Henry Raymond

Fairfax News => Current News & Events => Topic started by: Henry on January 24, 2011, 07:01:57 AM

Title: BFA-Fairfax Names Academic All Stars
Post by: Henry on January 24, 2011, 07:01:57 AM
BFA-FAIRFAX NAMES ACADEMIC ALL STARS

(http://www.vtgrandpa.com/photos/albums/forum_photos_2011/ellen_tom.jpg)

Ellen Fitzgerald

Age: 17

School: BFA Fairfax

Parents: Karen and Peter Fitzgerald

Hometown: Fairfax

Top 5 accomplishments: Getting into National Honor Society, becoming captain of cross country running team, becoming captain of Nordic ski team, becoming leader of local youth group, getting a 4 on my AP Language test

In the community: Youth Group: serving food at the Salvation Army, making cardio pilows, spending time at a local retirement home

Favorite spare time activity: Ultimate Frisbee

After graduation: University of Maine  at Orono or Elmira College

Career plans: Work in a clinical lab or a research lab

Your bedroom in one word: Cozy

Dead person to meet: A.A. Milne because he understood what a person's childhood should really be about.

Your biography title: "Miss Fitz"

Three "luxuries" on a desert island: My iPod, a toothbrush and a book

Personal motto: "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." --Oscar Wilde

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Thomas Taber

Age: 18

School: BFA Fairfax

Parents: Kimberly and Michael Taber

Hometown: Fairfax

Top 5 accomplishments: UVM Honor's College acceptance, Phi- Beta-Kappa Award, Bausch and Lomb Science Scholarship, multiple class awards, acting (Beauty and the Beast, Willy Wonka, etc).

In the community: Youth group, NHS, Salvation Army soup kitchen and Katrina relief effort.

Favorite spare time activity: Cooking

After graduation: University of British Columbia

Career plans: Pre-med or engineering

Your bedroom in one word: Oi vey.

Dead person to meet: Coco Chanel, she's perhaps the greatest feminist, without being an actual feminist.

Your biography title: "Thomas Taber: All Natural, and Low-Fat."

Three "luxuries" on a desert island: iPhone, a competent kitchen and music.

Personal motto: "I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart: I am, I am, I am." -- Sylvia Plath

Hopefully I can get some photos of them a little later on today on The Free Press Web Site:

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011101240303 (http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011101240303)
Title: Re: BFA-Fairfax Names Academic All Stars
Post by: ohhman on January 24, 2011, 02:01:35 PM
Congrats to both students & parents!!!
Title: Re: BFA-Fairfax Names Academic All Stars
Post by: Henry on January 24, 2011, 02:34:31 PM
I just scanned the photos of Ellen & Tom from the newspaper - Please excuse the quality as that is all I could find.
Title: Re: BFA-Fairfax Names Academic All Stars
Post by: Rev. Elizabeth on January 26, 2011, 06:32:08 PM
I know them both and they are great young people! Our community is blessed with many wonderful young people who enrich our community.