Dorothea A. Crowley - Valedictorian

Daughter of Nancy and Timothy Crowley

Honors/Awards: Algebra II Award, Honors Statistics Award, Harvard Book Award, National Honor Society, Society of Women Engineers Award.

Activities: Tennis, French Club, National Honor Society, Math Team.

Hobbies/Interests: Horseback riding, volunteering at church, high school learning lab, and at Hearts n' Horses Therapeutic Riding Center.

Job Information: Lobster Shack (April - October).

Future Educational/Career Plans: Boston University - Biomedical Engineering.

Carolyn Conley - Salutatorian

Daughter of Kate and Dave Conley

Honors/Awards: Honor Roll/High Honors, Placed 2nd in Women's Literary Union Essay Contest (11th grade); Spanish Honor Society; National Merit Commended Scholar; awards for excellence in English, Spanish, and Geometry.

Activities: Amnesty International, Riot Reader (school newspaper), Student Court, volunteer at two local elementary schools, internship at Morrison Development Center, babysitting.

Hobbies/Interests: Reading, writing, art (primarily painting and photography), watching old movies (big Audrey Hepburn fan), working with elementary school children and children with disabilities.

Job Information: Counselor at the Redbank After-School Program (5 days a week), working with elementary school children.

Future Educational/Career Plans: Boston University - Psychology/International Relations major, with a long-term goal of working in some aspect of research and definitely with children.

Additional Information: Most important parts of Carolyn's life are working with kids, travel, and, of course, family and friends! She provides child care for 8 different families and, with the money she earned, has traveled to NYC, Virginia, and taken a cruise to Belize!

Thomas Biskup - 3rd in Class

Son of Mary and Bob Biskup

Honors/Awards: DAR Award, Dartmouth Book Award, RYLA, Dirigo Boys State delegate.

Activities: Class Treasurer, Student Senate, Interact president, Big Reds Little Reds, National Honor Society, French Honor Society, cross country, indoor and outdoor track

Hobbies/Interests: UConn Basketball, Big Reds Little Reds, soup kitchen volunteer, American Cancer Society "Relay for Life" participant, Red Riots Zoo Crew member.

Job Information: Officiate youth basketball games; counselor for Kinder Camp (summer camp for 4 & 5 year olds).

Future Educational/Career Plans: Quinnipiac University - Psychology major, with long-term goal of becoming a sports psychologist.

Additional Information: Tom has a twin brother, Christopher; he's obsessed with UConn basketball; and enjoys writing and performing songs on the guitar.

Brianna Marie Wing - 4th in class

Daughter of Lillian and Wayne Wing

Honors/Awards: Charles Kahill Award for Excellence in Honors World History, Award for Excellence in Honors Earth Science, 3rd place in the Women's Literary Union Young Writers Competition, 2nd place in Teen Weekly periodical poetry contest, Latin Honor Society, People to People Student Ambassador (Australia, New Zealand, France, Italy and Greece), 1st place winner of the Maine History Day Competition - video category (2006) and project category (2007), Wellesley College Book Award, Award for Excellence in Latin, Mount Vernon History Book Award, National Honor Society.

Activities: Local community theatre (Lyric Music Theatre), South Portland High School Musical as well as Drama Club (assistant director as well as actor), Latin Club president, History Club president, Teen Weekly guest journalist and poetry contributor, SPHS JV Tennis, Winter Guard, South Portland American Little League Softball volunteer, SPHS Track scorekeeper.

Hobbies/Interests: Arts and crafts (sewing, scrapbooks), movies, travel, community service through National Honor Society and SPHS Class of 2008.

Job Information: Hallmark Sales Associate, babysitting.

Future Educational/Career Plans: Stonehill College - Elementary Education/Theater major.

Emilio Cruz Rodriguez - 5th in Class

Son of Jill and Julio Rodriguez

Honors/Awards: National Latin Exam - cum laude score (9th grade); Honors Geometry award (10th grade); Honors Chemistry Award, St. Joseph's College Book Award, Dirigo Boys State delegate (11th grade).

Activities: History Club, Latin Club, Latin Honor Society, Student Judicial Court, South Portland International Film Fancying Youth (SPIFFY) Club.

Hobbies/Interests: History, politics, science.

Future Educational/Career Plans: Bowdoin College - Government/Legal Studies major, with a long-term goal of attending law school after college and becoming a lawyer, politician, or both.

Additional Information: Emilio considers himself to be well-versed in the history of the Byzantine Empire.

Brian Bach Huynh - 6th in Class

Son of Anh My Huynh and Ca Huynh

Honors/Awards: Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award, highest GPA in Honors Chemistry and Pre-Calculus, Cornell University Book Award, SMAA All-Academic for Cross Country and Indoor Track, National Honor Society, French Honor Society, Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Award.

Activities: Math Team, Cross Country, Track - Indoor & Outdoor.

Hobbies/Interests: Playing video games, engineering, TV, driving places, sitting around doing nothing, sleeping.

Job Information: Clerk, Dunkin' Donuts.

Future Educational/Career Plans: Bowdoin College - Engineering.

George Murray - 7th in Class

Son of Karen Darling and Eric Murray

Honors/Awards: National Merit Finalist, National Honor Society, Governor's Young Writer of the Year Semi-finalist, Williams College Book Award, Modern & Classical Languages Honors Society.

Activities: Jazz Band, Concert Band, History Club, Math Team, SPIFFY (South Portland International Film Fancying Youth) Club, Junior Class Vice President.

Hobbies/Interests: Filmmaking.

Job Information: Freelance videographer.

Future Educational/Career Plans: Emerson College - Film Production major, with a long-term goal of becoming a filmmaker.

Additional Information: George's favorite movies are ÒMetropolisÓ and ÒOld BoyÓ. He just beat Metroid Prime 3 for the Nintendo WII. He is the co-creator of the first SPHS Film Festival, and he's interested in barbotics.

David K. Powers - 8th in Class

Son of Kathy and Keith Powers

Honors/Awards: Spanish Honor Society, Colby College Book Award, recognized by College Board as a commended scholar for score achieved on PSAT.

Activities: Key Club, History Club.

Hobbies/Interests: Golf, playing guitar, volunteering at the Wayside Soup Kitchen - preparing and serving meals.

Job Information: Clerk at Mister Bagel (20 hours per week).

Future Educational/Career Plans: University of Maine at Farmington - History major, with a goal of spending a college semester in Greece or Turkey.

Additional Information: David works to support his guitar hobby. He has two electric guitars and several amps. The big question now - How much of it will he be able to fit into a dorm room!

Coral J. Sandler - 9th in Class

Daughter of Deb and Jeff Sandler

Honors/Awards: Dirigo Girls State senator, bill writer and recipient of First Outstanding Girl Award; Girls Nation Senator and Nationalist Party delegate; Smith College Book Award; National Honor Society; Spanish Honor Society; Kodak Young Leaders Award; Key Club Most Dedicated Member Award; District I Music Festival participant.

Activities: Key Club, including Division Six Lieutenant Governor and Student Facilitator at Key Leader; South Portland High School musical and drama productions; Best of Broadway; acting classes; Student Senate; Student Judicial Court; Secondary Schools Facilities Committee member; Spanish Club, including Secretary; Maine Rock Gym Competitive Climbing Team.

Hobbies/Interests: Singing, theater, dance, and community service.

Future Educational/Career Plans: Bowdoin College - Psychology major.

Additional Information: When not performing or involved in community service, Coral has participated in Outward Bound, Rippleffect Youth Leadership Seminar (sea kayaking), and traveled on family business trips to England, Scotland, Japan, Indonesia, Israel, Palestine, the Caribbean, Canada, and throughout the US.

Christina Johns - 10th in Class

Daughter of Rhonda and Charles Johns

Honors/Awards: Colby College Book Award; One-Act Competition Acting Award; Excellence in English Award; National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist.

Activities: Drama Club, Latin Club, National Honor Society, Model UN, Latin Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society.

Hobbies/Interests: South Portland Food Pantry volunteer; medicine.

Job Information: Cashier, Smaha's Legion Square Market.

Future Educational/Career Plans: Smith College - Biochemistry/International Relations major, with a career goal of working in medical research.