Sarina Khemchandani

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Valedictorian Class of 2019, Headmaster's List, WPS Veritas Award Recipient, WPS Unitas Award Recipient, 2014 WPS Geography Bee Top 3 Finalist, 7th Grade 2nd Place Science Fair Winner, Member of Latin Club, Duke TIP, Outstanding Scholar, 2015 Latin Regional Forum Award for 3rd Place Derivatives Exam, 2nd Place Latin Visual Arts Painting, WPS Academic Scholarship Recipient, Meritas International Top Art Award, 2015 Voice Cover Winner, 1st Place Winner at OAS Archery Nationals. 2016 Laker Community Award. 2016 WPS Disney Dreamer & Doer Recipient. 2017 National Honor Society (NHS), 2017 National Math Honor Society (NMHS).
• Leadership Positions (current & past): Founder and Student Mentor - Reach A Student, Co-Captain of Middle School Archery Team, Vice-President of National Junior Honors Society, Vice-President National Junior Art Honors Society, Member of Middle School SGA
• Other Interests: Robotics, Archery, Tennis, Soccer, Art, Traveling The World, S.T.E.M
• Little Known Facts: Her favorite color is blue and she lived in Aruba until age 3
• WPS Student Since: Pre-K4
• Graduated WPS 2019 and went on to study at Brown University (Class of 2023) and the Warren Alpert Medical School (MD Class of 2027)

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Brinda V.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Qualifications: Class of 2019 Top 10 Scholar, Aspire member (NJHS), 8th Grade Latin Award, 9th Grade Biology Award, Headmaster's List, Duke TIP, JCL member, National English Honor Society member
  
• Leadership Positions: President of National English Honors Society, SGA member in middle school
• Other Interests: Photography, Art, Dance, Music Reading, Writing, Lacrosse
• Little Known Facts: She likes pizza and has two dogs.
• WPS Student Since: 5th Grade
• Graduated WPS in 2019 and went on to study at UCLA

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Jay Khemchandani

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Valedictorian Class of 2023, National Merit Finalist, Multiple 1st to 5th place awards at National Junior Classics League (NJCL) National Forums,  Multiple 5's at AP level, Certified Junior Lacrosse Coach, Duke TIP, WPS Outstanding Scholar, 1st place Science Fair winner, Past Spelling Bee winner, National Honor Society member since 2017, T-Shirt design chosen as class shirt, WPS scholarship recipient, Science Virtus Veritas and Unitas award, English Virtus Veritas and Unitas award, 6 semesters on Headmaster's list, Gold medal (Summa Cum Laude '22 & '21 and Silver Magna Cum Laude '20) at National Latin Exam, member of Latin Club, member of Mu Alpha Theta Club, member of Wounded Warriors Club, member of Robotics Club, member of National Art Honor Society, member of H.O.S.A Club.

• Leadership Positions: Founder ConnectAKid.com, Founder TeensThatTeach.com, President of the WPS chapter of National Science Honor Society, WPS Student Ambassador
• Other Interests: S.T.E.M, Lacrosse, Mountain biking, Fishing, Gardening, Digital art, Website and App design
• Little Known Facts: I enjoy breeding fish and shrimp as well as 3d modeling
• WPS Student Since: Pre-K4
• Member Stanford 2024 TreeHacks Grand Prize winning team: read about it here
• After graduating WPS in 2023, I attend Stanford University Class of 2027

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Sajan S.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Disney Dreamer and Doer Award Recipient, National Latin Exam Award for Excellence, 2nd Place in the State Latin Forum for Computer Programs, Laker Legend Participant, Latin Laker Award Recipient
• Leadership Positions: Vice President of the National Junior Honor Society (Requires a minimum GPA of 3.85)
• Other Interests: Soccer, Tennis
• Little Known Facts: unknown
• WPS Student Since: Pre-K3
• Graduated in 2018 - Now a medical school student at the University of Florida

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Marya T.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: National English Honor Society member, Aspire member, National Art Honors Society, Headmasters List, JCL member, Debate Club (JSA), Art Laker Award, Dance Laker Award, Outstanding Scholar, Fine Arts Student of the Week, WPS Art Show 3rd place for 2D Visual Art
• Leadership Positions: SGA member in Middle School, Fine Arts Committee
• Other Interests: Dance, Art, Piano (National Federation of Music Clubs Superior Ratings), Exploring Nature, Tennis, Volunteering, Reading
• Little Known Facts: She is from Syria and likes watching Parks and Recreation.
• WPS Student Since: 6th Grade
• Graduated WPS in 2019 and went on to study at the University of Chicago

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Rebecca S.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Headmaster's List 6th-7th Grades, Duke TIP, National Junior Honors Society
• Leadership Positions: Mentor For Reach A Student
• Other Interests: Dance, Archery, Latin Club, Chess Club
• Little Known Facts: Her favorite color is teal and she wants to go into the STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) field
• WPS Student Since: 3rd Grade
• Graduated WPS in 2020 and is currently at the University of Chicago

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Anavi U.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist, High School Science Award (10th grade), National Spanish Exam awards (Levels 2 & 3 bronze medal, Level 4 honorable mention), Director's Award for Chorus, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Science National Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica, Headmaster's List
• Leadership Positions: Founder and president of the WPS Astronomy Club, WPS Varsity Archery team member
• Other Interests: Astrophotography, astrophysics, python coding, piano, choir
• Little Known Facts: She co-wrote a paper on lunar science that was read by NASA scientists
• WPS Student Since: 8th grade
• Graduated WPS in 2020 and is currently at Yale University

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Valentina G.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: National Spanish Exam Gold (Nationally 98th Percentile), Certificado de Excelencia of the Spanish Honor Society, Headmaster's List 9th-12th Grade, Biology Award, Chemistry Award, Past Laker Legend (1st in Oration)
  
• Leadership Positions: Pre-Health Club President, Founder of "Proyecto: Niƒ±os del Mundo" a humanitarian outreach project in an under served hospital in Ecuador, has been involved in SGA from 9-12th grade, New Student Ambassador
  
• Other Interests: WPS Varsity Cross-Country, Global Health, Literature
  
• Little Known Facts: She is a published author of a poetry anthology "From My Heart to Yours: A Collection of Musings" with works in both English and Spanish
  
• WPS Student Since: 7th Grade
• Graduated WPS in 2015 and went on to study at Yale University

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Grant E.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Veritas Award, Outstanding Scholar, Academic Scholarship, Already accepted to University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School of Business
  
• Leadership Positions: Debate Captain, WPS Urban Outreach President
  
• Other Interests: Fencing, Water skiing, Slalom Skiing, Wake boarding
  
• Little Known Facts: He is a Nationally Rated Fencer
  
• WPS Student Since: Pre-K4
• Graduated WPS in 2015 and went on to study at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business

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Shailee S.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: 2017 Laker Award , 2016 and 2017 Unitas Award, 2015 Science Award, 2017 Dreamer and Doer, Member of National Junior Honor Society 2015-2017, Placed Summa Cum Laude on the National Latin Exam 2016-2017, 2017 2nd place in the State for Latin Literature Level 1, 2017 2nd Place in the State for Quotes Mottos and Abbreviations, 3rd place in Science Fair, Junior Classical League Member, Academic Scholarship Recipient, Headmaster's List
• Leadership Positions: SGA Officer, NJHS Leadership Council, 2016-2017 Lacrosse Captain
• Other Interests: Art, Cooking, Reading, Soccer, and Softball
• Little Known Facts: Shailee is interested in going into medicine and she loves hangout with friends and going surfing.
• WPS Student Since: Pre-K3
• Graduated WPS and went on to a pre-medical program at Case Western Reserve University

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Fatima G.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Headmasters List, National English Honor Society member, National French Honor Society member, Art Club member, Entrepreneurship Club member, National American Miss- Miss Personality Award,
• Leadership Positions: President of my own club: Fashion Club (10th grade), Middle School SGA
• Other Interests: Fashion Design, Art (art displayed at Winter Garden and Winter Park art shows), learning new languages (currently working to be fluent in French), playing tennis (Varsity Tennis), dance, plant-based nutrition, magazine editorials, film, the Holy Quran
• Little Known Facts: She lived in Cairo, Egypt for two years, is a global citizen at heart and loves to be exposed to diverse cultures (has traveled to Mexico, Syria, Italy, Spain, France, UAE, and England ), a vegan, a Muslim, half Syrian half Egyptian
• WPS Student Since: 3rd Grade

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Leticia O.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Full IB Diploma Student and Happy to Help Out, Duke Tip 7th Grade, High Honor Roll (middle school and high school) Headmaster's List (eighth grade), Gold Medal in the National Spanish Examination
• Leadership Positions: Vice-Presidente of Philanthropy of National Spanish Honors Society
• Other Interests: Softball, Dance, Netiflix, Cultures, and Traveling
• Little Known Facts: She is from Brazil but she is also Japanese. Email her for a picture of her dog because she owns the world's best dog.
• WPS Student Since: 6th Grade

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Maggie H.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Headmasters List (2015-17), Member of National Junior Honor Society (2015-17), Duke TIP, Outstanding Scholar (2018-20), National Honors Society (2018-20), Member of Pre-Health Club, Member of Scientific Research Association, National Spanish Examination Recognition (2018), High School Student Committee (2019-20), Member of Mu Alpha Theta (2020), Member of Rho Kappa (2019), Runner Up State Championship Varsity Competitive Cheerleading (2020)
• Leadership Positions: Varsity Sideline and Competition Cheerleading Captain (2019-2020), Head of organization Two Girls and a Dress (2018-20), The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Orlando Gala Lead High School Volunteer (2017-20)
• Other Interests: Cooking, Reading, Computer Science, and Fashion
• Little Known Facts: Maggie has the third generation of theorganization that she runs herself Two Girls and a Dress to help the greater Orlando area
• WPS Student Since: Kindergarten

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Andrew H.

Alumni • Academic and Athletic Mentor

• Qualifications: Headmaster's List, WPS Bulter Award 2014, Math Award 6th & 7th grade, FOL Award 6th grade, Geography Bee Finalist (6,7,8 grade), Laker Legend 7th grade
• Leadership Positions: Member of Middle School SGA, National Junior Honors Society, Mentor on Reach A Student
• Other Interests: Football, Basketball, Soccer, Lacrosse, Golf
• Little Known Facts: He was born in Hong Kong, China. He used to live in Maryland and was a Boy Scout. He has been to five of the seven continents.
• WPS Student Since: Kindergarten

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Devon M.

Alumni • Academic and Athletic Mentor

• Qualifications: Butler Award, Unitas Award, Headmaster's List, National Junior Honor Society, Duke Tips
  
• Leadership Positions: Captain of JV Baseball Team, Member of Basketball and Football Team
  
• Other Interests: Baseball, Basketball, Football, and hanging out with friends
  
• Little Known Facts: He is a neat freak and likes things done a certain way.
  
• WPS Student Since: 5th Grade
  

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Nolan M.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: APUSH Award, Headmaster's List 9th Grade
• Leadership Positions: Mentor on Reach A Student
• Other Interests: Baseball, Kneeboarding, Tubing
• Little Known Facts: He plays the guitar.
• WPS Student Since: 3rd Grade

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Nur I.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Academic scholarship, Outstanding Scholar, Headmaster's List, High Honor Roll, Middle School Spelling Bee contestant (Top 3), 9th grade English award, Laker Legend, Duke TIP, Aspire (Middle School), applied for National Honor Society
• Leadership Positions: Mentor for Reach A Student
• Other Interests: Art (digital and traditional), Photography, Fashion, Traveling, Reading, Cooking, Writing
• Little Known Facts: She is addicted to coffee.
• WPS Student Since: 7th Grade

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Alfred Y.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Duke Tip 7th Grade, Headmaster's List all 9th Grade
• Leadership Positions: 9th Grade SGA Secretary, 10th Grade Chess Club Treasurer
• Other Interests: Piano, Boxing, Archery, Want to be a Neurosurgeon, Acting, Tennis, and becoming Pentalingual - Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese, and ???
• Little Known Facts: He came to America at 10 years old, speaks Korean and English fluently, loves watching Korean Movies and Dramas, and want to move back to Korea when he retires!
• WPS Student Since: 8th Grade

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Blake S.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Duke Tip Participant, Laker Legend, Member of the Junior Honor Society, Member of National Honor Society, Member of National High School Scholars, Headmasters List, Participated in Young Entrepreneurs of Windermere Preparatory Pitch Presentation at Rollins MBA Center for Advanced Entrepreneurship
• Leadership Positions: One of the founding members of the 2021 Club - dedicated to helping the homeless.
• Other Interests: Tennis, Piano, Digital Art, Youtube, Entrepreneurship
• Little Known Facts: Dad is a doctor and Mom is a nurse. Enjoys anything creative
• and loves to edit/create videos.
• WPS Student Since: Kindergarten

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Sophia H.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Laker Math Award, Outstanding Scholar Award, Laker Science Award, Laker Veritas Medal, 2nd Place in Vocabulary at Latin Regionals, 9th-grade outstanding scholar, Certificate of Honorable Merit (Maximum Cum Laude), 9th Grade World Language Award, Duke Tip program, National Junior Latin Honors Classical League, Pre-Med Club, The National Society of High School Scholars, The National Youth Leadership Forum: Medicine, National Honors Society, Multi Professional Obstetrics Simulation Training, WPS Academic Team, National English Honor Society, Scientific Research Association.
• Leadership Positions: Founder of Code Red Charity, Assistant associate at Party City, Summer Camp leader and assistant, President of the Kelso Pet Sitting program.
• Other Interests: swimming, soccer, writing, painting, Latin, and ASL.
• Little Known Facts: Her favorite animal is guinea pigs and she's an avid fan of musical theatre.

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Shanthi R.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: 2013 Virtus Award Recipient, 2014 Laker Award Recipient, 2013 2nd Place Geography Bee, 2013 and 2014 Laker Legend, 2014 Spelling Bee Finalist, 3rd Place Science Fair, Outstanding Scholar, National Latin Exam Scholar, Duke TIP State Recogniton for Top Performance on the SAT
  
• Leadership Positions: Student Government Public Relations Officer, National Junior Honors Society Community Service Officer, National Junior Art Honors Society Treasurer
• Other Interests: Piano and Music Studies (National Federation of Music Clubs Superior Ratings), Hiking, Adventures, Physics, Archery, Art (2nd place for Middle School in WPS Art Show, Art Displayed at Winter Garden and Winter Park Art Shows), Sahasra Deepika Foundation
• Little Known Facts: She is a huge adrenaline junkie (loves anything with height and speed) and is ranked 1st in the region and 2nd in the state for archery. She was also born in Boston and has a pet cat.
  
• WPS Student Since: 2nd Grade

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Skylar M.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: 2014 Latin Award Recipient, 2013 Music Award Recipient, 2013 Social Studies Award Recipient, 2013 First Place Science Fair, 2014 Best Science Fair Presentation, 2 time Spelling Bee Champion, Headmasters List (2013-2015), 2015 Florida All-state Honor Band, 2014 3rd Place Latin Vocabulary Level 1 Latin Forum, 2014 3rd Place Latin Derivatives Level 1 Latin Forum, Participated in The 2013-2014 Geography Bee
• Leadership Positions: 2013-2015 Middle School SGA, 2013-2015 National Junior Honors Society, Pep Band Member, Jazz Band Drummer, Chess Club Member, 2013-2015 Tennis Team Member, 2014-2015 Lacrosse Team Member
• Other Interests: Reading, Handball, Programming, Rubik's Cubes
• Little Known Facts: His favorite food is grilled cheese, he likes to go parasailing, and he enjoys baking on the weekends.
• WPS Student Since: Kindergarten
  

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Nabiha A.

Alumni • Mentor and Interviewer

• Qualifications: Science Fair Winner, Duke Tips, Headmasters List, Outstanding Scholar, Geography Bee Top 3 Winner, Promising Young Writer, Voice Magazine Editor, Veritas Award, Spanish Award, Editor-in-Chief for the Laker Current.
• Leadership Positions: 2nd Degree Black Belt, Part of Middle School National Junior Art Honor Society, National Junior Honor Society, Student Government representative middle school, Editor-in-Chief for the Laker Current, Noteworthy singing group, Wren 5 (high school singing group)
• Other Interests: Piano, Singing, Science, Medicine, Writing, Tae Kwon Do, Archery
• Little Known Facts: She is a 2nd degree black belt (going for 3rd), and she loves to travel (has been to 6 out of 7 continents).
• WPS Student Since: 5th Grade

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Hannah N.

Alumni • Mentor and Interviewer

• Qualifications: High Honor Roll (Middle School), Promising Young Writers Candidate, Duke TIP, 2015 and 2016 National Latin Exam Award Recipient, Finalist of 2014-2015 School Year Spelling Bee
• Leadership Positions: Co-Captian of the Middle School Archery Team
• Other Interests: Singing, Acting, Dance, Piano, Guitar, Writing, Archery, Medical Field
• Little Known Facts: She has a talent for singing, won archery regionals in teams in 2015, and is a big fan of the television show "Teen Wolf."
• WPS Student Since: 6th Grade

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Amanda H.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Community Service Award, National Junior Honor Society, Math Award (seventh grade), Headmasters List (Middle School), Headmasters List (9^th Grade)
• Leadership Positions: JV Volleyball Captain
• Other Interests: Volleyball, Traveling, and Concerts
• Little Known Facts: She is from Boston and loves everything about the Patriots and Red Sox.
• WPS Student Since: Pre-K4

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Zaid S.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: 7th Grade Math Laker Award Recipient, 8th Grade Latin Laker Award Recipient, 8th Grade Veritas Laker Award Recipient, 9th Grade Veritas Laker Award Recipient, Member of National Junior Honor Society 2015-17, Past Laker Legend in 8th Grade, 2016 Outstanding Scholar, 2017 Outstanding Scholar, 2018 Outstanding Scholar, Scored 5 on AP United States History Exam, Summa Cum Laude on 2017 National Latin Exam, Magna Cum Laude on 2018 National Latin Exam, Placed 5th in Grammar II at 2018 Regional Latin Forum, Placed 1st in Audio/Visual Grades 5-9 at 2018 Latin State Forum, 2017 Promising Young Writers Award Recipient
• Leadership Positions: 2015 - 2018 Middle School SGA, Junior Classical League Member
• Other Interests: Tennis, Piano,Writing
• Little Known Facts: He is interested in becoming a neurosurgeon in the future.
• WPS Student Since: 5th Grade

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Paris D.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Laker Legend, Aspire
• Leadership Positions: 2 Years on the Lakerette Dance, Dance Team Historian For 2 Years
• Other Interests: Photography, Dancing, Fashion, Travel, Alternative Music, Blogging, Poetry, and 80's movies.
• Little Known Facts: She is an awarded photographer and writea a fashion/photography blog called Roll Film.
• WPS Student Since: 5th Grade

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Natalie W.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Headmaster's list 2014-2018, 6th and 7th grade Laker Award Recipient, 8th Grade Veritas Award Recipient, Member of National Junior Honor Society 2015-2017, NJHS Leadership Council, Academic Scholarship Recipient, Summa Cum Laude on the National Latin Exam, All District Honorable Mention 2015, 1st Team All District 2016 and 2017, Duke TIP State Recognition for Top Performance on SAT, 2018 Outstanding Scholar
• Leadership Positions: SGA Representative, 8th Grade SGA president, Art Club President, and Photography Club President, Leadership Council
• Other interests: Drawing, Photography, Volleyball
• Little Known Facts: She is looking to go to college for volleyball, possibly go into a career in medicine, and loves to take photographs.
• WPS Student Since: Pre-K3

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Neeley D.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Veritas Award 2014, Academic Scholarship Recipient, National Junior Honor Society
• Leadership Positions: JV Dance Team Captain 2015-2016
• Other Interests: Dance, Latin
• Little Known Facts: She was born in Tennessee but moved to Florida when she was 6.
• WPS Student Since: 5th Grade

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Cayman S.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: National Society of Scholars, National Junior Honors Society
• Leadership Positions: Member of Wounded Warriors Cub, Pre-Health Club, and Scientific Research Club
• Other Interests: Volleyball, Wake Boarding, and Jet Skiing
• Little Known Facts: She can do an aerial cartwheel!
• WPS Student Since: 6th Grade

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Josefine F.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Student of the Year, Outstanding Scholar, Social Studies Award
  
• Leadership Positions: Boys & Girls Club of America Staff Member
  
• Other Interests: Cheerleading, Piano, Dance
  
• Little Known Facts: She is from Norway and has lived in three different countries
  
• WPS Student Since: unknown

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Casey C.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Unitas Award, Awarded for the National Spanish Exam
  
• Leadership Positions: Treasurer of National Honor Society
  
• Other Interests: Singing, Songwriting, Watching Movies
  
• Little Known Facts: She is a singer and songwriter
  
• WPS Student Since: Kindergarten
  

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Patrick H.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: National Junior Honors Society (Middle and High School), Headmaster's List Awards, Virtus Award Recipient in 7th and 8th Grade, Laker Legend in 8th Grade, Member of The Student Ambassador Club
  
• Leadership Positions: Assistant Leader in a Small Boy Scout Group That Helped Others (past), Was Leader on JV Basketball, Varsity Soccer, Lacrosse, and JV Golf, Present Leader in The Student Ambassador Club
  
• Other Interests: Plays Soccer On The School Team As Well As Lacrosse, Basketball, Football, and Golf, Passion For Photography
• Little Known Facts: He was born in China, play/can play a lot of sports, and he has friends from everywhere, like in China, Africa, and Belgium, that he tries to visit and talk to.
• WPS Student Since: 2nd Grade

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Keanu S.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Varsity Lacrosse Team
  
• Leadership Positions: President of Peace Jam, Event Planner for Marine Club, Captain of Defense for Varsity Lacrosse Team
  
• Other Interests: Lacrosse, Fishing, Surfing, Scuba Diving
  
• Little Known Facts: He spends weekends fishing and surfing and is a recreational pilot
• WPS Student Since: 10th Grade
  

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Cristian G.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Involved in the charity Proyecto: Niƒ±os del Mundo, Latin: Magna Cum Laude, National Honors Society Candidate, Honor Roll.
• Leadership Positions: Secretary of Pre-Health Club
• Other Interests: Running, Lacrosse, Piano, Sciences, Ukulele
• Little Known Facts: He plays the Ukulele
• WPS Student Since: 5th Grade
  

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Dakota M.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: 2016 Language Arts Award, 2017 Latin Award, 2017 Language Arts Award, 2018 American History Award, 2017 Spelling Bee Spelling Bee Champion, 2018 Spelling Bee Champion, 2016 Science Fair Honorable Mentions Award, 2nd Place Vocabulary at State Forum2018 , 5th Place PMAQ at State Forum 2018, 5th Place Customs at State Forum 2019, 10th Place Vocabulary at State Forum 2019, 10th Place Customs at National Forum 2019, Headmasters List, High Honor Roll, 3rd Place Customs at National Forum 2019, 4th Quarter Unitas Award, 2018-19 Outstanding Scholar Award, 2017-2019 Magna Cum Laude NLE Award, WPS Academic Scholarship Recipient, Duke TIP Center Qualifying Student, Duke TIP Summer Studies 2017
• Leadership Positions: SGA Representative 2015-2018, Head of Halloween Committee, Head of Exam Care Package Committee, Aspire 2015-2018, JCL 2016-2019, first JCL Junior Vice President, JCL Recording Secretary 2018-2020, JCL Regional Leader 2018-2020, NJAHS 2015-2018, NJAHS Secretary 2016-2017, Erudite Co-Founder, Erudite Co-President, SGA Representative 2019-2020, and Certamen Team Captain
• Other Interests: Reading, writing, Latin, and ballet
• Little Known Facts: Dakota lives on a farm and has had many chickens.
• WPS Student Since: Kindergarten

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Sanobar V.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Columbia Scholastic Press Association Award, Gold Circle Award, Full IB Diploma
  
• Leadership Positions: Yearbook Editor, Latin Club Treasurer, President of Pre-Med
• Other Interests: Basketball, Eating, Reading, Shopping, and going to the Gym
  
• Little Known Fact: She likes music, is good at math, and wants to go in the surgical field.
  
• WPS Student Since: 2nd Grade
  

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Rafaella F.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: National Spanish Exam Gold Medal, Headmaster's List 9th Grade-present, Creative Risk Taker Award and Outstanding Character Awards recipient during 9th and 10th grades, Stanford HSSC alumni
• Leadership Positions: SGA since 10th grade, Brazilian Cultural Association Vice President, National Spanish Honor Society Treasurer, Yearbook Editor
• Other Interests: Basketball, Writing, Photography, Journalism, Travelling
• Little Known Facts: She is a native from Brazil and she speaks Portuguese, English, and Spanish fluently.
• WPS Student Since: 9th Grade

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Jasleen S.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Headmaster's List-High Honor Roll, National Junior Honor Society Member, Duke TIP, Laker Award, SGA
• Leadership Positions: SGA 2017-2019 (middle school), Founder/President of WCC (middle school)
• Other Interests: Track, Piano, Trumpet, and Basketball
• Little Known Facts: I have long hair! Speaks 3 languages
• WPS Student Since: 6th Grade

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Gabriela R.

Alumni

• Qualifications: Gabriela is a Duke TIPster, got a score of 5 on APUSH exam 2020, A Honor Roll every quarter from 5th to 8th grade, a Bronze medalist in the Level 2 National Spanish Exam 2020, Headmaster's List 2019-2020, was a mathematics student at Kumon for 4 years, and has been playing piano since she was 7.
• Leadership Positions: Forensics Club secretary, Yoga Club marketing manager, and assistant costume director for WPS's The Little Mermaid and Alice in Wonderland
• Other Interests: Gabriela loves cooking, reading, baking, making art, and playing piano & the ukulele
• Little Known Facts: Gabriela is fluent in both Portuguese (Brazil) and English, and her dream is to become an obstetrician/gynecologist.
• WPS Student Since: 9th grade

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Vincent K.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Summa Cum Laude Scholarship, 1st Place Science Fair, Science Laker Award, 2nd Place Spelling Bee, Laker Legend, Geography Bee, Duke Tip Medalist, National Junior Classics League
• Leadership Positions: Aspire Community Service Coordinator, Kertomen Team Captain
  
• Other Interests: Soccer, Tae-Kwon-Do (Third Degree Black Belt), Reading, Tennis
• Little Known Fact: He is athletic, inquisitive and multilingual
  
• WPS Student Since: unknown

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Lyndsey H.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Headmaster's List, National Junior Honor Society Member, Swimming State Qualifier, Nationally Ranked Swimmer, Butler Award recipient, Star Award recipient, Duke TIP
• Leadership Positions: Varsity Swim Team Captain, SGA Lower School Popcorn Manager, Vice President of Wounded Warrior Club
• Other Interests: Competitive Swimming, Movies, Boating, Volunteering
• Little Known Facts: Loves her dog, Rooney
• WPS Student Since: Pre-K4

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Shannon S.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Headmasters List 8th Grade, High School Honor Roll, Dance Championship, All-American Dance Award
• Leadership Positions: Mentor and Blogger for Reach A Student
• Other Interests: Dance, Art
• Little Known Facts: Her favorite color is blue and she has been dancing for 12 years.
• WPS Student Since: Pre-K4

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Taylor S.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Spanish Award, Headmaster's List in 7th and 8th Grade
• Leadership Positions: National Junior Art Society, National Junior Honors Society
• Other Interests: Volleyball, Wake Boarding
• Little Known Facts: Her volleyball team won AAU Nationals.
• WPS Student Since: 6th Grade

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Cathy C.

Alumni • Mentor

• Qualifications: Headmaster's List, science honor society, national honor society, ESL 3 award
• Leadership Positions: N/A
• Other Interests: Tennis, Swimming, Cooking, Piano, Doing Math Practice or Science
• Little Known Facts: Her favorite color is white and she loves learning new languages.
• WPS Student Since: 9th grade

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Maya M.

Alumni • Interviewer

• Qualifications: High Honor Roll, Headmaster's List, 7th Grade Science Award, 8th Grade Art Award, National Junior Honors Society
• Leadership Positions: Member of JV Volleyball team
• Other Interests: Art, Traveling, Cooking, Volleyball and other sports, Music, and Exploring Nature.
• Little Known Facts: She was born in Plantation (South Florida), and her parents are from Brazil. She speaks both English and Portuguese fluently. She moved to Germany when she was 5 years old, and lived there for 3 years.
• WPS Student Since: 2nd Grade

Sana T.

9th Grade • Blogger

• Qualifications: Headmasters List in Middle School, NJHS, Member of Latin Honor Society, Member of Elite Animation Academy
• Leadership Positions: Blogger and Interviewer for Reach a Student
• Other Interests:, Dancing, Writing, Photography, Traveling
• Little Known Facts: She lived in New Mexico until she was six and she speaks three languages.
• WPS Student Since: 1st Grade

Jenna B.

Alumni • Blogger

• Qualifications: Headmasters List (High School and Middle School), National Junior Honor Society (8th Grade), a member of Latin Club, a member of National English Honor Society.
• Leadership Positions: MS SGA in 8th grade, Lakerettes historian and member of motivation committee.
• Other Interests: Has danced in the WPS Dance Program since fifth grade, has been apart of the WPS Lakerettes since 8th grade, Florida Regional Dance 2016 Competitor, takes interest in art, reading, writing and music.
• Little Known Facts: She loves cats and Taylor Swift.
• WPS Student Since: 5th Grade