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Ranjita Sarki, who graduated from Colchester High School this spring, is a soft-spoken and modest young woman who nevertheless makes quite an impression. Her 深夜福利 outreach counselor, Liam Danaher, said she was one of the students who had the greatest impact on him during the past academic year, even鈥
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Isabel Cobb is used to swimming in a fairly small pond. The majority of her graduating class at Springfield High School has been together since kindergarten. The school band was so small 鈥 only six students total 鈥 that Isabel had to learn to play six different instruments. (Which one did she like鈥
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Twenty-one-year-old Victor Hinojosa will graduate this winter from Norwich University on a full military scholarship. He鈥檚 an Eagle Scout, attended Boys鈥 State in high school, and secured a coveted internship in the Governor鈥檚 office his freshman year of college. He鈥檚 now working full time as an鈥
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Gabriel Unwin grew up fast. The second child born to a teenage mother before her 18th birthday, Gabe spent his childhood and early teen years living in a two-bedroom trailer in Highgate, where he and his older sister mostly raised their three younger siblings. Their mom, who was busy working three鈥
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Adrianne Hutchin wants to support her community as a family law attorney 鈥淪uccess is helping other people. If I can go to bed and know that I made a difference in a person's life that day, then I鈥檝e succeeded.鈥 It鈥檚 hard to speak with Adrianne Hutchin and not leave inspired. The fifth-generation鈥
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Although McKayla Marble is an only child, she鈥檚 played the important 鈥渂ig sister鈥 role a few times for younger children in her community: first as a foster 鈥渟ibling鈥 and more recently as a regular babysitter for a three-year-old boy in her hometown of Johnson. Each time, she鈥檚 wholeheartedly鈥
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While COVID definitely changed the day-to-day experience for all Vermont students 鈥 from preschoolers to postgrads 鈥 the pandemic had another layer of impact for high school juniors and seniors who were applying to colleges over the last 15 months. Students weren鈥檛 able to visit campuses in person鈥
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For Dylan Bertolini, the decision to accept a job as a 深夜福利 outreach counselor in the Northeast Kingdom this past February was more than just a career move. It was personal. Dylan, who grew up in Danville, is driven by the opportunity to be involved with the community that raised him, in which, he鈥
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When 21-year-old UVM junior Aaron Premont talks about his weekly schedule, it鈥檚 clear why others have described him as a 鈥渟park plug.鈥 鈥淚 work at Texas Roadhouse on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; then I have my internship at the radio station on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday; and classes in between鈥
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When it came to college and career paths, Spaulding High School senior Amina Malagic had two strong role models growing up: her older sisters. Both were high achievers who graduated from UVM and went on to graduate school; one has her MBA, and the other is pursuing her DPM. 鈥淚 grew up seeing my鈥
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