Gabrielle Lazo ’25

Checking our resolutions off one by one!

Happy New Year, Royals! It’s a new semester which means we can expect a new you. While a daunting task, coming up with new year’s resolutions is a great way to set goals and aspirations for yourself, whether your goals are for inside or outside the classroom. To get a better idea of what Royals have in store for 2025, we asked fellow students what resolutions they dreamed up as soon as the ball dropped.

1. Kayla Trevino ’25

“For this new year, I wanted to set a realistic goal for myself to stop procrastinating…even though it does not seem that realistic. My aim is to stop wasting time and waiting to do things and hopefully I follow through with this.” We’ve all been there: it’s the night before the due date and we still have three pages left on an eight-page essay that’s been assigned for three weeks. This year, hopefully less Redbulls will be crushed in the late hours of the night.

2. Jackie Liao ’27

Jackie plans to kick off the new year by going to the gym more often. I personally think this a great resolution; I wish I had the commitment to keep up my health and hit that treadmill the way Jackie will be, especially now that summer is well on its way!

3. Nyah Vukoye ’25

“I really want to prioritize my faith. My friend also donated much of his earnings last year which inspired me to do the same. We take so many things for granted and forget that other people would sacrifice so much for those exact same things.” I agree, Nyah. We do take a lot of the things we have for granted, and it is so amazing that you have decided to give back and donate a portion of your earnings. I hope so many more of us can act similarly this new year!

4. Tahlia Jain ’26

“I would say my goal for this year is to prioritize sleep—if I’m not feeling my best and am constantly tired, I won’t do well in school and will probably negatively affect everyone around me.” Sleep is so important, especially for developing adolescent minds such as ours. Make sure you’re getting your full 8 hours in 2025!

Overall, it seems that we all want to make minor tweaks to ourselves this 2025. This year we, Rebecca Nassar ’25 and Gabby, we hope to reach our GoodReads goal and save money, respectively. Whether it may be by getting a job, going to the gym or anything else, there is no better way to enter the new year than with an improved version of ourselves. Have a great 2025, Royals, and let’s make this year the best one yet!