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The Challenge: Yonkers IB team profile

by MSG Varsity on Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:03 PM  / Updated Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:10 AM

The Challenge: Yonkers IB team profile

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Yonkers IB
 
 
Advisor: Leila Garcia-Muench
Subjects: Math and Business Management
Years teaching: 13
What clubs or sports do you moderate or coach? Junior Class advisor, Academic Challenge team  
 
Advisor: Jeanne Ziminsky
Subjects: Math
Years teaching: 9
What clubs or sports do you moderate or coach? Track, Academic Challenge Team
Favorite quote: Reality is what is now
 
 
Student Profiles
 
Name: Lucy Hatem
Hobbies/interests: Opera and Piano
Activities: Band, newspaper and tennis
Honors/Awards: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, IB Dipmloma Candidate
College Choice/Applying to: Oberlin, Vassar, Haverford
Career goals: Happiness and fullfillment  
Role model: Lizzy Bennett, Hermione Granger
 
 
Name: Eliana Cruz
Hobbies/interests: drawing, writing, sewing, exploring
Activities: yearbook, volunteer at a daycare facility, flag football
Honors/Awards: national art honor society, spanish national honor society, IB diploma candidate, published writer
College Choice/Applying to: NYU, Fordham, Pratt, SUNY Purchase
Career goals: Screen Writer, Public Orator
Favorite quote: We are all made of stardust (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Role model: Tina Fey, Jesus, Mark Twain, John Muir
 
 
Name: Plamen Kamenov
Hobbies/interests: Photography, reading, painting, writing
Activities: newspaper, photography, biodiversity, volunteer at the science barge
Honors/Awards: science olimpiade champion, IB diploma candidate
College Choice/Applying to: Columbia, MIT
Career goals: Physicist
Favorite quote: life as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever (Ghandi)
Role model: My parents
 
 
Name: Nick DeMarco
Hobbies/interests: Drums, baseball, guitar
Activities: Baseball, band, biodiversity, GSA
Honors/Awards: National Honor Society, IB Diploma Candidate, Captain of Baseball team
College Choice/Applying to: Columbia
Career goals: Child Psychologist with a really successful rock band, by the way you can by our cd on iTunes the band is Another Reason
Favorite quote: experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted (Randy Pausch)
Role model: Sir Ken Robinson, Mr. Chris Ciccone
 
 
Name: Jennifer Joseph
Hobbies/interests: Art
Activities: Student Government, Newspaper club, tennis
Honors/Awards: IB Diploma Candidate, National Honor Society  
Career goals: Doctor  

 

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