Q. In what grade are you currently enrolled?

A. I am a senior at Salisbury High School.

Q. Who is in your family? Please provide the first names of your family members: parents, siblings and pets.

A. We have six people in my family. My oldest brother, Mahlon, is 21. Just starting her freshman year at the Charter Arts High School in Bethlehem is my sister Tula. My youngest brother, Xavier, is in fourth grade. My parents are Greg and Kristin Reihman. We have two dogs who are polar opposites, one being a small white Cavachon named Chase and the other a large black standard poodle named Jerome.

Q. What is your favorite subject? Why?

A. I took Honors Anatomy and Physiology sophomore year. I learned so much about the pieces that make up the human body and how each system is dependent on the functioning of another. I found the content of the course interesting and applicable to everyday life.

Q. Have you received any special awards or recognition?

A. I was recently named Salisbury Press Student of the Week.

Q. Are you involved in any extracurricular activities? How has COVID-19 impacted these activities?

A. Over the summer, we were all uncertain if the soccer season was going to occur. At training sessions, we had to make adjustments which included mask-wearing and distancing whenever possible. Our season was delayed by a few weeks, but we eventually made it happen. We played a shortened season and advanced to the district semi-finals.

Q. What is your next goal after high school?

A. I am applying early action to Yale University and am planning to apply to the University of Pennsylvania and Lehigh University in the coming months. Right now, the plan is to go pre-med.

Q. What do you consider your biggest challenge to date?

A. Each summer my family travels to California for a reunion with my cousins who live there. For two weeks, we catch up and engage in all sorts of exciting and adventurous activities. One year, when I was nine, my aunt (who is a semi-professional rock climber) took our whole crew to a cliff face and set up a belay rope. One by one, each of our cousins got strapped into the harness and stepped back to be lowered down the 50-foot cliff. I remember working up the courage to get into the harness but backing out before I went over the edge. I repeated this process three times before leaving to get some space. After some introspection and a hint of peer pressure, I finally strapped myself in, took a deep breath and leaned back, trusting the rope that held me and belayed down the cliff face. Making the decision to take that final step of commitment was so difficult for me, but when I eventually did it, I was overwhelmed with relief and pride. I carry the process from this experience with me whenever I am faced with a difficult decision or feelings of uncertainty.

Q. For what would you like to be remembered?

A. After leaving high school, I hope to be remembered by my peers for my athletic and academic accomplishments and for absolutely killing the worm during the man dance sophomore year.

Q. Whom do you admire? Why?

A. I have always looked up to my brother, Mahlon. Not only did he succeed academically and athletically through high school and college, but he is also extremely humble, compassionate, motivated and shows such magnanimity.

Q. Do you have any advice for your peers?

A. We are all experiencing senior year in a similar way. Clearly, it’s not ideal to go to classes in our bedrooms, lunches in our kitchens and extracurriculars in such a modified format. There is nothing more important than recognizing you are not alone so we can move through this year together.