Scholarship Recipients
Christine finished her first year with a 3.5 GPA, was involved in many
activities - including the Campus Activities Board, Environmental Club,
Outdoors Club and the Reach Out Center (community service group) - and
worked the control desk in the school's Recreation Center. This summer
she's worked at a kennel, is an assistant leader in a Boy Scout Troop,
an adult Girl Scout, and involved in the Blackstone River Coalition.
Christine, of Massachusetts (hometown withheld by request), was mainstreamed at Grafton Memorial High where she was also mentored by teachers, from the Clarke School for the Deaf. Despite her severe bilateral hearing loss, Christine excelled academically, even though she was taking courses that were described as being more challenging than those taken by most of her peers. Her recommendations attest to her outstanding potential, as exemplified by the statement, "...she is one of the rare students that teachers say can do anything."
Over the years, Christine has been involved in numerous activities. She's been a Girl Scout since the first grade and while in high school, as one of her scout projects, developed a highly acclaimed brochure for children about staying safe in an outdoor environment. She's had a lifelong strong interest in animals, too. This has resulted in her working at a local kennel as well as volunteering for the New England Assistive Dog Services. Her employers there rave about her, not surprising since she's considered one of the most compassionate people in her class. Her other activities include involvement with the yearbook staff, cultural enrichment club, the school play, indoor and outdoor track, and volunteering.
Christine attends Assumption College in Worchester, Massachusetts. While there, she plans to study environmental science with the goal of becoming a wildlife biologist.