Courtesy of Erika Cowger, Lyon County School District
Austin Handka, a current senior at Fernley High School, was able to provide LCSD with some insight into his incredible accomplishment. He grew up in Fernley where he attended Fernley Elementary School in kindergarten, Cottonwood Elementary School for his remaining primary years, Fernley Intermediate School, Silverland Middle School and most currently Fernley High School.
Perfect attendance was not something Handka was actively working toward or even knew he was accomplishing until he reached high school, where he found out he could get a laptop if he had perfect attendance for his four high school years.
“Going to school for all 12/13 is just a bonus,” he said.
When asked if there were ever any days in those 13 years that he just didn’t feel 100-percent up to going to school, Handka admits that there were maybe a few times, but he was always motivated by his dad, who would tell him that showing up is half the battle.
With that motivation in mind, “I would do the easy part and get myself to school,” he said.
Now, with voluntary stay home from school days out of the question for Handka, he says that he was fortunate in never falling too sick for school during his 13 years – fortunately/unfortunately, he says that he always seemed to get sick or feel his worst on a weekend, holiday or some kind of break.
Next up, Handka will continue onto college and eventually wants to work in law enforcement, IT or business management.
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Congratulations Austin!
I would like to donate to Austin’s College future, how or where can I do that??
Thank you
Tammy Carlson
Amazing, congratulations
We are very proud of you and your accomplishments and we know that you will be able to do great things with the rest of your life.