Rosie Eldridge is made entirely of cross country, hard work, Netflix and friendliness. She radiates happiness and dedication, and anyone who can get past her quiet exterior to see her bubbly self can attest to that.

Eldridge’s life is almost exclusively focused on running, school work, binge watching her favorite television shows and her friends. Her greatest achievement was achieving varsity running last year as a freshman, a feat that did not go by without an extreme amount of work. This is but one attestment to her natural ability to succeed. Her school work also accurately represents her; in addition to achieving all A’s her freshman year despite a difficult schedule, Eldridge is part of the AP Scholars program and is hoping to maintain that during her sophomore year. When she is not running, doing homework or watching Netflix, she loves to hang out with her friends and neighbors.

In addition to cross country, Eldridge runs for the indoor track team and plays tennis. Her bucket list includes running a marathon and traveling to every continent except Antarctica, and she hopes to attend a four-year college majoring in medical sciences. She is a hesitantly self-proclaimed Gryffindor, but the fact that friendliness is her favorite attribute about herself may lead some people to believe she is more of a Hufflepuff. Eldridge claims she cannot live without her phone or her chihuahuas, and that if she could she would love to fly or teleport. If she could only have one last adventure, she would go to Italy to visit the family she has never met before. Family is important to Eldridge, and her mom is her inspiration because she always motivates and helps her when she needs it.

She is proud to say that her best experience ever was going to see One Direction in concert twice this summer, that she would swim in french fries if she could and that she shares a birthday with Abraham Lincoln. If she could teach a class on any subject, Eldridge thinks she would excel at teaching people how to watch an entire Netflix series in a weekend. If she could only do one activity for the rest of her life, she would be out in the sunshine and tan her days away.

Her favorite thing about English and Journalism teacher Chrissy Wiedemann is that “she says ‘have a great day’ at the end of every class. It’s so cute.”

In fact, she joined the newspaper this year because she had Wiedemann for English last year and loved her so much. “She would always talk about how fun the class is and I thought it would be fun and I could improve my writing skills. I thought why not, give it a go,” said Eldridge.

She plans on hopefully staying in the class for the rest of her high school career because she was told that the newspaper was one big happy family, and by the end of your first year you are so close with everyone you will never want to leave.

The aspiring high school English teacher, Sydney Kane, has been a part of The Sentry for four years now. She is the staff’s copy editor and out of the many articles she has written, her favorite was her very first one. She got the chance to interview a volleyball trainer that she had gotten close to the summer before freshman year.

“When I was assigned that article, I was just beyond happy because I got to interview a friend and she really helped me through writing my first article,” said Kane.

The summer-loving Australian has traveled to Sydney, Australia several times before and hopes to return. If given the opportunity to go back, she would like to see the Great Barrier Reef, an amazing wonder of the world.

The best gift that Kane ever received was a huge box of stickers in second grade. She recalls that she had never been so ecstatic in her life.

Despite her “terrible table manners,” if she had the chance to have dinner with any person, dead or alive, she would chose Thomas Lenihan, an Advanced Placement European History teacher, whom she referred to as “T-Leni.”

When asked about what items she would save in a fire, she jokingly responded with, “I would save my dog! And my brother can fend for himself.”

Kane is quite impressed with the skilled and attentive teachers here at school. She shows her appreciation for her past teachers by greeting them in the hallways and communicating with them whenever given the chance. Despite her love of the staff, she is annoyed that the courtyard doors are always locked and mad because frisbee is not always recognized as a sport.

Kane has an undeniable passion for ultimate frisbee. This year, Yorktown and Washington-Lee students had a pool of players large enough to separate from H-B Woodlawn and form their own frisbee team. Although H-B has dominated at state finals for the past decade, Kane’s new team beat H-B. Kane considers this impressive victory to be her biggest accomplishment.

“We worked so hard and I just nearly cried of joy afterwards. It was absolutely the best thing that’s ever happened to me,” said Kane.

Her frisbee team has an inside joke in which they say, “Yeet it!” as they throw the frisbee down the field. She explains this motto as, “Just go for it. Yeet it.”