Donovan England wants to be an actor. Much of his preparation comes from his drama class, but he finds his best lessons come from being a worship leader at his church, where he gets to mix his two passions: performing and worshipping God.
“I think that my family is such a strong influence in my life that I just love being around them, and they’re always so positive and uplifting. They hype me up,” says Claudia Standeford, a 17-year-old from Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
A young boy grown into a young man develops his passion for helping others and spreading awareness for issues people do not want to talk about.
Upon entering his first year at Harding Charter Preparatory High School, Xavier Rhone faced the challenge of navigating a new social setting while accomplishing athletic goals. He recounts that in his first semester he was not close to anyone, until he opened up to others.
Jordyn Daniels, a student at Harding Charter Preparatory High School, is a reporter, golfer and avid Netflix watcher. She’s a shy person, but when you get to know her, her personality shines.
Adopted from Guatemala at 5-years-old for the second time, Violet Parrott joined a very diverse and adoption friendly family.
In early July, Ainsley Martinez was unaware of what career to pursue. What she didn’t know was that soon two journalism camps would help her discover a new love for war correspondence writing.
Renowned Renaissance polymath Leonardo Da Vinci once proclaimed, “For once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.”
Starting from a young age, Gabi Merchen found herself entranced by text scrawled across book pages. This curiosity for writing fully took shape in the halls of Yukon High School in Oklahoma as she stumbled into the role of editor-in-chief of her school newspaper, The Insight.
Tristan Breath strives to recreate the enjoyable feeling that resonates with viewers after they see films they love. Breath, a Norman North senior, wants to relate to the audience, not only in capturing universal thoughts and feelings, but also in the makeup of the cast.