Clubs and Activities: Chamber Singers (three years, vice president in grade 12); Fall Musicals (four years, Leading Role two years); One Act Play Competition (four years, director one year); AP Scholar (Grade 11); National Honor Society (two years); Tri-M Music Honor Society (two years)Scholarships: Monsignor Desjardins Achievement Award, Ernest O. Porell Achievement Award; Senator George J. Mitchell Scholarship; Alpha Delta Kappa Scholarship; Windham High School Student Administration ScholarshipFuture plans: Saint Joseph’s College. Major: Secondary education (with a specialization in history) and theology.
Clubs and Activities: Scholar Athlete – Soccer (four years) with two state championships 2013 and 2014, Tennis (two years) National Honor Society (three years), Interact Club (four years) Spanish Honor Society (three years).Awards: Received the Bates Book Award; National Chemistry Olympiad at the University of Maine at Orono in 2013; Chosen to attend the Maine Youth Leadership Program seminar at the University of Southern Maine in 2013; Maine Medical Center junior volunteer in the summer of 2014 earning 50 hours of community service; Student Government body representative on Class Council senior year.Future plans: University of Rhode Island. Major: Pharmacy
Parents/Guardians: Tim Eddy and Sun Choe.Clubs and Activities: Portland Youth Wind Ensemble (four years), Portland Youth Symphony Orchestra (three years), Spanish Honors Society, National Honors Society, Tri-M Music Honors Society, Music Lesson Program for Middle School Students, Teen Leader at Episcopal Youth Events. Hobbies/Interests: Clarinet, piano, exploring Portland with friends. Awards: District II Honors Festival (Band, four years), All-State Music Festival (Band, three years, Orchestra, one year), Smith Book Awards, AP Scholar Award.Future plans: Gettysburg College. Major: Music education. 
Clubs and Activities: Lacrosse, varsity swimming, Science Olympiad, Spanish Honor Society, Project Dance, and Prom Committee, Windham Chamber Singer (three years and served as president senior year), Vice-President – National Honor Society and class officer. Awards: Princeton Book Award, SMAA swim scholarship, along with several Presidential scholarships from universities across the country.Future plans: University of Maine on a full-tuition scholarship. Major: Journalism and biology.
Clubs and Activities: Cross country, indoor and outdoor track, competitive dance team, Interact Club, Spanish Honor Society – taught 1st grade students Spanish through Aguilitos, a Spanish Honor Society organization, National Honor Society, Reducing Sexism and Violence Program reading instructor for Teen Trendsetters, a group where each week she mentored a first-grade student who was struggling with their reading ability, and Prom Committee. Awards: Wellesley College Book Award, AP Scholar Award, and Scholar-Athlete Award each season, High Honor Roll each year.Future plans: Elon University. Major: Marketing and Strategic Communications. She hopes to someday have her own advertising firm that advocates for animal rights.
Clubs and Activities: Cross Country (four years) team captain senior year, Science Olympiad (three years) with three medals won at the state level, Chemistry Olympiad (three years) and Science Bowl (three years) serving as a captain during senior year. Member of the National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Math team and Outing club. Participated in the inaugural year of the Robotics team which finished 17th in their first tournament. Awarded the Phi Beta Kappa Book Award and recognized as an AP Scholar in junior year and as SMAA All Academic as a senior. Outside of school, he enjoys Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ).Future plans: Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. Major: Biomedical sciences.
Clubs and Activities: Interact Club (member for four years, officer for two years), National Honor Society (three years), Spanish Honor Society (four years, secretary for one year, president for one year), Teen Trendsetters (two years—program run by the Barbara Bush Foundation where teen mentors read to elementary aged students who are at least six months behind their reading targets), Student Council (member for two years, Inner Council officer for one year), served as the 2014/2015 Student Representative on the RSU 14 School Board Committee.Awards: AP Scholar Award (2013/2014 school year), Teen Trendsetters Excellence Award (honored at the Blaine House by the Barbara Bush Foundation), Saint Michael’s College Book Award for academic achievement and dedication to service.Future plans: Stetson University in Deland, Fla. Major: International relations/pre-law with a minor in Spanish. Accepted as a Bonner Scholar in Stetson’s Bonner Program, which is both a volunteer service and leadership program. Aiyanna plans to study abroad after getting bachelor’s degree as well as go to law school to be an immigration lawyer.
Clubs and Activities: National Honor Society (three years), Spanish Honor Society (four years), Science Olympiad (two years), Science Bowl (one year), Swim Team (four years), worked as a lifeguard for three years.Awards: New England champion in swimming for the 500 freestyle, two school records for swimming. Swimmer of the meet at Southwestern Championships two years in a row, gold medal in chemistry lab junior year at Science Olympiad, gold medal in cell biology senior year at Science Olympiad, silver medal in chemistry lab senior year at Science Olympiad, bronze medal in protein modeling senior year at Science Olympiad, University of Rochester Bausch and Lomb Book Award, went to Olympic Training Center for a training trip.Future plans: Colby College. Major: Biology/pre-medicineAdam Poitras
Parents: Mark and Sherry PoitrasClubs and Activities: National Honor Society (three years, president), Poetry Club (two years), LEAF Club (three years), Civil Rights (four years, officer), Gay-Straight-Transgender Alliance (four years, president), Spanish Honor Society (four years, treasurer), Tri-M Music Honor Society (two years), Class Council (four years, various officer positions), Student Council (four years, president), Fall Musical (male lead three years, Pit Band one year), One Act Team (two years), Portland Youth Wind Ensemble (four years, co-principal bassoonist), Portland Youth Symphony Orchestra (two years), Honors Woodwind Quintet at New England Conservatory in Boston, Youth Philharmonic Orchestra at the New England Conservatory in Boston (two years),Hobbies/Interests: Bassoon/music, acting, shopping, relaxing with friends. Awards received: Academic Excellence Awards in honors algebra II, English I, Spanish II, Foundations in History, honors functions, statistics, and trigonometry, physics, AP U.S. history, honors Spanish IV, and honors physics, attendance awards, director awards for all theatrical performances and band, one-act theater competition music performance award at regional competition 2013, MMEA District II Honors Instrumental Festival (four years, principal bassoonist for four years), MMEA All-State Instrumental Festival (four years, principal bassoonist for two years), National Honor Society State Finalist Scholarship, Bowdoin College Book Award for extraordinary service to the common good and an unusual passion for inquiry, discovery, and innovative thinking, alternate bassoon position for the National Youth Orchestra of the USA 2015.Future plans: Northwestern University. Major: Bassoon performance and economics.
Clubs and Activities: Member of the soccer team, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Science Olympiad, Chemistry Olympiad, and Science Bowl. In Science Olympiad, second place at thermodynamics as a sophomore, first place in chemistry as a junior, second place chemistry as a senior, experimental design and first in cell biology. Placed sixth in Chemistry Olympiad as a junior and second place as a senior. Future plans: Ransselaer Polytechnic Institute. Major: Chemical engineering.
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