Senior Kohley Longmeyer poses with her horses.
Where are they going?: Kohley Longmeyer
Welcome to The Mav's Senior Tradition where we highlight our current seniors and discuss where they are headed to.
When most students think about their high school experience, it is likely they have regrets — things they wish they did differently. That might be true for most, but it is not for Kohley Longmeyer.
She plans to attend Oklahoma Panhandle State University (OPSU) which is known for its focus on agriculture and science.
Longmeyer plans to earn a degree in physical science, which is what the college specializes in.
She is also excited about attending OPSU because she will be on their college rodeo team.
“They have a really good college rodeo team that has a program that works with every student” said Longmeyer.
Longmeyer’s love of Physics grew as a result of her strong relationship with science teacher Mrs. Val Brown.
“Mrs. Brown has definitely had the largest impact on my high school experience. Her teaching style is fun, and we are able to have fun while getting our work done. Mrs. Brown has also been very caring and helpful when anyone needs help with a situation, which allows her to be the MHS mom.”
Similarly, some of Longmeyer’s favorite memories include the Just Dance party her physics class had after their final was over at the end of her junior year.
It is clear that Longmeyer’s love of science is closely related to her favorite classes. She explained that her favorite courses have been through the Energy Academy.
“The Energy Academy relates the most to your real life and prepares you for going into a career involving energy. I have made some amazing friends with the people in the Energy Academy, and I am forever grateful for that,” she said.
She particularly enjoyed her Energy Systems and Technology class.
As far as her future is concerned, Longmeyer is looking forward to her next adventure — she does not know whether that will be Oklahoma or somewhere else she “fall[s] in love with”, but the thought of buying her own home and living on her own excites her.
Lastly, when Longmeyer was asked about whether or not she’d do anything different in high school, she explained that she wouldn’t.
Where are they going?: Jarom Diaz
Welcome to The Mav’s Senior Tradition where we highlight our current seniors and discuss where they are headed to.
Jarom looking for his bright future ahead of him.
There are only a few months left of high school for seniors. So many people are ready to go out during the summer days and go on adventures. Seniors are ready to graduate and start a new journey in their life. Their life as a high schooler is coming to an end and many couldn’t be more excited. One of the seniors who’s excited to go out into the world and graduate is Jarom Diaz.
Diaz was accepted into Brigham Young University in Idaho on December 10, 2019. Diaz had been looking at colleges for months before deciding where he wanted to go. He also got emails from a variety of schools interested in having him apply to their schools because of his high SAT score. He wasn’t interested in any of them because of how crazy expensive each of the colleges was and became annoyed with all of the emails they sent them.
Some of these colleges were Abilene Christian University, Furman University, and the University of Portland. Finally, in the middle of November after thinking and pondering over it for a while, he decided to apply to BYU-I. He chose BYU because of how cheap it was and he was excited to have the independence that going off to college brings.
When he arrives at BYU, Diaz wants to study mechanical engineering, specifically with robots. He wants to work with robots because “robots are part of our future.” He described his perfect life as “accidentally stumbling on something amazing and never having to work again.”
Diaz isn’t passionate about engineering but he wants to have a job where he gets paid well and he can work with his hands. He loves fidgeting with cameras, making short films, or fixing computers.
When asked about his favorite high school memory, Diaz said that he loved orchestra concerts because “…it’s fun to show people what you’ve been working on.” And when I asked him which teacher made an impact on him, he said that Mrs. Warren did. He loves Mrs. Warren’s free spirit in the classroom. He said she showed that “…not everything has to be set in stone.”
If Diaz could go back and redo high school, all the dances, moving schools, AP calculus, staying up late to finish a project, and all the hardships, he said he would. He would still spend one year at Frederick to have the friends he does now. He’d do it over, try harder.
Diaz ended with some advice to others planning on going to college: “talk to other people who have been through it and don’t procrastinate it too long.”
Allison Muncy is a senior. She enjoys writing poetry, watching marvel movies and hanging out with Jarom. She is looking forward to producing poems each week and to have a place people can go to for help.
You can contact her at muncy.alliso01@svvsd.org