By Marne Cook

Will it be art, military, business, food, science, math or sports? On June 9, 19 students graduated from Lopez High School. Now the question is, what will their future look like?

Robert Christie plans to take a semester off and attend college the second semester of the next school year. He hopes to get a job in the tech industry.

Dana Cram is off to Montana State University where she will seek out her options in different careers. She hopes that her future will go smoothly. She wants a home and solid career.

Nathanael Drahn will be attending Hendrix College in Arkansas in the fall. In the future, Nathanael hopes to have a career that builds strong relationships with a variety of people, something that will  keep him smiling every day.

Between the next one to three years Arlen Coiley is going to live in northern Europe where he will work or apprentice on a farm or in a restaurant. Afterwards, he plans to  attend business school. In the future Coiley hopes to own his own land where he will grow, raise and produce ingredients to make pasta. His produce would then be sold at a restaurant/shop located on his land.

Charles Diller is working for his father in property management. He might be attending a few online college classes at Bellevue College. He hopes that in the future he will have a decent paying job that is enjoyable.

Angelo Cly has decided to take some time off and start anew. He is open to the many possibilities of life. In the future, Cly said he hopes for world peace.

Jamie Cummins will be attending Evergreen State College in the fall. There she hopes she will learn academically and more about her personal self. In the future Cummins dreams on traveling and searching for a place that she can call a permanent home.

Vilina Sanburn-Bill will be attending Hampshire College in Massachusetts where she will pursue her passion for math, science and a teaching degree. In the future Sanburn-Bill hopes to fall in love, get married and return to Lopez Island. Sanburn-Bill said it would be great to have a teaching position at the high school and to raise her children on Lopez.

Matthew Haber will be attending Cornell College in the fall where he hopes to learn, grow and possibly join the ski team.

Sarah Stanley will be attending Central Washington University where she will pursue her love for athletics and fitness in every way she can. In the future, Stanley hopes to reach her athletic goals and create some life-long friendships.

Hannah Hobi will be attending Western Washington University in the fall. In the future, Hobi plans to earn a degree and find a way to better others’ lives.

Mollie Kohring will be attending Whatcom Community College and taking dance classes at a local studio. Kohring said she would like to become a dance teacher and create her own choreography.

Keldon Jardine will be attending North Idaho College where he will get a degree in law enforcement and hopes to play basketball. In the future, Jardine said he dreams of making a career out of the military and later coaching basketball.

Brooke Schober will be attending Northeastern University and plans to study cultural anthropology with an addition of some science and Spanish. In the future, Schober’s goal is to become a doctor with a strong background in different cultural, historical and social factors of medicine.

Tak Peralta will be attending Western Washington University to study kinesiology and possibly join the military. Peralta’s dreams for the future consist of “becoming an athletic trainer, playing basketball and marrying my girlfriend.”

McLeod Paton will be attending Central Washington University. In the future, Paton wants to go to art school and becoming a photojournalist.

Alexa Ogden plans on attending Skagit Valley Community College for two years and then transferring to a four year college where she will pursue a career in advertising and marketing.

“In the future I want to be happy,” Ogden said.

Thomas Kramer will be attending Central Washington University where he intends to major in paramedicine. Kramer’s dream for the future is to work as a paramedic firefighter.

Marina Steinbrueck will also be attending Central Washington University in the fall, where she will study early childhood and special education. Steinbrueck plans to play either CWU volleyball or be a part of the Elllensburg rodeo. In the future, Steinbrueck would like to live on a large ranch in a small town where she will be a special education teacher.

– Cook is an intern for the Islands’ Weekly