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Academic Honorees<br />
Charnette Chambers<br />
Bloomfield, NJ<br />
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harnette Chambers, a 22 year old, is from Jersey City. She is the<br />
seventh of eight children. She grew up in the Charter School<br />
system in Jersey City. Charnette had a challenging childhood within<br />
the foster care system and a mother addicted to drugs and a father<br />
not around. Although the odds were against her, she never gave up<br />
on her education. She was the first out of her eight siblings to receive<br />
a college degree. She graduated from Hudson County Community<br />
College in May of <strong>2013</strong> with an Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood<br />
Education. In the fall, she will attend College Of Saint Elizabeth in<br />
Morristown, NJ. She plans to earn a B.A. in Early Childhood Education<br />
and a minor in Spanish.<br />
Sophia Chan<br />
New York, NY<br />
Sophia Chan was born on March 8, 2000, in Beth Israel Hospital. Though she<br />
lived in the suburbs of New Jersey her parents sent her to Transfiguration<br />
Elementary School in New York City. She gave her first public performance<br />
when she was 4, where she narrated a story in front of a large audience.<br />
From then on, she developed a love for performing and public speaking.<br />
During her years at Transfiguration, she joined the school choir, newspaper<br />
committee, and participated in the school’s talent shows. In the fourth<br />
grade, Sophia was inspired to develop her skills in writing. She believes that<br />
through writing, she can express feelings and create unthinkable, limitless<br />
imaginations. In sixth grade, she entered the school speech bee and wrote<br />
a speech on the Covenant House volunteer organization. While she did not<br />
win, she tried harder at the following year’s speech bee and won third place.<br />
She would like to attend a Catholic high school with small classes and a<br />
similar environment like Transfiguration. Her school became a second home<br />
and it is a community she looks forward to being a part of everyday.<br />
Jade Coachman<br />
New York, NY<br />
Jade Coachman was born on March 16th, 1995 in Harlem, New<br />
York. At the age of five, Jade found her true love “basketball.” She<br />
continued to value the importance of academics and has been a true<br />
student athlete. Her family briefly moved to Baltimore, where she<br />
was one of the first African American girls to become a Girl Scout in<br />
her neighborhood. She received her first badge volunteering at home.<br />
After 9/11, her family moved back to New York, where she switched<br />
schools to challenge her thinking. At The Talented and Gifted School<br />
for Young Scholars, she was a part of numerous clubs, but the debate<br />
team left the most impact upon her. She led her team with the highest<br />
scores and won the first girls’ championship for the school. Her<br />
experience on the debate team shaped her into wanting to become an<br />
attorney. A recent graduate of Frederick Douglass Academy, Jade looks<br />
forward to majoring in Political Science at Clark Atlanta University.<br />
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