Longwood Announces 2016 Valedictorian and Salutatorian; Two Outstanding Students Receive Top Honors
Middle Island – Longwood High School is proud to announce Ruojing (Jenny) Fang and Andrew Mok as the Class of 2016 valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively.
A semifinalist in the prestigious 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program and an AP Scholar with Distinction, Jenny Fang has a weighted GPA of 103.2 and earned perfect scores in the mathematics section on both the SAT and the ACT. She was named Outstanding High School Chemistry Student and is the regional winner of the Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award. As a member of the Advance Science Research program, she won a research grant for the ASE AstroSat Challenge, sponsored by the Association of Space Explorers.
Jenny serves as the President of the Tri-M Music Honor Society, is a member of the National Honor Society and National Foreign Language Honor Society. She is also an accomplished violinist for the All-State Orchestra, Group and Individual.
For more than two years, Jenny has participated in the High School Research project at Brookhaven National Laboratory where she is developing anti-pancreatic cancer drugs. Her research will continue this fall at Columbia University where she will pursue a dual major in Biochemistry and Computer Science or Applied Mathematics.
Salutatorian Andrew Mok is an AP Scholar with Distinction who earned perfect scores on the mathematics section of the SAT and ACT exams. He is a member of the National Honor Society, received the President’s Award for Educational Excellence and serves as historian for the Tri-M Honor Society. Additionally, Andrew earned a Certificate of Achievement from the Chinese Cultural Association of Long Island by successfully completing studies in the Chinese Language and Culture, a program he began in kindergarten.
As an accomplished violinist, Andrew has received honors in the 2015 NYSCAME/SCMEA All–County Orchestra and served as an Alternate to the 2015 NYSSMA All–State Orchestra. He is a member of the LISFA Orchestra and received the Excellence and Achievement Award for his musicianship. Since 2013, Andrew has been a member of the Stony Brook University String Quartet.
Andrew has been accepted into the Honors College with a Presidential Scholarship at Stony Brook University where he will pursue a degree in Music Performance and Music Technology.
“Both Jenny and Andrew have earned top honors in their class through their impressive and outstanding commitment to academic excellence,” said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Michael R. Lonergan. “They serve as excellent role models for their peers and we are extremely proud of their outstanding accomplishments. We congratulate their excellent work ethic and wish them well in their future endeavours.”
