Senior Spotlight: Avery Watts Barbara Ingram School for the Arts Class of 2026

Avery Watts Barbara Ingram School for the Arts Class of 2026

Name: Avery Watts

Age: 17

School: Barbara Ingram School For the Arts

Alright Avery, let’s talk about your current faves

Color: Either sage green or light pink

Tv show: Young Sheldon 

Book: One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

Song: A World Alone by Lorde

Subject in school: Biology

Pastime(s): Currently I’ve been enjoying drawing and hanging out with my friends.

Hobbies/extracurriculars: I really enjoy dancing! -Avery is a very talented ballerina and I have thoroughly enjoyed playing that up in photos with her

Top three memories of high school: Showing our first self choreographed solos freshman year, getting to hang out outside and get ice cream on the last days of school, and senior prom.

Clothing item: I have a navy blue long sleeve shirt from Brandy Melville that I wear all the time but I also have a University of Delaware quarter zip sweatshirt that might be my favorite.

Lunch spot : Chilis!

About the future…

You’re done with high school, what is your next move? Next year I will be heading to University of Delaware to study Nursing and hopefully minor in Spanish!

What do you hope to be doing in the next 10 years and where? 10 years from now I hope to be a pediatric nurse practitioner and I hope to be living in or close to a big city!

What’s the number one world issue you would solve if you could? I would want to solve world hunger.

What is your dream career (even if it’s just a dream) ? : My dream career is being a Nurse Practitioner but I would also love to be a food blogger on the side!

Just for funsies…

Avery- The Movie: what celebrity should play you? Maybe Makenna Grace but I’m honestly not sure.

Pretend money ain’t no thang- where are you gonna go on vacation right now? If money wasn’t a thing, I would go to Japan because I want to experience the culture and especially the food.

You can only eat one thing for the rest of your life. What’s it gonna be? Mac and cheese!

What is your proudest (maybe not biggest) accomplishment so far: My proudest accomplishment is graduating with my Associates Degree before I graduate high school!

Any obscure talents? I don’t have many obscure talents but I can do the worm forwards and backwards.

What’s a skill you don’t have but want to learn? Crocheting or knitting

Don’t miss the pic of Avery from freshman year at the bottom of her senior pics. Click here to see the latest ballet session with Avery