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Valedictorians, times 10 |
Ten valedictorians will preside Friday over NHS
graduation ceremony |
By Laurent
Bonczijk, Newberg Graphic
reporter
E-mail Laurent at bonczijk@eaglenewspapers.com
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Newberg High School will graduate 10 valedictorians and two
salutatorians this year.
Salutatorians
Kayla Schaad, 18, is one of two salutatorians. She plans to attend
Clackamas Community College in the fall. Although she is unsure of
her major, business and accounting interest her. She expects to pay
for college by working and wants to transfer to a four-year college
in Oregon.
Matthew Getsinger, 17, is the second salutatorian. He could have
been a valedictorian but that means he would have had to come back
for a couple of classes next year. “It just made sense to do them
online on my own time,” he said of his choice to graduate in three
years and forgo the title. He plans to spend a semester in Bible
school in Costa Rica. When he returns he will apply to one of the
universities at which his mother’s employment at George Fox
University gives him free tuition. He wants to pursue studies that
will lead to work in international health-care or ministry.
Valedictorians
Nicole Davis, 18,
will attend Oregon State University next year to study civil
engineering. She decided on the major this year because she enjoys
math and science. She received a $3,000 scholarship and her parents
will help her pay for school.
Roxanne Dinger, 18, expects to attend Philadelphia University in
the fall. Her major will be business administration and she plans on
choosing an area of focus later. She knew she wanted to major in
business since her freshman year of high school. She has received a
renewable $11,000 scholarship from the university and has earned
other scholarships and grants that add up to half the tuition.
Kelsey Hampton, 18, will attend Seattle Pacific University in the
fall to study political science. She picked the major because she
“really liked to study government.” She received a $10,500
scholarship. “I am probably gonna be in debt for a very long time,”
she said of the tuition she will incur that is not covered by the
scholarship.
Dani Hawblitzel, 18, will attend George Fox University in the fall
because her mother works there and it is “most cost friendly to me,”
she said. She will major in psychology or ministry.
Peter Jaquith, 18, will attend Portland Bible College for two years
to earn a theology degree en route to becoming, possibly, a youth
pastor. “I can work my way through and pay as I go,” he said.
Afterwards he plans to attend Portland State University and “get a
degree I can use at PSU.” He is thinking about architecture because
he likes “design stuff.”
Nicole Newman, 18, will study nursing at the University of
Portland. She has a combination of scholarships and loans to pay for
school and will receive money from her grandparents as well. She
picked nursing, “because I love science and medicine,” she said.
Kendra Patocka, 17, will attend Northwest University in Washington.
Her major will be business administration with a focus in marketing;
she picked the major because of her involvement in DECA. She chose
the university because she knew that she wanted to move to the
Seattle area and to a small school. Her financial aid package covers
about half of her costs.
Steven Quinn, 18, will attend the University of Oregon to major in
visual animation. He chose the school because he found the program
better rounded that at more prestigious art schools; the lower
tuition was also a big draw. His dream is to work at Pixar or
Industrial Light Magic. He has been doing anime as a hobby for
years, but was really sold on the idea after an internship as a
graphic artist in Wilsonville last summer. He has received some
scholarships and his parents will help him pay for tuition.
Marissa Riggan, 18, will attend college at St. Andrews University
in Scotland. She plans to major in European history and picked the
university for the flexibility and quality of the program.
Mark Winn, 18, will attend University of Southern California to
study computer science. “I like sunshine and don’t like Oregon,” he
said to explain his choice. He has a three-pronged approach to
paying the $40,000 a year tuition. “They gave me some money, I will
borrow some money, my parents are going to give me some money,” he
said. |
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From
June 7,
2007, Newberg Graphic
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