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[0:10] Good morning. I am Kim Berling and I am

[0:13] the proud interim principal here at AIO

[0:16] Senior High and I am here with two of

[0:19] our awesome students um who represent

[0:22] both Link Crew and our yearbook advisors

[0:26] here at AIO Senior High. I'm gonna let

[0:28] them introduce themselves.

[0:30] Hi, my name is Gani. I'm a junior and as

[0:32] she said, I'm in yearbook. I'm a linker

[0:34] leader. I really love, you know, getting

[0:35] outside and I just am here to interview

[0:37] our lovely principal today. Hi, I'm

[0:39] Said. I'm also going to be a junior. Um,

[0:42] also in yearbook and link crew now. Um,

[0:45] I am like very active in sports and I

[0:48] think I just base off like my whole life

[0:50] on that. So,

[0:51] ladies, you've got some questions for me

[0:52] today.

[0:53] Yes, we do.

[0:54] Okay, let's go. First one, what high

[0:56] school did you go to? And with that,

[0:58] what high school did your kid go to or

[1:00] did go to?

[1:01] Okay, so I grew up in Michigan. Okay.

[1:04] Outside of Detroit, I went to a high

[1:07] school called Wild Lake Western.

[1:09] And so it was in Michigan in Wald Lake.

[1:12] Um my kiddos um went to Woodland for

[1:17] elementary and now um for high school

[1:19] they I have three and they are one

[1:22] graduated from Weisetta and I have twins

[1:24] who are seniors at Weisetta High School.

[1:26] Oh, okay. Okay, cool. If you were a

[1:29] teacher, what subject and what grade

[1:31] would you teach and why?

[1:33] Okay, that's a great one. Well, I was a

[1:35] teacher. Really? Oh, really?

[1:36] Okay. I was and I taught business

[1:38] classes. Oh, so in my prior life before

[1:41] education, I was a financial adviser. So

[1:44] it was a natural fit to come in and

[1:46] teach business. So I really think it's

[1:49] an important classes or they are

[1:51] important classes for kids to take.

[1:53] And so I would go back to teaching

[1:55] business in high school.

[1:58] Cool. And then what made you want to

[1:59] become a principal?

[2:01] Oh my goodness. Well, way back after

[2:03] teaching, I was in SMS

[2:06] and I went back to school to get my

[2:08] administration license. I had a

[2:10] principal who believed in me and said,

[2:12] "I think you should do this." And so,

[2:15] um, it was something that they had the

[2:18] belief in me and I love students and I

[2:22] love high school students and so it

[2:25] became something that I wanted to pursue

[2:27] and I'm so glad I'm here where I'm at.

[2:29] Oh, that's good. Nice. um to like lower

[2:31] the you know the level. Yeah. Um what's

[2:33] the funniest excuse you've heard about

[2:35] somebody being late to class?

[2:37] Oh my goodness, you guys.

[2:39] I the funniest one. They come up daily

[2:42] with something different all the time

[2:44] that always surprises me. So to think of

[2:47] one

[2:50] kids come up with some really good ones.

[2:52] funniest one I don't know off hand, but

[2:54] you guys are pretty pretty um crafty

[2:58] with coming up with excuses.

[3:01] Yeah. Um what's your favorite AIO sport?

[3:05] Oh, I don't have a favorite AIO sport.

[3:07] Really not the football team or

[3:09] Well, you know what? Because I love

[3:10] going to all of the different events and

[3:13] sports to see you guys do what you love

[3:15] to do. And so every time I go, it just

[3:18] warms my heart to see kids in action

[3:21] actually doing what they love. So I love

[3:24] to go to different ones. I love football

[3:26] and the basketball, but I love to go see

[3:29] kids doing something that maybe

[3:32] is not as big as a football game, so

[3:35] swimming or tennis or whatever. I'd love

[3:37] to go see everybody in action doing what

[3:39] they love.

[3:40] And what's that? Do you have a favorite

[3:42] chant in any of those? Oh, what's that

[3:44] one you guys?

[3:46] Missy always does the shape your

[3:50] the cheer team.

[3:51] The cheer team. Yes.

[3:54] Is that what you're talking about? The

[3:55] cheerleader chance.

[3:56] One of my favorites for sure.

[3:57] Yes, that is my favorite.

[3:59] Yeah. If you could switch uh places with

[4:01] a student for one day, what grade would

[4:03] you choose?

[4:06] I think I would go back to senior.

[4:08] Okay. because it is just such a great

[4:13] year. I feel like um students have

[4:16] really matured, have become confident

[4:18] with who they are. I feel like your

[4:20] senior year, you really opened up your

[4:22] heart and you become friends with people

[4:24] that maybe weren't in your core group.

[4:26] It's just like it's your last year and

[4:28] kids really want to enjoy it and have

[4:31] fun and soak it all in. I loved high

[4:33] school, so I would go back to my senior

[4:35] year.

[4:35] I see. Um, a little random, but okay.

[4:39] Marvel or DC?

[4:42] You guys, I'm not into either.

[4:44] Really? Wait, no way. No superheroes

[4:47] like at all.

[4:48] Maybe

[4:50] Wonder Woman. So, which one's that?

[4:52] Yeah, that's DC, I'm pretty sure.

[4:53] Is that DC? Okay, then I'm I'm all in

[4:56] DC. Old old school Wonder Woman.

[4:58] Okay, okay, that's fair. Um, I was

[5:00] wondering this cuz your hair looks

[5:01] really good. Are you a natural blonde?

[5:03] Uh,

[5:05] no.

[5:08] No. I have to work to get this um

[5:10] blonde. You can see the roots, but I

[5:12] mean lighter brown, but not natural.

[5:14] Cuz it eats it really good.

[5:16] Thank you.

[5:17] Okay. Um, in your office, right?

[5:20] Yeah.

[5:20] Would you prefer having a bean bag as

[5:22] your chair or a throne?

[5:25] Ooh, I would like a bean bag.

[5:27] A bean bag?

[5:28] Yeah.

[5:28] Yeah. I'm all about the comfort and

[5:30] cozy.

[5:31] Yeah. Yeah, I know. Me, too. Um, what's

[5:33] your favorite school lunch? If you eat

[5:35] any of the school lunch,

[5:37] probably like the chicken nuggets.

[5:39] Oh, yeah. Those are good.

[5:41] With the with the dip, the boom boom

[5:43] sauce.

[5:44] Oh, yeah.

[5:44] Yeah, the boom boom sauce is really

[5:45] good.

[5:46] Mhm.

[5:47] Hey, and I think last one. If you could

[5:50] pick a superpower, what would it be and

[5:52] why?

[5:55] I wish um

[5:58] I could heal everybody and take away

[6:00] people's pain. That's a good one. Yeah,

[6:02] just because um you know there's a lot

[6:05] of kids that a lot of adults all of us

[6:08] that need support and um you know go

[6:11] through hard things in life and um just

[6:14] to be there to help uplift and support

[6:16] people and take that pain away.

[6:17] Cool. That's a good answer.

[6:19] That is Thank you.

[6:21] Well,

[6:22] anything else, ladies?

[6:24] I mean, I think I mean I'm excited for

[6:25] this school year to have you. I feel

[6:27] like you're like a really good like

[6:28] example for us and based off your

[6:30] answers I'm just like really excited to

[6:32] get to know you more.

[6:33] Yeah, for sure. You definitely seem like

[6:35] a good person to know and like build a

[6:37] relationship with.

[6:38] But um yeah, I'm really excited to see

[6:39] what the school year brings.

[6:41] Thank you both for doing this and I too

[6:43] am extremely excited for a wonderful

[6:47] 2025 2026 school year here at AIO Senior

[6:51] High. AIO excellence.

[6:53] Thanks lady.

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