Finding your passion is difficult when your are only in high school. But Mike Joint, junior techie, has found his. His dedication to theater is shown in the amount of thespian points he has accumulated.

Aiding Drama and Tech Club is not mandatory, but Joynt explains that he donates his time because he believes he is good at being a techie and really enjoys the atmosphere.

“It is pretty embarrassing that I know the exact number, but I worked a lot to get all those points,” said Joynt, who currently has over 120 thespian points in the course of three years.

Thespian points measure the amount of time that a student contributes to the Drama and Tech Club. To receive a single thespian point, a student needs to commit to 10 hours of aiding the clubs, according to Marcel Graham, technical director and Performing Arts Center coordinator.

“I started my freshman year because I was tired of doing nothing in middle school. I didn’t really know anybody because I just moved here [in sixth grade]. I didn’t really know what I wanted to do in middle school, so I kind of was not even a person,” Joynt said. “ If you brought everybody of the school together, I was just in the background. I got to high school, and I wanted things to change. I wanted to make more friends, and I wanted to get involved. I was tired of sitting at home all the time.”

Joynt admits he has not always known the ways of tech. It was a process, and he now feels he can take a lead because he is so familiar with the procedures and regulations.

“My first year was definitely a big learning year. I knew what some tools looked like and how to use them, but at the same time I really didn’t. For example, I knew what a level looked like. I just didn’t know it was called a level. I just called it a bubbly thing,” he said. “Everybody keeps making fun of me for it, even though it’s like three years later. Now I can actually build stuff, lead projects, and be confident in my skills.”

Joynt is always volunteering for concerts, plays, musicals, and most of the events that occur in the PAC according to Gilli Rattie, sophomore techie.

“I think that he has worked really hard to get all those points. He is a good role model because he [exemplifies] good work [ethic],”said Rattie.

Joynt is usually working in the PAC. It can get hard managing extra curricular activities, school, and a social life, but it usually works out, Joynt says.

“Hopefully [my hard work] will show anyone who is looking at my application, whether it is for college or an actual theater, that I was super dedicated from high school,” Joynt said.