Anika+Floore

Interview with Anika Floore

Class of '96

Anika Floore attended her early grade school years at Signal Hill School which is located in Belleville, IL. For high school, she attended Belleville West her sophomore and junior year and ended her high school career at Lincoln High school. While at Belleville west she enjoyed to sing in the Bellevilletes choir. “I loved Mrs. Carter(the teacher)”, she said in her interview. After high school Anika decided to join the military. Anika has been in the military for 14 years with an E 7 rank and E 9 being the highest rank. She has two boys whose names are marques and A.J. They are 8 and 4 years old. Anika and her family attend Mt.Sinai Missionary Baptist Church where her uncle Rev. Herman L. Watson is the pastor. Anika as a senior

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1. Toi: What was your favorite memory of high school? Anika: Getting to see a lot of people AND INTERACT WITH PEOPLE 2. Toi: Did you have a high school sweet heart? Anika: No sweetheart but dated I someone for a while and had a child with him 3. Toi: What clubs did you participate in? Anika: I participated in Bellevillelettes, tried out for basketball but got cut 4. Toi: Who was your favorite teacher and why? Anika: I didn’t have a favorite teacher, my English teacher Mrs. Mueller is the only teacher that stands out in my mind though 5. Toi: What was your favorite subject in school? Anika: I loved math because I liked a challenges. 6. Toi: What was your favorite hairstyle and clothing to wear? Anika: Faded ice wash jeans, big hair 7. Toi: Who was your favorite celebrity? Anika: None likes a lot of music 8. Toi: What were the latest movies and television shows then? Anika: Cosby show, family matters, star trek, star wars, soul train, 9. Toi: What was your best year of high school? Anika: Senior year 10. Toi: What was your hardest year? Freshman year, trying to get use to the transition of high school 11. Toi: What were some of your goals and achievements in high school? Anika: #1 goal was to graduate; goal was to make good grades. First time getting a F was junior year and was asked to be on journalism b/c she wrote really well at Belleville west when she went to a majority black school the honors English teacher did not accept her writing b/c of her style of writing. 12. Toi: What was your plan when you graduated high school? Anika: My plan was to go to the military 13. Toi: In the end, what was your career? Anika: Full time army 14. Toi: Any regrets during your high school experience? Anika: She wishes she would’ve stayed at Belleville west because it was a better education. She wish would have gone to college right after high school to experience the college life. Toi: Can you give any advice to students who are graduating high school and getting ready to embark on their journey? Anika: Stick with your goals, put God first 16. Toi: What was some beneficial advice given to you? Anika: You can accomplish anything you put your mind to and treat people the way you want to be treated and you’ll succeed in life. 17. Toi: How did you feel when your principal called your name to receive your diploma? Anika: A relief because you embarking on a new journey and scared because your entering the real world. 18. Toi: What can you say you learned from your entire high school experience? Anika: There will be all kinds of people, good, bad 19. Toi: I know you were in Bellevillelettes, any songs you can remember? Anika: Loves Mrs. Carter, the newssies 20. Toi:I know you like music and in the last 10 years there were a lot of singers and celebrities dying, so which artist was your favorite?  Anika: Luther Vandross, Gerald Luvert, Micheal Jackson ||