Message from Student Body President

My name is Zachary Trites and I have attended prep since 7th grade and I want to express how everything happens for a reason.

One event or minor thing can change your whole life. My event starts off with my older sister. It was her 8th grade year at Holy Trinity of San Pedro. She was a great softball and volleyball player for her club and school teams. Her school softball team was in the CYO championship game and before the game my parents told her, “If you guys lose, you will have to go to your club volleyball games”. She replies with, “Fine, whatever.”

Well, it was the last inning of the game two outs runners on second and third and my sister’s team was leading 3-2. All they needed was one out to be champions. The girl up to bat hits a soft grounder to the third basemen who fields it cleanly but throws it over the first basemen’s head. Both runners score and they lose.

So my sister and my family go to her volleyball games at Rolling Hills Gymnasium. She gets out of the car with a scowl on her face to play several matches of volleyball. On the other hand, I stayed outside throwing my baseball against a wall when a scary looking man with a New York Mets hat on says, “Hey you, you little kid, get out of here. What is the matter with you?”

So I ran off as fast as I could. After hiding for a while I went to see my dad. When I turned the corner the same scary man was talking to my father. That was when my heart started pounding because I thought I was in trouble. But the scary man was talking about having my sister attend Rolling Hills Prep school. I later figured out that the scary man's real name is Mr. Brian Knigin.

My sister attended Rolling Hills Prep and it changed her life. Teachers figured out she had a learning disability and helped her. Now she is a successful student at Cal State Long Beach. If she didn’t attend prep she probably wouldn’t even be in college. But the main person I have to thank is the third basemen who over threw first base because that one throw brought success into my family’s life. Now if she did make that throw to first I would probably be in a uniform right now at a strict catholic school listening to a teacher talk about tying shoes correctly.