Dothan high schooler set to make history
WDHN
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WDHN's Robert Smith spoke"}, {'start': '12.320', 'end': '16.000', 'text': 'with her and has more on her journey.'}, {'start': '14.240', 'end': '17.920', 'text': "History's on the horizon for Dothan City"}, {'start': '16.000', 'end': '19.760', 'text': 'Schools as Dire Beechum, a 12th grader'}, {'start': '17.920', 'end': '21.840', 'text': 'at Dothan High School, will walk across'}, {'start': '19.760', 'end': '23.119', 'text': 'the stage as the youngest student since'}, {'start': '21.840', 'end': '26.240', 'text': 'the merging of the two schools,'}, {'start': '23.119', 'end': '29.039', 'text': 'graduating at 15 years old. It feels'}, {'start': '26.240', 'end': '32.239', 'text': "good, but it's also a lot at the same"}, {'start': '29.039', 'end': '34.960', 'text': 'time. But I feel like if you just have a'}, {'start': '32.239', 'end': '37.840', 'text': 'good support system and like people who'}, {'start': '34.960', 'end': '39.600', 'text': 'you know are going to be there for you,'}, {'start': '37.840', 'end': '41.200', 'text': "then it'll all be okay. Beum was in"}, {'start': '39.600', 'end': '43.120', 'text': 'public school at Kelly Springs up until'}, {'start': '41.200', 'end': '44.640', 'text': 'the fifth grade. She went virtual for'}, {'start': '43.120', 'end': '46.399', 'text': 'sixth and seventh grades at Dothan'}, {'start': '44.640', 'end': '49.039', 'text': 'Virtual School. And then around the co'}, {'start': '46.399', 'end': '50.640', 'text': 'pandemic era in 2022, she got ahead of'}, {'start': '49.039', 'end': '52.320', 'text': 'the curve in the Aselis homeschool'}, {'start': '50.640', 'end': '54.079', 'text': 'program where she was able to complete'}, {'start': '52.320', 'end': '56.160', 'text': 'core courses like English, math, and'}, {'start': '54.079', 'end': '57.760', 'text': 'science for 9th through 12th grade in'}, {'start': '56.160', 'end': '59.120', 'text': 'about a year and a half. As she kept'}, {'start': '57.760', 'end': '62.520', 'text': 'going through the program, we noticed'}, {'start': '59.120', 'end': '65.600', 'text': "that like, hey, you're moving"}, {'start': '62.520', 'end': '67.360', 'text': 'fastid, like really really fast. And'}, {'start': '65.600', 'end': '69.439', 'text': 'that just came from her being able to'}, {'start': '67.360', 'end': '72.479', 'text': 'work at the speed that she needed to'}, {'start': '69.439', 'end': '74.560', 'text': 'work at versus um your traditional'}, {'start': '72.479', 'end': '77.520', 'text': 'schooling. she was able to kind of move'}, {'start': '74.560', 'end': '79.439', 'text': 'forward with how she wanted to. So when'}, {'start': '77.520', 'end': '81.840', 'text': 'everybody else was on summer break or'}, {'start': '79.439', 'end': '83.759', 'text': 'fall break, um she was still in school.'}, {'start': '81.840', 'end': '84.960', 'text': 'Get up, she cook her own breakfast. You'}, {'start': '83.759', 'end': '86.400', 'text': 'know where the lunchroom me, she know'}, {'start': '84.960', 'end': '88.720', 'text': 'she got to be out of the lunchroom by a'}, {'start': '86.400', 'end': '90.799', 'text': 'certain time. She know once that bell'}, {'start': '88.720', 'end': '92.720', 'text': "rings, she's late. She get to so many"}, {'start': '90.799', 'end': '94.600', 'text': "tardies, it's going to kind of get you"}, {'start': '92.720', 'end': '97.439', 'text': 'like we ran the'}, {'start': '94.600', 'end': '99.360', 'text': 'same track that they run in in a public'}, {'start': '97.439', 'end': '101.200', 'text': 'school. We did the same thing at home.'}, {'start': '99.360', 'end': '103.200', 'text': 'In the middle of August last year, she'}, {'start': '101.200', 'end': '105.520', 'text': 'transferred to Dothan High. I want to do'}, {'start': '103.200', 'end': '108.240', 'text': 'that just so like I could experience my'}, {'start': '105.520', 'end': '111.360', 'text': 'last year of high school with others and'}, {'start': '108.240', 'end': '114.000', 'text': 'see what being in a public school feels'}, {'start': '111.360', 'end': '116.320', 'text': 'like and, you know, just meet new'}, {'start': '114.000', 'end': '117.920', 'text': 'people, see different things, learn'}, {'start': '116.320', 'end': '119.280', 'text': 'things that I may not have learned.'}, {'start': '117.920', 'end': '120.880', 'text': 'Although her parents are surprised she'}, {'start': '119.280', 'end': '122.719', 'text': 'gets to graduate early, they say she'}, {'start': '120.880', 'end': '125.000', 'text': 'always had a gift of learning fast at a'}, {'start': '122.719', 'end': '128.800', 'text': "young age. didn't matter what it was,"}, {'start': '125.000', 'end': '130.800', 'text': "uh, cooking, uh, cleaning. She's been"}, {'start': '128.800', 'end': '133.520', 'text': 'baking, just anything that she could'}, {'start': '130.800', 'end': '134.959', 'text': 'learn, she enjoyed it. Now, in just a'}, {'start': '133.520', 'end': '136.560', 'text': 'few weeks, the timely learning will pay'}, {'start': '134.959', 'end': '138.480', 'text': 'off as she will cross the stage before'}, {'start': '136.560', 'end': '140.560', 'text': 'heading to Florida&M this fall, where'}, {'start': '138.480', 'end': '142.800', 'text': 'she hopes to become a pediatrician. Very'}, {'start': '140.560', 'end': '145.920', 'text': "nervous, but I'm also happy and excited"}, {'start': '142.800', 'end': '148.879', 'text': 'to be doing new things and doing new'}, {'start': '145.920', 'end': '151.599', 'text': 'adventures. We are so happy and so proud'}, {'start': '148.879', 'end': '153.599', 'text': 'of her to be going on to this next'}, {'start': '151.599', 'end': '157.760', 'text': 'journey for her in Dothan. Robert Smith,'}, {'start': '153.599', 'end': '157.760', 'text': 'WDHN News for the Wiregrass.'}]