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SUNDAY TELEGRAM MAY 23, 2010
Michael P. Duffy
Immaculate Heart of Mary School
AGE: 18
HOMETOWN: Shirley
PARENTS: James and
Patricia Duffy
HONORS AND AWARDS: Honor
Roll, Grades 9-12; First
Place in Band, Grade 11;
National Latin Exam,
Magna Cum Laude,
Grades 9, 11; Pre-Calculus Excellence,
Grade 11.
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: Baseball (Bromfield),
Grades 9-10; Baseball (Immaculate Heart
of Mary), Grades 11-12, captain, Grades
11-12; National Honor Society, vice
president, Grade 11, president, Grade 12;
Basketball, Grades 11-12; Altar server;
Pro-Life League member; Band, trumpet,
horn captain.
PLANS: Major in mechanical engineering at
University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
OTHER: Summer job at Three Seasons
Landscape.
Seth-David Dworman
Leicester High School
AGE: 18
HOMETOWN: Paxton
PARENTS: Alan and Laura
Dworman
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Outstanding Junior
awards in History and
French; Outstanding
Sophomore awards in
History, Spanish and Mathematics;
Outstanding Freshmen awards in History
and Spanish; Outstanding Academic
Excellence Awards, Grades 10-12.
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: Fencing, Grades 10-12,
rated E2010 by USFA; Track, Grades
10-12; Number Theory and Puzzling Club,
Grades 10-12, president, Grade 12; Harry
Potter Club, Grades 9-12, co-president,
Grade 12; National Honor Society, Grades
10-12, president, Grade 12.
PLANS: Study foreign languages and
linguistics at Brandeis University.
OTHER: Volunteer Mass Audubon Society,
Grades 10-12.
Joanna D. Rydzefski
Leominster High School
AGE: 18
HOMETOWN: Leominster
PARENTS: David and Nina
Rydzefski
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Student Council
Historian’s Award, Grade
9; Student Council
Advisers Award, Grade
10; National Honor Society; Fourth place in
Leominster High Science Fair, Grade 9.
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: Volunteer at Red Cross
blood drive donation center, Grades 9-12;
Student Council, Grades 9-12; Regional
Student Advisory Council, Grades 10-12;
National Honor Society, Grades 10-12,
secretary, Grade 12; Intern for
Massachusetts state Sen. Jennifer
Flanagan; Annual Molly Bish Day, Grades
9-12; Field hockey, Grades 9-12;
Lacrosse, Grades 9-12, Coaches Award,
Grade 10, captain, Grade 12.
PLANS: Pharmacy major at Northeastern
University or political science major at
Providence College.
Alysha B. Bastine
Leominster High School – Center for
Technical Education
AGE: 17
HOMETOWN: Leominster
PARENTS: Renee and Frank
Bastine
HONORS AND AWARDS: Skills
USA Gold Medalist,
Grades 11-12; Skills USA
State Champion and
National Competitor,
Grade 11; Recognition of Excellence in
Trade, Healthcare.
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: Skills USA, chapter
treasurer, Grade 11, chapter president,
Grade 12; SCORE Peer Mediation, Grade
10; Recreational softball, Grades 9-10
PLANS: Attend the nursing program at
Fitchburg State College.
OTHER: Certified Nursing Assistant at Manor
on the Hill Assisted Living Facility.
What is the likelihood that a
woman will be elected president
in the 21st century
Possible
51%
Not likely
4%
Dylan J. Drolette
Lunenburg High School
Definate
45%
AGE: 18
HOMETOWN: Fitchburg
PARENTS: Joe and Beth
Drolette
HONORS AND AWARDS:
National Honor Society;
High Honor Roll each
term; Golden Hammer
Award; Renaissance
Award.
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: Student Council, Grades
9-12; Renaissance, Grades 9-12; National
Honor Society, Grades 11-12; Latin Club,
Grades 9-12; Mass State Latin Team,
Grades 9-12; Retreat Leader, Our Lady of
the Lake, Grades 9-12.
PLANS: Major in history at Boston University.
Kiran Mullur
Marianapolis Preparatory School
AGE: 18
HOMETOWN: Millbury
PARENTS: Sheela and Bala
Mullur
HONORS AND AWARDS:
College of Maine Book
Award; High Honors, five
semesters; Scholar
Athlete Distinction Award,
Grades 9-11; “Father Stanley Saplis
Award”; Marianapolis Science Fair, first
place, Grade 9, second place, Grade 10.
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: Class president, Grades
10-12; Soccer, Grades 9-12; Model United
Nations, team president, Grades 9-12;
Mock trial attorney in Connecticut Regional
Mock Trial competition, Grades 10-12;
Math team, Grades 9-11; Math and science
resource tutor for science, Grade 12;
American Cancer Society Relay for Life,
Grades 9-12.
PLANS: Major in biochemistry or biophysics
while on a pre-medical track at the Honors
College, University of Massachusetts at
Amherst.
OTHER: Volunteer at Quality Kids Kare PC,
Houghton Mifflin Publishing Co. and Red
Cross Blood Drive.
Nathan R. Bricault
Massachusetts Academy of Math and
Science
AGE: 17
HOMETOWN: West Boylston
PARENTS: Raymond and
Janet Bricault
HONORS AND AWARDS: Third
Place Destination
Imagination Global Finals;
Destination Imagination
Da Vinci Award for
Exceptional Creativity and Renaissance
Award for Engineering Design; Mock Trial
Elite 8 Competitor; Lions Club Youth
Speech Competition Regional Winner;
National Honor Society; Meritorious Award
in High School Mathematics Contest in
Modeling.
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: Destination Imagination
(team member, Grades 10, 12); Mock Trial,
Grades 11-12, team captain, Grade 12;
Microgravity Demonstration Club, Grades
9-12; Class Treasurer, Grades 10-12;
Volunteer Teacher’s Aide, Grades 11-12;
Historical Fencing, Grade 12; Theater,
lighting and sound crew, Grade 10; Class
Play competitions, scriptwriter, Grade 10.
PLANS: Major in biological engineering at
Cornell University.
OTHER: Worked at the Worcester District
Courthouse in the summer of 2009.
Catherine E. Withers
Marlboro High School
AGE: 18
HOMETOWN: Marlboro
PARENTS: Catherine and
Robert Withers
HONORS AND AWARDS:
National Merit
Commended student,
Grade 11; AP Scholar;
Marlboro High School
representative at Massachusetts Girl’s State
Convention; Faculty Awards in Science,
Grade 9-12, Mathematics, Grade 10, and
History, Grades 9, 11; High Honors,
Grades 9-12; Wellesley Book Award,
Grade 11.
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: National Honor Society,
Grades 10-12, co-chair of community
service, Grade 10, vice president, Grade
12; Indoor track, Grade 9-12, captain,
Grade 12, League All-Star, Grades 9-12;
Outdoor track, Grades 9-12, captain,
Grades 11-12; Soccer, Grades 9-12,
co-captain, Grade 12; Coaches Award,
Grades 9, 10, 12; Student representative to
the School Committee, Grades 10-12;
Student advisory committee, Grades 10-12;
Spanish Club, Grades 9-12, vice president,
Grades 11-12; Student Council, Grades
9-12, vice president, Grades 9-10.
PLANS: Major in environmental studies and
Spanish at an undecided university.
OTHER: Volunteer coordinator-recruiter for
Special Olympics, Grades 10-11.