Katerina Louise Phares was born on October 16, 2006. Her parent is Mary Phares, and her godmother is Katrina Ridings. Katerina has three siblings, Tristan Ridings, Taylor Ridings, and Tommy Ridings. Her favorite teacher is Mrs. Koehler, because she was someone who believed in her, even during her slacker phase, but didn’t hesitate to call her out on her crap. Her favorite staff quote comes from Mrs. Stegman, and Mrs. Balzer, “You’re smart enough, you just don’t have motivation.” Three words that would describe Katerina are intelligent, loyal, and creative. If she could travel anywhere in the world she would stay in the US and travel the states and places she finds interesting. Her favorite high school memory was during sophomore year, at lunch a random freshman came to sit at the same table with her and her friends, she is now her best friend. Her most embarrassing highschool moment was during freshman year when she was so overwhelmed on the first day of school.
When Katerina was a child, she wanted to be a teacher when she grew up. Her plans after high school are to study at MAC in secondary education. Katerina’s advice to the underclassman is “Freshman year is your time for screwing up, Sophomore year onward is your time for redemption.” When asked how she feels about graduating she stated, “Graduation is just a stepping stone in the way of my long term goal.” Katerina says the thing she will miss about school is a guaranteed way of hanging out with her friends. The person that has had the greatest influence on her life is her mom because she shows that no matter what you can do, what you want, as long as you put your mind to it. Her greatest accomplishment so far in life was making her first A in a math class in high school.
SHOUTOUTS: Melayna, Sarah, Samantha, Mrs. Stegman, Mrs. Balzer, and Mrs. Koehler.