4 · WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 Colin Aikins School, grade: Central Catholic High School, 11 Parent: Maria Aikins Academic achievements: High Honor Roll; Vocal Music Award; President’s Education Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence; Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science awards; Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair award; President’s Environmental Youth Award; National Young Arts Winner for Classical Voice; Pittsburgh Concert Society Winner; Classical Singer National Semifinalist and winner of a scholarship to Eastman School of Music and DePauw University. Extracurricular activities: Crew Team; Swim Team; Masque Club; Classical Music Club. Community involvement: Mount Saint Peter Church volunteer; Nursing Home volunteer; Local and Commu-nity Organization Volunteer. Goals: I hope to pursue a career in music with a focus on Opera studies. I have been fortunate to have been of-fered early acceptance into the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and the Juilliard School in New York City. Maya Bhatnagar School, grade: Hempfield Area High School, 11 Parent: Misty Bhatnagar Academic achievements: Top 5 percent of class, out of 460 students; Spanish Honor Society; Tri-M Music Honor Society; National Society of High School Scholars; Perfect Attendance. Extracurricular activities: Stage Right! Performing Arts Classes; Future Business Leaders of America; Student Council; Junior Class Officer; Hempfield Choir; Hempfield Area Musical Theatre Company. Community involvement: An-nual Food Drive for Birthday for Westmoreland County Food Bank; As-sistant Pre-School Acting Instructor at Stage Right!; Performer in Stage Right!. Goals: I hope to attain the highest education degree possible to reach my future goals. I dream of traveling abroad to explore and learn about other cultures and then share this information with others. Opening the minds of children and adults to become united with their world is my lifelong goal. Saraswati Alagar School, grade: Pittsburgh Mil-liones (Univeristy Prep), 12 Parents: Mary Beth and Ravi Alagar Academic achievements: National Merit Semifinalist; Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation Semifinalist; Na-tional AP Scholar Award; AP Scholar With Distinction; Science Club; Ge-ography Club; Writing Club, National Gold Key Award; National American Voices Medal. Extracurricular activities: Ten-nis; Swimming; Chamber Orchestra; Violin; Royal Conservatory Program; Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orches-tra; Piano; Latin Club. Community involvement: Volunteer youth tennis coach; Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh volunteer; University of Pittsburgh Biology Outreach. Goals: Being an older sister to qua-druplets who were born premature has had a profound impact on my desire to pursue a career in medicine. I hope to become a pediatric ophthal-mologist and aid children, who never deserve to be ridiculed for a lazy eye or to forego life’s satisfaction and happiness due to blindness. Ariana Bisel School, grade: Greensburg Salem High School, 12 Parents: Elena Castrellon and Charles Bisel Academic achievements: Westmoreland Interscholastic Reading Competition; Mock Trial, three-year participant; Sixth-level French student; Honors In-ternational Studies; Accelerated Biolo-gy; Accelerated AA/Statistics; Honors American History; Honors Chemistry; Honors Law and Economics. Extracurricular activities: Cheer-leading; Volleyball; Track & Field; French Club; Student Council Associa-tion; Red Cross Club. Community involvement: Rec-reational Lion’s Cheerleading Coach, volunteer; Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital volunteer; Metzgar Elementary school tutor; Big Brothers, Big Sisters volunteer; Unit-ed Way’s Shop For A Cause volunteer; Relay For Life volunteer; Community Days volunteer; YMCA’S Before and After School Program volunteer; Greensburg YMCA lifeguard. Goals: I will be attending Duquesne University in the fall. I hope to some-day become a lawyer. Eric Ashby School, grade: Central Catholic High School, 12 Parents: Marty and Carol Ashby Academic achievements: Highest Honors; Baginski Scholars; Award for Excellence in Jazz Band; Certificate of Excellence for Outstand-ing Achievement in Spanish III. Extracurricular activities: Central Catholic Honors Jazz Combo; National Honor Society; Baseball; Carnegie Mellon University Jazz Band, the only high school student in the band; Cen-tral Catholic Masque; Central Catholic Jazz Band; Pittsburgh Jazz Youth Orchestra. Community involvement: Appa-lachia Mission Trip; Big Brother Pro-gram; National Honor Society Tutor; School of Swing; Power Packing; Step Forward for Parkinson’s Walk; Playing gigs with professional musicians; Volunteer at the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank Warehouse. Goals: My plans are to continue to pursue my passion for music. I plan to go to school majoring in music business so I can learn how to bring a musical component to communities to promote unity. Stephanie Bonifield School, grade: Carlynton Ju-nior/ Senior High School, 12 Parents: Greg and Lisa Bonifield Academic achievements: Distinguished/High Honor student; Best SCRATCH Video game Award; Received an A average in an accelerated month-long inten-sive course of Pre-Calculus at CCAC. Extracurricular activities: Space Camp Hall of Fame Scholarship for Outstanding Leadership; Full schol-arship to attend Advanced Space Academy at the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala.; Full scholarship to at-tend Elite Space Academy; Carlynton Jr./Sr. High School Robotics Club. Community involvement: Scott Township Public Library volunteer; Christ United Methodist Church Youth service projects; Volunteer dog han-dler and summer camp counselor at Animal Friends animal shelter. Goals: I plan to earn a doctorate degree in mechanical engineering as well as bachelor’s degrees in physics and/or biology. During college, I hope to intern at NASA, SpaceX, or Tesla Motors then go on to become an astronaut someday. Emily Anderson School, grade: Hampton High School, 12 Parents: Linda and Lawrence Anderson Academic achievements: National Honor Society. Extracurricular activities: Exchange Trip to Germany with German class students; Softball; Model UN, Model AU, Model EU, Team received best overall country (in Model UN, 10th grade) and 2nd place resolution (in Model EU, 11th grade); Marching Band; Girl Scouts; German Club; Lend Our Hands; English Festival. Community involvement: Co-founded food drive called Trick or Treat So Others Can Eat involving high school and community to collect food for a local food pantry; Volunteer at HEARTH, a home for domestically abused women and their children; Volunteer as a tutor at Anchorpoint Counseling Ministry; Gone on three mission trips with Northmont United Presbyterian Church; Deacon; church youth group. Goals: I plan to attend college next year to study either international studies or related social sciences. Carson Blodgett School, grade: Allderdice High School, 12 Parent: Amy Scharpf Academic achievements: Academic High Honor Roll; Civics Service Summit; AP Honors with Distinction; Scholarship from the Marquis Group for Academic Excel-lence; Dartmouth Book Award for Academic curiosity inside and outside of the classroom. Extracurricular activities: Science Olympiad; Tennis; Teacher Assistant in an Honors Spanish 3 Class; Swim Team, captain; Class President, Treasurer. Community involvement: Tutored fellow students in calculus, statis-tics, Spanish, history, chemistry and physics; Secretary of National Honor Society; Fellow for the Democratic Party; Paid High School Research Intern; Youth Ambassador to South America; Make a Difference Day. Goals: I want to help people. I like helping people. These statements mean nothing without action. I want to do something with my life that will truly help and change people’s lives. Matthew Alese School, grade: Springdale Junior/ Senior High School, 12 Parents: Mark and Diana Alese Academic achievements: National Merit Semifinalist; AP Scholar; National Latin Exam, Gold Meal and Summa Cum Laude Award; Lions Club Stu-dent of the Month; AIU Engineering Apprenticeship Program Certificate; Westinghouse Science Honors Institute Lecture Series Certificate; Latin III Outstanding Student Award. Extracurricular activities: Academic Games League of America; National Honor Society; Golf; Mock Trial; Key-stone Boys State Senator. Community involvement: Volunteer Firefighter; Altar Server/CCD Aide/ Greeter/Maintenance Man at Saint Alphonsus Church; Camp counselor for the Fun and Freedom Day Camp. Goals: I intend to pursue both a degree in chemical engineering and a career as either a Naval Officer or an Air Force Officer. Whether I ap-proach these career fields through an academy or an ROTC unit, I am certain that I will be doing something meaningful with my life. Claire Blaha School, grade: Shaler Area High School, 12 Parent: Ann Blaha Academic achievements: GATE; Allegheny Intermediate Unit Apprenticeship Program; Outstanding Academic Achievement; First-place winner, essay contest — “The True Mean-ing of Memorial Day”; Winner, essay contest — “Holocaust v. holocaust”; Certificates of Excellence — English, Geometry, French, Art. Extracurricular activities: Swim-ming; National Honor Society; French Honor Society; National Art Honor Society; Shaler Key Club; Shaler Seadogs summer swimming program. Community involvement: Shaler North Hills Library volunteer; Part-time summer lifeguard; Freshmen orientation guide; Lung Force Walk event volunteer; Rogers Elementary School Fall Festival volunteer. Goals: I am going to most likely be a journalism or communications major. I have always wanted to write, but I also took an interest in fashion over the years, so I am hoping I can bring those two things together and work for a magazine such as Vogue.
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