Meet the top academic

achievers in the Class of 2021:

Co- Valedictorian

Elizabeth Mae Williams

Parents: Kirk and Amy Williams

Grade Point Average: 4.0

School and extracurricular activities: National Honor Society; Spanish Club; Business Professionals of America (secretary); Student Advisory Committee; Cross Country (captain); swimming (captain); track and field; Student Council; class secretary (sophomore year); class representative (junior and senior years)

Honors and awards: College Board Rural and Small Town Scholar; America Library of Poetry two time National Finalist; BPA two time State Qualifier and two time Regional Champion; Athlete of the week; Student of the Week; Cross Country All-Conference, All-UP, All-State, All-State Academic; Swimming All UP Team; Track All-Conference, All-UP, All State; Honor Roll (4 years); Co-Valedictorian; Excellence In Education Scholarship; NMU Scholarships: Kaye-Munson, Wildcat Achievement Level 5, Mary Campbell Social Studies and World Language student of the year; Elks National Most Valuable Student; MHSAA Scholar Athlete; National Mine Scholarship; Stuart L. Sundblad Memorial Scholarship; TruNorth Federal Credit Union Scholarship, Westwood Class of 1985 Scholarship, Wolfson Family Resiliency Scholarship

Plans after graduation: Attend Northern Michigan University to double major in Environmental Studies and Political Science and run on their cross country and track teams.

Long-term (career) goal: Live in Marquette and help the local community, potentially a job in local government. I long to contribute with my knowledge in politics and environment.

Volunteer services: Westwood Youth wrestling-helping to run the annual youth wrestling tournament; Project Keep Kids Warm through Wesley United Methodist Church, helping to collect winter clothing for children; Adopt-a-highway with Westwood’s student council, picking up garbage along the highway.

Hobbies: Reading, writing, cooking, learning about new topics, participating in triathlon, running, swimming, being outside

Co- Valedictorian

Chloe Mae Grochowski

Parents: Dan and Melissa Grochowski

Grade Point Average: 4.0

School and extracurricular activities: Yearbook; tennis; swimming; Big Brothers Big Sisters; Spanish Club; National Honor Society; forensics; Business Professionals of America (president); Key Club (vice president); Youth Advisory Committee; class representative (freshmen year)

Honors and awards: Co-Valedictorian; Honor Roll; Math Department student of the year; Leading Scholar Award from Michigan Tech University; 2019 Miss Teen Achieve Michigan; Student of the Month; Student of the Week; MTU 906 and Alumni Legacy Scholarships; Excellence In Education Scholarship

Plans after graduation: attend Michigan Tech University

Long-term (career) goal: I want to work in the medical field

Volunteer services: Youth Advisory Committee; NORTHIRON Nursery; Big Brothers Big Sisters

Hobbies: Traveling, Bible study, playing with my dog, board games, spending time with friends and family.

Co- Valedictorian

Meg Terese Harmon

Parents: George and Emily Harmon

Grade Point Average: 4.0

School and extracurricular activities: Cheerleading (captain); tennis; track and field; Spanish Club; National Honor Society; Forensics (head captain and president); Business Professionals of America (vice-president); Girl Scouts

Honors and awards: All A’s honor roll; Co-Valedictorian; Voice of Democracy Essay State Finalist; Business Professionals of America National Competitor; Forensics State Competitor and Semifinalist; Excellence In Education Scholarship; Cliffs Natural Resources; Westwood Booster Club scholarship; Elks National Most Valuable Student, Tulane’s Distinguished Scholar award

Plans after graduation: Attend Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, to study cell and molecular biology and gender studies

Long-term (career) goal: Find a career doing research or field work towards conservation and sustainability efforts, in an attempt

to better our human impact on the planet.

Volunteer services: Co-created student lead recycling program at Westwood High School; collecting recycling weekly; played BINGO weekly at Mission Point of Ishpeming; volunteered at tennis and cheerleading youth camps.

Hobbies: Making friendship bracelets, building puzzles, reading, and finding hiking spots with Upper Michigan views.

Co- Valedictorian

Allison

Elizabeth

Korpi

Parents: Erik and Andrea Korpi

Grade Point Average: 4.0

School and extracurricular activities: tennis; swimming; dance team; National Honor Society; Key Club (co-president); forensics (president); class representative (freshman year); class president (senior year)

Honors and awards: I am a member of the National Honor Society, I have made the Honor Roll every semester of my high school career, and I am a co-valedictorian. Recently I have received Michigan Technological University’s Society of Women Engineers Certificate of Merit and the Air Force Recruiting Service Mathematics and Science award. Also Excellence In Education Scholarship, Band Student of the Year, Bell Auxiliary and a General Scholarship, Life Leadership College Scholarship

Plans after graduation: After graduation, I plan on attending Life Leadership College in Milwaukee to pursue a career in church leadership.

Long-term (career) goal: My long-term career goal would simply be to work in a church. It is a dream of mine to serve the people in my community.

Volunteer services: I volunteer on the NORTHIRON worship team every Saturday night and Sunday morning. I was a member of the Westwood High School Key Club and both organized and worked at different events hosted by the Key Club. Also, I have volunteered to run a booth every year at our community harvest party that welcomes over 1,000 people.

Hobbies: In my free time, I enjoy reading, listening to music, playing my bass guitar, doing puzzles, shooting archery, kayaking, hammocking and taking in the sights of the Upper Peninsula.

Salutatorian:

Allyssea Aero Smith

Grade Point Average: 3.983

School and extracurricular activities: Forensics Club (treasurer); Spanish Club; Debate Club; For The Greater Good Club; Track and Field; cross country; swim and dive; wrestling; work-Teal Lake Senior Living Center; Cook/server in kitchen (during school, senior year); National Honor Society

Honors and awards: All A’s honor roll throughout high school; highest fundraiser in Forensics club all 4 years; science student of the month in April 2021; top Rookie Runner in cross country 2017 season; Determination Award in cross country 2019 season.; cross country WestPAC All Conference First Team 2019; UP Finalist all four years for cross country and track and field; Shifty Swifty Shakespeare Award in Drama class 2018/2019; Salutatorian; Science Department Student of the Year; received the Michigan State University STARR scholarship.

Plans after graduation: I plan to attend Michigan State University in the fall to major in human biology. Also plan on doing pre-med.

Long-term (career) goal: become an osteopathic doctor and return to a rural community to help/work in a hospital there.

Volunteer services: Big Brothers, Big Sisters Program junior year; For The Greater Good Club picking up trash around the community; NorthIron Church helping in daycare.

Hobbies: Reading, journaling, drawing/painting, walking my dog, watching NetFlix (“Criminal Minds” or “Supernatural”), watching ice skating videos on YouTube. Most of my free time is spent working at my job, doing chores, and adulting because I live on my own and support myself. Most recently I got a Polaroid camera and have been using that for fun.