I do golf for my school, but I also golf outside of school. I can spend a million dollars on just clothes - if I had the room in my closet to do so. So, yes, that was memorable.Īssuming you had any time left over after classwork, journalism and other school activities - or maybe now that you’ve graduated - are there nonschool things you enjoy doing? She said, “I want you to step out of your comfort zone, and instead of only interviewing teachers and students, I want you to interview a higher-level faculty.” He was actually my first high-level faculty that I had interviewed ever. Finally getting to talk to him over Zoom really meant a lot because he’s a very good person, he’s done a lot for our school, and my (journalism) teacher actually chose me to be the first to interview him. One of the most memorable interviews that I’ve had was with my high school principal, because when I interviewed him, I had never had a formal conversation with him. In three years as a journalist, do you have a particularly memorable interview? It’s taught me to come out of my comfort zone and to just reach out to people, which I was a little bit scared to do before journalism.
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It’s taught me how to talk to other people, people that I’d never thought I would have talked to. It’s helped me grow, not only as a writer, but as a person. How I managed my time was to put it into perspective - I needed to get journalism done first. All of that combined took up a lot of time. I was in about 10 clubs, and I was also on the varsity golf team, and I took academics pretty seriously. I stopped cheering after COVID came because my school did not pick it up again, so my time went into (other) extracurriculars at school. I put a lot of effort into my time management, specifically for journalism. I managed my time by setting my schedules at the beginning of each week. You have the longest list of school activities I’ve ever seen. (This interview has been edited for clarity and length.) Sawai, 17, will be attending Chapman University in California this fall. In her senior year, Sawai was the co-editor-in-chief for the paper, and on April 9, she was named Hawaii high school journalist of the year by the Hawaii Scholastic Journalism Association. During that time, her work was selected twice for publication on the Best of SNO (School Newspaper Online) website. Sawai also spent three years on the staff of Mid-Pac’s student newspaper, Na Pueo, where journalism became her passion. She served as an officer for various clubs, including the Math Team, the Mid-Pacific Athletes Club and the Practical Skills Club, and participated in a half-dozen more. Sawai joined the varsity golf team and the cheerleading squad. Chelsee Sawai entered Mid-Pacific Institute as a sophomore after surviving two years of vicious bullying at another school.
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