WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 · 7 Abraham Gibson School, grade: Leechburg Junior/ Senior High School, 12 Parents: Joseph and Joanne Gibson Academic achievements: Gifted Accelerated Program; Honors Student; National Society for High School Scholars; Quiz Bowl; Math Team; Armstrong County Sports Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete honoree. Extracurricular activities: Concert Choir; Advanced Show Choir; District 3 Band; District 3 Choir; Region 2 Choir; All-State Choir; Musical The-ater, treasurer, vice president; Concert Band Trombone, president, vice president; Marching Band; Baseball; Basketball; Golf; Bible Club, treasurer, vice president; BRAVE. Community involvement: Elemen-tary basketball coach; Little League umpire; Youth Group; Leechburg Area Pool; Won by One to Jamaica; Monthly Distribution at Leechburg Food Bank; Dairy Queen employee. Goals: Attend Seton Hill University to double major in business admin-istration and music. Hope to one day open a local music store and write a musical theater production. Jacob Hebda School, grade: Elizabeth Forward High School, 12 Parents: Joseph and Amy Hebda Academic Achievements: High Honor Roll; Elizabeth Forward All-Academic Team; University of Pittsburgh Health Career Scholars Academy; Advanced Placement Scholars Award with Distinction; Hometown High-Q; Warrior Award. Extracurricular activities: Boy Scouts of America; Cross Country; Track and Field; Student Government Association; Political Science Club; Academic League; Mock Trial Team; Technology Student Association; Aca-demic WorldQuest; Science Olympiad. Community involvement: Eagle Scout projects; Pass the Turkey Project; Book Buddies; Technology Student Association; The Future Is Mine service organization. Goals: I plan to attend a four-year university and major in finance. I would like to pursue a professional career in business, law or politics. My goals are to continue to be of service to others, to be an effective communi-cator and a positive contributor to my community. Faith Gongaware School, grade: Kiski Area High School, 12 Parents: Barbara and Calvin Gongaware Academic achievements: National Merit Scholarship Commended Student; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Higher Education Certificate of Merit; Class rank 1 of 313; High Honor Roll; Challenge Program, Academic Excel-lence Award; National Honor Society. Extracurricular activities: Key Club; Future Business Leaders of America; Fall Drama and Spring Musical; Golf; Mock Trial; Model UN; French Club. Community involvement: Ex-periment in International Living; Book Drive; Children’s summer camps volunteer; National College Fair. Goals: I plan to enter a pre-law track and earn a bachelor’s degree in politi-cal science and a law degree. I want to volunteer for a two-year service assignment in the Peace Corps. Using the knowledge I gain in a third-world country, I hope to pursue a career as a foreign ambassador representing the interests and policies of the United States federal government while deal-ing with foreign affairs. Anna Hu School, grade: Greater Latrobe Senior High School, 12 Parent: Bo Hu Academic achievements: Distinguished Honor Roll; Na-tional Honor Society; Coca Cola Schol-arship Semifinalist; Rotary Award; AP Scholar with Distinction; Pa. Gover-nor’s School for the Sciences. Extracurricular activities: Pitts-burgh Japanese School; Science Olympiad; Student Council. Community involvement: Vol-unteer Figure Skating Instructor; Westmoreland Hospital Patient Care Team; Interact Club; Japanese School Teacher’s Aid; Key Club. Goals: Based on my previous ex-periences, I am driven by the purely scientific desire to thoroughly under-stand fundamental mechanisms, as well as the desire to see a broader impact through practical applications. Consequently, I aspire to pursue a career in both medical practice and research. Regardless of where I end up, my motivation will be to quench my continuous curiosity to learn and to discover. Maya Hackman School, grade: Derry Area Senior High School, 12 Parents: Kenneth and Melissa Hackman Academic achievements: Yale Book Scholar; Aademic Excellence Society; STEM Award; Valedictorian; Distinguished Honors; Gifted Program. Extracurricular activities: Student Council; Interact Club; SADD; Rotary Club; Olweus Anti-Bullying Initia-tive; Mock Trial Club; Poetry Outload; WIRC; Soccer; Track and Field. Community involvement: Hospital Volunteer; Food Bank Volunteer; Kind Closet volunteer; Soccer Mentor; Soc-cer Coach; Santa’s Workshop; Opera-tion Santa Claus; Library Assistant; Toys for Tots; Salvation Army; Hat and Glove Drive. Goals: I have been accepted to Al-legheny College, where I plan to play soccer and continue my education on a pre-med track. I will continue on to medical school in preparation to become a surgeon. After comple-tion of school, testing, and training periods, I will be a surgeon and will be able to help people every day which has always been my main goal. Shania Khatri School, grade: Fox Chapel Area High School, 11 Parent: Shelly Bamba Academic achievements: University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Academy; Presentation at the American Medical Informatics As-sociation’s symposium; Presentation at PittScience Undergraduate Poster Symposium; Cumulative Highest Honors award; Duke TiP Summer Studies; State qualifier in Biotechnol-ogy Design. Extracurricular activities: Compu-tational Biology Club; Technology Stu-dent Association; Tapestry; Classical Piano; D.E.S.I. Club; Latin Club; Model UN and Forensics; Bollywood dance; Tennis; Golf. Community involvement: The Edu-cation Initiative, founder; Code Like A Girl; Tutoring and Teaching. Goals: I want to pursue an under-graduate degree in Computer Science, and a graduate degree in Compu-tational Biology. I hope to pursue a Ph.D. in this field as well, with a strong emphasis on modeling and statistics. Anthony Guzzo School, grade: Valley High School, 12 Parents: Thomas and Amy Guzzo Academic achievements: National Honor Society; American Legion Award; Spanish National Hon-or Society; The Challenge Program Inc. Award; New Kensington Arnold School District Award for Scholastic Achievement; Lions Club Student of the Month Award; Rotary Award; New Kensington Rotary Scholar Award; High Honor Roll; No. 1 class rank. Extracurricular activities: Co- Editor, School Newspaper; Peer Medi-ation Council; Valley Viking Outreach; Baseball; Science Club; Yearbook Staff; Basketball; Ping Pong Club. Community involvement: The Challenge Program Inc. Award for Community Service; New Kensington Mayor’s Free Holiday Dinner volun-teer; New Kensington Community Days; Salvation Army Toy Drive; Dr. York Christmas Toy Drive; New Kens-ington Clean Up Days. Goals: My plans include attending college in the fall and majoring in business management/ finance. Be-yond that, I plan to attend law school. Ally Kaputa School, grade: Mt Pleasant Area Junior/Senior High School, 12 Parent: Linda Kaputa Academic achievement: Student of the Month; Excellence Honor Roll; National Honor Society; Spanish Honor Society; Women in Science Day Award. Extracurricular activities: Soccer, all-section and all-WPIAL; Track and Field, WPIAL finalist; Student Council; SADD; Youth Education Association; Interact Club; Spanish Club; Phys-ics Club; Pollution Patrol; Spirit Club; Astronomy Club; Prom Committee; Homecoming Queen. Community involvement: Mount Pleasant Food Bank; Toys for Tots; Mount Pleasant Glass and Ethnics Festival; You’ve Got a Friend Day; Special Kick Clinic; Dingers for Dom Benefit; YMCA Fall Festival; WCCA Junior High Wrestling Tournament; Bible School. Goals: I plan on attending Seton Hill University in the fall, and I will be majoring in math. I hope to become an actuarial scientist. Also I will be playing soccer at Seton Hill. Emilee Gruntz School, grade: Baldwin High School, 12 Parent: Theresa Gruntz Academic achievements: Highest honors; National Honor Society. Extracurricular activities: Lacrosse; Special Olympics Club executive com-mittee; French Club; Gifted Program; Orchestra; Student Council; Powder Puff; EQT Aspire Mentor Program; Purbalite newspaper internet editor; Math League; Red Cross Club; Dance Workshop by Shari. Community involvement: Volunteer for many projects and helpful activi-ties through church youth group. Goals: I would like to be a pediatric physical therapist. There are many different specialized forms of physical therapy. Pediatric physical therapy sparked my interest from the start. The environment that a physical therapist works in is one I could see myself spending the rest of my life in. Children have become such a huge part of my life that I could not imagine spending my career doing anything else. I intend to make a real transfor-mation in the lives of others. Christiana Kandra School, grade: Greensburg Central Catholic High School, 12 Parent: Cynthia Kandra Academic achievements: Seton Hill Uni-versity Women in Science Chemistry Award; National Honor Society; Ger-man Honor Society; Highest Honors. Extracurricular activities: Academic Quiz Team; Hometown HiQ; Interact Service Club; Columbian Squire Roses service group; Violin lessons; Golf; Flying lessons; Student council. Community involvement: Altar Server at St. Agnes; Parish Mission Committee; St. Vincent de Paul Soci-ety; GCC Eucharistic Minister. Goals: My major will be an adventure, for few women become mechanical engineers. I will challenge myself and inspire women to be adventurous and major in male-dominated fields, and hopefully persevere enough to receive a Ph.D in mechanical engineering. I will then be able to do some of the most difficult tasks in the field, some of which will hopefully improve the aircraft I will be designing and make life easier for people through my in-novations in the field.
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