To celebrate the Class of 2020, Video Features for Hamilton County Schools will highlight a senior from each learning community in May. The spotlight today is on Karissa Luckey, a 2020 senior at Tyner Academy in the Missionary Ridge Learning Community.
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Luckey is interested in the arts and loves to sing and paint. “Painting frees my mind from anything that is stressing me out,” she said. “When I sit down to paint something, I don’t worry about anything else. it just feels very relaxing for me to do it.”
A life tragedy brought Ms. Luckey to Chattanooga in her sophomore year. She grew up in Jacksonville, Fl. Her mother died during her tenth-grade year so she packed up her life and moved to Tennessee to live with her father and found herself in a new school in the middle of her high school experience.”
“She was nervous about getting caught up but we created a plan and we reassured her that she would be ready for graduation,” said Nicole Gillum, a counselor at Tyner Academy. “I just love the fact that she persisted, and I admire her for giving herself a goal and achieving the goal.”
Ms. Luckey has applied to attend Florida State and plans to pursue a career as a veterinarian. “That has been my dream since I was a little kid because I love animals,” she said.
For more senior recognitions, visit the special page on the Hamilton County Schools website www.hcde.org.