Jacob (Jake) Viola, Valedictorian
Son of David and Lisa Viola
Honors/Awards: Principal's Award and Principal's Leadership Award; National Merit Semi-Finalist; Harvard University Book Award; Honors Physics Award; George Eastman Young Leaders Award; Honors Pre-Calculus Award; John Chapin AP History Award; American Citizenship Award; President's Student Service Award; Dirigo Boys State delegate (Most Outstanding Citizen of the Year, 2008); Spanish National Honor Society; National Honor Society; NFHS National Student Leadership Conference (State of Maine delegate); Hugh O'Brian Youth Ambassador; Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA); Honors Sophomore English Award; History Award (2007); Honors Algebra II Award; Hugh O'Brian Award; Charles Kahill History Award; Earth Science Award; Interview Committee member for 2 Asst Principal positions; Great Schools Partnership Conference panelist.
Activities: Senior Class President; Yearbook Sr. Editor; Captain, Cross Country; Adopt-a-Homebase mentor; Leadership Committee; South Portland School Board member; INTERACT Club; South Portland Project Scholarship; Unity Project (Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence); NEASC Committee; Outdoor Track; Secondary Schools Facilities Committee; Student Senate (President, 2007-09); Math Team (Captain, 2008-09); Environmental Club; Indoor Track; Freshman Class President.
Hobbies/Interests/Community Service: Politics; outdoors; sports; laughing, Eucharistic minister at Holy Cross Church; campaign volunteer for Senator Susan Collins.
Job Information: Employed at Shaw's Supermarket.
Future Educational/Career Plans: Jake will be attending Yale University, and plans to be elected President of the United States in 2028 or 2032.
Sean Feely, Salutatorian
Son of Michael and Teresita Feely
Honors/Awards: Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award; Yale University Book Award; National Merit Commended Scholar; National Honor Society; Spanish National Honor Society.
Activities: Indoor Track; Outdoor Track; Vice President, Student Senate; INTERACT Club.
Hobbies/Interests/Community Service: Politics; economics; philosophy; playing guitar; writing; film-watching; tutoring middle school students.
Future Educational/Career Plans: Sean will be attending Cornell University and plans to major in economics. He would like to eventually obtain a Ph.D. and work as an economist for the federal government.
Samuel Burton Chatto
Son of Carl and Eleanor Chatto
Honors/Awards: 10th Grade English Award; AP U.S. History Award; National Honor Society; Spanish National Honor Society; Outstanding Chemistry Student; Dartmouth College Book Award; Dirigo Boys State delegate; Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award for Humanities and Social Sciences; AP World History Award; AP Scholar; One-Act Drama Festival All-Festival Cast Award (two consecutive years); Berklee Jazz Festival participant; Jr. Varsity Lacrosse Most Improved Player.
Activities: History Club; Students for Obama (group founder/facilitator); Key Club; Drama Club; Concert Band; Wind Ensemble; Jazz Band, SPIFFY (South Portland International Film-Fancying Youth); Spanish Club; City of South Portland School Board member; South Portland High School House of Representatives; Lacrosse.
Hobbies/Interests/Community Service: Conducted research and catalogued WWII letters and scrapbooks for the South Portland Historical Society, and published an article in The Sentry about a Civil War battle that was fought in Portland Harbor; participated in an archaeological dig of the first house in Cape Elizabeth; assisted professional archaeologist at the Damariscotta River Association Archaeological Field School; volunteered at the 5th Maine Regiment Museum on Peaks Island; bell choir member, First Congregational Church, UCC of South Portland; Sunday School Superintendent; member of 275th Anniversary Committee of First Congregational Church, UCC of South Portland; portrayed a Pilgrim boy in the 2006 Emmy Award winning film, "Desperate Crossing: Untold Story of the Mayflower"; intern for Obama Campaign for Change; traveled to Mexico City with church mission group to help build a drop-in shelter for street kids.
Job Information: Intern, Tate House Museum.
Future Educational/Career Plans: Sam will be attending the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg,VA, where he plans to major in History. Sam would like to study abroad in Europe while in college, join the Peace Corps, and then become a high school history teacher.
Francis Cardona Manuel
Son of Abondio and Elma Manuel
Honors/Awards: National Honor Society; Spanish National Honor Society; Williams College Book Award; Team II Math Award.
Activities: Key Club; Spanish Club (Treasurer); INTERACT Club; Lacrosse; cast member of the South Portland High School production of "Hello, Dolly!"
Hobbies/Interests/Community Service: Playing guitar; singing; playing ping pong; spending time with friends and family; Captain, Spanish Club Team for American Cancer Society's Relay for Life event.
Future Educational/Career Plans: Francis will attend the University of Connecticut as a Pharmacy major.
Mark O'Donnell
Nephew of Maryann Reed
Honors/Awards: National Merit Commended Scholar; AP Scholar Award; Cornell University Book Award; Excellence in Spanish Award; Spanish National Honor Society; National Honor Society; Southwestern Maine Activities All-Academic Team; Excellence in Math, Team I; President's Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement.
Activities: Varsity Tennis; Varsity Soccer (received Coach's Award, 2008); JV Tennis; Freshman Baseball; Freshman Soccer; Youth Basketball League; INTERACT Club; Spanish Club; Intramural Dodgeball and Badminton.
Hobbies/Interests/Community Service: Playing Frisbee or "bro-disk"; game cube; Jack Johnson; Red Sox shirts; swimming; tutoring in the school's Learning Lab; leaf raking on beach.
Job Information: Employee at Hannaford.
Future Educational/Career Plans: Mark will be attending Bowdoin College.
Tanner Burgdorf
Son of Tim Burgdorf and Valori Sears
Honors/Awards: DAR Good Citizen Award; National Honor Society; Spanish National Honor Society; Jim Dyer Award (Indoor Track); Top Scholar in Art I; Top Scholar in "Real Life".
Activities: INTERACT Club; VP Senior Class; teacher's assistant at Kaler Elementary School; Freshman Soccer Team; JV Soccer; Varsity Soccer (Captain, 2008-09); Indoor Track; Varsity Tennis; Student World Assembly.
Hobbies/Interests/Community Service: Wood-burning furniture; photography; ceramics; painting; art; athletics; traveling; skiing; surfing; teacher's assistant at 21 Club (ESL afterschool program) and Kaler Elementary School; tutor at Memorial Middle School; American Cancer Society's Relay for Life; TRIAD leaf raking; Christmas tree sales at Millcreek.
Future Educational/Career Plans: Tanner will be attending the University of Connecticut. He plans to pursue a degree in International Business.
Andrea (Annie) M. King
Daughter of John and Julie King
Honors/Awards: Bates College Book Award; Dirigo Girls State delegate; National Honor Society; Spanish National Honor Society; Southern Maine Athletic Activities (SMAA) Leadership Summit; Maine Youth Leadership Award; Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA); participant in the World Scholar Athlete Games.
Activities: Class Vice President (gr. 9 & 10); Executive Committee; Student Senate; House of Representatives; INTERACT Club; Spanish Club; Mercy Hospital Career Exploration Program; Key Club; Math Team; Varsity Basketball (Coach's Award recipient, gr. 9; Captain, gr. 12); Varsity Soccer (SMAA All Academic Award, gr. 12); Varsity Lacrosse (Captain, gr. 12); AAU Basketball; Northeast Lacrosse Club; South Portland High School's Captains Council; cast member, "Hello, Dolly!"
Hobbies/Interests/Community Service: Dancing (Cheryl Greeley Dance Studio, 9 yrs); mentor for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Southern Maine; volunteer coach and official for South Portland Recreation Dept.; Rotary Club food drive and Christmas tree drive; TRIAD leaf raking; American Cancer Society's Relay for Life; South Portland Project Scholarship Committee, student representative; Project Unity - Student leader project to prevent hate crime at South Portland High School.
Job Information: Clerk, City of South Portland Finance Dept.
Future Educational/Career Plans: Annie will be attending Bates College in the fall.
Kevin Campbell
Son of Richard and Jane Campbell
Honors/Awards: Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA); St. Michael's College Book Award; National Honor Society; Spanish National Honor Society.
Activities: Soccer; Indoor and Outdoor Track; INTERACT Club; Spanish Club; tutor at Brown Elementary School.
Hobbies/Interests/Community Service: American Cancer Society's Relay for Life; Tri-for-a Cure; TRIAD leaf raking; Rotary Club tree sales and food drives.
Job Information: Employee at Shaws Millcreek.
Future Educational/Career Plans: Kevin will be attending Boston College, majoring in Biology (Pre-Med).
Kirsten Bakke
Daughter of Arthur and Jane Bakke
Honors/Awards: Freshman and Junior Excellence in English Awards; St. Joseph's College Book Award; National Honor Society; Spanish National Honor Society; Dirigo Girls State delegate; Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA).
Activities: Cross Country (Captain, gr. 12); Indoor and Outdoor Track; INTERACT Club; American Cancer Society's Relay for Life.
Hobbies/Interests/Community Service: Art; snowboarding; quilting; travel; Rotary Club Christmas tree sales; volunteer at the Children's Museum of Portland.
Job Information: Freaky Bean Coffee Company (until they closed!)
Future Educational/Career Plans: Kirsten will be attending Northeastern University and intends to study economics/marketing. She hopes to spend her junior year abroad - possibly in Italy.
Kimberly Loeffel
Daughter of Scott & Kayla Loeffel
Honors/Awards: Dirigo Girls State delegate; Student Athlete Summit nominee; National Honor Society; Spanish National Honor Society; Quarterback Club Award for Soccer; SMAA Academic All-Star; Coach's Award (Basketball); Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA); captain of Soccer and Lacrosse teams; Vice President, INTERACT Club.
Activities: Varsity Girls Soccer; Varsity Girls Lacrosse; cast member of annual musical production; Spanish Club; INTERACT Club; Big Brothers/Big Sisters mentor.
Hobbies/Interests/Community Service: Dance; all sports; skiing; hanging out with friends; going to the beach; Mercy Hospital volunteer; Big Brothers/Big Sisters mentor at Brown Elementary School.
Future Educational/Career Plans: Kim will be attending the University of Vermont for nursing. She hopes to work as a traveling nurse after college and eventually settle down in a hospital position.
David Patrick Hardison
Son of Peter and Kathy Hardison
Honors/Awards: National Honor Society; Spanish National Honor Society; SMAA Athlete Summit nominee; All-Cumberland County 2nd Team Quarterback; All Academic Award (Football, Indoor Track); G. Walter Johnson Award (Football, 2008); Most Valuable Athlete (Indoor Track 2007-08 & 2008-09).
Activities: Football (Captain); Indoor Track (Captain); Baseball, INTERACT Club; Spanish Club.
Hobbies/Interests/Community Service: Sports; playing piano, drawing; cryptoquip and Sudoku; assisted with Mahoney Middle School track program; Rotary Club Christmas tree sales; volunteered to decorate Narrow Gauge Railroad Company for Halloween.
Job Information: Cashier, Shaws Millcreek.
Future Educational/Career Plans: David will be attending Bates College in the fall.
