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Send your submission to: [email protected] cOVER: Mission Viejo football star, Max Redfield - player of the year and Notre Dame scholarship recipient. WWW.HIGHSCHOOLILLUSTRATED.COM HIGH SCHOOL ILLUSTRATED • WINTER 2013 7 NEWS SCHOLAR ATHLETES cARTER JOhNSON JESSE SPITTEL Trabuco Hills High School Orange Lutheran High School SPORT: Soccer SPORT: Basketball GPA: 4.80 GPA: 4.50 JEFFREy DUNN JAcOb FURNARI El Toro High School El Toro High School SPORT: Soccer SPORT: football GPA: 4.72 GPA: 4.48 AGNIESzKA MAch christophER Logan Beckman High School Orange Lutheran High School SPORT: Water polo SPORT: Soccer GPA: 4.69 GPA: 4.47 RAchEL McKEE NIchOLAS Stavrou Laguna Hills High School Laguna Hills High School SPORT: Soccer SPORT: Wrestling GPA: 4.67 GPA: 4.43 hOLLy bARD Scott LyNDS Beckman High School Aliso Niguel High School SPORT: Basketball SPORT: Basketball GPA: 4.60 GPA: 4.20 chAE hONG SARAh DRAKE Irvine High School Trabuco Hills High School SPORT: Soccer SPORT: Soccer GPA: 4.60 GPA: 4.13 Send us your submissions on outstanding students. Send to: [email protected] 8 WINTER 2013 • HIGH SCHOOL ILLUSTRATED WWW.HIGHSCHOOLILLUSTRATED.COM WWW.HIGHSCHOOLILLUSTRATED.COM HIGH SCHOOL ILLUSTRATED • WINTER 2013 9 Student Journalist teen success WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER SUCCESSFUL? By sabrina santoro Beckman High School he ambiguity of the term “success” can lead if everyone has an individual goal that they are aiming high school students and their parents to to meet while respecting their parents wishes, how can Tdefine it in a number of ways. Whether it be anyone actually define success for any individual, other when getting straight A’s, making the varsity team, or than themselves? gaining acceptance into the top Ivy League. How do Beckman student Daniel Botts concluded that “suc- high school students actually define the success that cess is having good grades and getting into a good col- everyone is trying to achieve? lege, but to my parents, success also includes activities With numerous self-help books and articles outlin- outside of school.” ing the process of being successful or examining the In terms of high school students, from an educator’s genetics behind one’s own accomplishments, being perspective, success may be when their students all successful seems simple, almost inevitable. However, pass their classes, or get A’s on the final. To a par- 10 WINTER 2013 • HIGH SCHOOL ILLUSTRATED WWW.HIGHSCHOOLILLUSTRATED.COM ent, success could be when their high schooler makes High School. Her mom, Debbie Johnson weighed in, “It’s the honor roll. Students peers may decide that success is about always giving it your best, and then re-evaluating growing up to be rich and famous, while others disagree goals and changing direction when you have steered off the because they think that they will be successful when they beaten path.” have a family and established career. The point is, there is no right or Considering that everyone wrong in defining success. The subjec- defines success differently, how tive term is different for each person in does one exactly achieve said their lifetime as they strive for different success? In life: is it about money, goals. You may view success differently raising a large family, being the from your parents and friends, and vice CEO of a major company, or simply versa. being happy wherever one is at The important thing to remember in life? In high school, is success is to not let anyone bring others down balancing school and a social life, because of “success” or “failure”. being the star athlete, or meeting Success can equate to many differ- parents goals and standards? If ent things, but only the individual can individuals do not follow the path to success determine whether they have truly been successful, and set out in front of them, are they then deemed failures? know what is best for themselves on their journey. How do “Success isn’t how much money you make or how big you define success? your house is. Success is having family, friends and happi- ness; regardless of you social status or what others think of you,” said Beckman student Josh Schlesinger. About Sabrina Santoro Sabrina Santoro is a student at Beckman High School. She “If someone is constantly pushed down, constantly loves writing for the Beckman Chronicle and playing in her rejected, but manage to get up again and keep pushing school’s marching band and jazz ensemble. Sabrina has dreamt towards their dreams and ambitions, then they have been of being a journalist ever since she can remember, and plans to pursue a career in that field. She writes for High School Illustrated successful,” commented Katie Johnson, a student at Tesoro as part of our internship program. WWW.HIGHSCHOOLILLUSTRATED.COM HIGH SCHOOL ILLUSTRATED • WINTER 2013 11 Sports Psychology stAY PosItIVe REMAINING OPTIMISTIC AFTER LOSING AN IMPORTANT SPORTING EVENT by Stan Popovich ome athletes who do not perform well at their event your mistakes and not to repeat them again. This is the may have a difficult time in getting over their most attitude you need to have in getting over your most recent Srecent loss. As a result, here are a list of techniques loss and get ready for your next event. that an athlete can follow in staying optimistic for their focus on the bigger picture. As an athlete, you will next event. perform in many events. Do not focus on only that one first, do not make excuses or blame others for your event where you did not do that great. Instead look at defeat. Many athletes tend to make excuses on why they the bigger picture in that you will be performing in many lost instead of looking at themselves and their perfor- other events down the road. use your loss as a measur- mance. The fact is that the competition was better than ing stick on what you need to improve on for your future you that day and the only way to get over it is to find ways events. to do better the next time around. Try to have a more persistent attitude for your next Evaluate your performance and learn from your mis- event.