The Future is Bright

NCL Spotlights Air Academy High School Grads

by Meegan McCorkle

CHLOE FAIR

Chloe Fair’s family moved to South Carolina midway through high school, but she lobbied to return to Colorado Springs for her senior year. She missed her friends, the quality of education at Air Academy, the mountains, and the comfort of the place she had called home her entire life. Although she had always participated in cross country, track and field, and swimming, Chloe couldn’t rejoin those teams due to CHSAA transfer rules. But she persevered and found other opportunities, along with a lot of personal growth. She joined Young Life and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, along with DECA, and National Honor Society. Outside of school, she started taking ceramics and oil painting classes.

Chloe says her biggest influences are her older sisters, who have shown her the importance and joy of being involved in something bigger than yourself. In National Charity League, her favorite volunteer experiences were helping with summer camps and gardening at Venetucci Farm. Her valuable advice: “When life becomes difficult, challenging, overwhelming, or is full of what seem to be disappointments, realize the gift that this life is and that God really does write the best stories.”

Chloe is on her way to the University of Alabama.

Kitty Eid

Not only is she one of Air Academy’s top students and a winner of the 2023 Colorado Springs Gazette’s Best and Brightest award, but Kitty Eid has an impressive range of interests. Some of her activities include dancing, skiing, French Club, and welcoming and supporting high school freshmen through Link Crew. She’s also a founding member of her school’s Pictionary Club. Volunteering with her mom at National Charity League has taught Kitty that giving back to the community is life’s most rewarding work. Her biggest influence is her grandmother, whose passion for family, politics, and puzzles has inspired Kitty to follow her own passions.

Her suggestion for other students offers some insight into her success. “Listen to the advice of adults,” Kitty says. “They’ve done this before. Be outgoing – it’s up to you to make the friends you want to make, but don’t limit yourself. Have multiple groups of friends! Take classes that make you excited about learning. Do the hobbies you love. Most of all, don’t worry about what other kids are doing – set goals that are right for you, and don’t settle for less.”

Kitty is headed to Southern Methodist University, with plans to major in political science as a pre-law scholar