8th Grade Interview written by: Diego Ramirez, Miguel Rodriguez, and Jermey Bueno 

We had the pleasure of interviewing one of our 8th graders, Juan de Dios Chaidez! In this interview, Juan de Dios would like us to know that his favorite basketball team is the Golden State Warriors, his favorite football team is the Las Vegas Raiders, and his favorite baseball team is the Oakland A’s. His idea to make the newsletter better is to add trivia and more sport pages. After thinking for a while about what his future career would be, he said he would like to be a teacher. Right now, he is aiming to join a sports club on campus. One of his favorite places on campus to hangout is the quad. This school year he would like to join basketball, volleyball, or flag football. One thing he is looking forward to this year is promoting. The subject Juan de Dios enjoys most is math because he thinks it's simple to do and he’s pretty good at it. What do you think was the most interesting thing about Juan de Dios?

7th Grade Interview written by: Evelyn Sanchez, Azalea Borrego, Fernando Ceja, and Estrella Ramirez

This month we got to interview Melany C. who is a 7th grader. Melany so far said her 7th grade year is going extremely well, because she met new friends and felt like she belongs here at ESMS. This school year her favorite subject has been science because she has an amazing teacher. The school Melany attended for elementary was Fremont Elementary School. The elective she chose was band because she feels calm and gets to be herself. The goal that she wants to achieve when she grows up is having a good life with a steady job. During lunch, Melany likes to hang out with her friends and eats on the blacktop to get more energy! Melany said she doesn’t want to join any sports because of past trauma. Melany’s favorite hobby to do outside of school is art. She said she enjoys art because it’s her safe space and it calms her. Overall, do you think you know more about Melany Calderon?

7th Grade Interview written by: Adriana Jimenez, Justin Soto San Juan, and Aidan Bautista

Have you met Fredy Solis? No? Then get to know him in this article! Fredy’s favorite subject is social studies because he likes to learn about history. Fredy thinks that ESMS is a good school to attend. He has met new friends since the start of school. Last year, Fredy went to Jessie G. Sanchez Elementary School; he also thought his teachers were nice. His favorite sport is soccer and he is thinking about trying out for the team. Unfortunately, Fredy didn’t get the elective he wanted, but it is ok - he is enjoying the one that he has! In the future he wants to become a professional soccer player.

Staff Interview written by: Mairtza Alejo, Santiago Solis, Ashley Solis, and Carolina Nieto

Ms. Street has been working here at ESMS for 15 years; she started in 2011! Her favorite part of the day is when she helps students during intervention. If you are trying to catch Ms. Street after school, you better run fast because she likes to run with her friends after school around the ESMS track! She finished college in 2010 and Ms. Street attended San Diego State University. Ms. Street would like to visit New York and Mexico one day. If Ms. Street would pick a different subject to teach She would teach math as another subject if she could. She said the reason she chose science as a subject is because she had a really cool science teacher in high school.

Staff Interview written by: Fernanda Betancourt, Castiel Betancourt, Manuel Rodriguez, and Liliana Ramirez

For this staff interview we were able to interview Ms. Mohondro! She said  that she has been working at ESMS for about 13 years. She really enjoys her job, but she also added that she might retire in about 30 years. If Ms. Mohondro wasn’t teaching science, she would have been a Marine Biologist and also wanted to study sharks. Something that she is looking forward to this year is the Trebuchet project near the end of the school year with her 8th graders. In high school Ms. Mohondro used to play tennis and also did band. Before Ms. Mohondro taught science, she used to teach engineering and leadership at ESMS. In Ms. Mohondro's free time, she spends her time with Mrs. Giron and Dr. Aesir. Ms. Mohondro really enjoys her job but she added that it's very challenging but fun at the same time because she enjoys doing experiments with her class!

Staff Interview written by: Kimberly Rodriguez, Isaac Vazquez, Jorge Aguirre, and Genesis Zamora

Mr. McDaniel has been working at ESMS for nine years and has been enjoying it ever since. While working at ESMS, moving schools never crossed his mind, which shows his dedication. Before becoming the drama teacher we all know at ESMS, he attended Cal Poly and majored in theater. However, while becoming a teacher, Mr. McDaniel said “Finding out I could teach drama was one of the best moments I've had working.” As the yearbook is being created, Mr. McDaniel would love to see more clubs and student activity. Drama students participating and encouraging each other makes the drama class even better and exciting. Mr. McDaniel has trust in the yearbook students' creativity for this upcoming yearbook and has no concerns. To sum everything up, this was just a little bit of Mr. McDaniel’s career over the past years working at ESMS.