Seniors recently began the last semester of their high school career, with the end approaching they, in large, reflect on their experiences over the past four years.
Graduation for seniors is May 22. For the majority of seniors only four months of classes remain.
Senior Sophie Treyger’s favorite class is sculpture with art teacher Chris Robbins which she first started in her junior year, her first year at McNeil.
“I feel like his class has really changed me as an artist,” Treyger said. “I feel like it’s made me more open to failure, and made me become a more abstract thinker.”
Treyger believes along with Robbins teaching, the classroom environment itself encompasses a positive atmosphere that helps outlet her work.
“I feel like the space that he created just elicits such creativity and such an open mindedness,” Treyger said. “I would recommend that [freshmen] stay all four years, you’ll be a different person when you come out because of that class.”
Over the past four years, senior Lynx Loding’s favorite class has been animation, which they’ve been taking since their freshman year.
“Mr. Peacock is very sweet,” Loding said. “It’s been the most open class that I’ve had and the one that I haven’t regretted taking at any point, even for a minute.”
The class focuses on how to use different animation softwares and helping students learn information on an animation career, Loding enjoys the class itself and the knowledge they’ve been able to use outside of the classroom.
“It’s genuinely fun, it’s not that hard and you’re able to do what you want because it’s a general guideline, but you’re still able to include what your interests are,” Loding said.” I draw a lot outside of school, and I had been meaning to get into animation anyway as just a passion project, so I’ve been able to enjoy doing that outside of school and making my own projects and sharing my art with other people and helping them too.”
Senior Love Fonseca’s favorite class is golf, which she first started taking two years ago.
“I really love being in golf,” Fonseca said. “It makes me feel sort of like a free spirit, very athletic, but also very elite, because golf culture is very uppity. My mom was a champion in high school for golf, and my grandpa played and I’m kind of carrying on their legacy.”
Fonseca plans on playing golf during college and takes lessons outside of school to help her improve, she believes her teammates also contribute to making the sport fun.
“My two best friends were in golf,” Fonseca said. “My favorite golf moment was my friend calling herself the goat of putting and then immediately getting beat by my other best friend, she won the putting contest and now she was declared the goat of putting—she’s a very humble person, so she would absolutely never say that about herself, it’s funny.”
