As Coppell High School seniors commit to universities and make decisions for their futures, some students take the less common route, electing to study fine arts in hopes of securing careers in art, music or theater. Though their interests stretch into unique subsets of each industry, their passions set them up for personal success.
Coppell High School senior Ashlyn Peterman is pursuing a career in technical theater at Columbia College Chicago. She has done set design, been part of the makeup crew and been stage manager in multiple high school shows. She started her high school theater career as the head of makeup for the Addams Family her sophomore year, and was the stage manager for Newsies in her. She was a National qua...
Why did you decide to go into film and animation? Honestly, I had a lot of ideas of what I wanted to be, like I wanted to be a [veterinarian] and then I wanted to be a marine biologist. But then I realized my whole life, I’d focused on art. I had been drawing since I was 2 and it’s just always been a part of my life and I realized I couldn’t live without it. What impact has your set career...
Why did you decide to go into industrial design? I’ve been doing art ever since I was a kid. I didn’t want to do painting or drawing as a career because that’s really risky, so I wanted to do industrial design because it’s very technology-based. It involves different types of design, freelancing, all that stuff. I’ve been very interested in web design lately. I also think it’s very fit f...
Coppell High School senior Catherine Yang plays the alto saxophone and will be studying music education at the University of North Texas. As drum major her junior and senior year, she hopes to become a high school band director someday. What have you enjoyed about Coppell Band? Band was definitely one of the highlights of high school. I’ve made all of my friends through band and it’s bee...
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