Q: So what kind of things inspired you to join Mountain Echo?

A:¨Honestly, I’ve always liked to write, and so I thought I might as well do it because I had already taken the creative writing class with Mrs. Stephens as a freshman. So there weren’t many other writing classes that you could do. And then also my sister did it.”

Q: How do you manage working with the Mountain Echo and doing your other clubs?

A¨It can be a lot sometimes, especially when something happens, like with the two hour delay and the school shooting thing. There will be times where it’s important for us as journalists to get that story out as soon as possible. So sometimes you’re just really pressed for time. And I’ve gotten really good at getting all of my other work done really early so that if something comes up, I can be ready for it.¨

Q Do you ever take your art and incorporate it with Mountain Echo at all?

A¨I’ve thought about doing stuff like that. I don’t really do that with Mountain Echo, just because art is more personal to me. And obviously the Mountain Echo is not personal to me, it’s more for news. I do more opinion pieces, so I put a lot of my opinion into it just because that’s what I’m good at. I write short stories a lot, so I’ll kind of draw scenes based on that, and then vice versa, I guess not so much with the Mountain Echo because I can’t do creative writing with that.

Q: What kind of clubs do you recommend for art? 

A:¨Definitely National Art Honor Society.The National Art Honor Society is pretty much the only one. It’s like the National Honor Society.It’s not hard to get in. You just have to take Art l and pass. So that’s some requirement.¨