Senior Profiles: Part One

Fashion can just be the clothes people wear every day, but for senior Caitlin Vaca-Washington, they are the way people are represented. “The clothes that I design are clothes that fit me, and they represent who I am, and I know there are a lot of people who are like me, so I want to represent them too,” Vaca-Washington said. Vaca-Washington will be attending the University of San Francisco next...

A bond that will never be broken is what senior twins, Abby and Mandy Henshaw have, a strong sister relationship with different types of creativity. “All four of us kids would do crafts all the time,” Abby said. “We were always drawing, we had a playroom with a big table, and we were always drawing on it for hours.” The Henshaw twins are two creative people with bright minds and unique projects...

After graduation, senior Sarah Perico will not be retiring her school uniform like the rest of her classmates. Instead, she’ll trade it in for another kind of uniform: a U.S. Navy uniform. “It was the middle of junior year, and I figured out that I wanted to go to the military,” Perico said. “I decided to go to a college fair at Rockhurst. I saw the Naval Academy front and center and went...

For senior Aidan Sands, the culinary arts have been a long time interest. It started at a young age with an appreciation for food and the culinary arts, which remained constant throughout Sands’ childhood. “Since I was younger, I’ve just been surrounded by food my whole life,” Sands said. “I’ve just always liked eating, like a lot of people do.” Family played a significant role in Sands’...

Many aspire to be a profiler from the hit show “Criminal Minds.” For senior Joe Pautler, he is making that his reality. Pautler is attending University of Missouri-Kansas City in the fall of 2022 where he will major in criminology, following in the footsteps of his favorite TV characters. “My plan right now is to go join the FBI after college,” Pautler said. “It’s a bit embarrassing,...