2017 Senior Salute: This year’s Vail Valley high school graduates
May 8, 2017
To see your senior
To see your 2017 high school graduate in the newspaper, answer the questions these grads answered, and email them to randy@vaildaily.com, along with a senior portrait or other photos. Feel free to be as serious or irreverent as you choose.
Bella Arguello
Eagle Valley High School
Favorite school moment from any year: Supporting my friends and cousins at sporting events. Laughing with my friends endlessly.
Give a shout out: My parents, my siblings, close friends and Alexis.
Summer plans: Traveling to Mexico, Cali, Florida and spending time with family and friends before I head out!
Where are you headed this fall: I am headed to Florida to work/take a gap year.
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If you're leaving Eagle County, what will you miss most: The small-town feeling and leaving the place I have lived in for 18 years.
In 10 years, you'll be: It's all a surprise
Favorite class ever: English or being a teacher's assistant for the wonderful counseling department at EV.
Class you wish had been offered: How to do real-life things such as how to do taxes and how to adult — you know, useful things.
Garvin van Dernoot
Battle Mountain High School
Favorite school moment from any year: Getting first at States for Speech and Debate
Give a shout out: I'd like to give a shout out to Alexandra Trosper. Thank you for everything.
Summer plans: Hang out with family, go to Nationals for Speech and Debate and go to Oregon.
Where are you headed this fall: Loyola University Chicago.
If you're leaving Eagle County, what will you miss most: The mountains.
In 10 years, you'll be: The personal assistant to Bradley Cooper.
Favorite class ever: Eighth grade science with Mr. Rumble.
Class you wish had been offered: Theater.
Kyleigh Sandoval
Eagle Valley High School
Favorite school moment from any year: Homecoming Week every year.
Give a shout out: Hi, Mom, Dad, Zeke, Ciarra and Ana.
Summer plans: Senior trip to Las Vegas.
Where are you headed this fall: Johnson and Wales University in Denver.
If you're leaving Eagle County, what will you miss most: My friends.
In 10, years you'll be: Working in the fashion industry.
Favorite class ever: Mrs. Aden's English class.
Class you wish had been offered: Home economics.
Meredith Padilla
Eagle Valley High School
Favorite school moment from any year: When administration did the ALS ice bucket challenge with a loader in front of the entire school.
Give a shout out: I want to thank my parents and grandparents for pushing me to be my best and succeed and the rest of my family and friends for their support.
Summer plans: work and spend time with family and friends.
Where are you headed this fall: Colorado Mesa University.
If you're leaving Eagle County, what will you miss most: The friends I've grown up with since kindergarten.
In 10 years, you'll be: A licensed therapist.
Favorite class ever: Health.
Rose Sandell
Eagle Valley High School
Favorite school moment from any year: My sophomore year when my soccer team made it to playoffs for the first time since 1999.
Give a shout out: I want to thank my Mom and Dad for everything they have done for me and the friends who have dealt with me for way too long.
Summer plans: Working and hiking.
Where are you headed this fall: St. Olaf College in Minnesota.
If you're leaving Eagle County, what will you miss most: The mountains and being able to explore them.
In 10 years, you'll be: Back in the mountains and protecting the environment.
Favorite class ever: Broadcast media (Eagle Valley Student Media).
Class you wish had been offered: A class to prepare me to pay taxes and apply for jobs.
Tori Mitchell
Red Canyon High School
Favorite school moment from any year: My favorite moment was this sleepover one of my classes had. It was just a bunch of us girls, and my teacher Mrs. Qualman read from her eighth-grade diary.
Give a shout out: My best friend Chloe Sargent and my fiance Julian Goodwin. Thank you both for your amazing support this year. I couldn't have done it without you guys.
Summer plans: Lots of time outside and finally taking a break.
Where are you headed this fall: Starting a CNA program at CMC in Glenwood Springs and living in Carbondale.
If you're leaving Eagle County, what will you miss most: The summer concerts.
In 10 years, you'll be: Hopefully married and loving my awesome career.
Favorite class ever: Anything with Mrs. Beard.
Class you wish had been offered: Cooking!
To see your senior
To see your 2017 high school graduate in the newspaper, answer the questions these grads answered, and email them to randy@vaildaily.com, along with a senior portrait or other photos. Feel free to be as serious or irreverent as you choose.
