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Sibling Spotlight – The Reid brothers
Charles “Charly” Reid is the oldest of the Reid brothers and he was named after his grandfather. Jesse Reid, the second son, shares his first name with his father. They each share their last name with their youngest brother Benjamin, or “Benny,” who was unavailable for comment.
The boys are only three members of a big family that includes all sorts of Armijo connections. “I have a cousin that goes [to Armijo] and he’s a junior as well. His name is Jayden,” said Charly. “My older step siblings also went to Armijo with my older cousin, and my step-sister just graduated in 2019…My cousin and I graduate in 2023. My little brothers graduate in 2024, and 2025.”
With a last name that is a homophone for the word R-E-A-D, it seems natural that the boys would be bookworms, but that isn’t always the case. “My favorite books that I have read so far have been The Adventures of Geronimo Stilton. This is because they have always been fun to read and have a good story with each book,” said Charly.
Jesse, on the other hand, said, “I like to read manga only when I need to.”
For Charly, the experience with COVID has been positive. “COVID has impacted my learning this year in a good way,” he said. It “gave me time to think of my goals for when I get back to school. I just don’t like wearing the mask because it gets hard to breathe.” Jesse said that he really hadn’t let COVID bother him.
The older boys are both athletic, too. Jesse just finished up his stint on Armijo’s Varsity Football team while Charly plays centerfield for the Baseball team. “I play on varsity with the bigger guys,” he said.
Armijo won’t always have the Reid brothers on campus, and they already have ideas about where to go next. Jesse said that he wants to go to a school like UCLA or UCDavis, or maybe go out of state to Florida State or Alabama.
Charly has dreamed about his future as an actor or an athlete, but first he would like to experience the beauty of a campus like Santa Barbara City College or UCLA. When thinking about what the future he sees for himself, he has also considered fatherhood. “If I had to give my kids’ first names, I would want my daughter’s name to be Star or Estrella, and for my boy, something like Noah or give him my name,” he said.
It’s easy to read the diversity and similarity in these three boys and why they get along so well.
