Staff Writer
Paige Wilson
It is not uncommon to walk into the yearbook room and see someone hunched over a computer engaged in intense concentration. Senior Sarah Ditto is often that person.

Ditto is known for many things, such as her joyful attitude and sympathy towards others. However, in Round-Up yearbook, she is most readily known for her skills in graphic design. Ditto has been on the yearbook staff for two years and has been recognized as a Photoshop pro. And as her senior year comes to an end, so does her yearbook career.

“Yearbook was pretty stressful,” Ditto said. “But I have a lot of good memories and made some really close friends.”

Round-Up adviser Rachel Pellegrino has taught Ditto for three years and has seen her grow over the years and improve.

“I’ll hang on to three years of joking, working, having lunch, sharing stories and making memories,” Pellegrino said. “She moved from photojournalism to yearbook and while it’s not all been easy, she has been a real asset to me and the yearbook program. I am really going to miss her.”

DItto will also never forget the influence of Pellegrino.
“The one thing I will never forget once I graduate is a quote Mrs. Pellegrino told me,” Ditto said. “’Everyday might not be a good day, but there is good in everyday’”.

Yearbook gave Ditto and the staff lasting memories of staying up at school into late in the evening late nights working at the school while rocking out to music in pajamas, as well the close friends she made in her computer area.

Senior Kelly Emerson met Ditto in yearbook, and memories of them and their fun experiences, such as their yearbook initiation, will stay with her after graduation.

“She is the perfect combination of sassy and sweet,” Emerson said. “She is the first person to offer help and she will actually teach you if you have any trouble with Photoshop.”

Emerson was astounded when she saw what lengths Ditto goes to in helping others.

“I got mono this year and it couldn’t have been at a worse time,” Emerson said. “I had pages and business stuff due all in that one week. Sarah stepped up and did almost everything so I only had to come into school for two hours.”

Emerson has also gained a lot of knowledge from Ditto after their time together on yearbook.

“Her whole life isn’t yearbook, she brings in all her experiences which in return brings us into the real world,” Emerson said. “She stops us from being single minded and gets us out to experience what we are doing.”
In addition to being a master behind the computer, Ditto also has been the girl’s varsity lacrosse captain for the past two years.

“I wasn’t able to participate in clubs as much as I wanted to,” Ditto said. “We had lacrosse practice six hours a week, plus games and yearbook deadlines – there wasn’t a lot of time left over.”
Ditto will attend Texas A&M University and will major in computer science, a branch of the engineering program.

“Computer science will help me a lot in the graphics design area, which I believe is my future,” Ditto said.

It is definite that even after Ditto leaves CHS, she will not quit her talent.

“I’m positive she will keep taking photos, using her design skills, and being an asset wherever she goes,” Emerson said.