Tyler Curtis-Dupuis (17′) | Our Students Our Stories

Pictured: Nicole, Carson Jon and Tyler.

Rotary Club of Beloit
Student of the Week
October 2016

A Purple Knight, Just Like His Folks

Having Tyler Curtis-Dupuis also at BMHS and seeing the accomplishments he has achieved makes for two proud parents. It means more to them to see their son at BMHS since they were also BMHS students. Tyler’s father Jon Dupuis taught and was a coach for a while at the high school.  Having Tyler also at BMHS and seeing the accomplishments he has achieved makes for two proud parents.  It means more to them to see their son at BMHS since they were also BMHS students.

Having more options at BMHS is another reason Tyler attend this school verses a smaller district.  He’s maintained a GPA of 4.0 along with a High Honor Roll student for four years and other great awards he has received.  As a Senior, he is a Beloit College Porter Scholar. This is paid by BMHS and he attends classes at the college.  By meeting and talking to the college students it helped him to know what he wanted to do.  Tyler is looking to major in Bio-Chemistry and pursue further studies in Pre-Med.  He has gone above and beyond of what we had hoped for.

Leadership & Character Development

As a Sophomore Tyler was chosen to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Camp, (RYLA), at Wisconsin Dells.  The program’s focus is on building future leaders, personal development, and team-building.  Tyler’s experience was life changing for him.  It revealed a sense of helping others and not just locally or in his community but in the world.  It greatly impacted his view of those in the world and amazed of how one as himself would be able to help in other people’s lives.  If he could he would have stayed longer at the camp, it was that meaningful for him.

One of the most amazing things we’ve seen in Tyler is the fact that he wants to go to a diverse school and the thought that he’s put into this at his age is something to be proud of.  One of the questions that he asked most frequently during the college tours was about their diversity; how many people do you have from different backgrounds, different languages and so forth.  When the subject on racism is brought up in the news, Tyler does not pay attention.  Diversity is very important to him, for Tyler this is the norm.  It shouldn’t be about kids being talked about, but being accepted.

Extracurricular Activities

Sports is a big thing in the family, Tyler was lead tackler of the whole state of Wisconsin.  When his father was a football coach at BMHS, Tyler had his own sideline coach, up until his Freshman year.  After that year, Tyler was left without his sideline coach as his father was employed elsewhere.  The challenges of dealing with students and/or their comments and questions was tough.  As challenging as this was for Tyler he understood the ups and downs and the disappointments in life.  But if you keep moving through it you can come out of it.  Challenges are just that, challenges, they keep you moving.

A very important task that Tyler does as a volunteer with the Vets roll is to set up flags along Riverside.  He met a veteran who was at Pearl Harbor, these opportunities come once in a lifetime.  Seeing the controversy at events he thought about the veterans and people overseas, and suggested to his football coach and the Parker Coach from Janesville the following:  To show unity in the players they would form a U on the football field during the National Anthem.  It was featured in the Beloit newspaper and the Madison, WI station came and interviewed the students.

Speaking Parent-to-Parent

When Tyler transitioned from Turner district, he was enrolled at Aldrich.  There he met Ms. Dray, his math teacher.  Here is where math sparked an interest in Tyler, and thanks to his teacher Ms. Dray he has continued to enjoy math.  Another teacher is his wrestling coach, Mr. Jacobson who has been a support and made it possible for volunteering at different events.

From a parent’s point of view, keep aiming higher, apply at the big schools.  You’re very smart and very good at what you do.  I wish I had realized the things that you’re seeing and doing today back in the day.  Continue pushing them, a nudge here or there, you never know where that spark of interest will come from.  We all need a little push to make and own that one decision, once they try it they’ll love it.  Don’t give up on them.  Remember their siblings are always looking up at their big brothers.  They too want to feel part of the team.
 

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