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Surrell, who is planning to major in dairy management at Vermont Technical College, excelled in Woodstock’s horticultural science and advanced agriculture program, and has judged and volunteered in 4-H programs since childhood. For the last year she has done chores and educated visitors at Billings Farm and Museum in Woodstock.
Baker, who recently completed his junior year at the Randolph tech center, grew up on a dairy farm and continues to milk cows for a local farmer. He excelled in his environmental resource management course.
Scholarship-Shape
Norwich resident Kristen Pearson will study the history and development of textiles in Mongolia over the coming year, under a Fulbright international-exchange fellowship from the U.S. State Department. Pearson is a 2014 graduate of Hanover High School and recently earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Hanover High School seniors Joseph Jacobs, Duolan Guo and David Wilson recently received National Merit scholarships of between $500 and $2,000 a year from the colleges they will attend starting this fall, as part of the National Merit Scholarship program.
Jacobs, a Hanover resident, will pursue film-production studies at the University of Southern California.
Guo, also of Hanover, expects to pursue chemical engineering at Tufts University in Medford, Mass.
Wilson, who lives in Lyme, is scheduled to major in biochemistry at Carleton College in Minnesota.
The trio made the grade among New Hampshire’s 12 merit scholars, out of the more than 1.6 million high school juniors nationwide who took the preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test as juniors in the fall.
Independent Schools
Kimball Union Academy last week announced that Head of School Mike Schafer is stepping down after 15 years at the private boarding school.
The statement from the academy quotes Schafer as describing his tenure as “incredibly special” for him, his wife Gayle and the three children they raised there — 2012 graduate Hannah, 2015 alumna Joanna and son Jonathan, who is scheduled to graduate in 2019.
The academy announced that an interim chief will serve in the front office while the school searches for a leader who would take the reins on July 1, 2019.
Follow the Leaders
The Vermont Association for Middle Level Education recently named Chelsea Public School middle-schoolers Ethan Marshia and Maddy Rooney to its list of middle-level scholar leaders for 2017-2018.
The awards recognize academic achievement and initiative, service to classmates and school. The Chelsea scholars are among 86 recognized from around Vermont.
Woodsville High School students Mikayla Smith, Christian McFarland, Astra Sleeper, Curtis Wyman, Danielle Hallam and Charles Chandler are spending the first six weeks of their summer vacation attending Lyndon State College’s Upward Bound summer residential program.
After a field trip to Boston, they will focus on SAT preparation, college math and writing, science and foreign language studies, and will volunteer at hospitals, day-care centers, non-profits and businesses in the St. Johnsbury area.
To learn about applying for the 2019 program, visit lyndonstate.edu/academics/upward-bound.
By Degrees
Tufts University awarded bachelor’s degrees to Lebanon residents Kenneth Weitzman and Rachel Pollard and to South Royalton’s Alexander Berk, during commencement ceremonies on May 20.
Weitzman, who majored in international relations, graduated magna cum laude, while Berk graduated summa cum laude with a degree in biomedical engineering. Pollard majored in biochemistry.
All three students were named to the Tufts dean’s list for their achievements during the spring semester.
Hanover resident Seamus Good recently graduated magna cum laude from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., with a bachelor of arts degree in theater.
David Corriveau can be reached at dcorriveau@vnews.com and at 603-727-3304. Education-related news and announcements also can be submitted to schoolnotes@vnews.com.