In her time at JA, Dedra Dietrich (DeeDee) has been involved in NHS, LEO Club, Art Club, and French Club; DeeDee is the secretary of French Club. DeeDee also plays volleyball for a club team outside of school. DeeDee is attending the University of Cincinnati in the fall and will be majoring in film and media studies.
In her time at JA, Delana Dietrich has been involved in NHS, LEO Club, French Club, and basketball; Delana is the treasurer of French Club. Delana also plays volleyball for a club team outside of school. Delana is attending the University of Cincinnati in the fall and will be majoring in architectural engineering.
Q: What’s your favorite memory of your time at Alder?
Delana: 6th grade camp.
DeeDee: There’s gotta be a good elementary memory, meh, or there wasn’t. After football games.
Delana: Well the football games were the worst part but…
DeeDee: Specifically after football games with friends was the best part. Or having like no classes this year.
Q: What are three things you can’t live without?
DeeDee: My computer, my phone, and my bed.
Delana: DeeDee, my computer, and my TV.
Q: What’s one thing people don’t know about you?
Delana: I crochet.
DeeDee: That’s a good one, dang it. I paint.
Delana: Oh yeah you’re good at painting, you paint skateboards.
DeeDee: Yeah, I get old skateboards and sand them then paint them.
Q: How would you define yourself in three words?
DeeDee: Thoughtful, kind, and creative.
Delana: Smart, funny, and hardworking.
Q: What is the best piece of advice you’ve received?
DeeDee: No cuts, no buts, no coconuts.
Delana: Treat others how you want to be treated.
DeeDee: Or maybe something like, everyone is in their own world so be yourself because you only live once. You guys are looking at me like I’m weird
Delana: You’re literally going against your own quote right now.
DeeDee: Okay fine. No cuts, no buts, no coconuts. Final answer.
Q: If you made a documentary, what would it be about and why?
DeeDee: A documentary about my sister living in a small town in Ohio.
Delana: Nooooo, nooooo.
DeeDee: Come on why not.
Dedra: I’d want to do a murder mystery.
DeeDee: Ohh or maybe one about an internet mystery.
Delana: I think we should do it together.
DeeDee: Yeah if we did we would definitely make our own film company.
Q: What is the last piece of content you consumed that made you cry?
DeeDee: “Love on the Spectrum”
Delana: “Queer Eye”
DeeDee: No, say “ Love on the Spectrum”
Delana: Hey, let me be my own person.
Q: What is a song you can listen to on repeat?
Delana: Well my Spotify DJ always plays Panic at the Disco and I never skip.
DeeDee: Hmm, mine’s probably going to be a David Bowie song.
Delana: Oh I also end up with Sir Chloe and I never skip her songs.
DeeDee: “This Charming Man” The Smiths.
Q: If you could switch lives with someone for a day, who would it be?
DeeDee: Delana.
Delana: No.
DeeDee: Um okay? I take it back? I switch toooo…
Delana: Probably someone famous…
DeeDee: Ariana Grande.
Delana: Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Q:What is your dream place to visit?
Delana: Hawaii, or just somewhere tropical.
DeeDee: Bora Bora, France Polynesia, or Australia.
Delana: You’re not worried about the animals there? What about the giant spiders as big as doorways?
DeeDee: I’d love to see the spiders, but I mainly want to go surfing, and Australia is like surfing central.
Q: What’s the biggest surprise you’ve had?
DeeDee: That we were born two minutes apart and not three. That was a big surprise because our parents told us three our whole lives then we looked at the birth certificates and it was only two minutes.
Delana: When my grandparents’ dog attacked my cat. My cat’s name was Cotton, and Kipper was the attacker.
Q: What 3 people living or dead would you like to make dinner for?
Both: Lady Gaga, RuPaul, and our pappap.
Q: What was the most adventurous thing you’ve done in your life?
DeeDee: I went on a roller coaster, and I hate roller coasters, so it was pretty awful, but it was adventurous.
Delana: Going to France with our parents’ school without knowing anyone. Geez, there was so much trauma from that trip.
Q: What would you like to be remembered for?
Both: Being a good person, and activists for our beliefs.
