Biddeford High School announces its top 10 students for the Class of 2015. Graduation will take place Friday, 6 p.m. at Waterhouse Field, in the event of rain it will be held at the Tiger gym at the high school.

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Sean Black

Sean is the youngest of Jeff and Wendy Black’s three sons. Sean has played football and lacrosse through all of his four years at Biddeford High School, serving as captain of the varsity lacrosse team for the 2014 and 2015 seasons, and being named Varsity Boy’s Lacrosse Most Improved Player in 2013. He was inducted into the National Honor Society and has participated in Model United Nations. In 2014, he was named an AP Scholar with Honor and a National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Student. This spring, Sean was chosen for a Scholar-Athlete Award from the Maine Chapter of the National Football Foundation, and was recognized as one of Maine’s top student-athletes by Norway Savings Bank. In the fall, Sean will attend Case Western Reserve University and plans on pursuing a degree in biomedical engineering.

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Connor Bouffard

Connor is the son of Brian and Kenda Bouffard. Throughout his time at Biddeford High School he has participated in many clubs and extracurricular activities while having a demanding class schedule. He has run for Biddeford High School’s cross-country and track teams, and served on the Student Council for the past four years. Along with these clubs he participated in National Honor Society, Interact and several Advanced Placement classes. In outdoor track and field he is one runner in the four-member 4-by-800 meter relay that holds the school record in the event, with a time of 8 minutes and 26 seconds. In the fall he will be attending the University of Maine at Orono, majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor or concentration in topics that will be determined.

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Tia DeSimone

Tia is the daughter of James and Cindy DeSimone of Biddeford. Tia has attended three Southern Maine schools during her four years of high school, which include: Old Orchard Beach High School, Bonny Eagle High School, and Biddeford High School. During high school, Tia has participated in varsity indoor and outdoor track and has been the secretary of the Gay Straight Transgender Alliance, as well as the Secretary of the French National Honor Society. As a member of the International Thespian Society, she has acted in five theater productions and was elected the vice president of Bonny Eagle’s drama club. Tia has also received her Nursing Assistant Certification through the Biddeford Regional Center of Technology and will be attending the University of Southern Maine in the fall, majoring in nursing.

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Marissa Heffernan

Marissa, summa cum laude, is the daughter of Jennifer Harnish and Kevin Heffernan of Biddeford. During her four years at BHS, Marissa has participated in the National Honor Society, RFA Writing, Model United Nations, Interact, track and field, ice hockey and field hockey. She is the managing editor of The Roar and the editor of The Abyss, as well as a columnist for the Journal Tribune. She is also the captain of track and field and the president of National Honor Society, a National Merit Scholar and a Free Spirit Scholar. In the fall, Marissa will be attending the University of Arizona Honors College, where she will major in journalism and environmental studies.

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Jessica Laverriere

Jessica has been an impressive member of the Biddeford High School community for the past four years. She plays field hockey, ice hockey and softball and has been a three-sport athlete throughout high school. Through that she has received multiple awards including MVP defense and SMAA second team in field hockey, senior all-star team in hockey and the Tiger Pride Character Award twice. In addition, she has been involved in many clubs including Interact, Model United Nations, TEDx and journalism. She has been a mentor to freshmen, captain of field hockey and for two years editor of the yearbook. She is actively involved in community service and has just recently been inducted into the National Honor Society and National Technical Honor Society. After high school she will be enrolled in the honors program at Bryant University, majoring in marketing with a minor in communications.

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Katie Letellier

Katie is the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Letellier. During her four years at Biddeford High School, Katie has been a part of the following: Interact, field hockey, BHS French exchange program and Kick Off Team Mentoring. She was also elected secretary of Biddeford’s National Honor Society. In the fall, Katie will be attending Saint Michael’s College where she will pursue a degree in physical therapy.

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Ruo Mei Lin

Ruo, summa cum laude, is the daughter of Hui Lin and JingYao Zheng. During her four years at BHS, RuoMei has participated in Interact, National Honor Society, the tennis team and the math team. She also is the recipient of the University of New Hampshire book award. She will attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the fall.

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Adam Michel

Adam, summa cum laude, is the son of Kevin and Sheri Michel, and brother of Madison, of Biddeford. During his four years at BHS, Adam has participated in the National Honor Society, Interact, varsity soccer, varsity tennis and baseball. Adam received the All Academic Award for participating in varsity sports while maintaining a high GPA. Adam will be attending the University of Maine at Orono in the fall to pursue a dual degree in mathematics and business.

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Cameron Petit

Cameron, summa cum laude, is the son of Michael and Lisa Petit of Biddeford. Cameron participated in Interact, National Honor Society, Student Council and journalism production. Cameron was named editor in chief of The Roar newspaper his junior and senior year, and elected student body vice president his senior year, taking on the array of responsibilities that came with those titles. He helped organize homecoming and spirit weeks, blood drives, school dances, and other community events for which he could still be found at school an hour before and an hour after the bell rang each day in preparation. In the fall, Cameron will be attending the University of New Hampshire and plans to study biomedical science.

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Jillian Sheltra

Jillian, summa cum laude, is the daughter of Roy and Jayne Sheltra of Biddeford. Jillian finished sixth in her class with a 4.16 GPA. During her four years at Biddeford High School, she participated in three varsity sports and earned the status of a Golden Tiger. She is the current student body secretary and has participated in Student Council since her sophomore year. Jillian has tutored in math over the summer, been a junior volunteer at Maine Medical Center and participated in Interact. She has been a Kick Off Team mentor to incoming freshman for two years. After winning the regional Brain Bee at the University of New England, she represented southern/central Maine at the national competition at the University of Maryland. She also has maintained a job at Dunkin’ Donuts for more than two years. Jillian will be attending Bates College in the fall and intends on studying neuroscience, and then becoming a surgeon.