Daisy Lewis is the new leading lady lion at McClatchy. With all the tasks and activities she has at hand including ASB, multiple AP classes, and tennis, some may wonder: “How does she balance it all?”
Daisy starts every day with ASB, where she leads meetings. During ASB’s zero period she discusses future events, dances, and all other ASB responsibilities amongst her delegates. During second period, she delivers daily announcements to all students in the school She always ends her daily announcements with the quote, “Make the rest of your life, the best of your life” and she states that she chose this quote because she believes with positivity, great things could happen… and she also wanted something catchy.
Besides running meetings every morning and daily announcements, Daisy has many other presidential duties as well. Every once and awhile, she plans and sets up spirit events and host guests at CKM. Once a week she may attend meetings for the California Association of Student Councils or 4-H On the Wild Side. She even sat on an interview panel to help chose the new vice principals, which she describes as a unique experience. According to Daisy, one of her most important jobs is to talk to the students of Mcclatchy, she says, “I make an effort to try and talk to many people I wouldn’t typically talk to, in order to get a better sense of the school and the needs of the students.”
Daisy’s school schedule includes 6 AP classes daily. She does many other extracurricular activities outside of class including clubs, tennis, and even work. On Mondays, she attends CSF, Tuesdays is Eco Club, Wednesday is French Club, Thursdays is Garden Club, and Friday she attends Fashion club. When not at clubs, she helps the tennis team sell chocolates for their recent fundraiser. After school, Daisy either participates in a tennis match or goes to tennis practice from Monday to Friday, and Friday’s she works at a local tennis club. After a long day she goes home and does chores like every other teenager. Her hobbies include tennis, traveling, fitness, baking, and painting, which she mentions she’s not very good at. One word she uses to describe herself is Motivated.
Daisy has high hopes for this year, “This year, I hope to finally create some campaigns to make the school more environmentally aware.” With that thought, ASB is hosting the biggest canned food drive yet starting Monday, October 15th. She has many things lined up for the year including an upcoming Harvest Festival and other spirit events. She hopes to make everyone at CKM feel more included and increase student involvement making everyone feel as they are a part of the McClatchy family.
So how does she balance everything? According to Daisy, it is all is pretty easy. The biggest thing she learned is time management. She stresses the importance of time management and emphasizes prioritizing academics over many things that aren’t as crucial. Another thing she finds helpful is putting down her phone when doing work. It helps her work faster and get to bed sooner and, as she puts it, “better mornings lead to better days.” She also found that delegation is important: she says, “I realize that I can’t do everything, so the students of ASB really do make a huge difference.” Even with everything in order, some days can be stressful like every other person.
“I believe that your attitude and mentality will truly manifest. When we believe in good things, good things happen. When we believe bad things, bad things happen.” And with that, “Make the rest of your life, the best of your life.”