by Richelle Hallows
At the end of the eighth grade, Ronnie Rhodes had to choose between re-joining the high school yearbook staff, where he would lose his title as editor-in-chief, or to leave yearbook behind.
“I was pretty timid and shy in middle school, and I just wondered if I could handle going out and interviewing people, but my teacher, my mentor, really inspired me to continue doing yearbook,” he said.
Rhodes was born in Lawton, Okla., where he lives with his mom, dad and older sister. He attended Tomlinson Middle School and will be a junior at Lawton High School.
As a freshman, he was a member of the yearbook staff. His sophomore year, he decided to take on more responsibility and became a section editor.
When Rhodes isn’t in the yearbook room, he spends time with friends at the lake or at the movies. Even though Rhodes enjoyed his time outside of class, his priority was yearbook. In January, Rhodes was offered the editor-in-chief position for the upcoming year.
“I thought a lot about accepting the offer to be editor-in-chief. At first, I was kind of afraid because I thought I would offend the seniors by showing them up, but I took the opportunity anyways,” he said. “I’m really excited.”
Rhodes plans on attending summer workshops to learn skills to help improve the quality of the yearbook.
He said being a part of the yearbook staff is important to him.
“My favorite part of yearbook is making memories for people by capturing the year, and I’m hoping to do this by being editor,” Rhodes said. “Capturing every aspect of sports, students, everything.”
