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Hi my name is wylyn harris i am 17 years old and i live in royal arkansas. I have been to three schools in my life mount ida, lake hamilton, and now lakeside. I moved to lake hamilton because i knew alot of people there and i played sports with them. I moved to lakeside because my parents bought a house right next to the school.

I have one brother his name is charter my parents names are wendy and shane i also have one dog named oreo. My parents own crystal springs marina so thats where i work and spend most of my time. I cook in the restaurant during the summer.

I have many hobbies i play basketball, race cars, car mechanic, and wakeboard along with many other fun things. I have been playing basketball all my life i really enjoy it. I play AAU basketball for the Old School Wings we are one of the best AAU teams in the state. My whole family has a basketball background, My mom played for the U of A as well as both my grandpas so i guess you can say i grew up in a sports family.

This is my junior year and i plan on going to collage on a basketball scholarship. If that doesn’t work out i plan on going to the U of A to study business and hopefully one day take over my parents company.

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Hello, my name is Joe! I was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas on November 25th, 2002. I lived in Florida from age one-four and returned back to Hot Springs because my parents wanted me to go to Lakeside. Two summers ago my parents divorced after six-teen years of marriage. I live with my dad (Joseph) and one of my sisters (Juliana) along with our pets.

I have seven siblings, two brothers and five sisters. Both of my brothers live here in Hot Springs, one of my sisters lives with me, one lives in Alabama, one lives in Louisiana, one lives in Texas, and the other one lives here in Hot Springs. I have two snakes, both of them are Ball Pythons. One is a female and her name is Medusa, the other one is a male and his name is Hercules. I have four dogs, one is a female pitbull named Jade (she is very energetic), one is a male half beagle half bloodhound and his name is Red, one is a male half Teacup Yorkie half Chihuahua and his name is Little Guy, and then Zeus is my seven week old puppy. He’s a bit of a weird breed, his mom is half Rottweiler and half Lab but his dad is a coyote.`

I love watching football, especially the Cowboys. I like to go hunting, fishing, camping, etc. I really just enjoy being active. I love hanging out with my friends, when we all get together there’s no way to know what might happen. My favorite food is pizza, yes that’s an average food but still my favorite. One of my favorite things to do is just take a walk when it’s nice outside and just clear my head. I take a second to forget the negatives, think of the positives, and move on.

I just recently got a “new” truck and I’ve been driving it a lot, these gas prices don’t go down either. I spend most of my time with my family/friends and my girlfriend. Tomorrow, August 29th, will be our eleven months. She also attends Lakeside High School with me as a senior.

This is my senior year and It’s not going to be like any other year of school. I’m deciding to go all online so that I can manage my time easier. After high school I plan on going to NPC for my basics. After that I may switch to a better school/learning program for welding. Then hopefully I can get in working with my brother-in-law.

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I was born on September 17th of 2003. I was born in Memphis, so Tennessee is my original state. I moved to Hot Springs, and lived in the Lake Hamilton area. I lived on Marion Anderson Street, which is strange because I used to live in a place called Marion near Memphis, and my Mother’s last name went back to Anderson after my parents split. I lived in that house for about 9 years before we moved. Back then it was just me, my mom, and my older and only blood sibling, Tre’. I soaked up Hot Springs while travelling back and forth to my dad’s house in West Memphis, and we’d hunt ducks occasionally when it was season.

I had one friend at Lake Hamilton, and we’ll just say he wasn’t in the states by the books. From what I’ve heard, he moved off to New York or something. So with one friendship under my belt, I had a bit of culture shock when I came to Lakeside. I was being recognized and talked to by people that I had met only a week before. I did have a bit of a personality change between the 5th and 6th grade, which is most definitely why this happened. I wasn’t a scumbag or anything, I was just really strange before I came here. Plus the stuck up trashy kids I was going to school with weren’t really my crowd anyway. Everything worked out for me when I got here, even with the weird and strenuous melodrama I subjected myself to.  Needless to say, I wouldn’t be very happy if I was still with the wolves.

My hobbies consist of talking to my friend Donny over the phone, taking drives, playing my guitars, video editing, watching films, reading, and making the worst music possible with my band. I like to sleep throughout the day. My favorite drink is green tea. My favorite food is garlic fettuccine alfredo. My most prized possession is my Danelectro 67’ Heaven Hawk. I have had my dog Maxine for over 10 years now, and she is very sweet. She is an old lady now but she can hold her own. Last winter a rabbit would run in and out of her fenced area, so she caught it. We found the bones a day later and she got a heartworm. Being the freak of nature she is; she recovered perfectly with my specially made pill meatball.

Everything so far is good for me. I’m just going with the flow these days. I try my best to not worry about things so I take it easy. Sometimes I take it too easy and fall asleep where I am.
I’ve fallen asleep eating dinner before, and also at the dentist during a cleaning. I’ve been trying to revisit some things that made me happy when I was younger. In light of that, me and my dad will be going duck hunting again after all these years. We have to wait for the season to come, but it isn’t that far away, and I’m anticipating it very strongly.

Facetime screenshot when I was trying to get a small pebble out of my eye.

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I was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas on October 15, 2003. I have lived in Hot Springs all of my life, and I have attended Lakeside since kindergarten. When I was 7 my parents got divorced, and shortly after my mom married my step-dad.

I have 1 older brother who is a senior at Lakeside named Austin, and 3 younger half-brothers named Ayden, Asher, and Avery. Ayden and Asher are in intermediate school here at Lakeside, and Avery is only 3 years old. My mom is pregnant with another baby boy. He is supposed to join our family this next week or two, and my parents plan to carry on the "A" name tradition by naming him Axtin. This will hopefully finally complete my family with my parents and 5 boys.

We all live together, but we plan to move into a bigger home soon to fit our new addition. My mom and dad divorced early in my life, and I don't really remember much with him in my life. I occasionally see him now, and hope to grow closer with his as I get older. My house is always full of friends and family. Plus, my dog named Teddy.

I love playing football and soccer. I have been obsessed with both of these sports since I was little, and I hope to continue playing through college. I love hanging out with friends, and I spend all my money eating at Chick-Fil-A. I love my car, and spend almost all my time in it driving around when I can. When I am rarely just chilling at home, I enjoy watching Netflix shows and taking lots of naps.

Junior year is going to be very abnormal. I have decided to attend school as a hybrid student, and I hope this will help me manage my time and be successful academically this year. This is essential if I want to fulfill my post- high-school dreams. I hope to attend college and get scholarships through sports (most likely football). I want to make my parents proud by working hard academically and physically to attend a college after high school.

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I was born on October 20, 2003 in Hot Springs Arkansas. My parents met in their 20's since my dad was looking for a show girl for his magic show. My parents then moved here to begin the shows and not too long after got married. I have always gone to Lakeside and plan to graduate from there also.

I have 2 sisters, Courtney and Lexi. Courtney, my half sister, is 31, grew up in Fort Smith with her mom, and now lives in Fayetteville with her husband and 2 kids. Lexi also went to Lakeside, graduated from U of A, and now also lives in Fayetteville. We are all very close, even though they live 4 hours away.

My parents divorced when I was 3 years of age, so I don't ever remember them being together. Now they co-parent very well together and are actually really great friends, which is nice. I mostly live with my mom, but I pretty much stay with whichever parent when I want. Wherever I am, I am the only other person in the house besides one of my parents. I also have a dog named Cosmo who is my best friend.

One of my biggest hobbies would have to be cheer, which I have been doing since I was in 4th grade. Another hobby of mine is painting. My dad got me started on painting at a very young age, so by the age of 7 I was selling paintings for $500+ to people all around the world. As I started to get older I kind of grew apart from painting, but just recently I started getting back into it which I'm really happy about.

This year for school is definitely going to be different, especially since I am doing it all online. I am still excited to learn and push myself this year. After high school I plan to attend college in order to become an aesthetician and open my own spa, just like my mom. I hope this school year goes smoothly, which I am not feeling the most confident about just because of how 2020 itself has gone. I am still going to try my hardest in school and to make the best out of this year while I can.

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I was born in Hot Springs Arkansas. I started going to school at Magnet Cove up until the 3rd grade when my mom got remarried and we decided to move to a school with more opportunity which was Lakeside! My mom held me back so I could have a fresh start since I was behind with the curriculum.  (which I'm very glad she did) During the 6th grade we decided to try something new and I moved to Conway. It didn't last long so I moved back the next year and I have been at Lakeside ever since.

I have 3 Sisters and 2 brothers. I am the baby in the family and it definitely has its perks. All of my siblings range from 27-35 in age, I know it's crazy. My family is all very close with each other even though everyone is living their separate lives. We still all make time to visit each other.

At home it's just me and my mom and of course my puppy Chevvy and cat Miss.Kitty. Recently my oldest sister moved all the way from Michegean back home and we are very happy about that. Also my grandma is living with us while she sells her house so we have had really good at home meals recently. Me and my family have lived in the same house since I was born, even when I moved to Conway we had it rented incase we ever decided to come back home!

Some of my hobbies are to hang out with my friends and to go to work. I really spent every minute of summer I could with my friends ( wearing masks of course) and made as much time as I could for fun activities. I also really enjoy waking up and going to work. I love making money and being able to spend it as a reward as well as saving. I will never be tired of working 3 jobs and I continue to be on the grind until I have a career.

This school year should be very interesting because it is something different for all of us. I personally enjoy being at school and I definitely was ready to be back, but with the virus and having to change a lot of our daily routines it has definitely been very different. Eventually this will be the new normal and we will all adjust but for the meantime all we can do is try to stay safe and wear our masks at all times!

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I was born right here in Hot Springs, Arkansas on November 11, 2003 making me 16 years old. My mother moved here a couple of years before I was born, she moved all the way from Oregon where she was born and raised. My dad moved to Oregon all the way from South Korea at a young age. My dad was adopted by a german family that moved to america.

I have two sisters. My older sister is named Taylor and she just graduated from highschool and moved out to live with her boyfriend and his family. My younger sister is in the eighth grade and her name is Emily. Emily is just now getting into the high school building and she was nervous about me embarrassing her in public but I would never do that. Yet.

About 10 years ago my parents got divorced and my mom got remarried about a year ago to a mister Matthew Hargrove. Matthew, or Matt is what most people call him, has two sons named Matthew Hargrove Jr. and Daniel Hargrove. Matthew is the older of the two and is 13 years old and attends Lake Hamilton high school. Daniel is 12 years old and also attends Lake Hamilton high school.

When I graduate from high school, if I graduate high school, I would like to go into the welding industry. The school that i want to go to is called Tulsa Welding School and they teach you how to ya know weld. The reason why I want to go into welding is because I heard that welders make good money. My step dad talked me into welding because he told me about the money and that it was relatively easy.

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I was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on February 14, 2004. I was raised in Hot Springs, Arkansas. I have one full sibling and one half brother, I lived with my grandparents for seven years till eventually moving in with my mom. Ever since a young age I loved baseball, I started playing at 4 and stopped, at 15 due to injuries I had that made me lose interest in the sport. I made the all star every year and got to travel and play other teams in Arkansas.

I have been attending Lakeside School District ever since pre-k. I have never really liked school but have always had great teachers throughout my eleven years at this school. I really like lakeside because of the education opportunities that you get at this school, even though I don't like school it gives you good insight for your future. Also, being able to go to National Park Community College and have the opportunity to gain college credit is amazing, and will help trying to get into college after High School. I also think we have a good sports program at lakeside and a good musical one as well. I played football from seventh to eight grade, and played basketball in the fifth grade. I also was a part of the Lakeside Band from sixth to eight grade as well.

I also love going on vacations during summer break I think its a great way to spend time with your family and bond together. I love going to the beach during the summer time, we went once when I was going into sixth grade, and went last summer as well unfortunately this year was canceled because COVID-19. I like going out on the lake with family friends and staying the night on the houseboat.

I also enjoy going outside, riding bikes, hunting, fishing, hiking, and going on drives. I love the outdoors because I think that is very peaceful and it helps me calm down if I'm mad or something. I love to go swimming like I'm always constantly in the water, I also enjoy hanging out with friends all the time, I like playing video games with them and going on walks downtown. Well that is information about me. I am looking forward to a great year at  lakeside High School.

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I was born in Texarkana, Texas, on August 24th, many, many years ago (don't ask how many!).  My first name is Hayden.  I never knew another little girl named Hayden when I was growing up.  My parents named me after a mountain in Colorado where they met - Mount Hayden - and they made a vow they would name their firstborn "Hayden" whether they had a girl or boy.  When I was a little girl, I loved school and to write stories.  I remember I was at my grandfather's house the first time I wrote a chapter book.

I have two brothers.  My older brother is named Dusty and he lives in Dallas with his wife and my nephew, who is a senior this year and is attending his high school virtually.  My niece is a sophomore in college at Texas A&M.  My younger brother's name is Mason and he lives in Texarkana with his wife, Genie.

After I graduated high school, I got my bachelor's and master's degrees in English.  I started teaching high school when I was only 21 years old.  It's hard to believe that this will be my seventeenth year teaching.   I have taught at a lot of schools in my career:  I started in Fouke (a really small town outside of Texarkana), I moved to Arkansas High School, and then I taught at the University of Arkansas Community College in Hope for a number of years.  I moved to Hot Springs eight years ago, and this is my 8th year at Lakeside.  I teach Spanish and English classes here.  I have one daughter, Ella, who is six years old and is going into the first grade with Mrs. Warren at the primary school.

I learned to speak Spanish by taking classes in school, but my brother’s ex-wife was also fluent in Spanish and I attribute the majority of my knowledge of the language to her.  I love to travel and have visited Spain and Mexico, but my favorite city that I’ve ever visited is Paris, France.  I missed out on taking a vacation this year because of the pandemic.  In my free time, I like to read, plant flowers, and stay active in the community however I can.

This year will be very different - none of us are accustomed to teaching and learning fully online.  Last year, we Zoomed - this year, the content will be pre-recorded so that you can work at your own pace.  What I can promise you is this:  I will work with all I have to deliver the strongest content knowledge possible and I will always be glad to be here and glad that you're here, too.  I'm attaching a picture of me and my daughter Ella.  I'm looking forward to reading your letter of introduction and virtually "meeting" you all!

I can promise you this:  No matter what your skill level is entering this class, if you do your part, you will see an improvement in your ACT scores on the English and reading sections.  I look forward to working with you this year. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me if you need anything at all. I'm excited about the new year!

Mrs. Shamel