By NICOLE JACQUES CORRESPONDENT Bristol Eastern’s top students share more than just a similar grade point average—they share a passion for math and science that has persisted throughout their high school years and will continue to be a part of their lives in their future careers. Caroline Boyce, valedictorian, and Emma Dinh, salutatorian, are the highest-achieving academic students in Bristol Eastern’s class of 2014. After four years of rigorous classes and extracurricular activities, both students say it is a relief to finally earn the title. “I didn’t know if it was going to happen, but it did,” said Boyce. Dinh added that earning the title of top of the class was a huge honor for both students. “It feels amazing to know that all of your hard work paid off,” said Dinh, a part-time student at Bristol Eastern and part-time student at the Greater Hartford Academy of Math and Science (GHAMS) magnet school. This coming fall, Boyce will attend Harvard University to pursue a degree in a math field, with particular interest in a program that combines applied mathematics with music. Dinh will enroll at Yale University as a biomedical engineering major, with interest in also potentially pursuing studies in [...]
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