Having a direct impact

By Izzy Reiling and Kally and Katie Wiskus

 

When approaching your senior year of high school, it is easy to push hard tasks aside because of the ever-most-famous senioritis. However, seniors at Coon Rapids-Bayard are reflecting on their time as a Crusader and what has helped them be successful. They are also eager to look to the future and apply what they’ve learned throughout their high school experiences into their lives after high school.

 

Summer South, Maddy Mason, and Leegan Sease all have different plans after high school but they are connected in the idea that they want to make an impact on others.

 

“I want to show my younger brother that you need to make the best of your high school career before it’s gone,” South said. “My future plans are to attend Creighton to get my Bachelor’s of Science in nursing, become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), and minor in Spanish.”

 

“I am not ready to finish my senior year, so I just want to keep making memories with all of my friends,” Mason added. “My future plans are to go to Simpson College to major in elementary education and also continue my athletic career by throwing on the track and field team.”

 

Sease’s advice to his classmates is to not cut yourselves short. He believes they deserve to see what happens when all the hard work pays off.

 

“I want to swim at a high level college program and go into exercise science along with entrepreneurial studies to open my own practice,” Sease said. 

 

According to Merriam-Webster, impact is defined as “to have a direct effect.” It is evident that South, Mason, and Sease each have this definition in mind.