Jonathan Law High of Milford's class leaders
MILFORD – Mr. Fran Thompson, Principal of Jonathan
Law High School, is pleased to announce Bhaswati
Chattopadhyay will serve the Class of 2012 as their valedictorian and Shelja Patel will serve as
salutatorian. Biographical information
for both women appears below.
VALEDICTORIAN
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Bhaswati
Chattopadhyay
Bhaswati Chattopadhyay, daughter of Bhaskar
and Minu Chattopadhyay, is the top student in the Class of 2012 at Jonathan
Law, with a GPA of 4.31. Ranking first
in the highly competitive class of 236, Bhaswati completed 15 honors level
courses as well as eight Advanced Placement (AP) courses throughout her career
at Law.
Ms. Chattopadhyay has received many academic
awards throughout her career at Jonathan Law. She received academic medals for
excellence in AP English Literature, AP U.S. History, and AP Government and
Politics. She was named an AP Scholar
with Honors by the College Board in 2011.
Bhaswati is a CAPT scholar and a member of the National Honor
Society.
In addition to school-based awards, Ms.
Chattopadhyay received the Yale Book Award and the Princeton Book Award and was
named a Connecticut Governor’s Scholar semi-finalist. She was recently invited by the New Haven Register to attend the Youth
of the Year award ceremony.
In addition to her academic work, Bhaswati has
provided hundreds of hours of service for her school and her community. She
served as the Vice President of the
Natural Helpers Club, as well as President of the Keyette Club at the
school. She also volunteered as a mentor
for the past three years at Meadowside School in their after-school homework
club. As an extension of these good
works out into the community, Bhaswati created and conducted a summer program
designed to teach 21st century skills to stay-at-home mothers in her
community.
Ms. Chattopadhyay will be attending Boston
University in the fall where she has been awarded a Dean’s Scholarship. She plans to major in Computer Science.
SALUTATORIAN BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Shelja
Patel
Shelja Patel, daughter of Sanjay and Alpa
Patel, will serve the Class of 2012 at Jonathan Law High School as the Salutatorian. Ms. Patel ranked second in a class of 236
with a GPA of 4.17. During her career at
Law, Ms. Patel completed 13 honors level courses, as well as 9 Advanced
Placement (AP) courses. A CAPT scholar,
Ms. Patel has received many academic honors during her time at Law, including
the several medals for excellence in a variety of subjects, including the Latin
medal for 4 years in a row. In 2011, she
was designated an AP Scholar with Honors by the College Board. She was the recipient of the Harvard Book
Award and received an honorable mention for the Princeton Book Award.
Ms. Patel has been a steadfast volunteer at
school and in the community, amassing more than 500 hours of volunteer service
during her time in high school. Part of
her service included volunteering at the Milford Library, the Milford Senior
Center, and the Milford Animal Shelter.
She also served as a mentor at the Meadowside Elementary School
after-school homework club for student in grades 3-5. She also served as a volunteer at the annual
Relay for Life event.
Volunteer time spent at school included her
affiliation with the Multicultural Club, the Keyette Club, and the Homework
Club. She also was a contestant in the Miss India Pageant.
Ms. Patel will be attending Rutgers, the State
University of New Jersey, in the fall where she plans to major in pharmaceutical
studies.
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