Q: Name?

A: Panayiota B.

Q: Class Rank?

A: 6th.

Q: Parents’ Names?

A: Eleni Kolokouris and Terry Bechakas. 

Q: Future plans?

A: I'm going to college at St. John Fisher for business.  

Q: Honors & Awards?

A: High honor roll. 

Q: Activities & Sports?

A: National Honor Society, cheer, flag football, golf. 

Q: What is your proudest achievement?

A: Having good grades through my high school years while doing a lot of extracurricular activities. 

Q: What will you miss most about school?

A: I will miss my friends and playing sports the most. 

Q: What’s the most important lesson you learned in high school?

A: The most important lesson I learned was that you have to push yourself and get out of your comfort zone 

Q: What do you hope your life looks like in 10 years? 

A: I hope I am successful and that I enjoy what I do. 

Q: Who inspires you to do your best? 

A: My family inspires me to be my best because I have seen all that they have accomplished and all the work that they put into everything that they do.  

Q: What’s your favorite place in Avon? 

A: My favorite place in Avon is my house because me and my friends always hang out there. 

Q: What’s your go-to Tom Wahl’s order? 

A: My go-to Tom Wahl’s order is a cheese burger with fries and a milkshake. 

Q: If you could tell your eighth grade self one thing, what would it be?

A: I would tell my eighth grade self to push themselves and to have fun. 

Q: What do you want people to know about what it’s like to be you, to be your age, at this moment in time?

A: I want people to know that during this time in your life you shouldn't just be focusing on school and that you should also be having fun and trying new things. 

Q: What would the title of your autobiography be?

A: My autobiography title would be “Am I In a Movie or What?”

Q: Who would play you in a movie about your life? 

A: Allie Chaffee would play me in a movie about my life. 

Q: What’s your most listened to song?

A: “TGIF,” by GloRilla because it has a vibe. 

Q: What scares you about the future? 

A: The thing that scares me most about the future is that I don’t know what will happen in it.  

Q: What gives you hope about the future? 

A: The fact that I can be successful and do whatever I want gives me hope for the future. 

Q: Tell me about a time when you were stronger than you thought you could be.

A: When I never did cheer before and at first I didn't know if I could do it but then I loved it. 

Q: Tell me about a time when you took a risk and it paid off.

A: I took a risk by switching schools and coming to Avon and it paid off because now I have great friends and I tried new things. 

Q: What trend or fad did you participate in that you will definitely regret in the future (or actively regret right now)?

A: A trend I know I will regret one day is wearing a bedazzled cowboy hat to most of the country concerts I go to.

Q: If you had to cook a meal to impress someone, what would you make? 

A: If I had to impress someone by making a meal I would make a mac and cheese bowl and cut up fruit for them. 

Q: What superpower would you pick and why? 

A: I would choose teleportation as my superpower so then I can get places faster and I could go wherever I want. 

Q: Imagine it’s 2047 and you have teenage kids of your own. What advice would you give your 40(ish)-year-old self about being a good parent?

A: The advice that I would give would be to let your kids have fun and that they won't get in trouble for telling the truth because it is better to have open communication.