03:36,293 Yes. I was all... I was very excited. 95 00:03:36,452 --> 00:03:39,331 But unfortunately, there was a... Strike happening at 96 00:03:39,331 --> 00:03:41,076 my college at the time, and mister Glover 97 00:03:41,076 --> 00:03:42,741 did not want to cross a picket line, 98 00:03:43,059 --> 00:03:44,803 so he opted out of that, leaving us 99 00:03:44,803 --> 00:03:47,759 with no graduation speaker at all. At the 100 00:03:47,759 --> 00:03:49,431 time I was actually a little upset, I 101 00:03:49,431 --> 00:03:51,503 wanted to hear Danny Glover. I love Danny 102 00:03:51,662 --> 00:03:53,892 Glover, but now thinking back on it, it's 103 00:03:53,892 --> 00:03:55,645 actually a little more interesting than he wasn't 104 00:03:55,645 --> 00:03:56,933 there because I got a little story to 105 00:03:56,933 --> 00:03:59,103 tell. But he does owe me 1. So 106 00:03:59,319 --> 00:04:00,672 I get to go back and pick someone. 107 00:04:00,910 --> 00:04:02,794 I'm picking him. You owe me Danny because 108 00:04:03,074 --> 00:04:05,170 I love it. Hopefully he's listening. He'll please. 109 00:04:05,867 --> 00:04:08,341 Many many weekly listeners off the top of 110 00:04:08,341 --> 00:04:09,400 your head favorite 111 00:04:09,777 --> 00:04:12,187 Danny Glover movie. I'll go first, I'm gonna 112 00:04:12,187 --> 00:04:13,326 go with b kind 113 00:04:13,784 --> 00:04:15,780 rewind from, I think 2008, 114 00:04:16,179 --> 00:04:19,133 Danny Glover, Most def and Jack Black, are 115 00:04:19,133 --> 00:04:21,404 really fun movie body creativity 116 00:04:22,024 --> 00:04:23,705 and really, a a great watch. If we 117 00:04:23,705 --> 00:04:25,225 haven't caught up with that 1. Well, and 118 00:04:25,225 --> 00:04:26,904 that is a deep cut. I have actually 119 00:04:26,904 --> 00:04:28,438 seen it. It is a great movie. But 120 00:04:28,598 --> 00:04:30,430 I'm gonna go with the greatest. I'm gonna 121 00:04:30,430 --> 00:04:32,263 go with Lethal Weapon 1 because it's the 122 00:04:32,263 --> 00:04:34,494 gold standard. He's too old for this stuff 123 00:04:34,494 --> 00:04:35,530 if it's on Tb is, 124 00:04:36,983 --> 00:04:38,581 And it's a fantastic movie, and if you 125 00:04:38,581 --> 00:04:39,860 haven't seen it, watch it with your children. 126 00:04:40,179 --> 00:04:42,417 And fun fact, Lethal the Weapon 2, the 127 00:04:42,417 --> 00:04:44,470 first r rated movie I saw in theater 128 00:04:44,668 --> 00:04:46,252 and he was 35 years old. 129 00:04:47,678 --> 00:04:49,501 Well, I love the Danny Glover Love, but 130 00:04:49,501 --> 00:04:51,323 we do have some seniors to celebrate. Let's 131 00:04:51,323 --> 00:04:53,330 head out. To our high schools now and 132 00:04:53,330 --> 00:04:55,483 chat with some of the students there. Jacob 133 00:04:55,882 --> 00:04:57,956 Ortega guy was a very busy guy this 134 00:04:57,956 --> 00:05:00,827 year, not only was Bethel Has Asp b 135 00:05:00,827 --> 00:05:03,310 vice president at member of the Fc fcc 136 00:05:03,310 --> 00:05:05,935 l, but he also c founded his school's 137 00:05:05,935 --> 00:05:08,082 very first asian student union. 138 00:05:08,639 --> 00:05:10,285 Connor, you asked him why he wanted us 139 00:05:10,404 --> 00:05:10,880 start that club. 140 00:05:11,911 --> 00:05:13,974 Yeah. So last year, me and a few 141 00:05:13,974 --> 00:05:16,537 friends got together, and we thought we should 142 00:05:16,831 --> 00:05:19,307 really try start to get our culture represented 143 00:05:19,307 --> 00:05:21,531 more at Bethel High school. So we decided 144 00:05:21,531 --> 00:05:23,278 to start an asian student union. 145 00:05:23,834 --> 00:05:25,740 We found an advisor. We got all the 146 00:05:25,740 --> 00:05:27,585 thinking things together. And, yeah, it was just 147 00:05:27,585 --> 00:05:29,733 a really good experience to be able to 148 00:05:29,733 --> 00:05:31,722 represent our culture and to just share it 149 00:05:31,722 --> 00:05:33,870 to the student body as a whole, and 150 00:05:33,870 --> 00:05:34,959 it really felt nice things 151 00:05:35,717 --> 00:05:37,631 knowing that people knew more about a culture? 152 00:05:37,950 --> 00:05:39,544 That's amazing. And did you get a pretty 153 00:05:39,544 --> 00:05:42,016 good turnout from students here? Yeah. We did 154 00:05:42,016 --> 00:05:43,451 1 fundraiser. It was a 155 00:05:44,104 --> 00:05:45,615 was a Bob shop takeover, 156 00:05:46,093 --> 00:05:48,797 and we got around 253 hundred dollars from 157 00:05:48,797 --> 00:05:51,741 that 1 fundraiser. And, yeah, the student body 158 00:05:51,741 --> 00:05:53,825 really loved our club. It and I'm really 159 00:05:53,825 --> 00:05:55,259 proud to say that I was 1 of 160 00:05:55,259 --> 00:05:57,011 the first officers. So you're leaving your marker 161 00:05:57,011 --> 00:05:58,524 here, and I know next year, you're heading 162 00:05:58,524 --> 00:06:00,515 off to Washington State University to major in 163 00:06:00,515 --> 00:06:01,015 biochemistry 164 00:06:01,471 --> 00:06:03,637 with them, prem med pathway, So that sounds 165 00:06:03,637 --> 00:06:06,267 impressive, but back to Bethel High school, what 166 00:06:06,267 --> 00:06:08,498 have you enjoyed most about being a student 167 00:06:08,498 --> 00:06:10,902 here at B? Yeah. What I enjoyed most 168 00:06:10,902 --> 00:06:12,892 about being a student here is not only 169 00:06:12,892 --> 00:06:14,802 the community, but just the diversity that I've 170 00:06:14,802 --> 00:06:16,872 seen throughout the school, you know, I'm not 171 00:06:16,872 --> 00:06:18,162 just seeing that. The same, you know, a 172 00:06:18,162 --> 00:06:19,917 few people. I'm I'm meeting new people every 173 00:06:19,917 --> 00:06:22,070 day, and I really love that because usually, 174 00:06:22,389 --> 00:06:23,984 with high schools and just schools in general, 175 00:06:24,383 --> 00:06:26,058 we get used to seeing the same few 176 00:06:26,058 --> 00:06:28,064 people every day, but just being able to 177 00:06:28,064 --> 00:06:30,450 meet new people, meaning, you know, learning new 178 00:06:30,450 --> 00:06:32,916 names, even meeting new staff is just a 179 00:06:32,916 --> 00:06:35,556 great experience here at Bethel, and I definitely 180 00:06:35,556 --> 00:06:36,988 gonna hope it carries on to the next 181 00:06:36,988 --> 00:06:38,977 building. Yeah. Great community here. And and what 182 00:06:38,977 --> 00:06:40,647 do you think it is about Bethel high 183 00:06:40,647 --> 00:06:42,893 that makes it... So special. I think all 184 00:06:42,893 --> 00:06:44,328 the changes that we've went, you know, not 185 00:06:44,328 --> 00:06:45,763 only the mask up, but, you know, going 186 00:06:45,763 --> 00:06:46,321 through Covid. 187 00:06:46,959 --> 00:06:48,474 All that going through all that together has 188 00:06:48,474 --> 00:06:50,399 definitely made this class not only this class, 189 00:06:50,479 --> 00:06:53,045 but just the entire school more closely knit 190 00:06:53,260 --> 00:06:55,803 and just the resilience of this entire student 191 00:06:55,803 --> 00:06:58,346 body has definitely made us a very special. 192 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,067 Canadian? Absolutely. And here's here's the big question. 193 00:07:01,227 --> 00:07:02,580 Here's the 1 we've all been waiting for. 194 00:07:03,216 --> 00:07:05,445 If you could have anyone speak at your 195 00:07:05,445 --> 00:07:06,401 high school graduation. 196 00:07:07,133 --> 00:07:08,969 Anyone at all? You pick them? Who are 197 00:07:08,969 --> 00:07:10,246 you gonna pick and why? 198 00:07:11,124 --> 00:07:12,960 Alright. Well, I don't filipino, so you know 199 00:07:13,119 --> 00:07:14,317 I gotta go with the good old Joe 200 00:07:14,396 --> 00:07:14,636 Koi. 201 00:07:15,448 --> 00:07:16,881 I think that he'd bring a lot of 202 00:07:16,881 --> 00:07:18,791 humor, and he'd definitely give us some good 203 00:07:18,791 --> 00:07:20,702 words to leave with, you know, I think 204 00:07:20,702 --> 00:07:23,487 we'd definitely be Joe. Local boy, Joe Coy 205 00:07:23,487 --> 00:07:25,000 who actually went to span away the guys. 206 00:07:25,174 --> 00:07:27,262 School. So he'd be kind of crossing, 207 00:07:27,795 --> 00:07:29,145 the boundaries here to come over to Bethel, 208 00:07:29,462 --> 00:07:30,336 but I bet he would do it. A 209 00:07:30,336 --> 00:07:32,878 good answer. Excellent, and thank you, Jacob, and 210 00:07:32,878 --> 00:07:33,608 good luck, at Steer. 211 00:07:34,564 --> 00:07:36,952 I love the Jacob pic Joe Coy very 212 00:07:36,952 --> 00:07:38,784 cool to have a celebrity comedian up there. 213 00:07:39,421 --> 00:07:41,785 Musicians are also popular when it comes to 214 00:07:41,984 --> 00:07:44,775 picking your celebrity commencement address folks, and Lily 215 00:07:44,934 --> 00:07:47,964 Ryerson is all about music. She is. She's 216 00:07:47,964 --> 00:07:49,957 a member of the chamber orchestra and was 217 00:07:49,957 --> 00:07:52,602 actually the orchestra. Concert master And what what 218 00:07:52,602 --> 00:07:55,072 is actually a concert master. Well, I'll let 219 00:07:55,231 --> 00:07:56,028 Lily answer that. 220 00:07:57,303 --> 00:08:00,199 So concert mask... Is a special roll each 221 00:08:00,333 --> 00:08:02,948 section or each instrument part first violin second 222 00:08:02,948 --> 00:08:05,325 violin in Viola Cello All have a principal 223 00:08:05,325 --> 00:08:08,355 sir and that is essentially the leader. They'll 224 00:08:08,355 --> 00:08:10,260 show people physically like, where we are in 225 00:08:10,260 --> 00:08:12,244 the music as all as just having, like, 226 00:08:12,561 --> 00:08:13,672 traditional leadership rules. 227 00:08:14,324 --> 00:08:15,281 Also additionally, 228 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,394 traditionally concert master is the leader or the 229 00:08:18,394 --> 00:08:21,027 principle of the first violin section and takes 230 00:08:21,027 --> 00:08:23,755 on the added layer of responsibility of leading 231 00:08:23,755 --> 00:08:26,706 the entire orchestra as a whole. So I'll 232 00:08:26,706 --> 00:08:29,498 tune orchestra during concerts. I'll help lead the 233 00:08:29,498 --> 00:08:31,811 class when miss gil isn't here, and 234 00:08:32,542 --> 00:08:33,894 lead larger sectional, 235 00:08:34,531 --> 00:08:36,678 and so, yeah, it's a great gig. So 236 00:08:36,678 --> 00:08:38,667 with all that experience, it should come as 237 00:08:38,667 --> 00:08:40,789 no surprise that you are interested in person 238 00:08:40,909 --> 00:08:42,502 suing music as a career. It looks like 239 00:08:42,502 --> 00:08:43,639 you're gonna go to Western 240 00:08:44,016 --> 00:08:45,928 and study music. And with the idea of 241 00:08:45,928 --> 00:08:49,072 becoming a teacher someday? Yes. So I was 242 00:08:49,209 --> 00:08:52,078 very excited to be accepted into a Western 243 00:08:52,078 --> 00:08:53,353 music education program, 244 00:08:54,070 --> 00:08:56,399 especially as they're only able to... Accept 30 245 00:08:56,399 --> 00:09:00,155 music education freshman each year. So I intend 246 00:09:00,155 --> 00:09:01,913 to go to western in the fall. I 247 00:09:01,913 --> 00:09:04,870 am intending to study under grant Don Ellen 248 00:09:04,870 --> 00:09:07,439 who's they credible violin professor there. 249 00:09:08,157 --> 00:09:11,029 I have the wonderful opportunities in career paths 250 00:09:11,029 --> 00:09:13,753 ahead of me. I'm looking into teaching at 251 00:09:13,753 --> 00:09:16,060 a high school middle school or elementary level, 252 00:09:17,014 --> 00:09:19,560 potentially opening my own violin studio and teaching 253 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:22,041 private lessons, and I'm very interested did in 254 00:09:22,041 --> 00:09:22,121 a, 255 00:09:22,996 --> 00:09:25,702 career of performance as well. Wow, that is 256 00:09:25,702 --> 00:09:26,021 fantastic and. 257 00:09:26,817 --> 00:09:29,179 Congratulations for that. What has been the best 258 00:09:29,378 --> 00:09:31,446 part about being AGK student these 4 years. 259 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,626 I've owned unfortunately only had the opportunity to 260 00:09:34,626 --> 00:09:36,773 be AGK student for 2 years, but I 261 00:09:36,773 --> 00:09:39,016 think in those 2 years, I've really gotten 262 00:09:39,016 --> 00:09:40,051 the full experience. 263 00:09:40,608 --> 00:09:41,245 I'm super, 264 00:09:41,881 --> 00:09:44,429 involved with the arts here. I've part of 265 00:09:44,508 --> 00:09:47,065 Drama Club as well as, all my orchestra 266 00:09:47,065 --> 00:09:48,414 stuff, which we've already discussed. 267 00:09:49,049 --> 00:09:50,954 I love being a part of Orchestra. It's 268 00:09:50,954 --> 00:09:52,700 such a family, and the same thing is 269 00:09:52,700 --> 00:09:54,865 true with Drama Club well I love the 270 00:09:54,865 --> 00:09:56,785 opportunities that we have for the arts here 271 00:09:56,785 --> 00:09:59,024 at G k and the opportunities we have 272 00:09:59,024 --> 00:10:01,264 to make lasting memories and build. 273 00:10:01,997 --> 00:10:04,700 Incredible communities that... And 1 of my favorite 274 00:10:04,700 --> 00:10:07,665 parts about these communities is kind of shepherd 275 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,584 under and showing them the possibilities of what 276 00:10:10,584 --> 00:10:12,432 it will be like, as they work through 277 00:10:12,432 --> 00:10:12,830 this 278 00:10:13,549 --> 00:10:15,703 education system and just kind of seeing the 279 00:10:15,703 --> 00:10:18,256 hope and excitement of all great levels as 280 00:10:18,256 --> 00:10:19,548 they advance through 281 00:10:20,026 --> 00:10:20,664 the programs. 282 00:10:22,737 --> 00:10:24,969 Wow Lily is really impressive. I'm sure we're 283 00:10:24,969 --> 00:10:26,484 gonna hear big things from her in the 284 00:10:26,484 --> 00:10:29,126 future. Absolutely. And... Speaking of impressive students. I 285 00:10:29,126 --> 00:10:30,637 also got a chance to speak with challenger 286 00:10:30,637 --> 00:10:33,101 high school senior, Lance Garcia. Lance has a 287 00:10:33,101 --> 00:10:36,137 really diverse set of interest said engineering. Art, 288 00:10:36,375 --> 00:10:39,865 El and contemporary world issues. When he wasn't 289 00:10:39,865 --> 00:10:42,007 in class, he was out shooting photos or 290 00:10:42,007 --> 00:10:43,673 winning awards for his scholarship. 291 00:10:44,163 --> 00:10:46,169 And you asked him about his plans after 292 00:10:46,303 --> 00:10:46,461 graduation. 293 00:10:47,966 --> 00:10:50,026 Well, I'm wanting to doing the trades and 294 00:10:50,026 --> 00:10:50,977 maybe work with Boeing. 295 00:10:51,865 --> 00:10:53,215 Excellent, Boy. That's a that's a great 1 296 00:10:53,215 --> 00:10:54,486 to get into, and we're lucky to have 297 00:10:54,486 --> 00:10:56,789 them so close. So challenger is such a 298 00:10:56,789 --> 00:10:59,649 great school. I absolutely love this school. What 299 00:10:59,649 --> 00:11:02,128 do you love most about challenger. I like 300 00:11:02,128 --> 00:11:04,037 that the teachers have enough time to actually 301 00:11:04,037 --> 00:11:06,105 care about the students and actually help us 302 00:11:06,105 --> 00:11:07,909 when we need to ask for help. Just 303 00:11:08,109 --> 00:11:09,947 It's an easier environment to ask for hope? 304 00:11:10,346 --> 00:11:11,625 It's not as a nerve wracking to ask 305 00:11:11,625 --> 00:11:14,182 for help here. And what makes this school 306 00:11:14,182 --> 00:11:15,620 so special? How's has it been special to 307 00:11:15,620 --> 00:11:17,305 you during your? Years here. It's helped me 308 00:11:17,305 --> 00:11:19,051 a lot. Before I transferred here, I did 309 00:11:19,051 --> 00:11:21,272 not get very good grades, and there was 310 00:11:21,272 --> 00:11:22,780 not, you know, the honor student that I 311 00:11:22,780 --> 00:11:24,949 am now. 3 but I was able to 312 00:11:24,949 --> 00:11:25,449 actually 313 00:11:25,750 --> 00:11:28,549 become the honorable student that I am and 314 00:11:28,549 --> 00:11:30,149 work on my grades a lot better and 315 00:11:30,149 --> 00:11:32,637 become better version of myself. That's so cool. 316 00:11:32,875 --> 00:11:34,327 And I love the challenger 317 00:11:35,016 --> 00:11:37,316 has such a supportive environment and does nurture 318 00:11:37,316 --> 00:11:39,378 students into becoming the best versions of themselves. 319 00:11:39,615 --> 00:11:41,542 So this is the question that's kinda goofy 320 00:11:41,542 --> 00:11:43,215 question, and I I popped it on the 321 00:11:43,215 --> 00:11:44,728 last minute. So take your time if you 322 00:11:44,728 --> 00:11:47,596 need it. If you could have anyone celebrity, 323 00:11:47,835 --> 00:11:50,164 non celebrity person. Throughout history, 324 00:11:50,804 --> 00:11:51,445 anybody at all, 325 00:11:52,485 --> 00:11:54,644 speak at your graduation. Maybe give you a 326 00:11:54,644 --> 00:11:56,184 good motivational speech 327 00:11:56,499 --> 00:11:58,732 who would you choose and more importantly why? 328 00:11:59,051 --> 00:11:59,689 Jensen and. 329 00:12:00,407 --> 00:12:02,561 He's he's been a favorite celebrity mine for 330 00:12:02,561 --> 00:12:05,113 years, should it be very inspirational? I am 331 00:12:05,113 --> 00:12:07,125 old and out of touch I don't know 332 00:12:07,125 --> 00:12:08,884 who that is. Can for for the other 333 00:12:08,884 --> 00:12:10,324 old out of touch people like me Can 334 00:12:10,324 --> 00:12:12,404 you explain who that is. He stars in 335 00:12:12,404 --> 00:12:15,284 supernatural as the main character Dean Winchester. He's 336 00:12:15,284 --> 00:12:16,996 also in the boys as 337 00:12:17,768 --> 00:12:20,552 soldier boy, and many other, like, early 2 338 00:12:20,552 --> 00:12:21,052 thousands 339 00:12:21,825 --> 00:12:22,700 movies and stuff, 340 00:12:24,715 --> 00:12:26,955 Connor, I can't believe you didn't know who 341 00:12:27,035 --> 00:12:27,535 Jensen 342 00:12:27,995 --> 00:12:29,835 is. You don't really know Jensen and is. 343 00:12:30,075 --> 00:12:31,606 Do you? No. I have no idea So 344 00:12:31,606 --> 00:12:34,224 let's move forward with our final senior feature 345 00:12:34,224 --> 00:12:37,318 here. Span Lake High school senior Zen later, 346 00:12:37,477 --> 00:12:39,143 has the interesting perspective. 347 00:12:39,714 --> 00:12:42,418 Of being both a star basketball player and 348 00:12:42,418 --> 00:12:45,600 a member of her school state champion cheer 349 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,601 leading squad, of You talked to her about 350 00:12:47,601 --> 00:12:49,663 some of the highlights of competing in both 351 00:12:49,663 --> 00:12:50,377 of those sports. 352 00:12:52,519 --> 00:12:54,343 1 highlight for me from... 353 00:12:54,993 --> 00:12:58,277 Basketball is that we went to playoffs, and 354 00:12:58,652 --> 00:13:00,721 I got to, like, know my team better 355 00:13:00,721 --> 00:13:01,539 and experience 356 00:13:02,008 --> 00:13:02,508 different 357 00:13:03,277 --> 00:13:05,339 relationships. And then 1 for chair would be, 358 00:13:05,498 --> 00:13:08,274 of course, we won't state, but, also, 359 00:13:09,305 --> 00:13:12,101 chair camp, when I got nominated for all 360 00:13:12,260 --> 00:13:12,658 American, 361 00:13:13,374 --> 00:13:16,077 and I got a leadership board. Yeah. Those 362 00:13:16,077 --> 00:13:17,587 are awesome big things right there. Do you 363 00:13:17,587 --> 00:13:19,575 also have some big plans for after graduation. 364 00:13:19,909 --> 00:13:21,667 You wanna study biology and go on to 365 00:13:21,667 --> 00:13:23,905 med school to eventually become an Ob g. 366 00:13:24,225 --> 00:13:26,222 Where did that goal come from? It was 367 00:13:26,222 --> 00:13:28,140 a goal that I started off when I 368 00:13:28,140 --> 00:13:31,115 was young. I think like 10, but I 369 00:13:31,115 --> 00:13:32,735 think it mainly came from 370 00:13:33,274 --> 00:13:35,514 the shows and, like, movies that I grew 371 00:13:35,514 --> 00:13:36,075 up watching. 372 00:13:36,554 --> 00:13:39,127 I love criminal minds and grey's anatomy, and 373 00:13:39,287 --> 00:13:41,445 I kinda got my interest from there, but 374 00:13:41,445 --> 00:13:43,922 also the fact that I love children, 375 00:13:44,401 --> 00:13:46,654 and I love helping others, so it just 376 00:13:46,654 --> 00:13:48,574 all worked out for me? Yeah. That's amazing. 377 00:13:48,735 --> 00:13:50,975 Good career choices for helping people. So what 378 00:13:50,975 --> 00:13:53,694 would you say you have enjoyed most about 379 00:13:53,694 --> 00:13:55,384 being a student that's. Ban Lake High school. 380 00:13:55,622 --> 00:13:57,688 What I have enjoyed most about being a 381 00:13:57,688 --> 00:14:00,334 student at Sp Lake High school would be 382 00:14:00,867 --> 00:14:03,355 all the bonds that I, Created, especially because 383 00:14:03,355 --> 00:14:05,514 it's only my second year here. So when 384 00:14:05,674 --> 00:14:07,115 I first came here, I was little nervous, 385 00:14:07,355 --> 00:14:10,166 but, like, after getting to know everyone I 386 00:14:10,166 --> 00:14:12,871 just kinda started to fit in, and I 387 00:14:12,871 --> 00:14:15,439 especially think my peers and my teachers 388 00:14:15,814 --> 00:14:18,053 because they made been a lake, like, a 389 00:14:18,053 --> 00:14:20,989 second home for me. And my teachers pushed 390 00:14:20,989 --> 00:14:24,243 me past, like, my limit and knew what 391 00:14:24,322 --> 00:14:26,488 I could handle. And it just helped me 392 00:14:26,488 --> 00:14:27,527 for when I go to college? 393 00:14:28,166 --> 00:14:29,205 And you talked about it a little bit 394 00:14:29,205 --> 00:14:30,723 right there, but what what else would you 395 00:14:30,723 --> 00:14:32,321 say make Span or Lake high school so 396 00:14:32,321 --> 00:14:32,481 special? 397 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,261 I would... Say just the fact that the 398 00:14:36,318 --> 00:14:36,818 teachers 399 00:14:37,352 --> 00:14:40,080 prepare you for life outside of high school 400 00:14:40,296 --> 00:14:42,699 and not like inside high school, like, they 401 00:14:42,699 --> 00:14:45,565 push you to do more than what you 402 00:14:45,565 --> 00:14:47,714 think you can do as far as, like, 403 00:14:48,033 --> 00:14:51,230 whether it's not with activities or with school 404 00:14:51,230 --> 00:14:54,253 work or just like, other things that you 405 00:14:54,253 --> 00:14:56,337 may have to do with outside school like 406 00:14:56,337 --> 00:14:56,576 jobs. 407 00:14:57,214 --> 00:14:58,887 They just put in a lot of effort 408 00:14:58,887 --> 00:15:01,118 and they care, and they wanna make sure 409 00:15:01,118 --> 00:15:04,066 that everyone is in the right position to 410 00:15:04,066 --> 00:15:07,352 succeed. Okay. And... Here's the Goofy 1. If 411 00:15:07,352 --> 00:15:09,509 you could choose anyone in the world. Famous, 412 00:15:09,829 --> 00:15:12,679 not famous, live dead, someone from history, the 413 00:15:12,958 --> 00:15:15,343 to speak at your high school graduation, maybe 414 00:15:15,343 --> 00:15:17,569 give you a motivational speech, who would you 415 00:15:17,569 --> 00:15:19,160 choose and more importantly, why? 416 00:15:21,875 --> 00:15:24,438 I think I would choose Jay Cole 417 00:15:24,969 --> 00:15:25,469 because 418 00:15:25,921 --> 00:15:27,879 Jay Cole speaks a lot of 419 00:15:28,398 --> 00:15:30,789 life, like, in his music, and he speaks 420 00:15:30,789 --> 00:15:32,883 a lot of, like, facts and 421 00:15:33,419 --> 00:15:36,143 things that actually pertain to the world, and 422 00:15:36,143 --> 00:15:38,289 that just send out a big message. So 423 00:15:38,448 --> 00:15:40,617 I think it would do great with 424 00:15:41,070 --> 00:15:42,047 sharing a message 425 00:15:42,660 --> 00:15:44,940 out with not only me, but everyone else 426 00:15:48,321 --> 00:15:50,389 Well, that is gonna wrap up this week's 427 00:15:50,389 --> 00:15:52,538 show, Connor, thank you for going out and 428 00:15:52,538 --> 00:15:54,381 interviewing those seniors really great here for from 429 00:15:54,381 --> 00:15:56,760 our students, and we wish them and all 430 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:57,418 the other 431 00:15:57,790 --> 00:15:58,742 1300. 432 00:15:59,059 --> 00:16:01,730 Bethel School District graduates this year, the ver 433 00:16:01,929 --> 00:16:04,567 very very best best wishes to them and 434 00:16:04,567 --> 00:16:06,245 their families, and we will chat with you 435 00:16:06,245 --> 00:16:07,364 all next week.