Pine Tree Academy in Freeport held its graduation on  June 7 at the school gym. Three students qualified for the top 10 percent. They are:

ALLISON VERRILL
Activities: vice president of Student Association, sophomore year; president of Student Association, Junior year; captain of varsity soccer and varsity basketball teams; member of National Honor Society; Senior Class Vice President; traveled to Europe twice and Bermuda once with various music groups; participated in bell ringers for four years, band for four years and choir one year.
Future plans: Andrews University in Michigan, major in biology. Later, apply to a physician assistant program to pursue that career. Also plans to travel.

CHLOE HEADLEY
Activities: vice president and president of Student Association, junior and senior year; graduated from the Young Entrepreneurs Academy as the CEO of her own event coordinating company called Bash Events; member of the girls’ varsity soccer team; organized and led a student running club; and member of the National Honor Society.
Awards: Recipient of the Caring Heart Award and received a Presidential Scholarship to High Point University
Future plans: High Point University, majoring in international business. Later, start a business in interior design.

AMELIA PEKAR
Activities: Student at Pine Tree Academy for 13 years; sang in elementary chorus and academy choir; and played oboe, percussion, and baritone saxophone in the academy band. She also participated in the dramatic productions of “The Suessification of Romeo and Juliet” and “It’s a Wonderful Neverland”; member of the varsity girls’ soccer team for four years and the varsity girls’ basketball team for one; played and performed with the Advanced Bell Ringers for six years and went on two foreign tours to Central Europe and Scandinavia; served as a journalist on the school newspaper; secretary of the student association during sophomore and junior years.
Future plans: Walla Walla University, majoring in biochemistry, architecture or editing.

Pine Tree Academy’s class of 2015

Samuel Richard Delaware, Kimberly Renee Emerson, Katelynn Savannah Falter, Zachary Ethan Falter, Bosung Gong, Cody James Haggett, Chloe Margaret Headley, Franklin Edward Hodson IV, Haley Elizabeth Johnson, Kathryn Elizabeth Kruzich, Jakub Stefan Krzywoń, Rebecca Nicole Learned, Krishna Haresh Patel, Amelia Elizabeth Pekar, Luis Oseas Rodriguez, Shantel Lynn Seeley, Kenneth Frank Sweetser, Allison Rose Verrill, Sarah Ann Waterman, Christopher Newell Wilday and Peter Michel Wilkinson.