Jackson Shaughnessy, 17, is an active member of the school community because he enjoys participating in: indoor and outdoor track, mock trial, as well as becoming a journalist for the school.

Q: If you were to have people know one thing about you, what would it be?
A: I like to try my best and put all my effort forward so that I can be the best version of myself.
Q: What do you enjoy learning about, favorite class, or topic you enjoy?
A: I really enjoy economics, it’s really interesting learning how commerce works.
Q: What are your goals for after high school?
A: I want to go to college and be a business major or psychology major. Psychology really interests me, I have a passion for helping people and I believe that I would be a great therapist because I would enjoy it.
Q: How does your personal life affect your writing and the topics you choose?
A: Well, it’s all personal experience, so the stuff I experience or my heritage would obviously interest me more and lead me to write about it more.
Q: Why did you choose to take journalism?
A: Well, I wanted to expand my writing skills and maybe learn how to properly inform people or properly get informed.