Sawyer Drake

Art plays a huge role in Sawyer’s life.  In addition to taking BHS art classes such as ceramics, drawing, and painting, she loves to paint murals. She also paints holiday and birthday cards, canvases and phone cases  for family and friends.  Dance also fills Sawyer’s life. She has competed in dance for the past four years. She attends classes and has trained in more than ten styles at several different studios in town. Her  primary dance studio is The Demi Space where she is a member of the Competition Soloist Program. She performs across the country and locally. Her hard work in dance culminated in acceptance to the prestigious Oklahoma City University's Dance Program this past summer.

Sawyer serves as the Bulletin Editor for the Key Club. In this role, she coordinates with other officers to plan weekly meetings and volunteer opportunities. She enjoys volunteering at events such as the Food Drive, Pack the Sack, the Educator Conference, Hope and the Holidays, and HRDC. She is the vice-president of the National Honors Society and through NHS has participated in events such as Prom Closet, Bozeman's Easter Egg Hunt and Service Day. She is also a member of the Spanish Honors Society,  Academic World Quest,and Prom Committee. Sawyer’s favorite volunteer opportunities are working concessions at sporting events because, “everyone is so excited and you see so many different people.” During Sawyer’s Junior year, she volunteered more than 60 hours!

Sawyer enjoys classes at BHS that include “anything social studies/geography/art based.” AP World History has been her favorite class. She says, “ I loved getting to learn about so many different people around the world and how interconnected we all really are. Also, having two class periods with the same people and teachers makes it really feel like a community.” In addition to AP classes, Sawyer has enrolled in several dual enrollment classes through MSU such as Spanish 4, the Freshman Research Symposium, and Anatomy and Physiology. Maintaining an unweighted 4.0 GPA and all of her community service has also allowed her to letter academically for several years and receive gold cards.

Sawyer is described by others as hard-working and positive. According to Sawyer, “ I tend to put my head down and do the work; it's what you have to do when your schedule is so full…. It's really easy to get swept up in stress and repetition but I try to look at situations positively. Sometimes all you can do is smile, put on some good music, and get back to work.”