The purpose of the ONE|SEQUOIT Project is to display how Antioch Community High School has impacted current and graduated students’ lives through education, student life, athletics and community service. This project is our attempt to tell a story of ACHS through the lens of its students—past, present and future. These stories are not told by Tom Tom journalists. Instead, they are told by the Sequoits themselves. It is their words, their story and their experience. They are ACHS, and together they are ONE|SEQUOIT.

Senior Avery Herbon was involved with volleyball two years and softball three years. She was also in choir sophomore and junior year. She is active in drama and is captain of the ACHS speech team after joining just last year. Herbon is the focus of our February issue’s ONE|SEQUOIT Project.

EDUCATION AND STUDENT LIFE

Junior year I started doing plays. Jenny Wright got me involved in speech team and we did really well. This year I decided to do all of the plays and I was made a captain of the speech team. I did musicals and plays in grade school and I really liked it so since I had free time my friends and Ms. Teddy pushed me to try out for A Heart Divided and I ended up getting the second female lead. I stayed after school with all of the “speechies” while rehearsing for A Heart Divided and ended up deciding to join speech as well. I was also in The Night of January 16th. I’ll be in the spring musical, Oklahoma, as Aunt Eller. Joining speech and doing the plays and musicals has completely changed everything. I made a lot better friends and we’re really close knit. It’s a positive environment that’s geared me to do speech at Ripon College after I graduate. I already auditioned and made the team.

Athletics

I did softball and volleyball freshman and sophomore year. Junior year when I started doing plays and speech, I only did softball. I am unsure if I’m doing softball this year because of my involvement in fine arts.

Service

I’m in NHS, so most of my service hours go towards that. But, in the summer I usually volunteer to help at my grandma’s church for their bible school. When I’m free I try to help with Pads a few Saturdays. In the past I’ve helped raise money for curing Alzheimer’s.