YOUTH ON THE GO
Micayla Shafran, a junior was anonymously nominated at Kingston High for the Congress by School, was recognized one of her teachers during with an Award of Excellence the 2017-18 school year. by the National Academy Shafran is passionate of Future about reducing plastic Physicians use and pollution as it is and linked to health problems Medical through human ingestion. Scientists. She knows she will major
It was in biology upon graduating through her from Kingston High outstanding in 2020, but has a few different academic facets within medicine performance, that she will choose when the time comes. leadership potential, and Shafran’s extracurriculars dedication to serving humanity activities include Key through the profession Club, Varsity Crew, musical of medicine that led theatrics, choir and Science the academy’s Medical Advisory Olympiads. For college, Board to select her. she will be applying
The academy hosts an to Duke, Boston University, annual Congress of Future the University of Miami Medical Leaders in and Harvard. Massachusetts in which ••• one student from every Fifty-nine juniors and high school in the United seniors at Saugerties High States is selected to attend. School were inducted into It’s a week-long conference the school’s chapter of the in June, with doctors on National Honor Society hand to hold panel discussions, during a candlelight ceremony workshopsand share on April 25. experiences with the attendees. The students were recognized for embodying the
Shafran, who said in society’s four pillars: scholarship, a press release that she leadership, service wants to study medicine,
and character. Students also had to meet community service requirements and hold a cumulative grade point average of 90 or better. Next year’s officers were also announced. Saugerties High School social studies teacher Tim O’Dell was the guest speaker.
The seniors who were inducted were Niki Bach, Shyanna Curless, Mercy Danner, Trevor Dennis, Irene Foster, Skylar France, Drake Grant, Giona Kleinberg and Jacob Maskell.
The juniors who were inducted included Comfort Akpan, Isabel Arter, Charlize Avena, Charles Baldwin, Cameron Bark, Corey Beitl, Madelynn Bigler, Abigail Bravo, Jessica Bucci, Ethan Christiansen, Meghan Colligan, Anthony Costello, Cora Currey, Mark Danza, George Dienos, Randy Dodig, Erin Dudzic, MacKenzie Feeney, Annika Fisher, Ty Gallagher, Alexandra Goodwin, Aidan Gruen, Shane Hart, Aidan Jurofcik and Xea Kirkland.
Other juniors who were inducted included Ethan Kleinke, Joseph Masula, Julie Mazariego, Grace Meehan, Gabriela Mills, Kyla Misasi, Matthew Morgan, Mary Mullen, Dominic Nace, Jody Nameth, Ilana Numssen, Tatum Padilla, Nicole Peters, Alyssa Rose, Alexis Sasso, Sharan Sekhon, Amy Shultis, Savannah Sirico, Morgan Sperl, Kaylie Sullivan, Carter Vail, Ethan Via Pietrzak, Caleb Vickery, Johanna Weeks and Dawson Wood.
••• Melody Burke and Jack Zheng were named the Hunter-Tannersville Middle/High School students for April.
A seventh-grade Burke represented the Maroon Group (grades 7-9). She has been on the principal’s honor roll each quarter. She is the goalie on the soccer team, plays the post position in basketball and is the catcher and first baseman on the softball team.
Burke volunteers for the CROP Program. She likes riding her bike and has many interests in different animals, to name a few: horses, pandas, tigers and cheetahs. Her teachers describe her as a good leader who is respectful. Burke plans to go to college to be a veterinarian or a teacher and plans to travel the world.
She is the daughter of Jason and Jessica Miller of Tannersville.
Zheng, a sophomore, represents the “Gold Group” (grades 10-12). He is a member of the National Art Honor Society and recently was inducted into the National Honor Society. He has been consistently on the superintendent’s honor roll this year and last. He is also a member of the Yearbook Club and has been actively contributing to create a quality yearbook for 201819. Zheng was part of the stage crew for the musical production of “The Addams Family”.
Zheng plays defense in soccer and plans to continue this sport. He was also a starting player on the junior varsity basketball team this year. His hobbies and interests include art and animation. Zheng likes to design art and animation styles in his free
time. He also likes to volunteer to work with, and tutor, younger students. Zheng’s teachers describe him as a diligent student with excellent attendance. He likes school and the interaction it provides with his peers. Zheng hopes to earn a degree and enter the business world.
He is the son of Chao Yong Zheng and Lin Qiu of Hunter.
The criteria the school’s staff considers in nominating a student are academic perseverance, involvement in school/community activities, participation in sports/hobbies, respectfulness, determined to succeed in an endeavor, dedicated to do their best and dependability.
Each student of the month enjoys a lunch or dinner for two at The Last Chance Antiques and Cheese Café, a one-day lift ticket at Hunter Mountain provided by Peak Resorts, two passes to the Mountain Cinema from the Catskill Mountain Foundation, an engraved pen from the Student Parent Teacher Organization, a family bumper sticker from the Board of Education and a complimentary special breakfast from Principal Thomas Cervola.