STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
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SCHOLARSHIPS
Sara Thaqi, Cohoes, was named a Rensselaer Medal Winner. The merit scholarship carries a value of $30,000 a year for four years. She is a junior at Cohoes High School.
Emmalee Stark, Hudson Falls and Asa Dupras, Saratoga Springs have been awarded the Schuylerville Community Theater awards. Each will receive $500 toward their college education as they pursue theater arts.
REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SCHOLARSHIPS
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The MLK scholarship was established in 1973 by the Capital Area Council of Churches to honor the memory of the life and work of the slain civil rights leader and to preserve the legacy of the nonviolent human rights movement. This year, each student will receive a $4,000 scholarship. Nyasha Elon Jones, Albany, graduated from the Albany Academies; Jordyn Hunter, Albany, Albany High School; Madeleine Kelly, Rensselaer, Doane Stuart School, Rensselaer and Jethro Ronald Lee, Loudonville, Shaker High School, Latham
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CPR/FIRST AID
NATIONAL COMPETITION
Jaxon Haigh of Hudson, an EMT student at Questar III’S Columbia-greene Educational Center, earned first place in Cpr/first Aid in the national Skillsusa Championship competition, the first Questar III student to do so.
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GRADUATES
Bryant University, Smithfield, Rhode Island: Caitlin Bolen, Queensbury; Devon Bolen, Queensbury; Cameron Germaine, Watervliet; Megan Mausert, Niskayuna and Jonathan Wurtmann, Saratoga Springs
Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina: Emma Cunningham, Slingerlands; Kaylee Petraccione, Schenectady and Callie Lavit, Diamond Point
Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina: Kathleen Bain, South Glens Falls
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta: Cameron Coffey, Averill Park; Logan Short, Ballston Spa and Peter Herman, Gansevoort
Hartwick College, Oneonta: Jacqueline Renne Brathwaite, Nassau; Cassandra Nicole Burch, Troy; Joshua Craig, Burnt Hills; Maria Devito, Ballston
Lake; Hunter Ryan, Queensbury; Leah R. Giacchetta, Schenectady; Kaitlyn Heeney, Saratoga; Gabrielle Rose Kreppein, South Glens Falls; Andrew Kuchis, Schenectady; Brooke Marie Lacarte, South Glens Falls; Alec Martin Lind, Ballston Lake; Cecelia Marie Mowrey, Amsterdam; Giovanna R. Natalie, Coxsackie; Christian Kenneth Olsen, Scotia; Jennifer Danielle Paszko, Queensbury; Alexa Rose Phillips, Troy; Kelly Lynn Pine, Hoosick Falls; Tegan Anne Robinson, Mechanicville; Kelsea M. Royce, Latham; Maria Ersilia Sorriento, Troy; Isley Safiya Sterling, Gansevoort and Logan Patrick White, Watervliet
Nazareth College, Rochester: Aimee Flint, Saratoga Springs; Alexis Gould, Galway; Lauren Guilfoil, Queensbury; Julianna Pollicino, Watervliet; Amanda Rice, Schenectady; Emilee Rosenberg, Schenectady; Mckenzie Rybka, Valatie; Rebecca Stoddard, Schenectady; Kristin Thayer, Clifton Park; Marissa Towers, South Glens Falls; Kaitlyn Wright, Ballston Spa
DOCTOR OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
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Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa: Cortney Loughran, Athens and Elisa Costa, Troy
— Azra Haqqie