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2026 Graduate Interview - Ethan Lewis

June 29, 2026

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

My name is Ethan Lewis I go to Sydney academy, and my community is Eskasoni.

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

Hockey, I was the goalie for Sydney academy this year.

 

What’s your favourite subject in school?

English

 

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

 I would go to Banff, because of the scenery.

What do you like to do in your spare time?

Hang out at home, go see my girlfriend, work, and hockey and baseball

 

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

 Nscc.

What do you see yourself doing ten years from now?

Working hard.

 

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

My role model is my support system, my parents and my auntie Faye, uncle clarey and my Grampy without them I wouldn’t be where I am today. They support me for every decision I make in life, they push me to work hard, I wouldn’t be able to choose one cause they all help shape me to be the man I am today.

 

What is your best memory from your high school years?

Traveling out to Saskatchewan for prep school.

 

What is the best thing about your school?

 How supportive the teachers are in Sydney academy.

Who has made an impact on you?

My Grampy cause he the one that got my up every morning to make sure I made it to school.

 

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

Youth centre in my community

 

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

If life gives you lemons, squeeze em and keep going.