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Name: Kayla Baczewski
Age: 17
School: Bellows Free
Academy, Fairfax
Parents: David and Rebecca Baczewski
Hometown:Westford
Top 5 accomplishments: Ranked No. 1 in my class, UVM Green and Gold Scholar, VSDAscholar-athlete award recipient, National Honors Societymember, captain of my basketball team
In the community: Mentor at Camp Rainbow, coach for Fairfax Hoop Camp, volunteer at blood drives, BFA Fairfax Chinese Cultural Exchange counselor, Burlington marathon volunteer, student member of hiring committee for multiple coaching vacancies, middle school basketball assistant
Favorite spare time activity: Reading
After graduation: Mostly likely University of Vermont, but New York University and the University of Alabama are still on the list
Career plans: International business
Your bedroom in one word: Pristine
Dead person to meet: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, I would want to ask him how he navigated the U.S. out of WorldWar II while dealing with the affects of polio,and I would want to know what he thinks of our economy today.
Your biography title: The Pursuit of Perfection
Three ‘luxuries’ on a desert island: My iPhone and Charles Dickens library, Supernatural Television Series
Personal motto: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.”—Winston Churchill
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Name: Levi Gardell
Age: 17
School: Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax
Parents: Deb and David Gardell
Hometown: Fairfax
Top 5 accomplishments: Model town in boys state summer program, teaching myself to telemark ski, receiving excellence in math and science awards at my school, and getting the Clarkson leadership award.
In the community:Walk to school day, and I have made plans for a school outdoor amphitheater, mowed neighbors lawn, and picked up mail for neighbors when they were away.
Favorite spare time activity: Thinking about everything
After graduation: Unsure of what college to attend.
Career plans: Some sort of career that involves math or science, preferably both.
Your bedroominoneword: Different
Dead person to meet: I would meet Sergei Korolev to ask him about his time from being in the Gulag to becoming the genius behind the Soviet Union’s space program.
Your biography title: That guy
Three ‘luxuries’ on a desert island: A Kindle pre-loaded with many books, duct tape, and a bunker full of zombie apocalypse weapons.
Personal motto: I try to help somebody every day; today’s not your day.