#b#Private Schools#/b#
Northfield Mount Hermon School: Benjamin Sang of West Windsor graduated from the grades 9 to 12 school in Massachusetts.
Pennington School: Kenneth Pepper of West Windsor graduated from middle school.
#b#In College#/b#
University of Connecticut: Phillip Louis Menard of Plainsboro is on the dean’s list.
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College: Emily C. Looney graduated with an M.D. degree. A 2003 graduate of High School South, she will be relocating to Boise, Idaho, to begin her family medicine residency training.
Johns Hopkins University: Katie Brossman of Plainsboro graduated with honors in her major of writing seminars. As an undergraduate, she was an intern in the Office of Alumni Relations and an editorial intern at the EatingWell Media Group, Baltimore Magazine and the Johns Hopkins University Press. She also brought sustainable food initiatives to campus as a member of Real Food Hopkins and served as food chair for the annual spring fair. A contributing writer for the food blog, Big Girls Small Kitchen, Brossman writes a personal food blog at www.cookiesandkimchi.com. A 2008 graduate of Princeton Day School, Brossman will be writing her food and travel blog as she travels to Korea, China, Hong Kong, and Singapore this summer.
Lehigh University: Kyle Stiefel of West Windsor scored a 3-goal “hat-trick” in Lehigh’s NCAA Division I playoffs vs. the University of Maryland. A rising senior, he graduated from Peddie School in 2009. Commentators on ESPN have compared Kyle to the sharpshooter Ray Allen of the Boston Celtics. To watch highlights of the game, google ESPN mens lacrosse Lehigh vs. Maryland
Providence College: Anna O’Connell of Plainsboro received a bachelor’s degree. She graduated summa cum laude and was awarded the Reverend Leo S. Cannon, O.P. award for excellence in musicianship. O’Connell, a member of the I Cantori, the school’s elite choir, will study choral and sacred music at the University of Southern California.
Rowan University: West Windsor residents on the dean’s list include Jose A. Calves, a senior majoring in history; Linda T. Gosselin, a sophomore majoring in advertising; and Laura A. Slatas, a senior majoring in elementary education. Katherine I. Lacenere of Plainsboro is also on the dean’s list. She is a senior majoring in English.
#b#Scholarship#/b#
Kelsey Daniels and Alexandra Waters, both of West Windsor, received scholarships from the New Jersey Association of Realtors Education Foundation.
#b#South Model UN Recognized#/b#
High School South’s Model United Nations Club is one of the largest, oldest, and successful clubs at the school. Advisors are Brad Borsuk and Erin Schomburg.
“Students in our team debate pressing world issues, write breathtaking resolutions, and compete to win awards for the quality of their speaking, leadership, and written works,” says Arnav Sood, the public relations representative. “In preparing for a conference we are assigned countries that we will represent as a delegation and individual positions and our members dedicate themselves to researching their specific topics and brainstorm solutions to the problems.
As a public school group the members involve the student body with in school mocks that include hundreds of students. “We strive to include everybody, not just our best,” says Sood.
At a recent competition they received the Outstanding Large Delegation award confident in their ability to go higher. At Georgetown they won five best delegate gavels and best small delegation.
Officers included Nikhil Gavai, president; Pranav Rao, Adeline Lee, and Michael Liu as vice presidents; Prashant Sharma and Ahush Gupta, secretaries. Next year’s officers include Sharma as President; Vedant Sachdeva and Suchira Sharma as vice president; Arnav Sood as public relations; and Abhimanya Muchhal as secretary.
#b#Naval Academy#/b#
Christian Galkowski, a junior at Hun School, will participate in the Naval Academy Summer Seminar program. Academics, athletics, and professional training are key elements in the six-day program. After participating in seamanship and navigation classes students will take a cruise aboard a Navy Yard Patrol craft to apply what they learned in class. Visit www.usna.edu.
Team From WW-P Wins National Math Competition
Using their own resources, 15 middle and high school students from West Windsor and Plainsboro schools participated in the American Regional Mathematics League competition at Penn State and received the national title. The team members include Aaron Berger, Aleck Zhao, Alexander Clifton, Apoorva Shah, Bill Yan Huang, Brice Huang, Catherine Lee, Chaitanya Asawa, Charlie Gu, Chris Shao, David Geng, Ishan Mazumdar, Jason Shi, Kevin Li, and William Jiao.
Chaitanya Asawa, a student at High School South, wanted to enter the competition and started the application process last summer. “The students have been trying to form a team for years now,” says his mother, Vanita Asawa. “Different people have tried but the team could not be formed due to various reasons such as starting too late, or not having a coach,”
He worked with executives of ARML to approve a non-teacher for a coach and succeeded in his cause. His father, Govind Asawa, an engineer involved with mathematics, was the coach; and Anne Clifton was the second coach for the team.
During spring break Chaitanya invited kids from WW-P schools to West Windsor Library to try out for the team. Practice for the various rounds of the competition began in May for the team selected.
The competition included a team round, a power question (in which a team solves proof-oriented questions), an individual round, and two relay rounds in which a contestant solves a problem and passes his/her answer to another team member, who uses this answer to solve another problem. Close to 120 teams participated.
Brice Huang placed 18th in the nation in the individual round. The team earned close to $3,000 in prizes.
