As a junior, she won the Yale University Book Award and the Bausch & Lomb Award. Roger Case Memorial Scholarship, the Yearbook Award, the American Association of University Women Excellence in Writing Award and the Abe Shahim Science Research Award. I think it is validating because both Julia and I have worked extremely hard, just like everybody else has this year, and to have this recognition makes it all worth it.”Īt Byram Hills, Nora was a member of the Cum Laude Society, and as a senior won the On being named salutatorian, she said: “I feel extremely honored, and also really grateful to be graduating with such an amazing senior class. Nora plans to continue her studies at Amherst College. “Sometimes you need to get the answer wrong to learn and grow and become a better person as a whole,” she said. “I’ve become a much better thinker and I’m able to analyze things and make my own opinions, which I think is a really important thing as I go out into the world, especially in college.”Īn important lesson she learned in high school: “I think that it’s OK to fail.”
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“Byram Hills did a really good job, especially in terms of academics,” she said. Julia said Byram Hills has prepared her well for life after high school. As a junior, she won the Harvard Prize Book Award and an award for outstanding achievement in math. The World Language Award for general excellence in French. Julia was a co-leader of the Science Ambassadors Club, the senior speaker at this year’s Science Research Symposium and a member of the Girls Varsity Tennis Team, which captured the 2021 New York State team championship in the fall.Īs a senior, she won the Senior English Award, the Ken Hamilton Memorial Award and Presidential Scholars Program, president of the mathematics honor society Mu Alpha Theta, a member of the World Languages Honor Society, a member of the Authentic Scientific Research Program, a teaching assistant in AP Computer Science A and president of the Tech Club.
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“It’s really nice to be validated after having worked so hard these past four years and finally being named valedictorian.”Īt Byram Hills, she was a member of the Cum Laude Society, a semifinalist in the prestigious U.S. “I feel really honored to be recognized among such an incredibly talented student body,” Julia said. Julia will attend Vanderbilt University and plans to major in mathematics. I, along with the faculty and staff, am so proud of them for their hard work and dedication to their academics.” It is an incredible achievement, especially given the challenges over the past two years. “They are well respected by the faculty, staff and their classmates. “Both of these young women have been exemplary students who have shown a strong commitment to academic excellence during their time at Byram Hills,” Principal Christopher Walsh said.
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Byram Hills High School is pleased to announce the Class of 2022 valedictorian, Julia Lucchino, and the salutatorian, Nora Lowe.