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Tillamook High School

With just one minute between their births and 38 thousandths separating their GPA, we introduce this year’s Valedictorian Franklin Weeks and Salutatorian Bowen Weeks.

Valedictorian

Franklin Weeks

The Tillamook High School Class of 2023 Valedictorian with a 4.5522 GPA is Franklin Weeks. Frank is planning on entering the architectural design and engineering field. He loves shopping at Goodwill! According to his mom Tina, they hit every Goodwill possible! Frank also loves soccer, swimming, Harry Potter movies, plants, pottery, snow skiing, and travel. Frank is always busy and involved in every activity.

Salutatorian

Bowen Weeks

The Tillamook High School Class of 2023 Salutatorian with 4.5484 GPA is Bowen Weeks. Bowen loves computers, and is also a proficient shopper at Goodwill. He also enjoys skateboarding, making skateboard ramp additions, water and snow skiing, playing soccer, and being outside. Bowen plans on majoring in computer science after high school.

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Valedictorian

Samantha Swan

Neah-Kah-Nie High School Graduating Class of 2023 Valedictorian is Samantha Swan with a 4.5 weighted GPA.She plans to go to University of Oregon for Journalism. She completed her senior project and has been doing an internship with the Headlight Herald and writing some articles. Samantha was also Vice president of the Neah-Kah-Nie High School student body.

Salutatorian

Cole Brown

Neah-Kah-Nie High School Graduating Class of 2023 Salutatorian is Cole Brown with a 4.4 weighted GPA. Cole plans to go to OSU for construction management. He is getting a real estate brokers license. He also ran cross country all four years and did speech and debate his freshman year. He went to Costa Rica to learn Spanish as a foreign exchange student for half a summer as well. His Senior project was to do a series of podcasts over a wide variety of topics. Cole has been active in extracurricular activities and student government.

What Is your GPA?

My GPA is currently a 4.0 unweighted, and a 4.444 weighted

Which clubs, sports or other extracurriculars have you participated in?

I’ve tried a few sports, but I only really latched onto football and have participated since I was in elementary school. Aside from that I was a part of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl club for the last couple years of high school, and before covid closed the schools I started my own science club for about a month (Future Scientists Of Nestucca, F-SON). I also made it to the rank of first class in boy scouts.

What are your plans following graduation?

After graduation I plan on attending

Dartmouth in September. I want to pursue a bachelor pre-medical track with a focus on biochemistry and maybe a dash of economics.) After that I hope to attend either the Geisel school of medicine or one of the other prestigious medical colleges on the east coast.

What activities or hobbies do you enjoy outside of school?

Outside of school I enjoy conducting chemistry experiments, shooting guns and exploring the wilderness with friends, and tending to my stocks. Mostly I just work though, I don’t like to stagnate.

What are your career goals?

I have several contingency plans for other jobs in the medical field, however my main goal right now is to become

Nestucca High School Salutatorian

What Is your GPA?

4.0 (4.263 weighted)

Which clubs, sports or other extracurriculars have you participated in?

Most notable was my participation in the regional and international bridge building competition in 2022 & 2023, as well as my involvement in the National Oceanic Sciences Bowl, which i led as Captain for two years. I have also been a part of Speech and Debate, have past experience in Student Council, and am currently involved in the National Honor Society.

What are your plans following graduation?

Following graduation I will be working on my parents’ oyster farm

Brooklyn Goodwin

for the summer. In September I will be attending Oregon State University as a first-year civil engineering student.

What activities or hobbies do you enjoy outside of school?

I am an avid hiker and beach goer, but only when I have my blue heeler dog by my side. Living in such an ecologically diverse region allows me to be outside, and I have developed a love for fishing, clamming and of course, cruising backroads with the windows down.

What are your career goals?

Following graduation I am headed straight to OSU as a civil engineering student. There, I will complete the four-year engineering program to obtain a bachelor’s degree all while

gaining progressive engineering experience, before obtaining my professional engineer certification. As of now, my focus is set on obtaining these skills, however, I have considered starting my own engineering firm. This will be decided and come to fruition after graduation from university.

What was your favorite high school high school memory?

My experience with the international bridge building contest ranks highest of all my high school memories. This experience sent me to both Pennsylvania and Illinois, where I not only confirmed my passion for engineering, but also saw the many highlights of each State. This was a truly mind-blowing experience as someone who grew up in a small town.

a radiologist and then retire into being a chemical researcher. I say “retire into” because I doubt, I will ever stop wanting to work and learn new things.

What was your favorite high school high school memory?

It’s hard to say since most of my memories are of the college I went to, but I’d say it was right after my senior year state football game. We lost the game, but we all gave our best, and as I looked around me, I just saw for the last time ever the excited faces of my team bragging about their best plays and accomplishments of game. I felt relieved that all our effort led to something that our school hadn’t done since 2008, (district champs), but I also felt oddly happy that our last game was a proper challenge where we could give it our all.

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Gift Responsibly

This graduation season be sure to gift responsibly. Make it a personal rule to not to purchase lottery tickets and scratch off products for underage graduates. These products can introduce the graduate to gambling and can increase their risk of developing a future problem with gambling. To learn how you can prevent problem gambling visit www.opgr.org.

Gift Ideas for a Graduate:

• Book

• Gas Card

• Blanket and a Self-Care Kit

• Social Board Game

• Cookbook

• Gift Card to their Favorite Restaurant

• Money Towards a New Car

• Ticket to a Local Concert or Community Event

Regala con Responsabilidad

En esta época de graduaciones asegúrate de regalar con responsabilidad. Ten como regla personal no comprarles billetes de lotería y productos para raspar a graduados menores de edad. Estos productos pueden introducir al graduado a las apuestas y pueden aumentar su riesgo de desarrollar problemas con las apuestas en el futuro. Para saber cómo puedes prevenir los problemas con las apuestas, visita www.opgr.org.

Ideas de obsequios para un estudiante graduado:

• Libro

• Tarjeta para gasolina

• Manta y paquete de cuidado personal

• Juego de caja social

• Libro de cocina

• Tarjeta de obsequios para su restaurante favorito

• Dinero para un nuevo automóvil

• Entrada para un concierto local o evento comunitario

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To all our Graduates from our RTI area schools we wish you much success as you move forward in life and career's and Congratulations to one of our Scholarship winner Rossi Nelson from Neah-KahNie High School!

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You were made for more. More friendship. More adventures. More of life’s big moments. You’ve persevered and now it’s time to celebrate you doing more of what you were made for.

class of 2023!

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