John F. Kennedy HS names top students

Cooper Davis and Sophia Gu are the Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, for the 2022-2023 school year.

Cooper is graduating with a 102.82 weighted GPA. He served as president of the Mathletes and as vice president of the Science Honor Society. He is a Wharton School Moneyball Academy Winner and took part in the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. Cooper is a member of the Teens as Leaders Club and took part in the Chinese Cultural Exchange Program and the US Department of Energy National Science Bowl. Cooper is headed to Cornell University in the fall and will study statistics and data science.

Sophia Gu is graduating with a 102.59 weighted GPA. She has served as an officer for her school’s Science Olympiad team and is a research gold medalist in the 2022 Long Island Math Fair. Sophia is a National Merit Finalist, an AP Scholar with Distinction, and a silver medalist in the National French Contest. Sophia also took part in the Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists at Boston University. She is attending Carnegie Mellon University in the fall, majoring in mathematics.

“These students have worked so hard throughout their academic careers and have exceeded in their studies in remarkable ways,” said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mary O’Meara. “Congratulations Cooper and Sophia; I look forward to seeing what you accomplish during your college studies.”