By: Kylie Williams
Hello! My name is Kylie Williams, and I have made attending D’Evelyn into one of my personality traits over the past six years. I am a current senior, I entered the school from Mount Carbon Elementary school as a seventh grader, and I have participated in over twenty clubs, committees and activities since my enrollment in 2016. While I have always been naturally busy, this year I have quite the extensive list of extracurricular activities. I am the acting Student Body President, Sources of Strength Presentations leader, Tri-M Vice President, D’Evelyn Disguise Improv Troupe leader, Jr. High Play director, Marching Band section leader, a lead role in this year’s musical, cast member in the upcoming Melodrama, and two time Heart of D’Evelyn award winner. I also volunteered at D’Evelyn during our open house nights and orientations, and I find time here and there to volunteer at my local library and work a paid job as well. That’s this year alone, so I find myself quite the active member in our community. Above all these activities, I am a D’Evelyn student, and I do the same math sets and physics tests and term papers as everyone else, which is, hilariously enough, a core trait of the school’s culture. As well as experiencing and surviving the rigorous D’Evelyn lifestyle the last six years, I have also recently had the opportunity to watch my younger sisters attend here. My youngest sister is a current seventh grader who attended D’Evelyn’s first year of offering sixth grade. All three of us have worked through the same core classes and succeeded, while struggling with common issues, like stress or being overwhelmed by the liberal arts curriculum, or individual struggles. Whatever the obstacle may be, we have had a wealth of teacher, peer, and counselor support to help us by whatever means necessary. My favorite activities I have participated in at D’Evelyn have been Marching Band and Musical, most definitely. Marching Band sounds so nerdy, but it's a community of nerds doing what we love, so naturally we all have way too much fun. We are also extraordinarily successful, with us winning state titles all five of my years of attendance. I auditioned and was selected for a leadership role in Marching Band this year and I had the honor of guiding and working with eight other flutists on our show. Over the course of the season, however, I feel like those eight marching members truly taught me more than I could have ever provided them. Band also created a sense of pride in my school and our work ethic that is unparalleled, especially when we traveled out of state, competed in Texas, and broke records. In the Musical I have found and solidified my love of performing and directing that I plan to pursue in college and my career. It has created opportunities and skills that will live with me through my future in the performing industry. The wonderful staff of both of these performing arts made those dreams, ambitions, and life long lessons possible. In middle school I participated in Student Council, National Junior Honor Society, Latin Club, Jr. High Play, and a handful of other activities here and there. Unlike a normal middle school, D’Evelyn’s younger grades are like their title “Jr. High”. It's a small and easier-to-digest version of high school, it prepares its students for the rigor to come. So once they continue into high school, they can handle the essays and the math homework and the stress that eventually ends in a well-earned diploma. Moving into high school, while the classes became harder, more opportunities opened and I was able to break through new ceilings, find new options and friends and new circles to become involved in. I would not go to any other high school if given the chance to change the past. I have loved my experience and friends and learnings, and I know that all of this will be reiterated in my graduation speech in about five months. But I will miss it all nonetheless. Comments are closed.
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