 After Tombstone High School's May 21 graduation, students will prepare for lives that may take them hundreds of miles from Tombstone – or just a town away. The combined graduations of December 2009 and May 21 will have 89 students receiving high school diplomas. The Epitaph talked with three of them about life after Tombstone High.
***
For Nathaniel Hutchinson, the road from Tombstone leads about 250 miles away to Flagstaff and Northern Arizona University. That's where Hutchinson, a National Merit Scholar, plans to study music and mathematics.
When he's not hitting the books, Hutchinson is playing piano, oboe, alto saxophone and "messing around on flute." He's been in band, choir, on the Knowledge Bowl team and a member of Teen Court, a group that recommends sanctions for students breaking school policies.
Hutchinson chose NAU because he grew up in Phoenix and didn't like it, which disqualified Arizona State from consideration, he said. Tucson and the UA were too close to home.
At NAU, Hutchinson, whose family lives in Hereford, wants to focus on the academic disciplines of music and math. Down the road, he may get certified to teach, though likely not in the Tombstone area, he said.
|
