Inside Marion High
Students chase their dreams
Contributing writer
All Marion High School students are pushed through the same system with the same core classes that are necessary requirements for graduation.
So, what sets these students apart from the masses? Their passions.
While high school may feel like a horrid four years and every senior is itching for graduation day, these years set students up with opportunities, and the curriculum does not set out a definite, forced plan for students.
One student showcases her passion through the Kansas Music Educators Association State Choir.
KMEA is a competitive choir for which a little less than 500 are handpicked each year out of more than 2,000 students.
Marion High School senior Alyera Koehn was selected this year.
Invested in all things fine arts, Koehn has been working towards this goal the entirety of her high school career and has been the first from Marion to be selected in years.
She was ecstatic when she heard she made it.
“Being able to get the things you’ve wanted for so long feels absolutely amazing,” she said.
She wishes more people knew about the program because of the opportunities it presents. Among them are exclusive scholarships and a foot in the door for students who want to pursue careers in fine arts.
High school offers students myriad opportunities that most people never see themselves partaking in, but there is no harm in testing out new possibilities and seeing what lies ahead.
Even if students realize some things are not for them, they still make for wonderful experiences that shape them into the people they will become.
The worst that could happen is that a student could learn something new about himself or herself, and that really is not so bad.