Originally, John Loos was inspired to join journalism in 8th grade. As he sat in his Road to Success class, he didn’t know which electives to select on his course card. John said that “none of the other electives really appealed to me, and I saw the Journalism elective and I just had the gut feeling to take it and I did.” After a year in journalism John expressed interest in joining the Cub, saying, “I thought it would be the next step to be more involved in my communication skills.”
Alongside the Cub and journalism, John is also involved in a multitude of AP classes. John has taken AP Literature, English Language, Biology, Chemistry, and Psychology. John plans to use his experience in AP classes go to college at St. Joseph’s University, and will be majoring in biochemistry in hopes to be in the pharmaceutical industry or do something in healthcare. He doesn’t know exactly what his future has in store for him, but he knows that he wants to do something that involves helping people through healthcare.
John works at Frederick Living and was hired there a year ago as a utility aid to help feed the elderly. He loves to interact with his co-workers and superiors. He has greatly enjoyed his time working at Frederick Living and will miss working there when he goes to college.
Thanks to his Cub advisor in July of 2023 John, “was nominated to attend the prestigious Washington Journalism and Media Conference (WJMC) at George Mason University where [he] got to interact with a lot of awesome people and [he] think[s] that trip really helped to expand [his] knowledge as a writer.”
At school, John was left with some life changing advice curtesy of Ms. Snyder, “make good choices.” John says, “I try to spread those words to the people around me, students and staff alike, so that they can make good choices like me!”
When John reflected on his accomplishments in Cub, John thought back to his favorite article he had written. “My favorite article that I’ve written is [the article covering] 8 Minutes Left because it was given to me by Mrs. Scharrschmidt in journalism and it was a totally new experience for me. I liked learning he new information about school plays and getting to interact with people from the cast.”
As John graduates, BASH and the Cub have to say a bittersweet goodbye. His outstanding achievements and positive demeanor will be remembered as he makes the future for himself that he deserves.
