Freshmen find new relationships and continue old ones upon entering SHS

The transition between middle school and high school can be overwhelming, but as the class of 2017 begins to assimilate into Saratoga High School culture, they have picked up the essentials of how to survive high school. 

In hopes of finding their niche in the grand scheme of things, some freshmen have decided to branch out and try new things, meet new people and test their luck in the world of high school romance.

Freshman Aaron Vogel and Makenna Seagraves first met in fourth grade at Saratoga Elementary School and have been dating for two months now.

“We mostly hang out over the weekends,” Vogel said. “I’m usually pretty busy because of homework and football.”

However, when entering high school, Vogel said that being in a relationship hasn’t helped the transition.

“People make fun of us because they think that freshman relationships can’t be serious and that we’re too young to have a ‘real’ relationship,” said Vogel.

Unlike Vogel and Seagraves, freshman Ramesh Farrokhi and Ricky Holt carried over their relationship from middle school. They have been dating for almost eight months. 

Due to their hectic schedules upon entering high school, the two are not able to spend as much time together as they would, so they try to make the most of it. Farrokhi feels that if both people in the relationship like each other, those few spared moments should suffice. 

“If you both really like each other, it will work out,” said Farrokhi.

Despite going to different schools while dating, sophomore Vinny Faylor and freshman Sophie Sellers have been together for over a year now.

They began dating when Faylor was a freshman and Sellers was an eight grader at Redwood Middle School. 

Sellers and Faylor agree that attending the same school has a positive effect on their relationship now that they are able to spend more time together.

“It’s nice seeing her every day now that she goes to SHS,” said Faylor. 

Faylor said he loves spending time with her because “she’s someone who is always happy.”

“I don’t care that I’m a grade above her,” said Faylor. “It doesn’t make a difference.”