FARMINGTON — It was a night to honor the Class of 2013 scholars and recognize their achievements.

The RSU 9 school board held a reception Tuesday night for the top 12 graduating seniors, the top two students who graduated in January and the Foster Regional Career and Technical Education Center Student of the Year.

It was a chance for directors to meet students and to hear what they planned to do after graduation.

The valedictorian and salutatorian will not be named until after the end of the fourth quarter, Monique Poulin, Mt. Blue High School principal, said.

This is the best time of the year when they start seeing students and their accomplishments, Poulin and Glenn Kapiloff, director of Foster, said.

It all starts with pre-kindergarten teachers and goes all the way through to graduation, Poulin said.

This year, seven students graduated early in January, she said.

It is very unique to have so many students get everything done in January and then go on to do other things, board Chairman Mark Prentiss of Industry said.

Students who were able to attend the reception during the school board meeting each said a little about themselves and what their plans are after graduation. Their names were read in alphabetical order.

Laura Dunham of Temple said she plans to join the Maine Army National Guard and study civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine in Orono.

Andrew “Drew” Ferrari of Farmington said he is going to attend Clemson University in South Carolina to major in chemistry.

Ryan Flanagin of Farmington is going to study engineering at the University of Maine.

Amy Hilton of Wilton plans to study nursing at Husson University in Bangor.

Ruth Leopold of Wilton said she is going to the University of Maine to study computer science.

Abigail “Abby” Lochala of New Sharon said she is going to study nutrition and athletic training at the University of Maine.

Makenzie Thompson of Farmington plans to attend Endicott College in Massachusetts and study criminal justice and psychology.

Alyssa Williams of New Sharon will study psychology and play field hockey at Clark University in Massachusetts.

Mackenzie Conlogue of Farmington was recognized as Student of the Year at Foster Regional Career and Technical Education Center. She plans to study nursing at Lander University in South Carolina.

Scholars who had other obligations and were unable to make it were Kristen Brown and Erika Gray. Scholars who graduated at the top of the class in January and graduated are Maryann Norton of Farmington, who is currently volunteering in Peru for a few months and plans to get into photojournalism when she returns, and Mali-Agat Obomsawin, who is in Spain. She is deferring a year to Dartmouth College in Massachusetts to attend one year at Berkelee College of Music in Massachusetts.

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