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2025 Graduate Interview - Isabel Denny

June 20, 2025

What is your name, age, school, and what community are you from?

My name is Isabel Denny, I am 17 years old, I attended Allison Bernard Memorial High School, and I am from Eskasoni First Nation, but am a band member of Potlotek First Nation.

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What clubs, teams, or groups are you involved in at school, and after-school?

I was recently involved in the girls basketball team and the season before I was involved in the boys high school hockey team.

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What’s your favourite subject in school?

My favourite subject in school had to have been math class because I was always in it with the best people and teacher.

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If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be, and why?

If I could go anywhere in the world, I would go to some place down south where I can relax and enjoy the beach.

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What do you like to do in your spare time?

In my spare time I like to go shopping or out to dinner with friends or my boyfriend.

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What are your plans for when you graduate, and why?

My plans for when I graduate is to attend NSCC for practical nursing then to future my studies in becoming a registered nurse.

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What do you see yourself doing ten years from now?

In ten years from now I would hope to see myself being the best nurse I can be for my community.

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Do you have a role model? If so, who? And why?

I do have a role model, my mom Dr Shelley Denny. I never once saw her give up on anything or anyone, she always gives her all in everything she does for herself or someone else.

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What is your best memory from your high school years?

My best memory is when my friends and I were in the same English 10 class together, we picked on our teacher Liam everyday because he picked on us everyday.

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What is the best thing about your school?

The best thing about my school are the teachers and especially our principal, Newell Johnson.

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Who has made an impact on you?

‍My teachers definitely made a good impact on me throughout my years in high school.

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Is there something you'd like to see in your school or community that isn't there now?

Something I’d like to see in our community is a new gym, one that’s bigger so that people would be more comfortable with starting the gym. A bigger gym with more machines would mean less crowding and more people getting out of their comfort zones.

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Do you have any words of advice, a personal favourite quote, or a thank-you?

My words of advice is to always be kind to others, it could always make someone’s day.

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