“I recommend taking your easy classes like art and PE your early years so you don’t have to them junior and senior year,” said Dayne Lavoie, AP student and part of the La Salle football team.
Dayne Lavoie
October 6, 2021
Dayne Lavoie, junior, is both a member of the football team and an employee of TJ Maxx.
Lavoie’s football practices typically take up three to four hours of his day. Practice starts at 3:30 p.m. and goes to 6:30 p.m., but he’s there as late as 7:30 p.m. most of the time. “We have to do stuff after, clean up, go to the training room sometimes if you get hurt,” he said.
Lavoie’s job at TJ Maxx occupies about 20 hours of his week. His shifts are spread across Saturdays, Sundays, and one weekday of his work’s choosing.
“I typically prioritize doing schoolwork before other free time stuff, like watching movies,” he said.
Lavoie’s tips for success include “not [waiting] to the last minute to do things,” he said. “Plan your stuff out, don’t wait.”
Lavoie recommends that underclassmen take their “easy classes like Art and PE your early years, so you don’t have to worry about them your junior and senior years,” he said. “So you can focus more on harder classes, you have more free time.”