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Senior Profiles 2023
Sunday, September 08, 2024
Senior Profiles 2023
Sunday, September 08, 2024
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Voices of the Class of 2023
The Day spoke to 16 high school seniors from around southeastern Connecticut about their unique accomplishments and their shared experiences.
Marissa Perkins, a member of the class of 2023 at Wheeler High School, reflects on her high school experiences.
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Harry Whitten, a member of the class of 2023 at Lyme-Old Lyme High School, reflects about his high school experiences.
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Harry Whitten’s disavowal of “easy things” has put him on the path to become a cybersecurity expert as an officer in the Navy.
Jack Surprenant, a member of the class of 2023 at The Williams School, reflects on his high school experiences.
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Senior Jack Surprenant is seen by many at Williams School as “a jack of all trades” due to his versatile skills and interests including podcasts, basketball and acting.
Jacob Bundesmann, a member of the class of 2023 at Stonington High School, reflects on his high school experiences.
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Jacob Bundesmann wrung all he could from his four years at Stonington High School, but due to a stunning loss, the best lesson he learned was about life.
LeAnn Walker, a member of the class of 2023 at Three Rivers Middle College Magnet High School, reflects on her high school experiences.
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A Three Rivers Middle College Magnet High School senior from a military family, she’s experienced an unusual variety of schooling types.
Adrianna Benjamin, a member of the graduating class at New London High School’s Multi-Magnet campus, will continue to share her love of music and academics at Morgan State University, a historically Black institution, next fall.
Adrianna Benjamin, a member of the class of 2023 at New London High School, reflects on her high school experiences.
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Kelsey Beaupre, a member of the class of 2023 at Montville High School, reflects on her high school experiences.
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Kelsey Beaupre found her way through obstacles.
Camryn Hobbs, a member of the class of 2023 at Ella T. Grasso Technical High School, reflects on her high school experiences.
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Camryn Hobbs, a senior at Ella T. Grasso Technical High School, said she is always busy, whether she’s doing school work, learning at Electric Boat, helping her family, or playing sports.
Liang "Lili" Smith, a member of the class of 2023 at Norwich Free Academy, reflects on her high school experiences.
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Norwich Free Academy senior Liang “Lili” Smith of Preston plans to take her cooking and baking skills to Johnson & Wales University in the fall.
Ethan DelGrosso, a member of the Waterford High School class of 2023, reflects on his high school experiences.
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Ethan DelGrosso is pursuing a professional cycling career with aspirations of some day performing on the world’s biggest stage ―the Tour de France
Tessa Page, a member of the class of 2023 at East Lyme High School, reflects on her high school experiences.
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Tessa Page’s high school portfolio is a vivid, recognizable chronicle of her evolution as an artist and a person.
Josh Hanks, a member of the class of 2023 at Norwich Technical High School, reflects on his high school experiences.
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When Josh Hanks walked into Norwich Technical High School as a freshman in 2019, he knew exactly where he wanted to be in four years: graduate with the skills needed to get his state HVAC license to get a good job and follow in his father’s and grandfather’s career footsteps.
Payton Noe, a member of the class of 2023 at St. Bernard School in Montville, reflects on her high school experiences.
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Payton Noe, a 17-year-old from East Lyme, has found her calling in conducting research in labs.
Grace Walenczyk, a member of the class of 2023 at Ledyard High School, reflects on her high school experiences.
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Over the course of four years, Grace Walenczyk has triumphed over numerous challenges, including the death of her mother last year.
Gianna Rosa-Scelza, a member of the class of 2023 at Robert E. Fitch High School in Groton, reflects on her high school experiences.
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Gianna Rosa-Scelza, a senior at Robert E. Fitch High School, has persevered through tragedy and plans to study business at Central Connecticut State University, with dreams of someday opening her own restaurant.
Sham Qarqour, a member of the class of 2023 at the Marine Science Magnet High School in Groton, reflects on her high school experiences. Read more at https://www.theday.c...
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