Northern School Notebook: June 16

Freeport High School Class of 2011

summa cum laude with distinction students

Sarah Rose Brooks, daughter of Anne-Marie Lee.

Activities and Awards: National Honor Society; Glee Club; Women’s Ensemble; Mentor Program; fall musical; One-Act competition; Figures of Speech Theatre; chamber choir; concert band; Academic Excellence in Music Award, Excellence in French Award; University of Maine Book Award; Lions Club Speak-out Speech Contest first place in local contest, and second place in regional contest; attended Dirigo Girls State, and Rotary Youth Leadership Conference.

Future Plans: Westminster College, music education and vocal performance major.

Brina Marie Dillon, daughter of John and Debra Dillon.

Activities and Awards: National Honor Society; Student Council vice president; Art Club; Math Team; Glee Club; student mentor; chorus; varsity cross country; varsity Nordic ski team and team captain; varsity softball; Western Maine Conference All-Academic Team; Smith College Book Award; Sports Booster’s Pride & Character Award for softball and soccer; Scholar Athlete Award; President’s High Honors Award; Excellence awards in French and art; Citizenship Award.

Future Plans: Union College.

Spencer Egan, son of Michelle Bosse and John Egan.

Activities and Awards: National Honor Society; Math Team; Model U.N.; World Quest; Science Olympiad; cross-country running and skiing; baseball; jazz band; chamber choir; nominated to Student Athlete Hall of Fame; Phi Beta Kappa Award; Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award; Dartmouth College Book Award; Trig Star Regional Winner; Academic Excellence in Math, two years; Academic Excellence in English, two years; Academic Excellence in Global Studies; Solomon H. Plummer Citizenship Award; Academic Excellence in French Award; President’s Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence; All Academic Athletic Team, three years; Effort and Citizenship Award; District Chorus, three years; Pride of the Falcons Award for baseball, two years; Nordic Skiing Coach’s Award, two years; Pride and Character Award for cross country running, and baseball.

Future Plans: Middlebury College.

Allyson Fuehrer, daughter of Rob and Anne Fuehrer.

Activities and Awards: National Honor Society; RSVP; South Freeport Church youth group; Flannel Club; varsity soccer; varsity basketball; varsity lacrosse; sailing; Seeds of Independence; mentoring program; WMC All-Conference first team, soccer; WMC All-Conference honorable mention, lacrosse; soccer team MVP; Pride and Character Award for basketball; Presidential Award for Academic Excellence; Solomon H. Plummer Citizenship Award; Frederick Douglas & Susan B. Anthony Award; Daughters of the American Revolution Award.

Future Plans: Maine Maritime Academy.

Mikaela Austina Marie Gillis, daughter of Christine and Ronald Gillis.

Activities and Awards: National Honors Society; Youth Advocacy Program; Student Council treasurer; Art Club; varsity softball; freshmen mentor; girl’s basketball team manager; tutor; pre-apprenticeship at Morse Street Elementary School; school art fair third place in painting and second place in photography; Oberlin College Book Award; Presidential Award, two years; French Excellence Award, three years; Pride and Character Award, softball; softball Athletic Excellence Award; Athlete Scholar Award; Citizenship Award.

Future Plans: Merrimack College.

Yu Ping Hu, daughter of Di Xian Hu.

Activities and Awards: National Honor Society; World Language Club; Math Team member, Highest Scorer Award, highest scoring sophomore; Colby College Book Award; Beauty in Art Award; High Honors Outstanding Academic Excellence; Math Achievement Award; Trig-Star; Excellence in Mathematics Award; Scholastic Art and Writing Regional Silver Key.

Future Plans: Saint Joseph’s College of Maine.

Maxwell Devereaux Jennings, son of Suzanne and Kris Jennings.

Activities and Awards: Math Team; Science Olympiad; National Honor Society; Model U.N.; Mock Trial; mentor; class secretary; Southern Maine Sculling team and captain; cross-country running; Nordic skiing; St. Lawrence Book Award; Pride and Character Award, Nordic skiing; Nordic Skiing Coach’s Award.

Future Plans: Colby College.

Charlie Russell Lehmer, son of Mary Lehmer and Matt Russell.

Activities and Awards: Math Team; Science Olympiad; National Honor Society; Model U.N.; Mock Trial; Student Government, senior class president; cross-country running; indoor track; outdoor track; Figures of Speech Theatre; Giving Children Warmth, nonprofit founder, president and volunteer; Colby College jazz band, tenor sax; Governor’s Exemplary Youth Volunteer of the Year Award; Maine Principal’s Award; Model U.N. Diplomacy Award; Scholar Athlete Award; President’s Award for education achievement; Citizenship Award; Maine All-State honors jazz band, first tenor sax; Maine All-State classical band.

Future Plans: Goucher College.

Katee S. Poulin, daughter of Sue LaPierre and Scott Poulin.

Activities and Awards: National Honor Society; Student Council; mentor; Art club; Prom Committee; varsity soccer; varsity basketball; varsity tennis; Morse Street School volunteer; President’s Academic Excellence Award; Latin Award; Western Maine All-Academic Team; Scholar Athlete Award; Western Maine All-Conference, soccer; Senior All-Star, soccer and basketball; Soccer Coach’s Award; Basketball Leadership Award.

Future Plans: Endicott College.

Margaret Elizabeth Stavros, daughter of Denise and Michael Stavros.

Activities and Awards: National Honor Society; Gay-Straight Alliance; mentor; Social Planning Board; Interact Club; Maine Youth Orchestra, first chair viola; fall musicals; One-Act competition stage manager; varsity tennis; Science Olympiad; Math Team; Mock Trial competition; Yale Book Award; Society of Women Engineers certificate of merit; Math Team Coach’s Award; Award for highest achievement in Latin.

Future Plans: University of Maine Orono, biology and chemistry major.

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