This document recognizes and summarizes the accomplishments of six outstanding students from Cheshire High School who will attend prestigious universities. It lists each student's name, parents, future university, academic achievements including GPA and awards, extracurricular activities, intended major, and career goals. The students will attend schools such as Georgia Tech, UConn, UMass Amherst, Yale, Wellesley, and Harvard with intended majors spanning various fields including chemical engineering, animal science, and government.
This document recognizes and summarizes the accomplishments of six outstanding students from Cheshire High School who will attend prestigious universities. It lists each student's name, parents, future university, academic achievements including GPA and awards, extracurricular activities, intended major, and career goals. The students will attend schools such as Georgia Tech, UConn, UMass Amherst, Yale, Wellesley, and Harvard with intended majors spanning various fields including chemical engineering, animal science, and government.
This document recognizes and summarizes the accomplishments of six outstanding students from Cheshire High School who will attend prestigious universities. It lists each student's name, parents, future university, academic achievements including GPA and awards, extracurricular activities, intended major, and career goals. The students will attend schools such as Georgia Tech, UConn, UMass Amherst, Yale, Wellesley, and Harvard with intended majors spanning various fields including chemical engineering, animal science, and government.
Chosen by their high school, these students exemplify what is
best and brightest in the young people of our community.
Megan Giles
Maria Latta
Nicole Neely
Daughter of Brett and Brenda Giles
Daughter of Li and Eric Latta
Daughter of Donna and Dale Neely
Will attend Georgia Tech
G.P.A. 4.65 National Merit Scholarship, finalist National Honor Society Science National Honor Society Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honor Society Relay for Life Walnut Hill Community Church, volunteer Major: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Career Goal: Undecided
Will attend the University
of Connecticut G.P.A. 4.64 Elim Park, computer tutor volunteer ASBDA and CMEA Southern Regional Flutist Varsity Football, manager SCC Scholar Leader Mount Holyoke Book Award, winner Bible Study, co-founder National Honor Society Major: Undeclared Career Goal: Undecided
Will attend the University
of Massachusetts, Amherst G.P.A. 4.58 Eli Whitney Museum, apprentice Second Degree Black Belt National Honor Society Activities Chair for NEHS UConn Avery Point Book Award, recipient Writes novels as a hobby A.P. Scholar Award Major: Animal Science Career Goal: Veterinarian
Durga Rathi
Katharine Wu
Shangda Xu
Daughter of Sabita and Sanjay Rathi
Daughter of Kun Wu and Yuchun Zhang
Son of Xuehong Shang and Xiangru Xu
Will attend Yale University
CT Governors Scholars Award Certificate of Distinction, American Legion High School Oratorical Contest United States Senate Youth Program, delegate Yale Discovery to Cure High School Internship Program Class President, three years Tennis Team, captain Major: Undeclared Career Goal: Public Policy
Will attend Wellesley College
Rampage Newspaper, Editor-in-Chief Science National Honor Society, president National English Honor Society, vice president Yale Department of Neurosurgery, Research Assistant YNHH Complementary Services, art therapy volunteer Scholastic National Art and Writing Major: Undeclared Career Goal: Undecided
Will attend Harvard University
National Honor Society, president Princeton University Mathematics Competition, first place Yale Economics Department, intern Cancer Research Fellow, National Cancer Institute Coca-Cola Scholar Young Democrats, treasurer R.A.D. Labs Program, founder U.S. Presidential Scholar, semifinalist Major: Government Career Goal: Undecided
Student photos by:
Photo credit: David Heiser
Providing Community Benefits
Each year, the Peabody Museum provides educational programs to more than 30,000 students from elementary school through college. All programs draw on the Museums exhibits to meet the increasingly sophisticated needs of science and social studies education. Hands-on specimens are offered where possible. For more information, visit www.onhsa.yale.edu/yale-peabody-mseum-natural-history.