Class of 2017
Academy
Williamsburg
Makinna Moshier
I attended public schools for the majority of my schooling, It wasn’t until the last semester of my sophomore year that I explored other options besides public schooling. This was because I had an allergy to mold in the high school where I live. With no other options available for me, my mom called a close friend that homeschooled her kids and we learned about Williamsburg. I was skeptical,
I didn’t really want to end up like the stereotypical “homeschooler”. (I know, it was narrow-minded thinking.) I gave it a try and we signed up for a self-paced French class. Even though I just did a language class that only met live once a month, I loved it. That being said, the next semester I signed up for a full course load of Williamsburg classes.
Signing up for Williamsburg Academy was one of the best choices I have ever made. I
had my doubts but all of them proved wrong. There wasn’t a “stereotypical” homeschooler. Just people looking for other, I dare say better, education. The kids I met were all so amazing and ambitious. I had never been in a school with so many kids that were, well like me. It was like I had finally found a place that I fit and where I wasn’t one of the few that was pushing to become the best person I could be.
Now, it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows. The classes I took at Williamsburg were some of the most challenging I have ever taken. Along with challenging, they were equally as fulfilling. I learned so much from each class. The classes I took showed me a whole new way to think. I
much from each class. The classes I took showed me a whole new way to think. I learned to question and apply what I learned in class. to myself, and to life. Williamsburg brought to my eyes how important self-reflection was and now I can’t go a day without looking for ways to become a better person, leader, sister, daughter, and friend. I really learned to live life to the fullest and how I could accomplish that. I am so grateful for what I have gained during my time here and I will never forget it.
One of the biggest lessons that I learned during my high school years is to be all in. No matter what I am doing the phrase, “be all in” can
apply. Armed with that phrase I have gone into many uncomfortable positions and made it out fantastically because I applied myself and was all in. Be all in when you are in class, with your assignments, with your peers, your family, in leadership roles, and everywhere else in life.
Another lesson I learned during high school is the importance of family. Without my mom and my dad, I would have never had the opportunity to take from Williamsburg. Their willingness to give me a good education and encouragement through the times when my responsibilities were drowning me was what kept me going. Also being able to be home with all of my siblings and grow closer as we learned together has really been an amazing experience. Public schooling has its perks but there is nothing like spending quality time with the best people day to day.
As I move past this phase in life I will take the lessons I have learned, the love I felt, and my knowledge to live my future to it’s fullest potential. First and foremost on the list of my plans for the future is a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I love every part of my church and cannot wait to get out there, give back to my savior, and
share the message. Next on the list is college where I hope to have many adventures besides just studying. I have yet to decide on the career path to follow but I do have a few ideas. And hope to narrow these options down as I go along. As well as my major and minor, I definitely hope to pick up lots of other useful skills that I can use throughout my life. Beyond that, the future is a mystery. I, of course, want to get married and have a family but I am just taking things one step at a time and when the time is right, my dreams will happen.
Our motto for the class of 2017, Go and Do, was inspired from a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.” This quote really embodies what we as Williamsburgers are. We are trailblazers, leaders, we think outside the box, and will be the ones in the future leading other people down the paths we create.
My name is Makinna Moshier, I am 18. I love making people smile and inspiring them to be the best they can be. Piano is one of my passions as well as dance. Really anything to do with music I will gladly do.
I love school and am very much a perfectionist. I love to get lost in books. I enjoy anything outside, it is where I go to think and is what has me appreciating the life I have been given. Among all of this, there is nothing more that I love then my family and God. I thank everyone that has helped me get to this point especially Williamsburg Academy for teaching me lessons I will cherish forever and my parents for making this an option.
I am sad to finish the last year of high school but I am also incredibly relieved and ready to trailblaze, make mistakes, and find my way through life. I don’t know what life has in store for me but I am ready to find out. Love you all and thank you!
