The CHIEF February 2024

Upperclass Acts

Payton Semmens

NAME: Payton Semmens

ROLE MODEL(S): My parents

PET PEEVES: Not working hard, repetitive noise when it’s quiet.

ACTIVITIES @ PTHS: Varsity Cheerleading, Track and Field, National Honor Society, FFA

WHAT MY FRIENDS WILL REMEMBER ABOUT ME: They will remember how I put my all into whatever I am passionate about. HOW WOULD YOU SPEND $1,000,000? I would use part of this money to donate it to further cancer research or helping pay for treatments. The rest I would invest in and pay off college and probably buy some sort of random thing that was popular at the time. IF YOU WERE STRANDED ON A DESERT ISLAND, WHAT 3 ITEMS WOULD YOU WANT WITH YOU? Lighter, blanket, knife LAST WORDS OF ADVICE: “Within high school you will receive many opportunities. Take them, use them, and learn from them. Fail at them in high school and use that for growth in the future.”

FONDEST MEMORY OF HIGH SCHOOL SO FAR: Making it to state for cheerleading my sophomore year as the first full girl team to go to state in school history.

3 MAJOR AREAS OF INTEREST: Sports Science, Medical Science, Animals

PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL: I plan to cheer at a collegiate level and pursue nursing at a University.

FAVORITE MOVIE: Where the Crawdads Sing

FAVORITE TEACHER/CLASS: Anatomy/Mr. Nollen

FAVORITE BOOKS: The Hunger Games Trilogy

MOST POSITIVE MOMENT: My most positive moment was this year being able to receive All State for cheerleading and a scholarship through our ICCA competition!