Congrats to the Class of 2026. Over the next few weeks the paper will feature
Q&A Senior Spotlights. Remember Once a Panther, always a Panther.
Ky’Son Ellis
Q: What are your plans after high school?
To go to college on an athletic scholarship in track and major in architecture.
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
Life is going to life so you just have to live it.
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
Making it out of district in a track meet against some of my hardest competition.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
Making money and taking care of my people.
Jonathan Diaz
Q: What are your plans after high school?
Float around while pursuing a good job
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
My first day of Dungeons and Dragons.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
I can see myself living the peaceful life in a stable home.
Subhan Ibrahimov
Q: What are your plans after high school?
AFROTC Scholarship at University of Colorado Boulder for Aerospace Engineering, hopefully become a pilot.
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
All my experiences from JROTC and people I’ve met there.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
Starting a family and serving as an officer in the Airforce.
Noe Gonzalez
Q: What are your plans after high school?
Get rich off sound and live lavishly.
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
Always Strive and Prosper, and follow your dreams.
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
Meeting new people.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
Following God, my dreams and thinking about how far I’ve come.
Makaio Flores
Q: What are your plans after high school?
Make money and music.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
Underground rapper making money.
Makhaila Hopkins
Q: What are your plans after high school?
I am attending Texas A&M Corpus Christi and majoring in psychology.
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
Take your time! Sooner or later you’ll be walking that stage and wonder where all the time went.
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
I would say Senior Sunrise because that is when I started using my camera.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
Hopefully successful in the job of my dreams. I will be helping people with their mental health.
Demmia Williams
Q: What are your plans after high school?
Going to attend Le Notre Culinary Institute and get my teaching degree at Blinn.
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
High school is the best years of your life, if you don’t stop and look around, it’ll be over before you know it.
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
The homecoming game.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
Opening my second Michelian Star restaurant.
Fatima Meeks
Q: What are your plans after high school?
Get an education and discover myself,
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
“Sometimes you have to make decisions that hurt your heart, but heal your soul” -Kyogre
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
The couple weeks I was an office assistant, I loved seeing how the inner office worked and being a helper for Cy Springs.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
I see myself as a successful budding engineer, hopefully fully graduated and working my way up a job ladder. I hope I have lots of free time to spend doing art and playing games with my friends.
Ariana Finister
Q: What are your plans after high school?
Establish a very successful cosmetology business and earn my business degree to fulfill my
long term goals.
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
Senior year is very stressful, a lot of things will happen not even school wise but social wise you’ll lose some people. Whenever times are tough don’t lose hope and think about the positives in things instead of the negatives. It won’t be the end of the world because there’s a whole other world outside of high school waiting for you.
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
My favorite memories I’ll cherish from this year is spending time with my friends and going to the after school activities like football and basketball games. They were so fun and I would definitely go back in time to experience it all again.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
In 10 years, I would hope to have a successful cosmetology career, with a husband, and maybe kids
on the way.
Savannah March
Q: What are your plans after high school?
To graduate college in 2 years because I already have my associates degree.
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
Changing things requires you to think differently.
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
My Favorite memories in high school was dressing for all the dress up days and being able to be creative.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
I see myself having a successful business in creating a foster care home, where children
without family can feel safe.
Rylan Willis
Q: What are your plans after high school?
I plan to go to Texas State University for 4 years majoring in Political Science. After that , I plan to go to Law school and become a Criminal Defense Attorney.
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
Don’t slack because it will come back to bite you later on in the years.
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
The girls basketball team, the coaches and athletes made it feel like home and made the years worth it.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
I see myself as an top class Attorney making money , maybe married to a engineer .
