Pekin senior Erica Hoy

Erica Hoy is a senior in the spotlight this week. She is the daughter of Mike and Michelle Hoy, and she has one sister Andrea.

While in school she was involved in FFA and FBLA. She has also worked detasseling, at the day care, babysitting, and as an assisted living resident assistant.

What's your favorite school memory/OR what will you remember the most? The time I have spent in the classroom with Mrs. Jacobs and Mr. Jones.

If you could go back and change one thing, what would it be? Sophomore year, I would have been nicer to everyone and kept to myself.

Finish this sentence: "I could not live without..." My glasses/ contacts.

What's the best and/or worst thing about being a senior? Trying so hard to be a good role model and leaving behind the people that look up to you.

Which teacher or staff member has had the biggest impact on you and why? Mrs. Jacobs, she understands me, and she looks out for all students. She is always helpful and very easy to talk to, making me get out of my comfort zone and do things that I never would have been able to do if she didn’t guide me. She always knows how to make me smile and sometimes makes me cry but I will always love Mrs. Jacobs for the person that she is.

Advice to incoming high school freshmen: It’s okay to be nice, it’s not gonna hurt you to be kind and go out of your way to be a good person.

What are your plans after graduation? Get my CNA and take courses through the Red Cross.

What is one outrageous thing you want to try in your lifetime? Jump out of an airplane to sky-dive.

If you could move anywhere in the world, where would you go AND why? I would move to Greece, just because.

Who has been your biggest influence AND why? Mr. Jones, he always helps me and gives me so many opportunities to do new things and get out of my comfort zone, he has widened my eyes to doing things that I love, and I love serving my community.