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2025 Graduate Interview - Xander Marshall

June 11, 2025

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

My name is Xander Marshall, I am 17 and attend Allan Lafford High School in Potlotek

What’s your favourite subject in school?
My favourite subject is Math.

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be, and why?
I'd go to Europe, just to go to a different continent

What do you like to do in your spare time?
Play Video Games


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

I applied for the BA in community studies at CBU

What do you see yourself doing ten years from now?
I hope to be in a career that I enjoy doing


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

Roland my school principal, because he enjoys history like me.


What is your best memory from your high school years?
My favourite memory is playing chess with friends.


What is the best thing about your school?
The best thing is that they accommodate individuals.


Who has made an impact on you?

My mother, mark, and my teachers


Is there something you'd like to see in your school or community that isn't there now?
I'd like to see a bigger high school and it equipped with more supplies to offer more classes


Do you have any words of advice, a personal favourite quote, or a thank-you?
Thank you to my mother and to mark for being present and to every teach I’ve ever had to help me get to grade 12.