Senior Spotlight: Landon Smith

Landon Smith is preparing to see the world through the eyes of others

The 2020 Brandon Valley High School senior will attend South Dakota State this fall to pursue a degree in human biology. Post SDSU, he plans to go to school for optometry.

Landon has been an involved student at Brandon Valley High, which has largely centered around music endeavors. He’s played with the BVHS band and Marching Lynx all four years of high school. He was a member of the jazz band for three years, orchestra for all four years, pit orchestra for three years and a member of the Tri-M Music Honor Society for two years.

In addition, he’s a member of the Lynx club bowling team.

Outside the walls of BVHS, the son of Lonna and Kevin Smith, of Brandon, has been involved with the Boy Scouts of America, Blessed Redeemer Lutheran Church Youth Group, both the Math National Honor Society and National Honor Society, and the South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Evita Peron is his pick to have lunch with. 

“I studied her life in Spanish II and remember being very interested in the details. She accomplished many things which improved the lives of the Argentinian people, but there is also much debate over whether she used some government and charity funds on herself. There is so much about her that we do not know and it is hard to tell if she was a good or bad person. I think having lunch with her and asking her about the secrets she kept while she was the first lady of Argentina would be riveting,” he explains.

Among his list of favorites are mini corndogs from the school cafeteria, the Green Bay Packers, the color orange, Parks and Recreation, and YouTube personality, Shane Dawson.

Among his best memories of high school is band camp in 2016.