RICHMOND

Richmond High School has announced the following students have ranked in the top 10 in the class of 2013, which will graduate Saturday at 2 p.m. at the high school.

Valedictorian of her class, Noell Acord is the daughter of Chris and Therese Acord. During her high school career, she participated on successful soccer, basketball and softball teams and was captain of all three teams her senior year. Acord was on the prom committee her junior year, yearbook committee her senior year, was a part of the math team and drama production, and helped to plan Bobcat Pride Day her junior and senior years.

During her junior year, Acord founded the Richmond Key Club and served as president for two years, providing her peers the opportunity to serve the community. Her favorite community service activity was helping coach peewee soccer and basketball teams.

She was inducted into National Honor Society her junior year and now serves as vice president. She is the class historian and recently received the Maine Principals Association Principals’ Award for academic excellence and citizenship and the 2013 Distinguished Youth Award. Acord also was a participant at Dirigo Girls’ State 2012.

This fall, Acord will attend the University of Maine in Orono to major in biology with a concentration in premed and pre-optometry. After college, she hopes to become an optometrist and open her own practice. In addition to her school activities, Acord also enjoys traveling. Through three People to People Student Ambassador trips, two Education First tours and family vacations, she has traveled to more than 20 countries and wishes to study abroad in college. In her free time, Acord likes to relax, and spend time with her friends and family.

Jamie Plummer is the daughter of Dale and Kim Plummer. She is the salutatorian of her graduating class, and served as a class officer all four years of high school: treasurer during freshman and junior years; secretary, sophomore year; and vice president her senior year. In high school, she participated in basketball, softball, soccer, drama and youth group. Plummer also has danced for 14 years and competes on a dance team. She was a member of the National Honor Society and math team, and served as the secretary of Richmond’s Key Club. She volunteers as a youth basketball coach, helps out at the elementary school on a regular basis, and helps teach Sunday school.

In the fall of 2013, Plummer will attend Bates College with an undecided major and plans to play basketball. She plans to study for a degree in physical therapy and wants to specialize in high school athletics. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her pets, friends and family.

Lauren Marie Umberhind is the daughter to George and Lori Umberhind. She is third in her class. She is a Regional School Unit 2 student representative to the school board and during her high school career was on student council, in peer leadership groups, was coordinator for a School to Work Connection Day and just recently shared testimony at the Legislature and led a student rally at the state capitol to show solidarity in public school funding. Umberhind participated in cross country, band and pep band. Her senior year, she attended three high schools and took science courses online. She was inducted in the National Honor Society and received a leadership certificate from Norwich University and high honors certificates from Thomas College.

Umberhind is a volunteer counselor at Camp Mechuwana and an active member of the United Methodist Church in Brunswick, where she is a lay speaker and a youth leader locally and also in the Northeastern United States representing the Mission of Peace. Her passion is helping those in need through mission work. She has spent countless hours assisting the homeless in inner cities, soup kitchens, food pantries, and collecting school supplies and prom dresses and suits for a northern Maine community. She has been a missionary for two years to Nicaragua, delivering supplies and helping families adjust to life “outside of the dump” and building a Christian school at Project Chacocente.

Next fall, Umberhind will study nursing at the University of Maine on a Presidential Scholarship. When home, she enjoys reading, riding and spending time with her family, especially with her sister, Katie.

Brianna Snedeker is the daughter of William and Sandra Snedeker. She ranks fourth in her class. In high school she participated in soccer, basketball and softball. Brianna served as president of her class during her sophomore and senior years, and vice president during her freshman and junior years. She was treasurer of the National Honor Society, an active member of the math team, editor of Key Club, and participated as a volunteer youth basketball coach.

Next fall, Snedeker plans to study biology with a concentration in pre-med at the University of Maine. When not playing sports, she enjoys working at Main Street Dairy Treat and being with friends and family.

Alyssa Pearson is the daughter of Mark and Jessica Pearson. She is fifth in her class. In high school, she participated in soccer her freshman year and basketball and softball all four years. She is also a member of Richmond’s Key Club. During her junior year, Pearson was inducted into the National Honor Society. She has volunteered as a youth basketball coach throughout high school.

Next fall, Pearson plans to study health, wellness and occupational studies at the University of New England, and plans to be an occupational therapist. When not playing sports she is either hanging out with friends and family or working at the local ice cream store.

Kayla Taylor is the daughter of Alfred Taylor and Melissa Higgins. She is sixth in her class. In high school, she participated in soccer and Key Club. She served as secretary of her class junior and senior years. She was inducted into the National Honor Society her junior year and is the secretary.

Next fall, Taylor plans to study nursing at Southern Maine Community College. When not busy with school she enjoys being with friends, traveling, dancing and working at the local ice cream store, Main Street Dairy Treat.

Eddie Stewart is the son of Daniel and Deborah Stewart. He is seventh in his class. He spent three years at Wiscasset High School before transferring to Richmond. In high school, he participated in soccer, basketball and baseball, and was a captain of all three teams his senior year. He was also a member of Key Club, drama, math team, National Honor Society, the prom committee and Student Council. For community service, he refereed youth soccer games and coached local Little League teams.

Stewart will pursue his career in baseball next year at Massachusetts Maritime Academy while majoring in facilities engineering. When he’s not playing sports, he enjoys hunting, fishing and spending time with his family.

Margaret Robbins is the daughter of Gary Robbins and Marie Allen-Robbins and is eighth in her class. Throughout high school she has participated in drama, band, cross country, District III Honors Band Festival, National Honor Society and S.T.A.G.E. (Students Teaching About Growing Emotionally). This year, she was also inducted into the National Technical Honor Society through her medical and veterinary terminology class at Capital Area Technical Center. In her free time, Robbins enjoys reading, drawing, spending time with friends, being outdoors, and currently works at Arby’s.

She plans to attend the University of Maine in Orono Honors College to major in Animal Sciences in the hopes of becoming an animal cruelty investigator.

Sydney Choate is a senior at Richmond High School. She is president of the National Honor Society and treasurer of the school’s Key Club. During high school, she was a captain of the soccer team and a team member on the varsity cross-country and softball teams. Choate is a Juliette Girl Scout who has earned her silver award and is currently working on her gold, which is the highest award that can be earned in Girl Scouts. She has been the leading female role for the past four years in the RHS Drama program.

Choate wants to become a pediatric nurse practitioner and also wants to pursue her career in singing, which is her true passion in life. She was inspired to become a nurse when she traveled to the Dominican Republic two years in a row helping build the Good Samaritans hospital.

Choate plans to attend Southern Maine Community College and then transfer to

Simmons College in

Boston.

Alexandra Petroulis is the daughter of Paul and Terri Petroulis. She is 10th in her class. She was the vice president of the Key Club junior and senior year. She is an active volunteer and has spent more than 150 hours working with the children of the Children’s Center of Augusta.

During her senior year, she spent her time enrolled at Capitol Area Technical Center earning a certification as an early childhood assistant, and also participated in duel enrollment at the University of Maine, Augusta.

She was recently inducted into the National Technical Honor Society.

Next year, Petroulis will attend Hofstra University in New York to study education and creative writing. During her free time, she enjoys photography, writing, and spending time with her friends and family.