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Happy 18th Birthday Bethany!

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  Happy 18th Birthday Bethany!!! You are officially an adult and this post will be the last in a series of many wonderful birthday celebration posts!! What a joy to watch you grow into a beautiful young woman!! You graduated high school ranked 9 with a 4.59 GPA! You graduated with an AP Capstone diploma, an American Sign Language Biliteracy Seal, and a Fine Arts Seal.  You were nominated by teachers, and elected by peers into the North Bay Haven Hall of Fame.  You received multiple scholarships including the FL Bright Futures Academic Scholarship for full tuition, and the Bay Building Industries, Society of American Military Engineers, and North Bay Haven Spirit Scholarships.  You were admitted into Auburn Honors with a scholarship, UCF Honors with a scholarship, FSU, and UF. You will be attending UF and majoring in mechanical engineering.  You were section leader again this year for band. You earned a superior at district and state solo and ensemble. You were i...

Happy 17th Birthday Caleb!

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    Happy 17th Birthday Caleb!! You finished 11th grade, and you work so hard with an incredibly difficult academic load!  You earned your AP Capstone diploma with an amazing set of AP scores! You cold emailed professors at FSU and through that process, you earned a research internship. You are studying the GLP-1 neuron in rat brains with a PhD student and have been able to solve some software issues for them that caused the grad student to call you a "miracle worker." You will continue working on this research through this school year and we are excited to read the published paper when it comes out! You were one of only 100 High Schoolers this year chosen for the Disney Dreamers Academy. It was INCREDIBLE!!! You were in the SAIL (AP Program), AP Capstone Club, Mu Alpha Theta (Math honor society), ASL Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Beta Club, HOSA, Rho Kappa, Tri M, and marching band. You placed first in the HOSA Behavioral Health category at regionals! Yo...