Derek graduated from high school yesterday, so we no longer have any “kids” in the family. We do have a couple of young men in college, so that’s not a bad trade.<\/p>\n
Derek graduated 5th in a class of about 500. He was President of the National Honor Society his senior year and Saxophone Section Leader for two years. In his junior year he had the highest score in the school on the State Math Test (including seniors), and was exempt from taking it his senior year. He was active in the Marching Band and several sports (Track, Soccer, and Football), as well as several clubs.<\/p>\n
Derek applied to only a couple of colleges, and is happy to be going to the University of Arizona in Tucson next fall. He hasn’t decided what he will major in, but officially it’s “Mathematics”. He is also interested in Medicine, and next month will probably be interested in something else too. He has a full-ride scholarship, covering all his tuition and more. He is in the “Honors College”.<\/p>\n
Big brother Devon is spending the summer at his college (Harvey Mudd, in Southern Cal). He has a job doing research. Next year is his senior year, so it’s almost time to think about graduate school applications and the GRE exam. <\/p>\n
I’m not proud of these guys, or anything… Don’t go reading between the lines! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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