Sean Hwang

Although this fifteen year old sophomore is new to San Mateo High, he is not new to the San Mateo/Foster City area. Sean Hwang used to attend High Tech High Bayshore which closed down earlier this year. "It's a bit of a funny name but it was a great school. It closed down at the end of the year last year due to lack of students and therefore, funding." He currently lives in Foster City with his parents and his five year old brother Ian.

He likes San Mateo High because, "there's always new people to meet." ? was a lot different than San Mateo High. "My old school didn't really have PE. They had substitutes for PE, like dance, or yoga, or even Tae Kwon Do. The classes were different too. They had a Math Physics and Humanities instead of the traditional Level Math, Physics, Social Studies, and English. The teaching format was really casual but you learn a lot. Most teachers had us call them by their first names which was just really cool."

In his free time Sean enjoys a long list of hobbies and activities including reading, drawing, video games, debating, and hanging out with friends. He is also in many clubs at such as the D&D Club, Chess Club and he is in Colorguard/Winterguard. His favorite movie is The Matrix because it "teaches a lot about belief and reality." His favorite class is either drawing or English. "Drawing because I learn stuff, English because its just a goof off class, but I still get good grades in it."

Sean wants to get into a UC college or an Ivy League after graduation. "I want a job that will make me want to get up every morning to go to it."

Milton Carrillo

Milton Carrilo is a seventeen year old sophomore in Ms. Cronin's ELD class, which also happens to be his favorite class. He was born on July 5, 1990 and came here in April of 2006 from El Salvador.

Soccer seems to be popular among the new comers because he is the third person to have said that soccer is their favorite way to past time. His favorite movie is Spider Man and he loves Reggae. You would think somebody who likes to party would be excited about the upcoming Grid dance but Milton isn't. "I don't like to dance."

Milton currently lives in San Mateo with his uncle. He has one brother who also goes to San Mateo High and a younger sister who is eight years old. He prefers to live in El Salvador but he says San Mateo is better because there are "many choices."

In the future Milton plans on graduating and continuing on his pursuit to become a professional soccer player.