All photos by Noe Campos, Jose Nava Apolonio, and Alex Vargas.
Photo Gallery: Veteran’s Day Festivities
Porterville celebrates with Veteran’s Day Parade and Band-O-Rama
November 12, 2024
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Alex Vargas, Senior Staff Writer
Alex David Vargas is a senior at Granite Hills High School. Vargas is the senior class representative and former freshman class vice president. He does it all, waking up every morning to attend school, participating in school events with the Granite Hills ASB class, and going to work. Alex hopes to attend the University of California Santa Barbara after graduating where he hopes to continue to grow as a person.
Alex tries to make time for the things he loves throughout his busy schedule. When he is not at school or at work, he is at home doing homework, listening to music, shopping, going to concerts, etc. He also enjoys spending time with his family and friends. When going out with friends, they enjoy going to Cane's and eating some chicken fingers and fries with toast and Cane's sauce.
"If you have the opportunity to play this game of life, you need to appreciate every moment." - Kanye West
Jose Nava Apolonio, Senior Staff Writer
"Everyone is here for a reason, it’s up to you to discover what that reason is and make it count."
Noe Campos, Senior Staff Writer
Noe Campos is a senior at Granite Hills High School. He is the senior class president, ASB vice president, a pathway ambassador for the CODE pathway, a yearbook staff member, and a member of the tennis team. He has come a long way from the beginning of high school from not being involved to making the most of his time at Granite Hills. Being involved in different things in his school has allowed him to improve himself academically and personally. His future plans after high school are to attend UC Santa Barbara. He’s looking at majoring in computer science or design.
He’s a hard-working student who only strives to do what he can to better himself. He joined the journalism class to expand his interest in the things that he loves doing the most. His current interests are playing video games, going to the gym, playing tennis, and listening to music. His favorite artist of all time is Faye Webster. He loves watching superhero movies and his favorite superhero is Spider-Man. He loves spending time with his family, friends, and dogs. But what he loves doing the most is making his father proud.
The quote he loves at the moment is “Work in Silence, Let Your Success be the Noise.”