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n Dr. Phillips High

South Bay resident Antonia

“Toni” JeBailey graduated from

Dr. Phillips High School’s Center

for International Studies Magnet

Program, where she served as the

president of the Student Government

Association. She will be attending

the University of Florida this fall. Toni

is also an active member of the St.

Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Leadership Society, raising more

than $4,000 during her time in the

program.

n Olympia High

Olympia High 2020 graduate

Kendall Barrows received and

accepted an appointment to the

U.S. Air Force Academy. Kendall

was honored to receive nominations

from Sen. Rick Scott and Rep. Val

Demings.

n Et Al

Kendall

Barrows, a

Class of 2020

Olympia High

graduate, will

attend the

U.S. Air Force

Academy.

Orange County Public Schools officials

honored more than 100 Super

Scholars from the Class of 2020.

According to the U.S. News and

World Report, Super Scholars are

students who were accepted into the

top colleges, universities and U.S.

service academies in the world. Due

to COVID-19, the event was held

virtually. The list is updated daily at

www.ocps.net/cms/one.aspx?portalI

d=54703&pageId=89620 as graduating

seniors continue to confirm their

acceptances. Congratulations to the

following Southwest Orlando scholars,

current as of the date of print.

• Dr. Phillips High: Roxanne

Deisseroth, U.S. Military Academy

at West Point; Ana Kostowski,

the University of California — Los

SCHOOL NEWS

Angeles; and Sarina Zhou,

Cornell University.

• Ocoee High: Tam Ha,

Hamilton College; and Christine

Mauvais, the University of Notre

Dame, Washington and Lee

University.

• Olympia High: Erika

Acosta, the University of Pennsylvania;

Elle Ferguson, the University

of Pennsylvania; Pavan Iyenger,

the University of Pennsylvania

and Washington University in St.

Louis; Sampada Iyengar, Johns

Hopkins University; Alec Johnson,

the University of California — Los

Angeles; Touma Mack, Princeton

University; Sarah Myers, U.S.

Naval Academy; and Mira

Saldanha, California Institute of

Technology.

• West Orange High: Ariadna

Aguilar, Columbia University;

Mahzen Babekir, Washington

University in St. Louis; Steicy De

Paiva, the University of Pennsylvania;

Daniel Harrington,

Davidson College; Daisy Nguyen,

the University of California —

Los Angeles; Rajay Preddie,

Vanderbilt University; and Garrett

Valentine, Brown University.

• Windermere High: Adeena

Ademu-John, Vanderbilt University;

Guilherme Bejar, Massachusetts

Institute of Technology; Puja

Chinasigari, the University of

California — Los Angeles; Blake

Croft, Northwestern University and

the University of California — Los

Angeles; Sage Croft, Northwestern

University; Leslie Edward, the

University of California — Los Angeles;

Jacob Goldberg, U.S. Military

Academy at West Point; Anna-

Sophia Hadley, Duke University;

Ermiliana Marcano, Hamilton

College and Wellesley College; Jake

Prieto, Claremont McKenna College

and Grinnell College; and Connor

Roddy, the University of California

— Los Angeles.

www.SouthwestOrlandoBulletin.com x June 4 — 17, 2020 x 7

compiled by Lauren Salinero

During the coronavirus pandemic,

Arnav Barpujari, a rising senior

at Lake Highland Preparatory

School, was one of several students

who sought a way to make the transition

to schooling from home easier on

elementary and middle school kids.

They created Orlando Student

Tutoring, a free tutoring service run

by high school volunteers. Students

Christ The King

Lutheran Preschool VPK

kids celebrate Dr. Seuss’

birthday by making green

eggs and ham. (Photo was

taken prior to stay-at-home

order.)

Mr.

Richard

(far right)

visits Christ

The King

Lutheran

Preschool

and plays

music for

the children

to sing and

dance to.

(Photo was

taken prior to

stay-at-home

order.)

can find help with homework, lessons,

resources and test preparation.

For more information, visit

www.orlandostudenttutoring.com.

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