Wahconah Names Top Students For 2012
DALTON, Mass. — Abigail Pugh and Kayla Stergis have been named valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, for the 2012 graduating class at Wahconah Regional High School.Both students will speak at graduation ceremonies on Sunday, June 3, at 1 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Wahconah will graduate 161 seniors this year.
Pugh, daughter of David and Lisa Pugh of 140 Raymond Drive, is president of the National Honor Society, class treasurer, a member of the Speech Team and Academic Decathlon, and was selected for Girl's State. Within the community, she has been involved with the Buddy Program and as a lector at her church.
She received the Williams College Book Award and the St. Michael's College Book Award. She plans on attending Williams College in the fall.
Stergis, daughter of Gary and Judy Stergis of 46 East Windsor Road, Hinsdale, was a semi-finalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program. She is a volunteer at the Peru Public Library and worked at the Dalton Ballet Studio.
She received the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship, the Harvard Book Award and the Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award. Stergis plans on attending Berkshire Community College in the fall.
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