Moniz, Owen

Owen Moniz liked the social aspects of high school the best, his favorite memories all involving fun times with friends. When he first came to Rocklin high school he was in his Digital Arts class where he met his current best friend and was introduced to how fun school could be. He is mostly going to miss “the friends I made that I am not close enough to stay in contact with.” He works a job, hangs out with friends, and in his free time he plays guitar, skateboards, and builds car audio systems for friends as well as his own car. When asked how he manages to balance it all out, he said “there isn’t really a secret, you just put your mind to it and get to work.” When school isn’t in session he likes to go camping, and goes on big trips each year with his family speedboat. “We take the boat out every morning, {we go} tubing, wakeboarding, jet skiing, barbeque… it is just a nice little camping experience” Going into high school, one thing that nobody tells you about are the “good parts.” Everyone talks about the bad parts because… the negative definitely sticks in our minds… but there are a lot of valuable things you learn such as learning about keeping a schedule, and the social aspect definitely teaches you a lot about yourself.”