Division Avenue High School’s Class of 2018 salutatorian Charles Mauro (left) and valedictorian Joy Kim (right).
MacArthur High School’s Class of 2018 salutatorian Yingyue “Maggie” Liu (left) and valedictorian Helen Zhang (right).
The Levittown Public Schools is pleased to announce that seniors Joy Kim and Charles Mauro from Division Avenue High School and Helen Zhang and Yingyue “Maggie” Liu from General Douglas MacArthur High School have been selected as valedictorians and salutatorians, respectively, for the Class of 2018. Each of the students has excelled academically, challenging themselves with Advanced Placement classes while being active members of their schools
student council, and the Boy Scouts of America, where he recently earned every available merit badge, a total of 138, from the Boy Scouts of America Theodore Roosevelt Council of Nassau County. At MacArthur High School, Zhang has had a successful year. Among her many academic accomplishments, she was a semifinalist in the 2017 Siemens Competition, was recognized as a 2018 Presidential Scholar candidate in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program
and the Levittown community. At Division Avenue High School, Kim is involved in the orchestra program as a violinist in the chamber orchestra and pit orchestra. She is also a member of Division’s Tri-M Honor Society, National Honor Society, Math Honor Society, and World Language Honor Society and was a semifinalist in the 2018 Coca-Cola Scholars Program for her exceptional leadership skills, academic abilities, and community service. Mauro is involved in Science Olympiad,
from the United States Department of Education, and was recently selected as a National Merit Scholarship winner in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Zhang and Liu are highly involved in their school and community, both serving as valuable members of class office and MacArthur’s orchestra, science research, Science Olympiad, and Quiz Bowl team.
Photos courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools
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