Piper Moore has always dreamt of being a physician.
The Iola High School senior, who will graduate with a 4.0 grade-point average Saturday, has her schooling picked out in advance.
First is the University of Kansas, which houses one of the countrys finest medical schools.
After that, shell attend the Kansas City, Kansas, Community College School of Mortuary Arts.
Wait, what?
Yeah, this just randomly came up, she laughed. Ill just be focused on after-care.
Moores altered plans werent a spur-of-the moment decision.
Rather, they came about through the IHS intern program where Moore opted last fall semester to tag along at Allen County Regional Hospital.
Still with her sights on medicine, Moore enjoyed the experience at the hospital.
But when the spring semester came around, Moore heard of an available work-study program at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service.
My mom might have mentioned it as a joke, she said. But then I thought, wait, this might actually be something Im interested in.
So Moore spent the spring semester shadowing Feuerborn director Lyle Kee.
There are so many different parts to it, not what you might think, Moore said.
Moore eventually realized mortuary science was a better fit.
It seems like itd be less stressful than medical school, and youre not ever just doing one thing.
THE DAUGHTER of Iolans Kris and Lori Moore, Pipers dreams as a youngster included earning all As.
I just want to be up on that stage as valedictorian, she said. Thats where I saw myself when I was younger.
