The news simply couldn't wait. So even though Elizabeth Schaefer had just left her house on Oct. 15 for volleyball practice at Rossville High School, her mother, Jenny, called her.
"I told her, 'You might want to put the car in park and check your e-mail,'" Jenny said.
Without hesitation, Elizabeth knew the news she was about to get. And judging from her mother's voice, she knew the news was good.
"She didn't tell me," Elizabeth said. "But I kind of knew."
When Schaefer opened the e-mail, she learned that years of hard work and preparation had paid off. The Rossville senior has been selected as a member of the 2021 All-National Concert Band by the National Association for Music Education.
Schaefer was one of nine flutists from across the nation chosen for the prestigious honor. She is the first student in Rossville history to make the All-National Honor Band. Last year, only four Kansans made the honor band, all from Class 6A schools in the Kansas City metro area.
Needless to say, achieving her goal impacted Schaefer, who is this week's Capitol Federal True Blue® Student of the Week.
"I don't remember much of that volleyball practice," Schaefer recalled. "It was exciting, but I also didn't believe it. It took like a week or so for me to realize I had made it and it wasn't a dream or fake."
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