This year, Zephyrus decided to feature a different student in each issue, ranging from the most well-known senior to the most unheard of sophomore.

This issue, we will be featuring Chris Ross, a senior. Some of you may not recognize his name but almost anyone could recognize him walking down the hallway. Chris is the tallest person in the school and because of that, it’s easy to pick him out of a crowd.

“He’s outstanding because he can make you laugh,” said Edina student Baysha Collins. “Whenever you’re around him, he is full of laughter.”

Chris came to Minneapolis from South Chicago in search of a safer, more grounded lifestyle. “I just wanted to leave,” Chris said. “My dad gave me the option and we came here.” Chris first went to Edison High School in Northeast Minneapolis but then came to Edina as part of an outreach program in 2010.

Chris was initially hesitant to move to Minneapolis. “I go back and forth, but I like it here,” Chris said. “I left two brothers in Chicago. I left aunts and uncles. I have cousins that I have never met.” Despite leaving a former life behind, Chris is pleased with moving to Minnesota and likes Edina High School.

“I just come to school, do my work, work out during 6th hour, go home,” said Chris. When Chris goes home, he enjoys going to the YMCA to work out, and then hanging out with his friends afterword.

When Chris graduates, he hopes to play football in college and go on to play after college. “Football has been one of my dreams for a while,” Chris said.

When you see Chris walk the halls, you may notice him carrying a silver dollar. This is his lucky coin. “I flip it all the time, heads means yes, tails means no.”

Yes, he is tall, but that doesn’t mean that he is intimidating. When asked what he wanted the students at EHS to know, he said, “I walk these halls a lot and people look at me and think‘Oh he is huge’ but, in reality, I don’t try to intimidate. I like people,” Chris said.