My name is Kearstyn (Emory) Harkins, I am currently a senior enrolled in Freestyle Academy, a program that allows me and my fellow classmates to have the ability to create new and innovative things. Freestyle has taught me how to push myself past previous limits and tests my creative skills. I have learned how to work on projects in more efficient ways so that I can get everything that I need done when given strict deadlines.

 

We have three exhibitions each year to show off what we have made to our classmates and those that don’t attend Freestyle. This has made me work hard to create things that I can be proud to show off, not only to my friends and family, but also to professionals. It has been an honor to work with such passionate and kind teachers, something that is heartbreakingly rare in most public schools. I aspire to be like the teachers at Freestyle, they have showed me what a love for creating and designing can lead me to throughout my life.