Students share how they have been affected by quarantine

Sophomore Zina Alsheklee says her quarantine experience has involved severe isolation. After Alsheklee’s father contracted COVID-19  from the hospital he works at, Alsheklee’s mother and sister caught it as well. “[My dad] was the first to truly quarantine and confine himself to the basement and away from us. To give him food and other basic necessities, we'd leave them outside the basement...

Senior Taylor Fisher feels she has had a negative quarantine experience–and attributes this to the fact that she missed out on a part of her senior year.  “It’s like everything was just taken away from me. I worked hard, going to work almost every day, so I can pay for my dream dress for prom, then the outbreak happens and I couldn’t even wear it,” Fisher said.  While Fisher has b...

Sophomore Paige Matthys-Pearce has used her quarantine as an opportunity to improve on herself and her lifestyle.  “I’ve really tried to look at the positive side of things and there are so many things I’m grateful for that wouldn’t have been possible without the quarantine,” Matthys-Pearce said. “I feel more free to be creative because there are no real or perceived time constraints...