Katie DeVantier
Intelligent, humble, athletic and personable -- These
are the first things that flash to mind about Katie DeVantier. Katie is an excellent student at
Scotia-Glenville High School. She
strives to do her best in every endeavor.
Katie is personable, friendly and outgoing to all she meets.
Advanced in math and science since the eighth grade,
Katie has carried a heavy load of honors and Advanced Placement courses
throughout her high school career. Each year, she has enrolled in every honors
course available to her. In
eleventh grade, Katie took on two sciences at the same time, Physics and
Advanced Placement Chemistry. This
year, she is enrolled in four Advanced Placement courses and fourth year
foreign language for college credit.
In addition, Katie has played in our symphonic band, was a member of the
National Honor Society, and is President of the Class of 2008. At graduation,
Katie will receive an Advanced Regents diploma with honors.
Katie has been involved in many clubs and activities
throughout high school: GIVE: Recycling Program, Community Connections,
Adaptive Sports, Bear Hugs, .French Club, Band, and the National Honor
Society. She has been the captain
of her Varsity Volleyball, Basketball and Lacrosse teams in her junior and
senior years. Katie has been very
involved in her churchÕs youth group and spent a week in Guatemala City last
fall helping children with English and providing health care to people living
in poverty.
Katie is honest, sincere and humble about all the
things she can do so successfully.
Katie's genuineness, ability to get along well with people, and her
ability to compromise and see everyone's viewpoint has helped her to gain
valuable leadership skills in her career at Scotia-Glenville High School.
Katie will attend Cornell University in the fall,
where she will major in Hotel Management and Hospitality.
Katie, congratulations, and we wish you the best of
everything in your future!
Thomas
Gallant
Well traveled, well spoken, and well liked are words
that best describe Tom Gallant. Tom has ÒopennessÓ to new experiences; and
whenever he is approached to take the lead, he does so without hesitation, with
complete ease, and always with a smile! Tom listens with genuine interest, and
most always gives commentary relevant to each personÕs needs. Whether he is on
the river with the Crew team, or in charge of a committee at a Hugh OÕBrien
Youth Leadership Conference -- Tom is respected and revered by his peers.
Tom comes from a family that advocates self-reliance,
responsibility, and a strong work ethic. Equally evident is their unified
approach to most every major decision. The family cohesiveness, and positive
support experienced by Tom flows like a river through him, and toward those
with whom he has contact. He readily offers support to others through positive
leadership, genuine concern, and respect.
Academically, Tom takes as many classes as will fit
into his schedule and has given up his lunch period throughout high school in
order to take additional classes. This year, he is enrolled in the New Visions
Health Careers Program. This program is competitive and rigorous. All of the
courses are taught at the college level. In addition, he is taking evening
college classes in Spanish and Math.
Tom is an active member of GIVE. He is the Director of Community
Connections and is also involved in ARC Stiles house, Care Packages for Cancer
Patients, Hug aÕ Hearts, and My Soldier programs. Tom is a member of the National Honor Society, Student
Senate, Spanish and French Clubs, FBLA/DECA, Mock Trial, and Drama Club. He is on the Crew Team, and is a
bagpiper with the Scotia-Glenville Pipeband.
Tom attended the Hugh OÕBrien Youth Leadership
Conference, GE Pathways to Engineering Program, the Brown University Leadership
and Conflict Resolution Program, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta
Scott King lecture series on Race and Non-Violent Social Change.
Tom has been part of the Rotary Exchange program
traveling to the Netherlands and Australia, and hosting students from the
Netherlands and Finland here in Scotia. Tom is an active member of his church,
has been an alter server for 10 years, and serves on the Pastoral Planning
Board for the Albany Catholic Diocese.
Tom is a superb young man who will make a difference
in the world. It is rare to find a young man so prepared for the demands of a
challenging academic institution, and wonderfully able to create and establish
meaningful relationship with most everyone he meets.
Tom will attend Holy Cross in the fall
and will major in International Health.
Congratulations, Tom, and best wishes in
your future!
Laura
Osselmann:
Laura has grades that are impeccable, and her
activity sheet is a mile long! Laura knows what she wants and goes after it. As
a 10th grader, Laura got involved with our peer tutoring program - turning it into something useful
and well respected. The programÕs
director, Dr. Deb Cadman, stated that Laura was instrumental in making peer
tutoring come alive. Laura has
been the director of the program - calculating the hours for each tutor,
running meetings, raising important questions, discussing various projects with
administratorÕs, and creating calendars. She believes in the work of the
tutoring program so strongly that she is tutoring a student after school, which
is beyond our lunchtime tutoring program. Laura is an effective leader who can
work behind the scenes or run a meeting. She is creative and energetic.
Her influence in the high school extends beyond the
Peer Tutoring program. She has been a member of the GIVE program, working in
many of the different service areas including Key Calls, Community Connections,
Bridge to Friendship, and Recycling. She was Vice President of the Class of
2008 for three years, a member of the Symphonic Band, German Club, Drama Club,
Mock Trial Team, and the Current Events League. Laura has also been a member of the Volleyball and
Scotia-Glenville Crew Teams.
Laura has been a gifted science student and
participated in the National Science Bowl Competition, attended the GE Pathways
to Engineering Program and the RPI Materials Sumer Camp.
LauraÕs outstanding academic achievement and her
considerable intellectual talent have earned her a spot in the Class of 2012 at
MIT in the fall.
Congratulations, Laura, and we wish you the best of
everything in your future!
Kelly Trepess is the kind of student that teachers
dream about because she possesses numerous positive qualities and
characteristics. Kelly has
consistently resided in the top five of her class both academically and in
community service hours. KellyÕs contributions to our school community have
made events and activities better for all who are involved and have shaped her
personal perspective in ways that are unusual for someone her age.
Kelly is a very talented and motivated student. She has demonstrated a consistent
history of leadership. Kelly has been captain of the local Soccer club since 8th
grade; and, according to her Varsity Soccer coach, she is a "leader by
example". She is currently the Treasurer of the Class of 2008. Kelly has
given many hours of community service through the GIVE program through
Community Connections, Key Calls, Glen Worden Homework Club, and ARC program.
She has volunteered numerous hours for various charitable organizations, such
as Walk for the Cure, Relay for
Life, and Locks of Love. In doing
so, Kelly has motivated others to participate by serving as a role model for
other teens to get involved in volunteering. Kelly has been a Student Senate Representative and has spent
countless hours as a very in demand and sought after peer tutor. She has been
an outstanding soccer and lacrosse player on our womenÕs varsity teams, a violinist
in both the chamber orchestra and symphonic band; and a member of the
Choralaires.
Kelly attended the GE Pathways to
Engineering program and the RPI Summer Institute.
Given Kelly's brilliant school performance, her
accomplishments as a member of this class, and her thoughtful manner, she will
be a success at whatever she decides to do.
In September, Kelly will enter Cornell University to
study Engineering.
Congratulations, Kelly, and best wishes for a
successful future!
BenÕs ingenuity and persistence are qualities that
will serve him well in his future.
Ben has been frequently referred to "as the voice of
Scotia-Glenville High School." During his junior year, he was the voice on
the morning announcements and was pivotal in bringing the announcement process
into the age of technology. Prior to his tenure, people wrote announcements,
handed them in, and the announcers struggled to read handwritten notes that
sometimes were hastily put together. Ben advocated for -- and eventually
succeeded -- in getting a computer and a school email address so that
announcements could get e-mailed to a central location for the morning
program.
Ben has a very solid history of high academic
achievement and service as a community member and leader in many
situations. Ben has been involved
in Scotia's GIVE Program, which
prides itself on community service and organizing activities that create a
greater sense of community in Scotia and surrounding areas, and additionally,
he has served as the groupÕs Director in 10th and 11th
grades. Ben is a member of the Mock Trial Team, FBLA and DECA, and the National
Honor Society. He is also a
cellist with our Chamber Orchestra.
Ben is very involved, both on local and national
levels, in the Jewish community.
He served as secretary of the Jewish Youth Group in 10th
grade and as the Social Action Vice President representing youth members to the
adult Congregation. Ben acted as
liaison to adult members of the Jewish community and has worked to build better
bridges and relationships among the groups. He has been an invaluable resource
to high school administrators, who are committed to understanding the needs of
the diverse students in our building.
Ben is always happy to help make groups who are disparate and, at times,
misunderstood, come together to find common ground and to build up rather than
tear down.
Ben applied and was accepted to the highly
competitive and sought after Capital Region New Visions Law & Government program for his senior year.
Ben will attend Cornell University in the fall and
plans to major in Industrial and Labor Relations.
Congratulations, Ben, and we wish you
the best of everything in your future!