Gateway Graduates 418
End of Year Brings Many Honors and Awards
June 2005

Each year, Gateway students demonstrate the highest level of achievement. The following excerpts from Gateway’s 2004/05 Report Card represent just some of the highlights from the 2004-2005 school year.

Gateway Valedictorian at Stevenson
Out of a graduating class of 300 at Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Gateway students were honored as valedictorian and salutatorian. Nadim Shaun, who will attend the six-year pharmacy program at the University of Buffalo, was named valedictorian. In addition to winning two scholarships, he was featured as the Health Plus/New York 1’s Scholar Athlete of the Week in March. Nanette Cedeno is class salutatorian and president of the National Honor Society at Stevenson. Nanette will be attending Dartmouth College in the fall where she plans to major in mathematics and economics. She is also the recipient of two scholarships.

Gateway Valedictorian at Jamaica
Gateway’s Tawanda Hutcherson, valedictorian of a class of over 250 graduates, will be attending the State University of New York at Binghamton. Despite being accepted at such impressive institutions as Cornell, Penn State, and Drexel Universities, Tawanda has chosen to use her numerous scholarships (including the Jewish Foundation for the Education of Women) to pursue majors in management and mathematical sciences at Binghamton. She plans on earning a Ph.D. in mathematics.

Union College Scholarships for J.F. Kennedy Students
Union College, a long-term Gateway partner, has admitted four John F. Kennedy High School seniors and has offered them substantial financial support. The students have each received more than $40,000 per year over four years. Union College is a highly selective institution and supports Gateway students through summer programs and campus visits.

Gateway Organizes First Senior Retreat
Gateway sponsored a June 2005 retreat for high school seniors at Boston’s Northeastern University, a new partner, as the Institute moves towards establishing Gateway in Boston. About 25 Gateway seniors attended a two-day seminar entitled Freshman Year: College Survival 101 designed to give graduating seniors an opportunity to get a jump-start on their new college careers. Programs were lead by Gateway staff, first-year College Gateway alumni, and representatives from Northeastern.

Gateway Class of 2005 Heads to College
More than 95% of these Gateway graduates will be continuing their education in the fall. Below is a list of the colleges that these students will be attending.