Looking Back and Looking Forward

As we head into Summer, take a look at Summit student’s favorite memories and exciting, upcoming events.

Paige Parton, Staff Writer

Summer is only days away. Freshman will be sophomores, sophomores will be juniors, juniors will be seniors, and seniors will, well, they’ll be gone. So many crazy and exciting events have taken place in everyone’s lives in the past year. Whether it’s the controversial sophomore meeting or boys soccer and golf winning the state title, there’s lots to look back on and more importantly, lots to look forward to. Let’s take a look at some students and their favorite memories from the past year and what they are looking forward to in the next one.

 

Lexie Mead (Sophomore)-

Looking forward to: being tan 

Favorite memory from last year: Going wake surfing at her lake house 

 

Mila Chenoweth (Sophomore)-

Looking forward to: Swimming in the river

Favorite memory from last year: Traveling to Mexico

 

Samantha Grindeland (Sophomore)-

Looking forward to: Spending time with friends

Favorite memory from last year: Skiing in Sun Valley

 

Lily Cloninger (Junior)- 

Looking forward to: Taking less classes, senior year, cheer and especially spending the summer with all the seniors graduating 

Favorite memory from last year: Attending and cheering at football games for the first time in a while

 

Elle Buresh (Sophomore)- 

Looking forward to: Being able to spend time during the summer with the friends I have now and being able to watch them grow and working 

Favorite memory from last year: Making all the friends I have now

 

Samuel Taylor (Junior)- 

Looking forward to: Taking game design next year since that’s his dream job and doing an internship

Favorite memory from last year: Hosting a super smash brothers tournament which he won

 

Jackson Dean-Ziegler (Freshman)- 

Looking forward to: Going to California 

Favorite memory from last year: Doing track 1500 and 3k in track 

 

Jackson Hawkins (Junior)-

Looking forward to: Being a senior because it’s going to  be a fun year 

Favorite memory from last year: Going back to football games because it added a sense of normalcy

 

Oneil Maulein (Senior)-

Looking forward to: Graduating 

Favorite memory from last year: Making my cutting board in shop class 

 

Laura Bagely (Junior)-

Looking forward to: Going to all the lakes

Favorite memory from last year: Floating the Deschutes 

 

Avery Snavely (Freshman)-

Looking forward to: Spending time with her new golden retriever puppy 

Favorite memory from last year: Playing Summit lacrosse

 

Mackenzie Hames (Freshman)-

Looking forward to: Hanging out with friends

Favorite memory from last year: Going to the coast Pacific City with friends

 

Marian Ellers (Freshman)-

Looking forward to: Going to Kentucky, the Hamptons and the East Coast with friends Favorite memory from last year: Hanging out at Riverbend park

 

Moxie Hovorka (Freshman)-

Looking forward to: The Mt. Bachelor bike park opening

Favorite memory from last year: Going to Bishop, California with friends

 

Thor Schmidt (Sophomore)-

Looking forward to: Working at Dakine Grindz 

Favorite memory from last year: Attending soccer games

 

Gavin Willard (Sophomore) –

Looking forward to: Working at the Aubrey glen pool

Favorite memory from last year: Swim meets and soccer games

 

Jayn Willis (Sophomore)-

Looking forward to: Visiting her friends in Washington 

Favorite memory from last year: Making new friends at Summit

 

Lia Cooper (Sophomore)-

Looking forward to: Playing soccer this Summer

Favorite memory from last year: Getting back into track after getting hurt 

 

Ethan Hall (Junior)-

Looking forward to: Boating on Crescent lake

Favorite memory from last year: Going to all the different sports games

 

There are various things to look forward to in the next school year, for example, masks won’t be required at football games and homecoming will be back to normal. However, we won’t get ahead of ourselves; Summer is just beginning.