Whiz Kids: Valedictorian Fadhel Hamid and Salutatorian Jose Lebron
Names : Fadhel Hamid and Jose Lebron
Ages : 19 and 17
School : Peekskill High School
Accomplishment : Highest academic ranks in Peekskill High School Class of 2011
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Both valedictorian Fadhel Hamid and salutatorian Jose Lebron of Peekskill High School learned English as their second language in elementary school and are graduating at the top of their class of approximately 200 students. Hamid and Lebron value the power of knowledge and plan to pursue their education to the highest level in their respective fields of civil engineering and medicine.
First in his family to attend college, trilingual Hamid (a member of several honor societies) is fulfilling his and his immigrant father’s dream of attaining higher education.
Scholar athlete Jose Lebron is the captain of Varsity Wrestling and Tennis Teams. He also received the recognitions of All League in tennis and AP Scholar with Honor.
Hamid and Lebron conversed with Patch about their priorities – family, education, and sports.
Peekskill-Cortlandt Patch: How do you balance studies and your other responsibilities?
Jose Lebron: Finding a balance for anything in life is ridiculously hard. Sometimes we have to make sacrifices in order to remain competitive in whatever we do. I basically did everything that every other student would do: hang out with friends, spend time with family, play sports, participate in clubs, and go to parties. The only thing that I did differently was to sacrifice my sleep time. Sometimes I would walk into school with two hours of sleep and sometimes none at all. That was just a sacrifice that I was willing to make in order to achieve what was necessary.
Fadhel Hamid: The way I was able to balance the two was by not letting my self get lazy. Though at times I waited longer than I should have to do an assignment, I made sure everything was done and in time.
Patch: Please describe an extracurricular activity that you participate in because of your passion for it.
JL: Basically every sport that I participated in, I was passionate about. I love sports and I love the adrenaline that comes with competition. It was a way to let everything out and prove my abilities. One sport in particular that I loved was tennis. I joined the tennis team when I was in the seventh grade. I played a tennis video game once and thought, “I can be really good at tennis if I played.” I never played tennis before I joined the team. I managed to make the varsity team as a seventh grader. I played for six consecutive years. I have played in the league finals for the last three years of my high school career and I made it to divisionals in my senior year, which is the furthest that a Peekskill tennis team has reached in decades. Since I have been successful in the sport, I will continue playing tennis at Pace University.
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