CAPE COD TIMES May 12, 2014 RISING STARS

Meet the Cape and Islands high school seniors who have already gotten a start on leadership. 2 Rising s taR s About Rising Stars By GWENN FRISS planner and has an invest- Jennifer Eames of Marion advanced degrees from three times in eight years. [email protected] ment plan. Family Chiropractic, earned Temple and Penn and was As bureau chief and special est assured, the future Many of the good works her Doctor of Chiropractic appointed as a Visiting projects team leader from is in good hands, and done by those nominated as degree as the top clinician Practitioner at Harvard. Kerr 1992 to 1998, he won several we have proof. Rising Stars have already in her class from Sherman founded the Leadership national awards, including Leadership and R been written about in the College of Chiropractic in Institute to train aspiring the Edward J. Meeman academic excellence are the pages of the Cape Cod Times. South Carolina. Before that, school leaders and created Trophy for environmental words that come to mind for Falmoth High’s Jake Barry the Marion native attended the first computer magnet reporting, the Benjamin Fine the 104 high school seniors raised $50,000 over three the University of North school in the nation to assist Award for education report- nominated as Rising Stars years to rehabilitate his Carolina where she was with desegregation efforts. ing, and the Investigative this year. neighborhood playground. a member of four NCAA Today he serves as a consul- Reporters and Editors Award. But it’s more than that. Sandwich High’s Michael championship teams in tant on reform issues. Prior to joining the Times, Members of the class of 2014 Kristy has created videos of women’s soccer and became William Mills is the edito- Mills was a correspondent are saavy. They are decisive his school and community involved in team handball, rial page editor of the Cape for The Boston Globe, an edi- about what they want and posting them on his own eventually competing on the Cod Times, where he has tor at the Charlotte Observer, willing to take risks. (Rising YouTube channel. U.S. national team in that worked as a reporter and edi- and communications director Star Joe Bergeron applied From the volunteer judges, sport. She’s played flag foot- tor for nearly 25 years. His for an international refugee only to MIT, figuring he’d I consistently hear two ball on a team in the Cape’s editorials have won the Allan relief organization based in have to scramble getting things: “This is so hard!” and Barnstable League for six or B. Rogers Editorial Award Geneva. other applications in if he “Thank you for asking me.” seven years. She splits her didn’t get early admission. I understand both of those time between the SouthCoast But MIT agreed it was the feelings. and the Cape, where she Rising oN thE covER place for him.) I’m glad I’m not a judge. and her young son, Grayson, Hannah Depin Although national surveys But it’s kind of nice that enjoy many activities. staRs find most don’t work part- Photo by it’s difficult because it shows Thomas G. Kerr, PhD, is a EdItoR time in high school, Rising what a great group of teens lifelong educator and school gwenn Friss Christine Hochkeppel Stars buck that trend. Nauset you – parents, teachers, administrator who served Regional High’s Stephanie dESIGN employers, siblings – nomi- suburban Philadelphia Nicole Bassett not only vol- www.capecodonline.com nate. schools for 40 years before nora DeVita unteers and works two jobs, /risingstars Our thanks to this year’s retiring to the Cape with she’s also gotten a financial judges: his wife, Gayle. He received May 12, 2014 3

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Christine Hochkeppel/Cape Cod Times Joe Martin of Sandwich, in the Health Technology classroom at Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, had planned to be a baker but found he enjoyed the health field. He now works as a certified nursing assistant and will pursue a nursing degree this fall.

guidance counselor Jennifer McGuire. “He is Fitchburg State University. funny, friendly, approachable and outgoing, “Going to go to Upper Cape, I initially and seems to be able to get along with every- wanted to be a baker,” Joe says, “But getting Joe Martin body, including peers and instructors. I would into health services, I thought I could go some- imagine these traits are why he is selected and where with this and I love (nursing). elected for so many things. “So it’s important to take yourself outside Philosophy: “It’s important to take “He’s able to manage multiple activities and of your comfort zone and take chances. If you do well in school at the same time. The balance put yourself out there, it allows you to try new yourself outside of your comfort zone that he achieves seems to come naturally to experiences and exposes you to more opportu- him. I’m not sure he realizes what an accom- nities.” and take chances.” plishment it is to be able to do so well at so Such was the case when the Sandwich By DICK TRUST many things.” resident went on a mission to El Salvador CONTRIBUTING WRITER his has been quite the year for Joe Martin. Susan White, director of curriculum, writes in Central America for 10 summer days in Not only was he selected by the staff that Joe “is a hard-working young man who 2012 through the Episcopal Youth Leadership of Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical is kind to others and dependable, qualities Academy. TSchool as its “Outstanding Vocational he exhibits with a maturity beyond his years. “It was the most eye-opening, interesting, Student of the Year,” he is also this year’s He is polite and friendly, and he usually has crazy experience I ever had,” Joe says. “It was president of his school’s chapter of the National a smile on his face as he comes through the a mission not to build houses but to build rela- Honor Society. school door at 7:15 every morning.” tionships with El Salvadoran teens and see This past summer, he attended the A student in the Health Technology program what their lives are like and how much we take Washington Leadership Training Institute at Upper Cape Tech, Joe works part-time as for granted.” through SkillsUSA where he received the a certified nursing assistant at Forestview The greatest lesson he learned? Statesman Award for leadership. Nursing Center in Wareham. This fall, he will “(It) probably was that Salvadoran teens are “Joe is extremely down to earth,” writes pursue his bachelor’s degree in nursing at not so different from American teens.” 4 Rising Stars

n DENNIS-YARMOUTH REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL n Hannah Depin Advice: “Work hard for what you believe in. You want to be successful but also follow your interests.”

By SARAH BRENTYN magazine then approached CONTRIBUTING WRITER Hannah to write a follow-up annah Depin hasn’t piece, “Offering Hope to Cape graduated from high Cod’s Homeless,” which they school yet, has but has already been published in 2013. H Guidance counselor published and spoken out for homeless people in her com- Annette C. Bowes says munity. She plans to combine Hannah’s writing is “phenom- her love of writing and interest enal.” Bowes says, Hannah is in social issues to become a “never speaking just to hear journalist. Hannah says, “I see herself but to make construc- journalism as a way to reach tive, intelligent contributions.” out and make a difference.” In addition to receiv- Hannah’s desire to help ing top marks on her AP others and learn about cur- exams, Hannah excelled at rent events inspired her to what Bowes calls “the most join her high school’s Human demanding academic pro- Rights Club in her freshman gram available in our school.” year. She admires Hannah’s abil- “I have always been inter- ity to handle academics and ested in social issues,” she extracurricular activities says. She likes studying with grace, being dedicated world politics, but says that to each endeavor without “with local issues, you can becoming overwhelmed or make a difference.” trying to draw attention to She has worked to raise herself. “She is involved in awareness about homeless- everything,” Bowes says, “but ness on Cape Cod by team- never looking to show off in ing up with the nonprofit any way.” organization, Homeless Not Hannah’s leadership abili- Hopeless. ties are evident in the activi- When Hannah was a ties she chooses to pursue. junior, she wrote an insight- Supervisors praise her matu- ful and inspiring speech in rity and reliability. which she noted that “it’s At her dance school, interesting to look at the kind Hannah is in her fourth year of issues people pay attention as an assistant teacher. She to, and the issues they over- enjoys instructing others look.” She discussed some and was recently stage man- headlines about Halloween ager for a production by the costumes and breakfast Mattacheese Middle School’s cereal and pointed out that drama program. Hannah is 15 homeless people died that also a counselor for Kids year. The Cape Cod Bear, she Klub at Red Jacket Beach wrote, was much bigger news Resorts. As far as keeping up than these deaths. Hannah with academics while being read her speech at an event involved in her many activi- for Homeless Not Hopeless, Christine Hochkeppel/CAPE COD TIMES ties, Hannah says you have to and Cape Women Online Hannah Depin is in her fourth year as an assistant dance teacher. She has also worked with Homeless “work hard and have a bal- published the speech in Not Helpless, writing a speech and an article drawing attention to the needs of people who do not ance.” have housing. their Holiday 2012 issue. The May 12, 2014 5

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Christine Hochkeppel/ Cape Cod Times Oliver Newman was a leader on Falmouth High School’s cross coun- try team and will run on the Swarth- more College team in the fall. Oliver Newman Future goal: “Education should be a priority all across this country and around the world.”

you can make the world a better more than just a sport for me. You can self-improvement.” By DICK TRUST place,” says Oliver, who takes numer- almost call it an addiction. I run a lot. Oliver’s cumulative grade point CONTRIBUTING WRITER or Oliver Newman, halfway is no ous AP classes and tutors younger They say there’s an adrenaline rush average of 3.94 of a possible 4.00 is way. students. in running. It’s true. I have so many just one measure of his scholastic The Swarthmore College- Guidance counselor Guy LoConte things going on in my life and keep- achievements. Fbound student is passionate has enjoyed his association with ing track of them is a stressful factor. Oliver has not yet chosen a major about his studies (he’s in the top 7 Newman, commenting, “Oliver is Running helps me get away from at Philadelphia-based Swarthmore, percent of his graduating class), about always a complete gentleman with that.” but says he’s leaning toward a career his music (he plays piano, viola (everyone) he encounters.” Running also sparked Oliver’s in education. and violin at the orchestra level), Oliver is president of his school’s proudest accomplishment: qualifying “I enjoyed my education and I’d like about his internship at Woods Hole Science National Honor Society, for the state cross country meet last to replicate that in other people. I can Oceanographic Institute (WHOI), treasurer of Falmouth High’s Model fall. With exemplary dedication, he touch those in other places here and his work for the U.S. Geographical United Nations, and a member of dropped his 5-kilometer time from 18 around the world. That’s my ultimate Survey and, well, you get the picture. the National, Music, and Math honor minutes to 16:30. goal. My family has done cultural His passion academically is to societies. He has been awarded grants Academically, LoConte says, “Oliver trips; I want to do more traveling and understand the world around him, for further study through WHOI, has excelled as very few others have spread the word of more quality edu- and then some. based on the projects he is complet- at Falmouth High School. He has an cation. “I’m very curious about things and ing during his internship and with inner confidence and modesty that “Teaching would be a first step, but I like physics because you learn how Mass. Science Fairs. allow him to excel and achieve in eventually I’d want to go into educa- the scientific world works and how He ran track and cross country for all that he pursues. His motivation is tion administration, or reform.” Falmouth High, but, as he puts it, “It’s simply for the love of learning and 6 Rising Stars n Barnstable High School n

STEVE HEASLIP /Cape COD TIMES Nicole Neville was named most valuable player on Barnstable High’s cross country team in 2013, and as a team captain, mentored younger runners. Nicole Neville Philosophy: “You can have all these great qualities, but if you’re not helping others, it’s really not much of anything.”

By SUSANNA GRAHAM-PYE blue eyes sparkle with excitement at chemical engineering.” that didn’t change a lot was school CONTRIBUTING WRITER the prospect of the future. She may try to add a minor in and my activities there. I think I real- unning on the beach clears her “(The MIT event) was reallycool,” finance, another area that interests ly focused on that and it helped me.” mind and keeps her grounded, she says. “There were over 600 activi- her. Although she doesn’t plan to Neville says she really loves Cape says Nicole Neville. She also ties and events to choose from.” run track, she thinks she may join Cod. She believes there is an unspo- Rloves those runs because, for At the time of the interview, Princeton’s running club as an extra- ken understanding between the peo- her, the beach is a big part of home. Nicole’s first choice was MIT. But curricular activity and possibly do ple here, who understand what is to She has always lived here on the Cape, a visit late last month to Princeton some community service work. live in a close-knit community. There in Hyannisport, and the thought of University in New Jersey changed Those who know Nicole describe is a rhythm here tied to the natural leaving for college is a bittersweet one. her mind. her as a determined student with an beauty of the place that unites the “I’m really close to my mom,” she “I really felt at home on the campus admirable work ethic. In addition to Cape’s residents. And, Nicole says, says. “And my little sister too. It’s a at Princeton,” she says, explaining being co-captain of the cross country she likes the way people in the Cape’s bit hard to think about not being here that the more traditional setting with team and an active member of the small communities help one another. all the time.” a green at its center appealed to her math team, Neville has volunteered She says she likes to think of herself Not only is leaving family difficult, more than MIT’s city campus, which at Cape Cod Hospital, tutors younger as someone who is willing to help but also leaving Barnstable High is sprawled along the Cambridge side students and has worked for the past others. School where, she points out, stu- of the Charles River. several years at Green Harbor Resort Asked to choose one word to dents have spent the past five years “It was in the city and more spread in West Yarmouth. describe herself, Neville said: “per- together in the “’stable,” the affec- out,” Nicole says. “There didn’t seem But school has been an important severance. I think I kind of relate it tionate name students use for their to be as much student interaction.” constant in Neville’s life, one that has to running and endurance. It’s easy school. Interested in math and science and helped her get through various chal- to do well if everything is going well. However, sitting in a coffee shop looking for a way to use both, she lenges. But it’s when things get hard and in Hyannis, describing the new stu- plans to study engineering. She’s not “I think I’ve always been pretty you’re still able to succeed, I think dents’ weekend at the Massachusetts yet sure where that route will lead. self-motivated,” she says. “After my that is important. I think that’s some- Institute of Technology from which “There are a lot of different kinds parents divorced, though, things were thing I’m able to do.” she has just returned, Neville’s very of engineering,” she says. “Maybe kind of difficult and the one thing May 12, 2014 7

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STEVE HEASLIP/CAPE COD TIMES Colby Blaze, photographed with Plato along Barn- stable High’s walkway of great think- ers, says being class president has allowed him to have an impact at Barn- stable High. Colby Blaze Philosophy: “Pay your rent to the world.”

leadership tone by showing class- ing between Harvard and Duke. gave him opportunities to “find my By DEBI BOUCHER STETSON mates and teachers manners, values, He chose Harvard, because he can own success,” he said. “I felt no pres- CONTRIBUTING WRITER commitment and respect – values play football there. While he is still sure – they let me choose my own or as long as he can remember, that are often overlooked by students undecided about a major, he is most direction.” Colby Blaze has wanted to make an impact on the world. He sees today in a public school setting.” interested in math, economics and He has also been inspired by his life through that filter, which is Colby, who is on the football team, biochemistry. people he caddies for at his summer F is captain of both the tennis team and Colby wrote his college essay about job at Oyster Harbors Golf Club in one reason he has been class president for all four years of his high school ca- basketball team, and is known for his experience growing up as the Osterville. “It’s always fascinating to reer. Holding that office, he said, “put me mentoring younger players. He is at middle child in a family of five boys, hear their stories.” in the best position to make an impact.” the top of his class academically and with two older brothers and two Colby believes the most important To that end, he has worked to raise doesn’t mind admitting he worked younger brothers. “It’s an advantage, thing in life is to be happy, but equal- money to help the class “maximize hard to accomplish that. “I’m so com- if anything,” he said of being in the ly important, he says, is “to leave an our senior year,” from a lunchtime petitive, even with just myself, in the middle. “I always had someone chal- impact, make a difference, do some- bowling trip to a local bowling alley classroom I found I wanted to meet lenging me. I had my two older broth- thing in your life that is beneficial to subsidizing prom costs, and he my expectations or beat my expecta- ers as examples to inspire me, and to the world. You’ve got to pay your promises the class gift to the school tions,” he explains. “I wanted to outdo then when they went off to college I rent to the world,” he says. “You’ve got will “immortalize the Class of 2014.” myself.” sort of took over the role of being a to serve in some way that is greater Guidance counselor James F. He had an enviable choice of col- role model for my younger brothers.” than yourself. I’ve always respected Buckman writes, “Colby also sets a leges to attend next year: he is decid- His parents also inspired him and people that have done that.” 8 Rising Stars

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Merrily Cassidy/Cape Cod Times Haley Currie, on Nauset Beach in Orleans, plans to study hydrology and hopes to one day teach Cape high school students about the region’s fragile ecosystems. Haley Currie Philosophy: “I see the world as part of a system – everything is connected.”

By CINDY PAVLOS popular.” versity,” Haley says. But ultimately, “I school’s human rights club, STAND, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Haley will study hydrology at the want to teach environmental sciences which works to prevent genocide aley Currie realizes the oceans University of New Hampshire at to high school students. I want to be and other atrocities. With the club, control the world’s climate, Durham next fall, but as an indepen- able to bring real-life experiences to she attended the “Hear Her Voice” and she is impatient to learn dent learner, she finds opportunities my students, give them a world view.” conference in Washington, D.C. in more about ocean currents H to pursue her passion for science out- And, she adds, “I would love to be a February, and was overwhelmed by and how climate change affects water patterns. side the traditional classroom. She teacher on the Cape.” the experience. Growing up surrounded by the attended evening courses for high There’s little downtime in Haley’s “We met survivors from Darfur (in) fragile ecosystems of the Cape, Haley school students at Massachusetts schedule. In addition to a full load Sudan and heard their stories,” Haley showed early concern for the envi- Maritime Academy, visited the of Advanced Placement and hon- says. “I met people from all over the ronment. Environmental Protection Agency as ors courses, she competes on the world. We lobbied Congress to place “I started refusing to have balloons part of a summer science program Harwich field hockey team, runs restrictions on conflict minerals and as a child,” she says, already aware of at George Mason University, and cross-country track, plays the violin, to protect women’s rights.” the dangers of balloons and plastic traveled to California for a summer works part-time, and never misses a After graduation in June, Haley for sea life. “Plastics are my biggest at sea program on Catalina Island chance to watch her younger brother will travel to the Dominican pet peeve.” where she took courses and spent 10 and sister play hockey. Band class Republic with a school group for a Hayley credits her mother for nur- days working and studying aboard a offers her only reprieve. “It’s the one week of building and community turing this environmental conscious- research vessel. class in my day where I don’t have to service. “It’s important,” she says, “to ness. “My Mom sewed recyclable “I want to do research and work in worry about messing up.” create equal opportunities for every- shopping bags before they were the scientific community after uni- Haley is also a member of the one.” May 12, 2014 9

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Ron Schloerb/CAPE COD TIMES Kyle Pina, working with robots in Chris Hansen’s advanced robotics class at Dennis-Yarmouth High, will major in mechanical engineering at MIT and hopes to one day be an inventor. Kyle Pina Most important thing in life: “It’s finding a happy balance between work and school work and social life.”

By DEBI BOUCHER STETSON Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High especially enjoys math and science, self, “But in high school I got more CONTRIBUTING WRITER School, even while playing on the and says it was an AP physics class comfortable,” he says, and became rowing up as the only son of football and basketball teams, serv- he took last year that made him want more outgoing. “I guess I’m fairly a single mother, Kyle Pina felt ing as student representative on the to pursue engineering. “It was learn- quiet, I don’t say much but I say what it was his duty to work hard school’s Curriculum Committee and ing how everything in my everyday I need to say,” he reflects. “I’m kind of Gand be successful. His father maintaining a part-time job that life works,” he says. “I found it really friends with everybody.” died before he was born, and he saw expands to full-time work in the sum- amazing.” He serves as public relations offi- how his mother struggled, especially in mertime. Asked what he thinks is the most cer for the school’s chapter of the those early years, to provide for him. Next year, he will attend MIT, the important thing in life, Kyle says it National Honor Society. He was hon- “Knowing how hard my mom Massachusetts Institute of Technology is balance. “It’s finding a happy bal- ored with the Atlantic Coast League worked, I thought it would be unfair in Cambridge, majoring in mechani- ance between work and school work Sportsmanship Award in basketball, if I didn’t work just as hard, and get cal engineering. Asked what he hopes and social life,” he says. Despite his and participates in football clinics an education and go to college,” he to do with his education, Kyle say he rigorous academic courses and busy to help mentor and inspire younger says. Because his mother has cared hopes to some day invent things. schedule, “I still find time to hang out players. for him, he says, “I want to be able to For the last two years he has been with my friends and be with my girl- Kyle says he has gotten a lot out of take care of her.” taking robotics classes at Dennis- friend.” his high school experience, from aca- That drive led him to be the Yarmouth High. While he works Kyle says he was on the shy side in demics to sports. “I wouldn’t want to top-ranking student in his class at hard and excels in all his classes, he middle school, mostly keeping to him- be anywhere else.” 10 Rising Stars n Sturgis East Charter Public School n

Steve Heaslip/ Cape Cod Times Molly Brennan, in the math room at Sturgis East Charter School, will study biological engineering, a field that’s changing so quickly she’s not sure what real-world problems she’ll tackle after attending MIT. Molly Brennan Advice: “Don’t be afraid to try things out and take risks. Use whatever talents you have to connect with and help others.” lems,” she adds. is confident will help her in future logical solutions to real problems, as By EMMA GAUTHIER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Since this is such a rapidly evolving endeavors. stated on the organization’s website. he conversation with Molly field, Molly says she’s unsure where “There are many indirect benefits During last year’s competition, Brennan requires some ex- her studies will take her in terms of a of different activities,” Molly says. Molly and her team “built a vehicle plaining. career. “Whether in the strings group at to help transport stranded dolphins. T Biological engineering, “This is one of the things that school or in the drama club, STAGE, At a showcase in April 2013 in simply put, is when “you take pieces excites me about it. I may not even be I have learned to work with others. Natick, I gave a presentation on our of biology and engineer them to do able to predict the type of research My career will include working with device,” she says. Her experiences on something,” she explains, pointing to and the types of problems that will others on projects where everyone InvenTeam helped “test my leadership tissue engineering or working with exist when I am skilled enough to contributes different skills, and those abilities by working with others to viruses as examples. tackle them, but I hope to make sig- activities have helped me experience found an engineering club at Sturgis Molly says it was through the work nificant contributions to the field,” that.“ East.” of Angela Belcher, PhD, who special- Molly says, noting that she is interest- Additionally, she participates in Molly is especially thankful for izes in viruses and how their genetic ed in cancer detection and treatment. Poetry Out Loud, a national poetry her parents who always exposed her codes can create different things in While Molly is eager to begin recitation contest, where she was a to math and science activities at an the fields of renewable energy and studying in her field at Massachusetts state finalist in her sophomore and early age, and have been “incredibly medicine, that she was first exposed Institute of Technology, or MIT, this junior years. In her spare time, she supportive” in her exploring various to biological engineering. fall, biological engineering is only one tutors her peers and is a member interests. “I like biological engineering of her many interests. At Sturgis East of the Key Club and her school’s “They have always encouraged me because you can look at nature and Charter Public School, she is involved Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam, a competi- to do my best and take advantage of biological structures that already in a multitude of academic and extra- tion where students and adult men- the opportunities given to me without exist, learn how they work and apply curricular programs, all of which she tors are given grants to invent techno- pressuring me,” Molly says. that knowledge to solve today’s prob- May 12, 2014 11

n Nauset Regional High School n Gregory Scalise Advice to freshmen: “No matter how you spend the time, the four years are going to pass. Find something good to do, something productive that you enjoy, rather than just letting the years go by.”

By LAURIE HIGGINS CONTRIBUTING WRITER regory Scalise has a calm and thoughtful presence that imme- diately puts others at ease. G Whether he is participating in a mock government at Stonehill College as part of the Massachusetts Boys State program, volunteering for mission work at Brewster Baptist Church or playing his trumpet in the jazz band at Nauset Regional High School, he completely immerses him- self in everything he does. A Boy Scout since fifth grade, Greg’s proudest accomplishment is his Eagle Scout project that will be up for review this month. He built the Eddy Bay Trail in Brewster that goes Merrily Cassidy/Cape Cod Times from Lower Road to the highest wild Greg Scalise stands at the Eddy Bay Trail which he built, with the help of volunteers, as part of his Eagle Scout project. dune in Brewster. “There were a couple of old deer paths running through there and a couple of illicit trails from neigh- back to his hometown of Brewster. ume 38 or 39 now out of 51 volumes,” extends to poetry and he won a bors running through the Eddy sis- One of Greg’s other favorite things Greg says. first prize in The Clarence Althouse ters’ old land,” Greg says. “I worked to do in his free time is to read, That dedication caught the atten- Peace Essay & Poetry Contest. He with volunteers from the Brewster and his reading list has included tion of teacher Angelo Mosesso, has worked on the NRHS Literary Conservation Trust and the Boy an impressive personal goal. When Greg’s ninth grade honors English Magazine. His other academic inter- Scouts and we cleared a trail around his grandfather moved the summer teacher and his senior AP English ests are math and music, and he has a grove of holly trees and white pines before he began his freshman year, teacher. won multiple awards in both. His and an old stone wall.” he gave Greg’s family a lot of his old “Greg continues to this day to ful- love of nature led him to be one of The project was inspired by his love books, including his great-grand- fill his goal of mastering both ancient the founding members of the Nauset of nature and years spent hiking the father’s collection of the Harvard and modern famous texts,” she says. High Green Club, which initiated trails of the Punkhorn and Nickerson Classics, known as “Dr. Eliot’s Five “He not only memorized Eliot’s ‘The and implemented single stream recy- State Park. The Eddy sisters, who gen- Foot Shelf.” In the introduction, Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock,’ but cling at the high school. This kind of erously donated a lot of conservation Harvard President William Eliot, who will be teaching it to our class after recycling is usually more appealing land to the town during their lifetime, created the anthology, explained that having completed his research paper because it does not require sorting were members of Greg’s church. They if you read from them just 15 minutes on it. He is actively involved in class recyclables. attended his baby shower and were to a half-hour a day, you would have discussion, often enjoying going Greg’s dedication to a wide range an influence in his life, so the trail a liberal arts education at the end. down ‘the road less travelled’ in his of interests will serve him well when was a way to honor them and to give “I decided to start reading them approaches.” he heads to Harvard University in the August 28 that year and I’m on vol- Greg’s love of literature also fall to study applied math. 12 Rising Stars n Barnstable High School n Hannah Andres Philosophy: “Enjoy what you do and pour everything you have into it.”

By COLLEEN PRESTON CONTRIBUTING WRITER annah Andres has a list of accomplishments as long as your arm. And school counselor Shawn Kingman reels them off one-by-one, obviously Hproud of her successes. He talks about what an outstanding student she is, her leadership skills, her commitment to the community and her athletic prowess. But what really impresses him, Kingman says, is Hannah’s ability to put all of that aside and immerse herself in her inner creativity. “She stands out as an athlete, clearly,” Kingman says, “and academically she’s high achieving, very career- and goal-oriented. But she takes the time to step away from the scholarly stuff” to thoroughly enjoy the painting, sketching and drawing that she has come to love. “I’ve seen a num- ber of her pieces,” Kingman says, “and they are very cool.” A member of both the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society, Hannah agrees her art takes her away from it all and says the time she spends on her creative side is special to her. So spe- cial in fact, that when she goes to Springfield College next year, where she will major in physical therapy, she plans to make art her minor. Hannah notes that students encounter a lot of pressure to take all AP courses “but I always tell people you have to have a fun class – something you really enjoy.” Hannah will graduate in June with a near-perfect record. “I got a couple of Bs this year in AP Calculus,” she laments about breaking her straight-A streak. “That was a little tricky for me but I’m okay with it.” And, says Kingman, “What’s most impressive about Hannah’s academic achievements is that they have been accomplished in our most difficult courses.” Her proudest accomplishment, Hannah says, was playing for the Barnstable Red Raiders, one of the winningest high school girls volleyball teams in Massachusetts history. The team, undefeated this year, has won the state Division I title for each of the past four years and Hannah was a part of it every time. “The girls I played with and the coaches I had were awesome,” she says, adding, “I was really proud to be part of a program like that.” She plans to continue playing volleyball at Springfield. “They have a really good team,” she says. “I am very excited to play there.” Outside of school, Hannah continues to lead and excel. An accomplished ice skater since she was very young, she has now taken on a leadership role at the Cape Cod Skating Club to help younger skaters. She handles choreography, developing routines, planning, scheduling and even costume-making for each show of which she is in charge. She looks at skating as a Steve Heaslip/CAPE COD TIMES way to express herself, and she loves being able to Hannah Andres says her proudest accomplishment was playing for the Barnstable High Red Raiders, one of the pass that philosophy on to those coming along behind winningest high school girls volleyball teams in Massachusetts history. her. “It’s a great way to give back.” she says. May 12, 2014 13

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Merrily Cassidy/ Cape Cod Times Nathan Garran, an intern for the Orleans Firebirds, is photographed in their dugout at Eldredge Park. He has kept up with classwork through many surgeries to correct birth defects, including seven operations to construct an ear. Nathan Garran Advice to freshmen: “Don’t procrastinate. Nauset has so much to offer so definitely take advantage of the APs and the honors classes, but above all don’t procrastinate.” in a while, but for the most part I the youth section of the Lion’s Club, rank of Eagle Scout. For his Eagle By LAURIE HIGGINS just looked at my homework online when he was in seventh grade and Scout project he constructed a handi- CONTRIBUTING WRITER athan Garran inspires every- and worked in my hospital bed or at continued until he turned 18 and cap ramp for the office building of the one he meets. home,” he says. could become a full Lion. He was Eastham United Methodist Church, Born with hemifacial Nathan jokes that he wears about inducted in January of this year. He where he is an active member. It was Nmicrosomia with an expand- five different hats during the year, has completed two of the three steps a fitting project: his family started ed spectrum of symptoms including and he actually does have a hat that towards becoming a Mason at King attending the church because his Boy a missing ear and cleft palate, he has represents each of his activities. In Hiram’s Lodge in Provincetown Scout troop met in the fellowship hall turned adversity into a desire to live the summer, he proudly wears an and will be inducted this month. He there. life to the fullest. Orleans Firebirds cap. For years, says service is a family value that he Nathan’s engaging personality He had his first surgery when he his family hosted a player from the embraces. and hard work have won him many was just six months old. In the winter Cape Cod Baseball League team and “When I was born, my father espe- friends and admirers in the commu- of 2010 and 2011, he underwent seven Nathan began working as a bat boy cially was so moved by all the com- nity and at his school. History teacher surgeries to construct an ear. During in 2005. For the last several years, he munity outpouring of support with Michael McNamara sums it up best. that time, he missed a total of about has served as an intern for the team, all my birth defects,” Nathan says. “So “Nathan is not a Rising Star,” he three months of school and had to working on the website and roster in he joined the Lions and he joined the says. “He already is a star.” travel from his home in Eastham to the off-season, and running the score- Masons later on. He started doing a Nathan will be going to the Boston Children’s Hospital two to board and doing field work during lot of community service so I grew University of Massachusetts, three times a week. Despite all the the summer. up with it. We also do the (American Dartmouth in the fall to major in setbacks, he never let his schoolwork A lot of the other hats Nathan Cancer Society’s) Relay for Life every accounting in the hopes of joining slide. wears are for community service year.” his father’s accounting firm when he “I had a tutor come in every once organizations that he has partici- Out of all of his activities, the thing graduates. pated in for years. He became a Leo, Nathan is proudest of is earning the 14 Rising s taR s

n CapE COd aCadEmy n Lydia Dick Philosophy: “Try a lot of things. Stick with those that make you happy. Perspective is everything.”

By COLLEEN PRESTON CONTRIBUTING WRITER f Lydia Dick wants to view the world through a global lens, all she usually has Ito do is look across the dining room table. There she is likely to find Xue, a Chinese exchange student, or Gian Marco, another exchange student, from Rome. Both are seniors this year at Sacred Heart High School and Lydia’s family is hosting them as part of the School Year Abroad program. And if they are not around, she can check in with her father, Henry, who is a senior scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and who often brings visiting sci- entists from around the world to the Dick home for some Falmouth hospitality. It is, says Cape Cod Academy col- lege counselor Mary Bellamy, “an intellectually rich envi- ronment in which Lydia swims.” Ron SchloeRb/CAPE COD TIMES “From a young age,” Lydia Lydia C. Dick of East Falmouth has played the violin for 13 years. Her diverse interests also include biology, foreign relations and musi- says, “foreign countries were cal theater. not an abstraction to me. I’ve Bellamy says Lydia is a is matched by few students cal theater. “The bonds that the school’s orchestra. She always had the world at my “true Renaissance woman.” I have known in a career of you build through things like also performs regularly in doorstep.” She is accomplished in so almost 30 years.” Following performance are the most fundraisers, most recently in So it was natural when many areas. Her “Careers in her sister’s footsteps, positive aspect,” she says, and a coffeehouse benefit to raise junior year rolled around for I am Considering” college Lydia will be entering Rice she thinks those bonds and emergency funds for dis- Lydia to also sign up for the questionnaire bears that University in the fall. friendships are what she will placed Syrian children. exchange program and travel out. Lydia lists “cell biology/ “I can’t wait,” she says, and most remember. Bellamy marvels at Lydia’s to Viterbo, Italy. anatomy, foreign relations, she jokes about how living in Lydia has long been energy and ability to juggle “She just embraced the classics and musical theater” Texas will give her the chance involved in the Cape Cod so many things at once. She experience,” says Bellamy, as possible career choices. “to get to know an entirely Dance Center and has played attributes it to good time adding that Lydia formed a Right now, she says she is different culture” without major roles over the years, management, a great sense very strong bond with her leaning towards something in leaving the United States. both there and in school pro- of humor and an upbeat atti- host family there and came the biology field but that may But what brings her the ductions. She acts, dances, tude. “Lydia is one of the most home with a pretty good han- change. most joy, Lydia says, are the sings and is an accomplished positive and cheerful students dle on conversational Italian “Lydia,” says Bellamy, “has intangible rewards she finds violinist, now serving as that I’ve ever worked with,” to add to her language skills a thirst for knowledge that in drama, ballet and musi- concert master for strings in she says. in Latin and French. May 12, 2014 15

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Christine Hochkeppel/Cape Cod Times Elijah Eldredge is the last class president at Chatham High School, which becomes Monomoy Regional High next year. An Eagle Scout, he built a historical trail at Chatham Marconi Maritime Center. Elijah Eldredge On life: “If you know who you are and you’re happy with yourself, then you feel like you’re worth something, and you can accomplish things.”

He takes pride in being president of its production editor. Without any Concord for use as an exemplar By DEBI BOUCHER STETSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER the last class that will graduate from experience, Elijah learned to use the project at the annual Approaching lijah Eldredge places a high Chatham High School, as the new desktop program InDesign and began Walden summer institute for teach- value on self-knowledge and Monomoy Regional High School, for creating eye-catching page designs ers,” Aschettino writes. being true to one’s self. That Chatham and Harwich students, will that helped “The Devil’s Advocate” A member of the National Honor Eexplains why he stuck with Boy open next year. win numerous awards. Society, Elijah has earned Academic Scouts, when most of his friends had He is also president of the school’s Elijah says he enjoys his work as Excellence and Outstanding dropped out, and went on to attain the Young Gentlemen’s Club, which production editor, which builds on Performance awards in eight sub- prestigious rank of Eagle Scout. does charitable work and also gets his interest in computer program- jects, and was named a John and “If you know who you are and together with its counterpart, the ming and design. He is an intern with Abigail Adams State Scholar for his you’re happy with yourself, then you Young Women’s Club. He is an active clickcapecod.com, where he worked high scores on the Massachusetts feel like you’re worth something, and member of the Interact Club, which is last summer, and loves his work there Comprehensive Assessment System you can accomplish things,” he says. focused on community service. helping design and develop websites. or MCAS exams. For his Eagle Scout project, he cre- “Elijah is a quiet, respectful, unas- “It’s kind of a hobby – I like designing Still deciding among colleges, he ated a 640-foot historical trail at the suming powerhouse . He ... interacts things,” he says. has narrowed the field to Worcester Chatham Marconi Maritime Center, well with all in a positive, inclusive Although he is technically ori- Polytechnic Institute, Northeastern a project that often seemed daunting. manner,” writes Elaine M. Aschettino, ented, he excels in all subjects, and University and UMass Amherst. He is “For me, making Eagle Scout was an instructional leader in Chatham participated in a team video project leaning toward Worcester Polytechnic ‘I made it!’ feeling, because I didn’t High’s humanities division. that linked Henry David Thoreau and because of its robotics program. think I’d make it,” he says. He is production editor of the other Transcendentalists to places on Elijah attributes his success to his Elijah serves as patrol leader for school newspaper, a role he took Cape Cod. parents, John and Susan, for being his Boy Scout troop, a role he says on in his sophomore year, when “The DVD was so good that I sent unfailingly supportive. “They’ve has expanded his leadership skills – the newspaper unexpectedly lost it to the Walden Woods Project in always encouraged me,” he says. as has being president of his class. 16 Rising Stars

n Nauset Regional High School n Saskia Keller Advice to freshmen: “Just try everything. You rarely regret saying yes.”

By LAURIE HIGGINS CONTRIBUTING WRITER askia Keller grew up in Truro, and she says the surrounding arts community really had a positive influence on her life. She Sis a cellist who has thrived living so close to Provincetown, with its influx of artists and musicians every summer. She takes lessons with accomplished cellist Arthur Cook when he is on the Cape in the warmer months, and during the school year she travels to New York City to con- tinue her lessons with him. “Most people take lessons once a week but because I only have it once a month I have to really work by myself,” Saskia says. “But I like that. I like working independently. And you get more time to practice for every lesson.” Not only does she take lessons herself, but she returns the favor by teaching younger kids in her hometown, trying to share her love of music with them. She has taught 10 students so far. Saskia finds teaching to be rewarding and a pos- sibility for a career, along with writing. “I want to be a cellist, but I don’t want to only do that,” she says. “I’m really interested in some of the other aspects of music, like I’m really into the physics of music and it becomes intertwined with psychology because it’s all about how you perceive sound. “I’m taking a physics class this year and we learned about how sound is created and how sound waves work and I find it almost philo- sophical how sounds needs a medium to be transmitted. There’s no sound in a vacuum. You need air or water and I find that really profound in relation to how music can need an audience. I’m also interested in the way the ear works, the physiology of it because it’s an instrument almost.” In addition to music, Saskia loves math, espe- cially the more theoretical aspects of it. She has combined both passions into a study of writing music using mathematical patterns. Merrily Cassidy/CAPE COD TIMES Her academic strengths are many, and it is no Saskia Keller takes monthly cello lessons, travelling to New York City to see her teacher during the school year, while she also gives free lessons to younger students in Truro. surprise to her teachers that she is the valedicto- rian of a senior class that has truly pushed GPA thresholds. yet to scratch the surface of her potential.” says. “You can’t major in music performance at “Saskia is a student of life, from the academic That potential will be further developed at Harvard, but it’s such a good location because to the artistic, the intellectual to the emotional,” Harvard University during the next four years. there are so many opportunities for teachers and says guidance counselor Katie Cameron. “While She’s really excited about the opportunities that going to see concerts and performance opportu- we have presented Saskia with challenges dur- await her. nities.” ing her time at Nauset, I am confident we have “Boston has a great music community,” she May 12, 2014 17

n Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School n Michael Morlock How would your friends describe you? “Well, I guess I can say how I hope they would describe me. Hardworking, funny, pretty smart. Good at balancing and making time for fun. Tries to make other people happy.”

By SARAH BRENTYN CONTRIBUTING WRITER uidance couselor Nicole D’Errico says Michael Mor- lock is confident yet unas- Gsuming – with a great sense of humor – which makes other stu- dents comfortable approaching him for help in anything from basketball to math. Michael says he’s glad. “I like to be able to express ideas to other people,” he says. “It’s nice to be able to share my knowledge and experience.” Michael tutored an eighth grade math class. He coached basketball for seventh and eighth graders. When he works at Sundae School Ice Cream Parlor, Michael oversees and assists the younger employees. This is all in addition to manag- ing a demanding course load and busy sports schedule while rankng third in his class. He has taken nine AP courses during his junior and senior years and received the National Merit Scholarship Letter of Commendation and AP Scholar Award. Michael has had a successful Ron Schloerb/cape cod times high school baseball career as Michael Morlock played varsity baseball all four years at Dennis-Yarmouth High, becoming captain in his senior year. He also well, playing varsity baseball all pitched for Team Cape Cod. In 2013, his team went to the Senior Babe Ruth World Series in Alabama. four years at Dennis-Yarmouth model. The younger kids look up calls “social, spiritual, and service- by saying, “I try not to waste time. High and becoming captain in his to him, both in classes and on the related” activities and says “he’s a I’m always doing something pro- senior year. He also pitched for field.” fantastic kid.” She also notes that ductive.” Team Cape Cod. In 2013, his team For the past four years, Michael Michael has worked hard to excel Interested in engineering, won the New England Regionals has served as a religious educa- in both academics and sports. Michael currently interns four and went to the Senior Babe Ruth tion teacher’s aide at Saint Pius X Michael has been involved in days a week at SencorpWhite World Series in Alabama. parish as well as being involved in numerous other activities includ- in Hyannis. He plans to study D’Errico describes Michael as youth ministry. ing Key Club, prom committee, and mechanical or electrical engi- humble and says she’s not sure Jean Kelly, director of religious Relay for Life. He admits that “it’s neering at Worcester Polytechnic he thinks of himself in this way education and youth ministry, has not always easy. It’s a balancing Institute. but “he is a leader. A definite role worked with Michael in what she act.” He explains his full schedule 18 Rising Stars n Barnstable High School n

Steve Heaslip/ Cape Cod Times Cameron Curtin, at his Marstons Mills home, says he is close to his family, who share a faith that’s important to them, and who always taught him to see the best in people. Cameron Curtin Outlook: “I’d like people to say they can rely on me, that I’m there to give the assistance if they need it. That I’m kindhearted and the kind of guy who sees the best in everyone.”

Cameron loves numbers and has can count on. And why does his think his parents By SUSANNA GRAHAM-PYE since he was child. For that, he thanks Guidance counselor James F. are this way? CONTRIBUTING WRITER his mother. He said he got so excited Buckman writes, “Cam is the super “It could be their faith. Our faith is ameron Curtin is planning to in first grade with his first arithmatic achiever, but he’s also the guy who important to us,” he says, describing attend Bentley College, where class that his mother would give him makes you laugh with witty one lin- how his dad’s father had wanted to he hopes to study actuarial science, the discipline of using trickier work at home to enrich his ers. He can lighten up the mood in an be a priest, but met his spouse. His C school experience. Everywhere he instant, help you with your Hamlet mom’s mother had wanted to be a mathematical and statistical methods to assess risk. This school, he says, is goes, he says, he notices numbers. He essay, and tell you what the answer to nun, but met her spouse. Although known for its program. And though he dreams, sometimes, “weird dreams the question of what the s of x is. He’s love got in the way of his grandpar- thinks it more likely he will wind up that have all these number patterns exceptional, more accurately brilliant, ents’ callings, he says, it never shook crunching numbers for risk manage- in them.” yet a regular, truly all around ‘good their faith. ment for an insurance company, he Tied for number one in academic guy.” When asked how he hoped people notes that sports teams use actuaries rank, Cameron has also immersed Cameron credits this to his family. might describe him, Cameron says, as well and, he adds with a grin, “that himself in the the culture of his “I am very, very close to my fam- “I like to think I’m a little bit witty. I would be kind of a cool job.” He has also been accepted to graduating class. Although he could ily,” he says. “We have family meals hope they would say that I made kids’ Cornell, Tufts and Johns Hopkins. He call himself a leader – class treasurer together. We like spending time days better. That I was helpful. That if hasn’t ruled any of them out. He has and liason to the school committee together. My parents have always just someone needed someone to talk to, been waitlisted at Dartmouth, which – Cameron says he prefers to see his taught me to work hard and look for they would think of me. That I not just was his first choice. role as a partner, a trustworthy friend, the best in people. That’s how they listened to them, I really helped them but most of all, someone everyone are.” out.” May 12, 2014 19

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Ron Schloerb / Cape Cod Times James Schofield rehearses for the Cape Cod Acad- emy production of “Kiss Me Kate.” He loves theater in addition to wanting to study philosophy and eventually be a diplomat or am- bassador. James Schofield On life goals: “I want to have a positive impact on society, I want to help people. It’s what a person should strive for. If we’re here, we might as well do the most good for society and the people around us.”

expresses these ideas through poetry he plans to study international rela- “There are so many different and By EMMA GAUTHIER and prose pieces. They enable him to tions. great personalities. It’s a fascinating CONTRIBUTING WRITER enerally, teens groan at the work with an idea and try to figure By no means however, are politics experience with people you normally prospect of reading classic lit- out more about himself, specifically and philosophy his only interests. In wouldn’t get to know well,” James erature and philosophy in their what he thinks and believes, he says. high school, James has dabbled in says. GEnglish classes. But James While he aims to explore ideas Cape Cod Academy’s drama, cho- He also attributes some of his suc- Schofield would actually prefer to and theories with people internation- rale and musical theater programs, cesses in high school to his parents reading the likes of Camus, Nietzsche, ally, James also sees an end goal to where he played the lead role in this and teachers. James’ Latin teacher and Dostoyevsky – he hopes to chan- those discussions: he wants to help year’s musical, “Kiss Me Kate.” introduced him to philosophy and nel these world renowned minds as a people. He started acting and singing in history though classical civilizations, foreign diplomat or ambassador. “I’d like to have a positive impact middle school, and has participated while his drama and English teacher “Knowing literature is very impor- on society as a whole, (and do) in various theater shows through- interested him in his AP Literature tant. Foreign affairs often reference something worth doing. It’s partly out his school career, performing class. ideas in society, and one should see my own interest, but I would really everything from Shakespearean James says he’s especially grateful the broadest branch of ideas pos- like to have an effect on someone,” monologues to the role of Cogsworth for his parents. sible,” James says. James says. in “Beauty and the Beast.” He also “They’ve always been there for me, Named an “intellectually curi- How exactly he wants to help plays multifarious roles backstage as and encouraged me to pursue my ous” student by his teachers, James society is uncertain, but he hopes to well as onstage, and mentions that curiosities,” he says. “I’m very happy reads and studies philosophy, and gain a better perspective on that at the people he encounters make the to have the luxury of doing that.” sometimes even writes his own; he Columbia University this fall, where experience worthwhile. 20 Rising Stars Amanda n Bourne High School n Pomeroy Philosophy: “I wanted to stress that life is what you make it. You can go to college for your parents, get good grades for your parents, but at the end of the day, you have to do what you love because it is your life.” and volunteers with the local By GWENN FRISS food pantry. [email protected] eople often praise Amanda “What impresses our staff Pomeroy for her work and I above all with Amanda ethic in both academics is her consistent ability to Pand athletics, but she says, work hard, produce superb it wasn’t always that way. work, calmly lead by example, Amanda was a passenger in while also involving herself in her mother’s car four years ago a variety of groups and activi- when it was hit by another car. ties,” writes guidance counselor Amanda broke her wrist, and Sean C. Burke. with it, her ability to be one of Amanda says she’s chosen the few freshmen playing as a activities that are different hitter (“Yep, the spike people,” from those of her sister, Abby, she confirms.) for the Bourne who is only one year younger, High volleyball team. so they each have their areas in “At Thanksgiving break, I which to shine. was really upset. I was saying, This fall, Amanda heads ‘Why did this happen to me? to the University of Vermont, I wasn’t doing anything.’ Then UVM, in Burlington to study I realized anything can hap- biology because it was the only pen to anyone and everything one of her three top choices can change in a moment. Ever that had a hospital on campus. since then, I’ve tried to make “I hope to one day work in a every moment count. hospital as a lab technician or “That was the turning pathologist,” she says. moment for me. Not a lot of Amanda credits her uncle, people know that.” Dr. Greg Pomeroy, with spark- At 5-foot-8 inches, Amanda ing her interest in the field, but was a natural for the basketball says she never wants to be a she started playing at age 4 and doctor because of the bedside the Pilgrim Volleyball team she manner needed. “I couldn’t joined in eighth grade, at the imagine myself telling someone suggestion of a family friend that their child was going to who coached. When coach die,” she says. Tim Acton was away recently, AP biology class fed her Amanda, hired as assistant passion for the field, says coach, was in charge of run- Amanda, who took several AP ning practices for a dozen girls and Honors courses and, with a in grades seven through nine. weighted GPA of 4.6, is first in “It’s really been an eye- her class of 125. opener. As a player, you do one With her valedictorian’s thing, focus on one position,” address looming, Amanda fig- she says. “But as a coach, you ures she has some interviewing need to be able to demonstrate to do. all the plays.” “I’m very nervous. I’ve never At Bourne High, Amanda is done a speech in front of that a three-sport athlete, on varsity many people,” she says. “I plan CHRISTINE HOCHKEPPEL/CAPE COD TIMES volleyball, basketball and track to talk to people about what Amanda Pomeroy enjoyed playing volleyball through high school, and was a key player on Bourne High’s team, but imagines college will bring new challenges. teams. She also works with her graduation means to them. school’s chapter of Students Then, I’ll write the speech.” Against Destructive Decisions May 12, 2014 21

n Falmouth High School n Joe Bergeron

On learning: “I think one of the trickiest things to learn is to think abstractly and think intuitively. Take math. High school teaches you to use the formula and plug in the numbers. But with college math, you think about why things work.”

By GWENN FRISS “It’s been my dream to go [email protected] to MIT for as long as I can oe Bergeron’s interest in remember,” says Joe. “I really composing on the com- fell in love with the culture puter started in sixth grade there. Every person is pas- Jwhen he and his friends sionate about what they’re remixed electronic music and sounds from video games. interested in.” From there, Joe – who stud- Joe says for him that will ied violin at age four, later be electrical engineering and adding jazz trumpet, guitar, computer science or math- bass and viola – found a ematics. whole new world, literally, of “I don’t really know what listeners when he expanded I want to do after college. I his interest and started writ- love building stuff so elec- ing songs regularly at https:// trical engineering is pretty soundcloud.com/morning- amazing to me. But mathe- sounds. matics is pretty beautiful and The site has nearly 4,000 abstract.” followers from around the Joe says his dad, a mari- world, who listen, and com- time engineer, had a lot of ment on, compositions with influence on his interests. names including “Tree,” “He has a huge shop in the “Tithe” and “Always.” basement,” Joe says. “He’s As you listen to the music always had stuff in the base- and vocals, you can see the ment so I could take things comments people have made apart and put them back at various points in the song. together.” After one particularly haunt- Laura Bergeron calls her ing vocal passage, a listener son a self-made man: “He’s wrote, “Are you even human?” pursued all these things Indeed, he is. And working purely because he wanted to. on putting out an album to He took it to places we would sell (songs on his website are never even dream.” free now.) Falmouth High guidance Falmouth High guidance counselor Susannah E. counselor Joanne Holcomb Cronin writes, “Joe is one of writes, “Joe is a remarkable a kind. An old soul who has person and a talented person, sought out anything interest- but most important, he is a ing and new, he has been able christine hochkepppel/cape cod times love! There may be people to cultivate a world around Joe Bergeron in his home music studio. MIT sent the tube pictured with his acceptance letter, asking world-wide listening to his him filled with culture and an each freshman to each make something. Joe is working on a motion-activated rain stick with lights that cascade and spell MIT. music online, but we have awareness of all that has yet him here at FHS, at least till to be learned.” June 7!” One of those things is an creasing the paper and then time to find the algorithms not to include any enclosures, In the fall, Massachusetts elaborate form of origami. straightening the edge while and mathematical formulas Joe sent along a three-dimen- Institute of Technology (MIT) Joe says, “I design crease leaving the inside pliable and to make this work. It’s really sional model of the school’s will have him, an early patterns. ... I use tessala- able to form various curves. a great way for little kids to logo he created with origami. admission Joe says he was tions, geometric patterns that “I started doing origami in learn math.” “I think it was OK because relieved to get since the repeat themselves.” fifth grade, but I started doing But organic origami also they had it on display at ori- Cambridge college was his Joe wanted to be able to this organic origami fresh- took Joe outside the rules entation weekend,” he says. first and only choice. create more natural shapes, man year in high school,” when he applied to MIT. which he accomplished by Joe says. “It took me a long Although the application said 22 Rising Stars n Harwich High School n

Ron Schloerb/ cape cod times Troy Sherman follows his interests, be it studying skiing part of the year at Okemo Moun- tain School or interning with an Italian music critic. Troy Sherman Philosophy on life: “If you’re not having fun, there’s no point.” Troy has staunch support from his University in Ithaca, N.Y., where he and historian who lives in California By CINDY PAVLOS family. His parents, Lisa and Glen, will combine his love of writing with, and runs a multilingual music web- CONTRIBUTiNG WRITER and younger brother, Garrett, drive possibly music or art history in a dual site. roy Sherman is tied for first up to Vermont almost every weekend. major, and continue skiing. Although Troy studies both Latin in his class at Harwich High School and may soon have a Glen works part-time as a handyman Music occupies another important and Spanish, he does not speak major speech to write – for at Okemo Mountain School to help part of Troy’s life. He has built an Italian. T with Troy’s tuition there. album collection of more than 1,200 “Scaruffi writes in English now,” his second graduation this year. Last month, he composed a poem for his As a scholar commuting between records. Troy explains, “but his early reviews graduation from Okemo Mountain schools and as a competitive athlete, “I have everything from Medieval were all in Italian. So I translated School (OMS). Since 8th grade, Troy Troy seems to have integrated these church music to Biggie Smalls,” he them, using Google Translate.” has spent almost five months each diverse elements – and more – into says with pride, describing the plea- Inspired by Scaruffi, Troy is about winter at Okemo in Ludlow, Vt. While the fabric of his life. In addition to sure of handling records and reading to launch his own music review web- there, he skis and competes at a na- tional level, and excels in his rigorous skiing, he is a runner and leader of album liners. site. academic courses, overseen by his the Harwich cross-country team. As “It’s a different sound on vinyl; He is confident about his future Harwich teachers. a scholar, he maintains a full load sometimes it sounds dusty or crackly goals. “Learning can be fun,” Troy says. of Advanced Placement and Honors – a CD is just not as connected to the “I want to move to the woods and “A sound mind without a sound body courses and has prepared himself to music.” write a book. I hope to still be skiing – it’s not good,” he says. “My athletic apply to highly competitive universi- In spring and summer of 11th and running, but I also want to stimu- side rounded me – I’ve reached my ties. grade, Troy landed an internship with late myself intellectually. I have to own goals.” Troy plans to attend Cornell Piero Scaruffi, an Italian music critic take charge of my own education.” May 12, 2014 23 Rising Stars nominees Lea Adams Tessia Dvorsack Josephina Leveroni Caroline Rugo Sandwich High School Cape Cod Academy Barnstable High School Barnstable High School

Wilson Amezquita Joseph Egan Lucas Martelli Melanie Sanders Chatham High School Barnstable High School Harwich High School Mashpee High School

John Andres Elizabeth Ells Kathleen Mason Kevin Schofield Barnstable High School Barnstable High School Pope John Paul II High School, Hyannis Barnstable High School

Molly Bagg Catherine Etienne Ian McCartney Holly Shanahan Falmouth High School Sturgis Charter Public School Sandwich High School Falmouth High School Hyannis Jake Barry Marissa Milkey Cole Silva Falmouth High School Michael Fenuccio Pope John Paul II High School, Hyannis Sturgis Charter Public School Pope John Paul II High School, Hyannis Hyannis Samantha Bartlett Colleen Morin Barnstable High School Joshua Ford Barnstable High School Gabrielle Siroonian Harwich High School Bourne High School Stephanie Nicole Bassett Christa Mullaly Nauset Regional High School Ross Frankel Barnstable High School Alison Smith Harwich High School Harwich High School Stelliana Rose Benson Matthew Mullin Bourne High School Claire Gauthier Sandwich High School Johnny Stanton Sandwich High School Sandwich High School Mia Berger Hayden Murphy Sturgis West Charter Public School Benjamin Gibson Barnstable High School Courcelle Stark Hyannis Pope John Paul II High School, Hyannis Falmouth High School Katelin Oberlander Jackie Beynor Brianna Girouard Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School Madeleine Stidham Barnstable High School Bourne High School Cape Cod Academy Nicole O’Leary Jessie Beynor Elizabeth Gorrill Nauset Regional High School Meredith Sullivan Barnstable High School Barnstable High School Sturgis Charter Public School Dereck Pacheco Hyannis Colleen Brady Kallie Hannon Barnstable High School Bourne High School Nauset Regional High School Hannah Taylor Keturah Peters Sturgis Charter Public School Carolyn Brooks Patrick Hawe Mashpee High School Nauset Regional High School Harwich High School Matthew Trzcinski Alicia Pierozzi Trinity Christian Academy Lucas Bernard Clatanoff Brown Gabrielle Healy Barnstable High School Sturgis Charter Public School, Hyannis Sturgis Charter Public School Emily Turner Hyannis April Poole Falmouth High School Chloe Brumfield Nauset Regional High School Barnstable High School Angela Hu Daphne Vantine Falmouth High School Maggie McLean Quick Cape Cod Academy Kristan Buotte Harwich High School Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School Tyler Johnson Alexandra Wall Nauset Regional High School Kayla Ralston Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School Marie Chamberlain Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School Nauset Regional High School Lindsey Kelley Brittany Marie Wallace Harwich High School Caroline Rennie Chatham High School Maddy Childs Falmouth High School Barnstable High School Chris Kennedy Robyn Whaples Barnstable High School Lucas Repeta Sandwich High School Matt Cook Falmouth High School Harwich High School Caroline Kent Christopher Wingard Bourne High School Sierra Roberge Nauset Regional High School Quinn Coughlin Cape Cod Regional Technical High School Sturgis Charter Public School Michael Kristy Jennifer Witzgall Sandwich High School Meghan Ruby Harwich High School Kyra Crossman Cape Cod Regional Technical High School Sandwich High School Juliette Lacoste Caylee Wood Pope John Paul II High School, Hyannis Ryan Rudewicz Mashpee High School Anthony Diana Nauset Regional High School Cape Cod Academy Jarek Lenda Zheng Wu Nauset Regional High School Alexandra Rudyakov Cape Cod Academy Adrian D’Orlando Sandwich High School Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School Ongie Wurfbain Barnstable High School