Valedictorian

Elleana Majdinasab felt a sense of relief. She would be the Valedictorian for the 2015 senior class. Top spot was something she had worked for since freshman year.

“It was a sense of relief because there was the threat of going down two or three places,” Majdinasab said.

Majdinasab, who has taken almost every AP class offered at school, said that the workload “wasn’t as bad as you would expect.”

“I manage my time wisely,” Majdinasab said. “I don’t want to be pretentious, but it wasn’t anything hard.”

Careful time management allowed Majdinasab to keep up with extra curricular activities as well.

“Extracurricular weren’t really an extra effort,” Majdinasab said. “They were all things that I enjoyed. It wasn’t like an obligation.”

Majdinasab plans on remaining a good student and maintaining her high average throughout college as well.

“I study the night before,” Majdinasab said. “I will probably have  to change that for college. I plan on paying attention in class and doing my homework. I don’t plan on being a slacker.”

Salutatorian

It was no surprise to Lauren Barnett that she was in the Top 10 of her class. She had worked hard all four years of her high school career and earned herself the spot of Salutatorian.

“It was very exciting,” Barnett said. “I am highly satisfied with my position.”

Barnett decided she wanted to make either Valedictorian or Salutatorian her freshman year.

“I set my sights on it and I went for it,” Barnett said. “I wanted it bad enough that I got it.”

Barnett began taking AP and pre AP classes her freshman year, taking very few 4.0.

“The workload got tough at times,” Barnett said. “I slept quite a bit to help relieve some of the stress.”

Through the stress, Barnett said she doubted herself at times but always managed to pull it together and keep pushing forward, especially with the help of her parents.

“There were some major moments of doubt,” Barnett said. “I had to make myself calm down and I took it one day, one class at a time.”