Pronouns: she/her
Grade: 10
Years on staff: 2
Who is your favorite musician? Any 80’s rock band.
What gets you up in the morning? Getting to see my dog.
What’s an unpopular opinion that you have? None.
![Pressing on the keys of her clarinet, freshman Marleigh Wyatt plays the song “Devotions” with the Concert Band. On Nov. 14, months of preparation paid off for this group as they performed their pieces; for Wyatt, it was the beginning of her high school band career. “I had fun playing in the theater instead of the middle school gym [like last year]. We practice in band class every day and go [to the band classroom] in AcLab to prepare, so It’s great to be up there on the stage,” Wyatt said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/marleighedited-800x1200.jpg)
![Raising her club above her head after following through in her swing, senior Karry Nickel’s gaze follows her ball’s trajectory. On Oct. 1, the varsity girls’ golf team had their second-to-last tournament as well as their senior night, in which they celebrated Nickel with hand-drawn shirts, flowers, balloons and a cookie cake. “This is my first year on the golf team. I played golf when I was younger, so I decided to come back for my last year because I knew [it] was fun. [This tournament] was one of our last matches all playing together, and it was kind of sad. [But,] we got second place and I played pretty well. I parred the last two holes, so that was a highlight,” Nickel said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DSC_0266-copy-1200x800.jpg)
![“My freshman year [was my hardest] because that was the first year of high school and it was when COVID-19 hit. It definitely [shook] things up, and it's also the year that my dad's illness basically took over my life and changed it beyond belief. My dad was immunocompromised, so I had to constantly focus on [questioning whether I was sick and if it were contagious]. It was a lot for anybody to handle, let alone a teenager. During that time, I didn't have my drivers license, [so] I couldn't escape it. I [was really] spending a lot of time outside playing golf and focusing on college even though I was that young. My main motivation is showing that I can be good at something but still do better. Leave it better than you found it. That's sort of been [my motto ever since] my dad passed away because it changed my perspective. Death doesn't seem so far; It seems so close. You want to make the most [out] of what you want to do in your life.” - Kylie Secrest, 12](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SecrestK12-1200x800.jpg)
