Rocky Point High School is proud to announce that Ashlynne Xavier and
Fiona McEvoy have been named the Class of 2021 valedictorian and
salutatorian, respectively.
Valedictorian Ashlynne Xavier has made the most out of her high school
career. She has taken part in Stony Brook University’s Women in Science
and Engineering program and the high school’s science research program.
She plays viola in the pit orchestra, is a member of the Human Rights
Club and has played soccer and lacrosse at both the junior varsity and
varsity levels.
Ashlynne is a National Merit Scholarship recipient. She is also a member
of the National Honor Society, the National English Honor Society and
the New York State Mathematics Honor Society and is on the Principals
Honor Roll. She has received a Long Island Science Congress Merit Award
and an East End Arts Teeny Award. She has been honored with a Research
and Innovation Grant and a Rush Rhees Scholarship through the University
of Rochester. Ashlynne’s interests in the community include playing
lacrosse with the Long Island Yellow Jackets, being a mission team
member and volunteer for Habitat for Humanity through her church and
holding a job as a veterinary assistant and a store associate.
Salutatorian Fiona McEvoy also has an impressive high school résumé as a
National Honor Society, National English Honor Society and New York
State Mathematics Honor Society member. She is the Class of 2021 Student
Government treasurer. She was also a participant in the Women in
Science and Engineering program at Stony Brook University in addition to
the university’s iSTEM program. Fiona participated in the high school’s
Debate Club, Human Rights Club, Mock Trial and Student Government. She
was a member of the varsity track team and junior varsity soccer team.
She has held positions in the local community and has received various
honors and certificates for her volunteer service, including a Long
Island Science Congress Achievement Award.
Fiona attended the SPARK Research Program at Brookhaven National
Laboratory, was a student facilitator at the Human Rights Institute at
Iona College and was a presenter at the high school’s Annual Science
Research Symposium. She also attended the Adelphi University Pre-College
Program for Science Medicine and Health and the Lebanon Valley College
Health and Biomedical Sciences Summer Camp.
Following graduation, Ashlynne is bound for the University of Rochester
where she plans to major in biomedical engineering with possible minors
in American Sign Language, music or political science. Fiona is headed
to Commonwealth Honors College at the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, where she plans to major in chemistry on the pre-med track.