Three Stories Featuring Various Students at FHN
Junior Colin Smith created a new club at FHN this year. Smith created this club to organize and unite the clubs and club leaders, and create a good form of communication throughout the clubs.
“I feel like we just lacked communication and kids that were in multiple clubs weren’t able to attend certain meetings because the clubs didn’t talk to each other, so I just wanted to fix that problem, and just create a sense of unity,” Smith said.
Although they don’t currently have a sponsor for this club, Jordyn Kiel has helped a lot with the production and running of this club. The attendance for meetings has still been good and the meetings run smoothly. In meetings they discuss things about the school and talk about what and when each of the clubs upcoming events and meetings are. Smith is very passionate about the values about this club and its purpose.
“I’ve always just thrived on the sense of communicating and organizing, and being that we really didn’t have one big communication source or any sense of organization for all the clubs really inspired me to get that done,” Smith said.
Nate Grey is a sophomore who has come to learn how to create his own computers. As of now, he has created a gaming computer for himself as it was cheaper to make it then buying it. He also made one for his father as an upgrade to what he previously had.
“A solid beginner PC can be $800 and it can go all the way up past $3,000, it’s really just up to what you wanna spend,” Grey said.
Grey would use his winter and fall breaks and any other spare time researching Youtube tutorials with his friends on the best methods. His method involves putting together all the computer’s components and then putting it into its case. As he found
his way around making the computers he learned a few tips along the way.
“Try not to get scammed and buy from reliable sites,” Grey said. “Make sure you have a good idea of what you wanna do and how much you wanna spend.”
Grey has also moved on to building other projects including RC cars which are cars controlled by radio and has also moved towards parts for cars, specifically motors.
“You pretty much just have to put it all together and hope it turns on,” Grey said.
Some students may move around because of their parent’s jobs, however, most don’t move out of the country. Because of her father’s job, freshman Quinn Marable moved to France in 2014 and lived there for three years.
“There were a lot of cultural differences,” Marable said. “There was also a lot of people from other countries there.”
She lived in a small village called Valbonne, and went to an international school which taught classes in multiple languages.
“When I first moved there, my sisters and I, we didn’t speak French,” Marable said. “But we went to an international school. They would speak French and English from the teachers, so we just kind of learned from going.”
After living there for some time, Marable does not only want to travel more, but recommends traveling internationally to others as well.
“I think it’s a really good experience to have, and I think it really changes the way you see things a lot,” Marable said.
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