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Vol. 32, No. 4 | Richmond Suburban News | May 27, 2015

McFadden leads AHS class, HHS grad part of team seeking three follow as salutatorians Ebola treatment By Meredith Rigsby News Editor

MORGAN McFADDEN Valedictorian

By Melody Kinser Managing Editor

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ECHANICSVILLE — Morgan McFadden, with a grade point average of 4.724, leads the 2015 Class of Atlee High School as valedictorian. Three students – Allison Greenday, Christopher

CHRISTOPHER BOLTON Salutatorian

ALLISON GREENDAY Salutatorian

Bolton and Haleigh Wilkins – have been named salutatorian, with 4.695 GPAs.

and Diane McFadden of Mechanicsville, McFadden has served as dance captain and vocal captain of the show choir groups. She also has been a member of the National Honor Society and Beta Club and a team leader for the Student Organization for Developing Attitudes (SODA). She also studies dance

Atlee High School 12 p.m. Saturday, June 13 Siegel Center

The daughter of Joe

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HALEIGH WILKINS Salutatorian

and voice outside of school. She has received the Girl Scout Gold Award. After graduation, McFadden will be attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she will major in biology. As for her high school see AHS, pg. 4

Specifically, David applied, and was accepted, to a 10week program at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. There, he will be working with Scripps Research Institute graduate student Charles Murin and associate professor of the D ep ar t ment of Integrative Structural and

MECHANICSVILLE — When VCU sophomore Joshua David began making plans for his summer break, he knew he wanted to get away — but not necessarily to lounge on a beach and soak up rays for three months. JOSHUA DAVIS David, a chemistry major and Hanover High School graduate, decided to take the opportunity during his time off from the school year to expand his knowledge and experience in the areas of research and biochemistry.

Computational Biology at The Scripps Research Institute Andrew Ward, Ph.D., to try to develop a medication to treat the Ebola virus. “The Scripps Research see EBOLA, pg. 19

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