S.L.

Scarlett London

“I think the biggest thing Community has given to me is confidence in myself and it’s really helped me grow as a person. I feel like I came into Community really really nervous because the only thing I felt like I really had to identify myself as a person was who my friends were. And I came into Community without a ton of friends. I felt lost because I sort of defined their interests as my own — I didn’t have any sense of my own style or my personality. I guess it felt like the biggest risk I’ve ever taken, now it just seems obvious and I don’t know why I would ever choose not to come here. But it was the biggest risk. I feel like every day since then, I’ve grown more as a person and I’ve figured out something new about myself. I just feel like it’s such a gift to be able to look back at your high school experience as something where you really enjoyed yourself and you really got to know yourself. And I feel like a lot of people don’t actually have that experience in high school.”

Jadyn Taylor

“Sometimes you never know what happens when it comes to the time, and then something will come when you reach that moment. Then you know that it’ll be reaching. In freshman year, I was a freshman. In my senior year, I am now a senior. But you know, now I’m a senior and I just think I’m a senior now and it’s kind of crazy. Overall, I would say CHS is a really good place to build your relationship with teachers. You will be just surprised by just how teachers are willing to help you out, and there will always be a teacher to help you with what you’re working on. I just love how there’s always gonna be a resource for you in that community. It is like you can always take classes somewhere else, working on yourself, and build a strong relationship with other students and teachers. CHS is just not the same like other schools. It’s just not the same.”