Staff Writer
Salutatorian
- Leah Weaver
GPA: 5.11 weighted, 4.0 unweighted
Scholarships/Awards: “Miss Margaret”
ADK Scholarship, Apex Rotary Club Scholarship, and William Bristol Scholar at
Hamilton College
College Plans: Hamilton College in upstate New York
Future Hopes/Career plans: To become fluent
in multiple languages, study science and math.
Club(s): Sociedad
Honoraria Hispánica, National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society
Hobbies: art, reading,
soccer, piano, baking, sewing, and sleeping
Favorite Food: meatball
sandwiches or waffles
Favorite Movie: The Princess Bride
Favorite Musician/Band: Mumford &
Sons, Alexi Murdoch, or Vance Joy
Favorite Class: Leah likes math
and Spanish because she likes the puzzle of math problems and because Spanish,
“…feeds my soul and makes me happy (nerdy, I know).”
Favorite Quote: “If you have
built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should
be. Now put the foundations under them.” – H.D. Thoreau
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| Leah Weaver and Yuming Shi |
Valedictorian
- Yuming Shi
GPA: 5.2/4.0 weighted, 4.0/4.0
unweighted
College Plans: Duke University
Future Hopes/Career Plans: Medicine or
Biomedical research
Club(s): Science
Olympiad, Math Club, and Environmental Club
Hobbies: puzzles,
playing (strategy) video games, watching tv, playing clarinet
Favorite Food: Chicken
parmesan
Favorite Movie: Frozen
Favorite Musician/Band: FUN.
Favorite Class: Yuming likes AP Chemistry because, “No other
class lets you work with potentially dangerous chemicals. Plus, the subject
matter was really interesting, even if it was hard to understand.”
Favorite Quote and/or Advice for Fellow
High Schoolers:
“If
you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.”
~Tolstoy,
Anna Karenina
