Schutz’s Pride in a Blonde

By Marina Guirguis

Kara Michelle Newell is probably known by being the significant blonde in Schutz’s high school, but she is anything but the stereotypical blonde. She is a smart girl enrolled in AP classes, such as AP US History. She enjoys reading in her free time, hanging out with friends, as well as listening to music.
She spent the first nine years of her life in Charlotte, North Carolina, before moving to Alexandria, Egypt. As a young girl, ballet, dance, gymnastics, and piano lessons dominated Kara’s elementary years. The first school she attended was called Covenant Day School. Her first memory involved “My best friend Shanna sleeping over. So much fun!” Kara and Shanna Van Beek have known each other since the day Kara was born, and were often mistaken for twins. “We still joke about that now. In fact we refer to each other as twin or sister sometimes, “Kara explained. In 1994, her family and a few other families started a church in uptown Charlotte called uptown Christ Covenant Church. This is where Kara goes to visit when she returns to the United States and where she spent last summer tubing, wakeboarding, swimming and water fighting at Lake Norman.
The Newells moved to Egypt in 1999. The hardest thing about moving according to Kara was, “not seeing friends and family on a regular basis.” Her dad wanted the family to have an overseas experience.
In time though, all good things come to an end. This is Kara’s senior year, meaning soon she will pack up her bags and leave what she loves once again. Her first choice for college is Elon University, about twenty minutes away from the university her brother attends. She dreams of one day being a kindergarten teacher because she “loves kids and wants to help them grow and discover new things.”
Kara is known among her friends for giving great advice and being a caring shoulder to cry on. You are surely guaranteed hours of fun if you spend time with this girl in or out of school. Some advice that Kara leaves with us is, “Let go, jump into life! Try something new at least once a day, everyday. Don’t let anyone say you can’t do something. Try and you might prove them wrong!”