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for a run, it will say, ‘You need to bring your running shoes with you today,’” he said.
Foster was also enrolled in St. Paul’s Academy’s Advanced Studies program last summer, where he studied engineering, describing it as an “amazing op- portunity.”
His love for robotics and tech- nology has been bolstered by his experience on the NRHS Ro- botics team, which won the state meet last year. In the fall of 2024, he will head to Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania, to study for a career in robotics at Carnegie Mellon Uni- versity.
Hoiriis said he especially likes that these three outstanding stu- dents cover all aspects of school- ing and that their interests and endeavors overflow into the com- munity, too.
“Just listening to them and all they’ve accomplished makes me so hopeful for the community and the future. I couldn’t be prouder of them,” he said.
Graduation for the Class of 2024 is scheduled for Friday, June 14, at 6:30 p.m.
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abuse, which is why she decided to get involved with the group. From there, she went on to apply to the Governor’s Youth Advisory Coun- cil, to which she was accepted.
“It’s been awesome to work with kids around the state and attend conferences on this issue,” said Paige.
In addition to that, she has be- come involved with Rustic Path- ways through which she received a Stanford Climate Change Fellow- ship.
Next year she will be attending Plymouth State University to seek a degree in Allied Health Science. Paige said that while growing up she loved watching sports movies where she saw how influential physical therapy was in helping athletes do what they love. Com- ing from a family where both her mom and sister are in the health- care field, she decided physical therapy was the career she would like most to pursue.
As co-valedictorian, Evan Fos- ter will be the student walking side by side with Lauren Paige at graduation next month and his
Newfound Regional High School has announced its top three graduates for the Class of 2024. From left to right are Salutatorian Isabel Braley and co-valedictorians Lauren Paige and Evan Foster.
of the cross-country and the track and field teams at Newfound. He said he enjoyed not only the dis- tance runs in both competitions, but the jumping events in rack and Field as well. His running tal- ents brought him a lot of recogni- tion over the last four years and, with a younger brother coming up strong behind him out on the course, many referred to them as the “Flying Fosters.”
In XC, the NRHS team was runner-up in the state meets during Foster’s sophomore year. That same year, Foster also placed sixth in the highly competitive state track meet for the 4x8 com- petition and finished an impres- sive 11th in the 3200-meter race.
His accomplishments over the years led him to becoming a N.H. Athletic Scholar, and he was named a finalist for the National Merit Scholarship, where results are still pending.
For his Senior Project, Foster developed an app for cell phones that he is still fine-tuning before a possible launch to the public.
“It’s a To-Do list that auto- matically organizes itself and reminds people of things like if you enter that you need to go
accomplishments go a long way to explain why it was such a tight race between these Top 3 graduates.
Foster is also a member of the National Honor Society and vol- unteers as a mentor for students at Bristol Elementary School. In addition to being the president of the Class of 2024, he is a mem-
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ber of Rho Kappa, Student/ Staff Senate, Student Council, and the Granite State Challenge team and serves as a volunteer for the N.H. Food Bank, among other volunteer activities.
He is co-captain of both the NRHS Robotics team and Math team and was also named captain
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