Luke Berard is a senior at John F. Kennedy Memorial High School. This is his second year as a contributor to The Torch as well as his second in journalism. Luke decided to take journalism in order to expand his knowledge about different forms of writing.  He loves sports, especially football. Luke has a sports memorabilia collection consisting of gloves, footballs, helmets, jerseys and lots of cards. In addition to football, Luke also loves history; specifically anything related to WWII. Luke loves watching historical documentaries and learning about the past. One of Luke’s favorite things to do is go to museums. He finds that museums offer great insight into a world that most forget about. Luke specifically loves going to museum ships due to his love for naval history. He has visited many museum ships around the U.S. and plans to visit as many as possible around the world. Luke also loves writing and finds it to be a great medium for expressing ideas. In the future, Luke plans to have a career
as an museum archivist or curator.