Casey Anthony has been a part of the Spotlight staff for all of her four years at Southern Lehigh High School. She was the features editor for her sophomore and junior year, and was promoted to the highest spot, editor-in-chief, for her senior year.

During high school she was a member of the robotics team, National Honor Society, teen counseling, and Key Club, where she was secretary during her senior year.

Following graduation, Casey will attend Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA. She will major in early childhood education and special education.

Casey is very excited about college. “I can’t wait for all the exciting new adventures,” she said. “I’m also really excited to live on my own.”

Although she is very excited to graduate, Casey is sad to be leaving her hometown dance studio behind. She plans to join the dance ensemble at Juniata where she will continue to dance and maybe even choreograph a little.

A random fun fact about Casey is that her favorite animal is a six-legged, long-eared zebra.

What more can be said of the man who single-handedly tried to make a boat out of duct tape? And by single-handedly I mean with one other person. And by tried, I mean never got around to it.

As a senior, this is his first and last year as a member of the newspaper.  In his short tenure with the newspaper, Justin has become well known for his unique writing style.

Next year, Justin will be taking a siesta to gather money and a car before starting film school in the fall of 2014. He hopes to become a professional video editor and maybe make a movie or two.  He also hopes to branch out into the music field by writing a few remixes.

In a few years we may just watch a movie of his or download his next greatest album.

Emily Tkacik is a first year Spotlight reporter, and, due to her senior status, this will be her last as well. Regular readers of the Spotlight should remember the vast number of Emily’s book reviews in the paper this past year.

Emily has read four to six books per week since fifth grade, which comes out to approximately two thousand individual titles read. (And you couldn’t even manage "Brave New World.")

In addition to maintaining her paperback obsession, Emily will attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She plans to major in English Education so she can become an English teacher. She will no doubt inspire a multitude of future generations to become readers like her.

She is also quite the romantic.  “My favorite memory of high school would be meeting my current boyfriend for the first time, in freshman year,” she said. How adorably sweet.

The boyfriend in question isn’t quite as romantic. “She said that?,” he said. “Oh geez.”

All in all, Emily is approachable, polite, and always eager to help those in need. She’s very intelligent and a great friend to anyone who takes the time to get to know her. There’s a bright future in store for this novel hound.