Hannah Helber is excited about her future. The Olentangy High School senior is enthusiastic about her prospects for the future, excited to be on her own and ready for the “start of the rest of my life.”
It was during summers growing up in Delaware that Hannah Tucky would go each day to the zoo with her family and come to love all the animals — especially the gorillas.
Adam Pijanowski is one high school senior who is excited about his first chance to vote in a presidential election, which he’ll do in November.
Abbey Fields affinity for animals began at a very young age. It was when she was in elementary school that she began coming home with snakes in her pockets — which her mother would later find in the washer.
“Normal is boring,” said Jordan Lyle. “I always wanted something a little different.” The Big Walnut senior does not want a desk job as she seeks out a career path in criminal justice. Jordan said she would like to become a federal agent and is considering the FBI or CIA. She also plans to minor in French or psychology — “I’d like to apply psychology in the field” — where she said she would prefer hands-on work.
Along with May graduation, there is for area high school seniors a multitude of events to attend celebrating the end of their high school careers. Among these is the annual Teen of the Week recognition and ensuing announcement of the Teen of the Year. This year, the long-standing community event was sponsored by Columbus State Community College (CSCC) and the Delaware Gazette.
Senior Antoniya Gancheva has been at Olentangy since the sixth grade. It was just two years before that when she and her family came to the United States from Bulgaria. Today, with just a few short weeks left in her senior year, she is doing well, she said, and trying not to let senioritis get the best of her.
Delaware Christian School senior Sarah Harp is looking at an additional eight years of school after she graduates this spring. Listing 2020 as the year in which she expects to graduate has given her pause, she admits, but she is determined.