A young man in West Virginia made it into the local paper when news came out that he had graduated from high school with a perfect K-12 attendance record.
Wyatt Chesnut graduated from Riverside High School this year with an attendance that read 100% and a GPA that read 4.2—both of which he credits to his parents and their encouragement.
Speaking with WCHS Eyewitness News, Chestnut said that most people don’t believe him, but the school district provided him with a certificate in recognition of his accomplishment which he happily uses to shut down any arguments.
“Anything you do for 18 years in a row—it’s pretty hard to do, but I never missed a day,” Chestnut said.”
“A lot of trips I missed out on and a lot of sick days. I just rested my head on the desk instead of in the bed,” he added, noting that thanks to what he believes to be a strong immune system, there weren’t many.
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Along with his academic participation, he maintained a robust interest in after-school sports, collecting medals in wrestling, and competing in soccer, track and field, and basketball.
On summers and weekends, he frequented the wild and wonderful countryside of West Virginia to fish, hunt, and go camping where he built up a collection of mineral samples.
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His aim is to study law enforcement and biology in college with the hopes of being a fish and game warden—turning play and passion into a career, but a degree might be the last thing on which any prospective employer makes a hiring decision for Wyatt, as who could look past a perfect attendance record?
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