By LINDSAY ALEXANDER
Graduating with a 4.0 GPA, a perfect SAT score and 12 Advanced Placement courses on her record, senior Megan Tracy credits her discipline and desire to learn for her valedictorian status.
“I work hard and love learning; my grades are a consequence of that,” Tracy said.
Tracy was involved in Spanish Club, Young Democrats, Math Club, Mu Alpha Theta and National Honor Society. She co-founded Model United Nations and is president of Spanish Honor Society. Out of all her extracurricular activities, Tracy says Model UN was most fulfilling.
Model UN attended the Knight Munn conference at University of Central Florida and hosted mini conferences on campus.
“We have so much fun. We do a lot of important stuff like raising money for different organizations. We’ve really taught our members a lot over the past three years,” Tracy said.
Tracy has played club soccer for 10 years with FC America and is currently on the Region Cup team. She played soccer all four years for the school team, as well, and was on the varsity team for three.
Her fondest high school memory is the school team’s senior night.
“I was crying. It was really, really nice. Last year’s seniors came back, and the scoreboard said 2013,” Tracy said.
Pursuing linguistics as a major in college, Tracy’s favorite teacher is Edna Irizarry who teaches AP Spanish Literature. After two years in Advanced Placement Spanish, Tracy considers herself conversational.
“[Linguistics] is something I’m really interested in. I love that it has psychological aspects and language aspects. I love the interplay between what we think and what we say,” Tracy said.
For her undergraduate studies, Tracy will attend Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts.
