CHESHIRE, Mass. — Hoosac Valley High School has named Kimberly Mach and Maryn Cappiello as the valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, of the class of 2025.
Both will speak at graduation on Friday, June 4, at 6 p.m. in the school gym.
Mach, daughter of Lawrence and Loretta Mach of Adams, has been a Student Council member and treasurer all four years, as well as a member and treasurer of the school chapter of the National Honor Society. She was also a peer mentor, member of the Art Club, Girls Who Code and Student-Adult Advisory Board, and participated in the General Dynamics High School Engineering Competition.
She is an Advanced Placement scholar with honors and recipient of the Superintendent's Award, Rensselaer (N.Y.) Polytechnic Institute Medal, Presidential awards for numerous honors and AP courses, and the National and the College Board's National Rural and Small Town Recognition Program. She was a member of the Nordic and downhill ski clubs,
and played soccer for Hoosac and the Berkshire Ajax Club and was volunteer travel soccer coach for middle school girls.
Mach will be attending the University of Massachusetts at Amherst to pursue a degree in chemical engineering.
Cappiello, daughter of Timothy and Brittney Cappiello of Adams, was a member of Student Council all four years, the National Honor Society, Student-Adult Advisory Board and Athletic Council and was class secretary and a peer mentor. She also completed the 1Berkshire Youth Leadership Program.
She is the recipient of the Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award and the Scholar-Athlete Award. She was a member of the soccer, lacrosse and basketball teams, including Hoosac's state champion basketball teams in 2024 and 2025, and volunteered with youth sports and domestic violence victims.
Cappiello plans to attend Assumption University to major in nursing.
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