The years people spend in high school are not only about academics but also the clubs and extracurricular activities that people can be involved in. Clubs are a great way for people to put themselves out there and build a community of friends who will support them and understand them. However, when it comes time to grow and move on from these clubs, it can be very emotional to detach from something that once was very important. Current senior and Spanish club President Marisol Aguilar will be moving past the memories she has made as not only a member, but as the organization’s president.
“I’ll definitely say it’s very sad but I’m also kind of excited,” Aguilar said. “I’m obviously sad to leave everything that I’ve done here. It’s such a community and an organization that has grown over so many years.”
The farewell of one member opens more possibilities. It can give other members an opportunity to take on new roles and responsibilities that they haven’t before. Malana Martin, a current member of the Spanish club believes that the juniors are ready to take on more leadership-like roles for when Aguilar graduates.
“The current juniors will have to step up and fill that role,” Martin said. “However, I do believe that we are ready to do that because of the leadership that she [Aguilar] has shown us and prepared us to step up and take her position.”
Aguilar has proven to be very vital in the Spanish club and Hispanic Honor Society, Not only as a fun, energetic person, but as a key role in the club’s success.
“Marisol has been a very important member of both organizations,” Martin said. “All these years we’ve been a part of it, she’s been a true leader and she’s the person who has reached out to other organizations when we’ve needed help,” Martin said. “She has been a key communicator with outside business and overall she has really brought the organization all together, especially this year.”
The Spanish club has become a huge part of Aguilar’s life in high school. Her leadership has been extremely important to the members and the club’s ability to prosper, it will be a difficult goodbye and not just for the current members but Aguilar as well.
“I keep saying community and people but that’s definitely what it is,” Aguilar said. “It’s a feeling of family. Those kids, they’re like my kids, they’re my friends, they’re my best friends.”
