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Class of 2022
BLOOMINGDALE
CAITLIN BEERY
AGE: 17
PARENT(S): Heather Beery and John Beery GPA: 6.4
AWARDS and HON- ORS: Perfect GPA Award; Orchestra Principal Player; and Track/Cross Country Captain
ACTIVITIES: Cross Country; Track & Field; Orchestra; National Honor Society; and Music Honor Society
COLLEGE: Florida Southern College
BRIANNA PHILLIPS
AGE: 18
PARENT(S): Stephanie and Marvin Phillips
GPA or CLASS RANKING: 6.5, 21 out of 565
CHURCH: Bell Shoals Church of Christ
AWARDS and HONORS: AP Scholar Award; AP Semi- nar and Research Award; Na- tional African American Recognition Program; Flag football defensive MVP fresh- man and junior year; and Su- perior at orchestra solo and ensemble sophomore and sen- ior year
ACTIVITIES: Chamber Or- chestra; Varsity Flag Football; several honors clubs: NHS, BETA, NEHS; church youth group activities and service projects
COLLEGE OR CAREER: UCF, majoring in Political Sci- ence on a pre-law track.
LAUREN TAPSCOTT
AGE: 18
PARENT(S): Katherine Moore-Tapscott and Derrick Tapscott
GPA Or CLASS RANK- ING: 7.28; 5th in Class AWARDS and HONORS: College Board National African American Recognition Scholar; AP Scholar Award; Perfect Unweighted GPA; ACDA Southern Division Honor Choir Member; and All-State Honor Choir Mem- ber
ACTIVITIES: Moffitt Cancer Center Summer Volunteen Program Participant; Ambas- sadors Show Choir Member; National Honor Society; Com- munity Service Liaison; Tri-M Music Honor Society, Vice President; and Best Buddies, Event Coordinator COLLEGE: In the fall, I plan to attend the University of Florida in order to obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and subsequently a post grad- uate degree. I aspire to care for children in underserved communities.
DEANDRE HARRIS
AGE: 18
PARENTS: Daryl Wade and Arleen Johnson
GPA: 2.52
ACTIVITIES: Poetry; Draw- ing; Photography; Gardening; and Fishing
FUTURE PLANS: Automo- tive Technician; Author and Writer
JOCELYN JACKSON
AGE: 17
PARENTS: Andre Jackson and Jennifer Jackson
GPA: 2.30
AWARDS and HONORS: One More Child (Leadership Program)
COLLEGE: Erwin Voca- tional; Cosmetology
BOWERS WHITLEY
COLIN MCCRAY
AGE: 17
PARENT(S): Joel and Chloé McCray
GPA Or CLASS RANK- ING: 5.86
CHURCH: Bloomingdale Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses
AWARDS and HONORS: I have been accepted into the Dr. Lydia R. Daniel Hon- ors Program at Hillsborough Community College; I was accepted into Middleton High School’s CSIT magnet program. I attended for a year, before switching to a closer high school; and I achieved High Honor Role
and Principal’s Honor Roll multiple times throughout high school.
ACTIVITIES: I was in Dual Enrollment classes in 11th grade and during the sum- mer. Currently in 12th grade I am taking a total of 9 col- lege courses as an Early Ad- mission student and was placed on the Dean’s List for the Fall Semester; I average 110+ hours of volunteer work yearly as one of Jeho- vah’s Witnesses; Industry Certifications: Adobe Certi- fied Associate, Microsoft Of- fice Specialist, Microsoft Technology Associate, MTA Intro to Programming, CIW Site Development Associate; My main personal hobby is game development, which I started before high school. I also do other projects in the C# programming language, such as making a timer/ac- tivity logger app and a 2D game engine API. Nothing has been released publicly yet, but I intend to change that soon.
COLLEGE OR CAREER:
I am currently enrolled at Hillsborough Community College, and I will be going for a degree in computer programming. I aim to be a software developer.
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