Meet Hunter Fisher, a Wabash High School Senior who has dedicated his high school years to overcoming academic and personal obstacles to pursue his dream career and a college education. Hunter knew he did not want to remain in special education courses and has done everything he could to be able to graduate with a Core 40 diploma this Spring from Wabash High School.
Hunter has been with The Arc of Wabash County’s Pre-Employment Transition Services (PreEts) program for four years. Through PreEts, Hunter has worked with The Arc PreEts staff through high school to advocate for himself, locate internships, work on communications skills, and apply to colleges. He shared with us that his favorite part of working with our PreEts staff was learning more about advocating for himself. He has also enjoyed his internships with the parks department, high school library, Lighthouse Mission, Wabash YMCA, First Friends Preschool, and currently at Emmanuell Preschool. His favorite internships have been working with preschoolers. His Mother, April, shared that Hunter has wanted to work with little kids since he was young. Not a surprise then that Hunter will also be graduating from Heartland Career Center with a Child Development Associates certificate. Hunter’s main goal in high school was to prepare himself to go to college.
With the help of the PreEts program, Hunter applied to many colleges and the hard work in high school paid off as the admissions letters started rolling in. The new challenge is deciding on Manchester University, Huntington University, Grace College, or Indiana Wesleyan. Hunter will be sharing his decision this coming Spring and we can’t wait to hear where he is going! Hunter wanted to share that keeping a positive attitude, remaining hardworking, and advocating for himself has gotten him to this point. We are so excited for Hunter and can’t wait to follow his college journey!
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