Justin K. Canny

Parents: Curtis Canny, Holly Canny

GPA: 4.0

Class rank: 1/45

Co-curricular activities: Cross Country, Chorus, FTC Robotics, Group Speech, Individual Speech, National Honor Society, Student Council

Community activities: Heartland Harmony Chorus

Future plans and goals: Attend Iowa State University for a degree in Software Engineering.

How will your high school experiences help you in the coming years? High school has taught me to work with others, and I hope this will help me through college and in my future career.

Fondest memory of high school: Seeing everyone return from the Covid-19 Quarantine, greet each other, and see how everyone changed and had grown up.

Which teachers have had the biggest impact on you and why? Mr. Steve Riley was constantly present throughout my junior high and high school career, both as a coach and a teacher. He has helped me out on multiple occasions and had a massive positive impact on me as a person.

Who is your role model and how did they influence you? Elon Musk, because his innovations in technology and business. He is a great role model because of how he thinks.

What is special about your high school? The mission statement of our school is “To inspire every learner to excel.” I think it’s special that our school chooses to desire excellence, rather than simply success.

If you go back to when you were a freshman, what advice would you give yourself? Try harder, focus more, and do more activities.