McCann Names Top Students for 2015
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Laura Lynn Netti and Zoe Angela Loughman have been named valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, of the McCann Technical School class of 2015, according to Principal Justin Kratz.
Netti, daughter of Paula Benoni and David Netti, is a senior in the Information Technology Program. She is a recipient of the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship and the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendent's Award for Academic Excellence.
She is a member of the pre-engineering program and enrolled in Advanced Placement biology and calculus courses. She also particpated in Project Lead The Way, National Honor Society, Yearbook, SkillsUSA, Ski Club and is captain of the cross country team. Netti has been awarded numerous undergraduate awards of academic and technical excellence , served as a Girls State delegate her junior year, and earned a bronze medal for computer maintenance technology in the SkillsUSA school competition.
She will attend the University of New England in the fall, majoring in medical biology to become a physician's assistant.
Loughman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Loughman, is a senior in the Machine Technology Program. She is a recipient of the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship and the Massachusetts Outstanding Vocational Student Award. She is a member of the pre-engineering program and enrolled in AP literature/composition and calculus courses. She participated inProject Lead The Way, Student Council, SkillsUSA, the varsity cross country team, the Running and Book clubs, and is vice president of the National Honor Society.
She competed this year in the SkillsUSA state CNC technician competition and made a model prosthetic leg as her senior project. In addition to her many school accomplishments, she volunteers at the Adams Free Library, Adams Charity Center, Adams Outdoorsmen for Youth dinners and derbies, and is a 9th grade Confraternity of Christian Doctrine teacher for her parish.
Loughman will be attending the University of Hartford in Connecticut to purseu a five-year master's degree in prosthetics and orthotics.
Both students will graduate from McCann Technical School with high honors on Wednesday, June 3. Graduation exercises will be held at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts' Amsler Campus Center beginning at 7 p.m.
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