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Page 1: February Edition 2016 Issue

The February 2016 Edition

PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

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CONTENTS

President and CEOKason Park

General ManagerSean Leary

EditorSusan Wessling

Assistant EditorRuth Donaghey

WritersSusan Wessling Ruth DonagheyKimberlee O’KeefeShana McCarthy

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Contributing PhotographersSusan WesslingKristin LynchKimberlee O'KeefeSue McCannShana McCarthyErin Seo

Thank you to our partner schools and host families who contributed photographs.

DesignCarrie Hao

2016 by EDUBOSTON

FESTIVE GATHERING FOR VIETNAMESE STUDENTS

EDUBOSTON STUDENTS HAVE THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES IN LA

LIFE WITH THE RAZI FAMILY IS FILLED WITH WARMTH AND POSITIVITY

HELPING PEOPLE PROPELS BISHOP STANG’S ZHANHUA YU

YATING ZHANG REACHES NEW HEIGHTS AT SPM

RAINIE LUO SHINES AT CARDINAL SPELLMAN

GETTING IN THE ACTION

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

HONOR ROLLS

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duBoston President and CEO Kason Park hosted a special dinner for the company’s Vietnamese students at Anh Hong restaurant in Eastern

Massachusetts, and the students delighted in the festive outing. “I think the students loved getting together, eating Vietnamese food, and exchanging gifts,” Massachusetts South Shore Program Manager Sue McCann said. The Vietnamese eatery is located on Adams Street in Dorchester, and the event took place on Dec. 22.

Four EduBoston Program Managers — Garret

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FESTIVE GATHERINGVIETNAMESE STUDENTS GATHER AT ANH HONG

By Susan Wessling

Walker, Marcus Gregory, Kimberlee O’Keefe and McCann — were among the people who attended the entertaining gathering along with Park. “The event went very well,” Massachusetts North Shore Program Manager Kimberlee O’Keefe said.

Students came from a number of schools, includ-ing Bishop Connolly, Holy Name, St. Bernard’s and St. Mary’s. There is only one Vietnamese student at St. Mary’s, Thi Thanh Truc (Cime) Trinh, so the dinner was especially meaningful for her. “She had been feeling very lonely and alien-ated [before going to the outing]. As soon as her

friends walked into the restaurant, her whole face lit up and I could actually see a huge weight being lifted off her shoulders,” O’Keefe added.

The students appreciated the efforts made on their behalf, McCann noted. “We talked about doing this type of event every few months at different restaurants and/or with different activi-ties,” she said.

This gathering was clearly a success. “They had the most wonderful evening,” O’Keefe said. “I am glad I was there to witness it.”

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duBoston President and CEO Kason Park hosted a special dinner for the company’s Vietnamese students at Anh Hong restaurant in Eastern

Massachusetts, and the students delighted in the festive outing. “I think the students loved getting together, eating Vietnamese food, and exchanging gifts,” Massachusetts South Shore Program Manager Sue McCann said. The Vietnamese eatery is located on Adams Street in Dorchester, and the event took place on Dec. 22.

Four EduBoston Program Managers — Garret

Walker, Marcus Gregory, Kimberlee O’Keefe and McCann — were among the people who attended the entertaining gathering along with Park. “The event went very well,” Massachusetts North Shore Program Manager Kimberlee O’Keefe said.

Students came from a number of schools, includ-ing Bishop Connolly, Holy Name, St. Bernard’s and St. Mary’s. There is only one Vietnamese student at St. Mary’s, Thi Thanh Truc (Cime) Trinh, so the dinner was especially meaningful for her. “She had been feeling very lonely and alien-ated [before going to the outing]. As soon as her

friends walked into the restaurant, her whole face lit up and I could actually see a huge weight being lifted off her shoulders,” O’Keefe added.

The students appreciated the efforts made on their behalf, McCann noted. “We talked about doing this type of event every few months at different restaurants and/or with different activi-ties,” she said.

This gathering was clearly a success. “They had the most wonderful evening,” O’Keefe said. “I am glad I was there to witness it.”

“I think the students loved getting together, eating Vietnamese food, and exchanging gifts.”

Sue McCann Mass. South Shore Program Manager

small group of EduBoston students took a trip to what many call the happiest place on the planet over the Christmas vacation. Three students from Trinity Catholic High

School (Stamford, Conn.) —Yuzhi Deng, Zhenxian Han and Xinyi Li — spent six days in Los Angeles along with EduBoston staff member Erin Seo. “Overall it was a great trip with great kids,” Seo said.

The trip began on Dec. 28 and departure from Los Angeles was on Jan. 2. The group spent New Year’s Eve at Disneyland, Walt Disney’s original vision for “the happiest place on earth.” More than 50 years later the juggernaut resort remains just that and the EduBoston group reveled in the activities available at the famous theme park. With the No. 1 rating as the best place to

visit in Los Angeles by USA Today, Disneyland did not disappoint when it came to the Connecticut-based EduBoston students.

“We went to Disney and had so much fun,” Seo said. “We watched fireworks as well.” The thrilling tourist attraction, which offers daily firework displays, pulls out all the stops for the big holidays, so attending the New Year’s Eve extravaganza meant a brilliant show. The Sleeping Beauty Castle provided an amazing and impressive backdrop for the ring-in the New Year event. Along with the New Year’s Eve spectacular at midnight, there were earlier shows as well, at 5 p.m. and around 8:45 p.m.

Other entertaining events for the EduBoston group

included a daytrip to Santa Monica, a Hollywood tour, and time spent at Universal Studios Hollywood. The students also went to SeaWorld San Diego, China-town, and the Desert Hills Premium Outlets. Time was also spent shopping in downtown Los Angeles.

The EduBoston students who visited the City of Angels included one junior, Li. She plans to attend a university in California after high school graduation. “This trip helped her to learn about California,” Seo said.

The action-packed vacation’s attendees list included two seniors, Han and Deng, whose bucket lists included a trip to California before high school gradua-tion. Both boys have been with the EduBoston program since the ninth grade, so it was a terrific way to begin to wind down their high school careers. “All the kids,” Seo concluded, “were amazing.”

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duBoston President and CEO Kason Park hosted a special dinner for the company’s Vietnamese students at Anh Hong restaurant in Eastern

Massachusetts, and the students delighted in the festive outing. “I think the students loved getting together, eating Vietnamese food, and exchanging gifts,” Massachusetts South Shore Program Manager Sue McCann said. The Vietnamese eatery is located on Adams Street in Dorchester, and the event took place on Dec. 22.

Four EduBoston Program Managers — Garret

Walker, Marcus Gregory, Kimberlee O’Keefe and McCann — were among the people who attended the entertaining gathering along with Park. “The event went very well,” Massachusetts North Shore Program Manager Kimberlee O’Keefe said.

Students came from a number of schools, includ-ing Bishop Connolly, Holy Name, St. Bernard’s and St. Mary’s. There is only one Vietnamese student at St. Mary’s, Thi Thanh Truc (Cime) Trinh, so the dinner was especially meaningful for her. “She had been feeling very lonely and alien-ated [before going to the outing]. As soon as her

friends walked into the restaurant, her whole face lit up and I could actually see a huge weight being lifted off her shoulders,” O’Keefe added.

The students appreciated the efforts made on their behalf, McCann noted. “We talked about doing this type of event every few months at different restaurants and/or with different activi-ties,” she said.

This gathering was clearly a success. “They had the most wonderful evening,” O’Keefe said. “I am glad I was there to witness it.”

small group of EduBoston students took a trip to what many call the happiest place on the planet over the Christmas vacation. Three students from Trinity Catholic High

School (Stamford, Conn.) —Yuzhi Deng, Zhenxian Han and Xinyi Li — spent six days in Los Angeles along with EduBoston staff member Erin Seo. “Overall it was a great trip with great kids,” Seo said.

The trip began on Dec. 28 and departure from Los Angeles was on Jan. 2. The group spent New Year’s Eve at Disneyland, Walt Disney’s original vision for “the happiest place on earth.” More than 50 years later the juggernaut resort remains just that and the EduBoston group reveled in the activities available at the famous theme park. With the No. 1 rating as the best place to

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BUCKET LIST TRIP3 EDUBOSTON STUDENTS HAVE THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES IN THE CITY OF ANGELS

By Susan Wessling

visit in Los Angeles by USA Today, Disneyland did not disappoint when it came to the Connecticut-based EduBoston students.

“We went to Disney and had so much fun,” Seo said. “We watched fireworks as well.” The thrilling tourist attraction, which offers daily firework displays, pulls out all the stops for the big holidays, so attending the New Year’s Eve extravaganza meant a brilliant show. The Sleeping Beauty Castle provided an amazing and impressive backdrop for the ring-in the New Year event. Along with the New Year’s Eve spectacular at midnight, there were earlier shows as well, at 5 p.m. and around 8:45 p.m.

Other entertaining events for the EduBoston group

included a daytrip to Santa Monica, a Hollywood tour, and time spent at Universal Studios Hollywood. The students also went to SeaWorld San Diego, China-town, and the Desert Hills Premium Outlets. Time was also spent shopping in downtown Los Angeles.

The EduBoston students who visited the City of Angels included one junior, Li. She plans to attend a university in California after high school graduation. “This trip helped her to learn about California,” Seo said.

The action-packed vacation’s attendees list included two seniors, Han and Deng, whose bucket lists included a trip to California before high school gradua-tion. Both boys have been with the EduBoston program since the ninth grade, so it was a terrific way to begin to wind down their high school careers. “All the kids,” Seo concluded, “were amazing.”

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small group of EduBoston students took a trip to what many call the happiest place on the planet over the Christmas vacation. Three students from Trinity Catholic High

School (Stamford, Conn.) —Yuzhi Deng, Zhenxian Han and Xinyi Li — spent six days in Los Angeles along with EduBoston staff member Erin Seo. “Overall it was a great trip with great kids,” Seo said.

The trip began on Dec. 28 and departure from Los Angeles was on Jan. 2. The group spent New Year’s Eve at Disneyland, Walt Disney’s original vision for “the happiest place on earth.” More than 50 years later the juggernaut resort remains just that and the EduBoston group reveled in the activities available at the famous theme park. With the No. 1 rating as the best place to

am often asked what makes a good host family. There is not a definitive answer for that question; it depends on many factors. When hosting an international student, the

personality, maturity, independence, respect and just general understanding of American culture comes into play.

In order to make the experience a positive one for both parties, the host family needs to hold some valuable characteristics. Host parents need to be seasoned when it comes to understanding the

behaviors of teenagers. They need to have patience and possess a compassionate attitude.

Host students are here in a new country, away from their biological parents and everything famil-iar to them. On top of that they are hormonal teenagers. That is a recipe for quite an adventure!

The Razi family, including host parents Paula Yin and Khaled Razi, has taken on this exciting under-taking with strength, love, dedication and passion. They host four EduBoston boys, who have come

to them at different times for different reasons. A few of the boys needed immediate housing with nowhere else to go. Yin and Razi never have hesitated to host a student, and they never have asked why the boys were moving from their previ-ous homes.

Yin and Razi met in college and have made an incredible team ever since that time. Both were born outside of the United States, so they can appreciate what the EduBoston students are going through as they have adapted to living in a new country. These Lynn, Mass. host parents are the epitome of good, honest people. They have a large Victorian house in Lynn filled with warmth and love, and the EduBoston students have benefited greatly from those attributes.

Yin was born on the border of Thailand and Cam-bodia, and she moved to Boston when she was 1 year old. She later became a citizen of the United States. Razi was born in Bangladesh, and he came to America as an international student. He speaks Bengali/Bengla, Urdu (the language of Pakistan) and Hindi (the language of India). Razi has also lived in Europe as well as Kuwait. His father was a diplomat, which allowed the family to travel the world.

Another factor that has helped form this duo into the amazing hosting team is the fact that in the past these two giving people were foster parents for a troubled teen for a few years. Despite drug use, police visits, truancy, and many lies from the student, the Razis held firm to the commitment they had made to this young youth. They helped him achieve an admirable goal, considering his past, as he was one of the most successful students on his high school podium on graduation day.

Now the attention of this Lynn couple is firmly set

on the EduBoston students as well as their own two young children. The EduBoston teenagers were succinct but positive in their reviews of their host family. “They are very nice,” Haodong (Jason) Yan said.

Family dinners are a big affair in this wonderful home with plenty of delicious food. “Paula is a good cook,” Haochen (Owen) Zhang said.

Each boy has his own room on the third floor of the Victorian house. The couple also shuffles the boys to and from school and sports practices. “They are very nice to me,” Yunze (Rain) Dou noted.

Making sure the students are comfortable in their new environment, the couple has given the teen-agers some thoughtful accommodations. The

Lynn host parents bought a refrigerator for the third floor, so the students can keep drinks and snacks in it. “I like it there very much,” Rucheng (Daniel) Wang said.

When asked why they have taken on hosting four boys, they just shook their heads kindly and smiled. Their answer: “Because we have the room and the ability to help.”

I have never met people as kind and selfless as the Razi family, and my life is better because of it. They are making a difference in these students’ lives and helping to form these young adults into what we hope to be successful, well meaning, and positive contributors to society.

Their large house isn’t as big as their supersized hearts.

visit in Los Angeles by USA Today, Disneyland did not disappoint when it came to the Connecticut-based EduBoston students.

“We went to Disney and had so much fun,” Seo said. “We watched fireworks as well.” The thrilling tourist attraction, which offers daily firework displays, pulls out all the stops for the big holidays, so attending the New Year’s Eve extravaganza meant a brilliant show. The Sleeping Beauty Castle provided an amazing and impressive backdrop for the ring-in the New Year event. Along with the New Year’s Eve spectacular at midnight, there were earlier shows as well, at 5 p.m. and around 8:45 p.m.

Other entertaining events for the EduBoston group

included a daytrip to Santa Monica, a Hollywood tour, and time spent at Universal Studios Hollywood. The students also went to SeaWorld San Diego, China-town, and the Desert Hills Premium Outlets. Time was also spent shopping in downtown Los Angeles.

The EduBoston students who visited the City of Angels included one junior, Li. She plans to attend a university in California after high school graduation. “This trip helped her to learn about California,” Seo said.

The action-packed vacation’s attendees list included two seniors, Han and Deng, whose bucket lists included a trip to California before high school gradua-tion. Both boys have been with the EduBoston program since the ninth grade, so it was a terrific way to begin to wind down their high school careers. “All the kids,” Seo concluded, “were amazing.”

“Overall it was great trip with great kids.”

Erin Seo EduBoston Staff Member

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small group of EduBoston students took a trip to what many call the happiest place on the planet over the Christmas vacation. Three students from Trinity Catholic High

School (Stamford, Conn.) —Yuzhi Deng, Zhenxian Han and Xinyi Li — spent six days in Los Angeles along with EduBoston staff member Erin Seo. “Overall it was a great trip with great kids,” Seo said.

The trip began on Dec. 28 and departure from Los Angeles was on Jan. 2. The group spent New Year’s Eve at Disneyland, Walt Disney’s original vision for “the happiest place on earth.” More than 50 years later the juggernaut resort remains just that and the EduBoston group reveled in the activities available at the famous theme park. With the No. 1 rating as the best place to

am often asked what makes a good host family. There is not a definitive answer for that question; it depends on many factors. When hosting an international student, the

personality, maturity, independence, respect and just general understanding of American culture comes into play.

In order to make the experience a positive one for both parties, the host family needs to hold some valuable characteristics. Host parents need to be seasoned when it comes to understanding the

I behaviors of teenagers. They need to have patience and possess a compassionate attitude.

Host students are here in a new country, away from their biological parents and everything famil-iar to them. On top of that they are hormonal teenagers. That is a recipe for quite an adventure!

The Razi family, including host parents Paula Yin and Khaled Razi, has taken on this exciting under-taking with strength, love, dedication and passion. They host four EduBoston boys, who have come

to them at different times for different reasons. A few of the boys needed immediate housing with nowhere else to go. Yin and Razi never have hesitated to host a student, and they never have asked why the boys were moving from their previ-ous homes.

Yin and Razi met in college and have made an incredible team ever since that time. Both were born outside of the United States, so they can appreciate what the EduBoston students are going through as they have adapted to living in a new country. These Lynn, Mass. host parents are the epitome of good, honest people. They have a large Victorian house in Lynn filled with warmth and love, and the EduBoston students have benefited greatly from those attributes.

Yin was born on the border of Thailand and Cam-bodia, and she moved to Boston when she was 1 year old. She later became a citizen of the United States. Razi was born in Bangladesh, and he came to America as an international student. He speaks Bengali/Bengla, Urdu (the language of Pakistan) and Hindi (the language of India). Razi has also lived in Europe as well as Kuwait. His father was a diplomat, which allowed the family to travel the world.

Another factor that has helped form this duo into the amazing hosting team is the fact that in the past these two giving people were foster parents for a troubled teen for a few years. Despite drug use, police visits, truancy, and many lies from the student, the Razis held firm to the commitment they had made to this young youth. They helped him achieve an admirable goal, considering his past, as he was one of the most successful students on his high school podium on graduation day.

Now the attention of this Lynn couple is firmly set

on the EduBoston students as well as their own two young children. The EduBoston teenagers were succinct but positive in their reviews of their host family. “They are very nice,” Haodong (Jason) Yan said.

Family dinners are a big affair in this wonderful home with plenty of delicious food. “Paula is a good cook,” Haochen (Owen) Zhang said.

Each boy has his own room on the third floor of the Victorian house. The couple also shuffles the boys to and from school and sports practices. “They are very nice to me,” Yunze (Rain) Dou noted.

Making sure the students are comfortable in their new environment, the couple has given the teen-agers some thoughtful accommodations. The

By Kimberlee O’Keefe

Lynn host parents bought a refrigerator for the third floor, so the students can keep drinks and snacks in it. “I like it there very much,” Rucheng (Daniel) Wang said.

When asked why they have taken on hosting four boys, they just shook their heads kindly and smiled. Their answer: “Because we have the room and the ability to help.”

I have never met people as kind and selfless as the Razi family, and my life is better because of it. They are making a difference in these students’ lives and helping to form these young adults into what we hope to be successful, well meaning, and positive contributors to society.

Their large house isn’t as big as their supersized hearts.

visit in Los Angeles by USA Today, Disneyland did not disappoint when it came to the Connecticut-based EduBoston students.

“We went to Disney and had so much fun,” Seo said. “We watched fireworks as well.” The thrilling tourist attraction, which offers daily firework displays, pulls out all the stops for the big holidays, so attending the New Year’s Eve extravaganza meant a brilliant show. The Sleeping Beauty Castle provided an amazing and impressive backdrop for the ring-in the New Year event. Along with the New Year’s Eve spectacular at midnight, there were earlier shows as well, at 5 p.m. and around 8:45 p.m.

Other entertaining events for the EduBoston group

included a daytrip to Santa Monica, a Hollywood tour, and time spent at Universal Studios Hollywood. The students also went to SeaWorld San Diego, China-town, and the Desert Hills Premium Outlets. Time was also spent shopping in downtown Los Angeles.

The EduBoston students who visited the City of Angels included one junior, Li. She plans to attend a university in California after high school graduation. “This trip helped her to learn about California,” Seo said.

The action-packed vacation’s attendees list included two seniors, Han and Deng, whose bucket lists included a trip to California before high school gradua-tion. Both boys have been with the EduBoston program since the ninth grade, so it was a terrific way to begin to wind down their high school careers. “All the kids,” Seo concluded, “were amazing.”

HOME AWAY FROM HOMELIFE WITH THE RAZI FAMILY IS FILLED WITH WARMTH AND POSITIVITY

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am often asked what makes a good host family. There is not a definitive answer for that question; it depends on many factors. When hosting an international student, the

personality, maturity, independence, respect and just general understanding of American culture comes into play.

In order to make the experience a positive one for both parties, the host family needs to hold some valuable characteristics. Host parents need to be seasoned when it comes to understanding the

behaviors of teenagers. They need to have patience and possess a compassionate attitude.

Host students are here in a new country, away from their biological parents and everything famil-iar to them. On top of that they are hormonal teenagers. That is a recipe for quite an adventure!

The Razi family, including host parents Paula Yin and Khaled Razi, has taken on this exciting under-taking with strength, love, dedication and passion. They host four EduBoston boys, who have come

to them at different times for different reasons. A few of the boys needed immediate housing with nowhere else to go. Yin and Razi never have hesitated to host a student, and they never have asked why the boys were moving from their previ-ous homes.

Yin and Razi met in college and have made an incredible team ever since that time. Both were born outside of the United States, so they can appreciate what the EduBoston students are going through as they have adapted to living in a new country. These Lynn, Mass. host parents are the epitome of good, honest people. They have a large Victorian house in Lynn filled with warmth and love, and the EduBoston students have benefited greatly from those attributes.

Yin was born on the border of Thailand and Cam-bodia, and she moved to Boston when she was 1 year old. She later became a citizen of the United States. Razi was born in Bangladesh, and he came to America as an international student. He speaks Bengali/Bengla, Urdu (the language of Pakistan) and Hindi (the language of India). Razi has also lived in Europe as well as Kuwait. His father was a diplomat, which allowed the family to travel the world.

Another factor that has helped form this duo into the amazing hosting team is the fact that in the past these two giving people were foster parents for a troubled teen for a few years. Despite drug use, police visits, truancy, and many lies from the student, the Razis held firm to the commitment they had made to this young youth. They helped him achieve an admirable goal, considering his past, as he was one of the most successful students on his high school podium on graduation day.

Now the attention of this Lynn couple is firmly set

on the EduBoston students as well as their own two young children. The EduBoston teenagers were succinct but positive in their reviews of their host family. “They are very nice,” Haodong (Jason) Yan said.

Family dinners are a big affair in this wonderful home with plenty of delicious food. “Paula is a good cook,” Haochen (Owen) Zhang said.

Each boy has his own room on the third floor of the Victorian house. The couple also shuffles the boys to and from school and sports practices. “They are very nice to me,” Yunze (Rain) Dou noted.

Making sure the students are comfortable in their new environment, the couple has given the teen-agers some thoughtful accommodations. The

Lynn host parents bought a refrigerator for the third floor, so the students can keep drinks and snacks in it. “I like it there very much,” Rucheng (Daniel) Wang said.

When asked why they have taken on hosting four boys, they just shook their heads kindly and smiled. Their answer: “Because we have the room and the ability to help.”

I have never met people as kind and selfless as the Razi family, and my life is better because of it. They are making a difference in these students’ lives and helping to form these young adults into what we hope to be successful, well meaning, and positive contributors to society.

Their large house isn’t as big as their supersized hearts.

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am often asked what makes a good host family. There is not a definitive answer for that question; it depends on many factors. When hosting an international student, the

personality, maturity, independence, respect and just general understanding of American culture comes into play.

In order to make the experience a positive one for both parties, the host family needs to hold some valuable characteristics. Host parents need to be seasoned when it comes to understanding the

behaviors of teenagers. They need to have patience and possess a compassionate attitude.

Host students are here in a new country, away from their biological parents and everything famil-iar to them. On top of that they are hormonal teenagers. That is a recipe for quite an adventure!

The Razi family, including host parents Paula Yin and Khaled Razi, has taken on this exciting under-taking with strength, love, dedication and passion. They host four EduBoston boys, who have come

to them at different times for different reasons. A few of the boys needed immediate housing with nowhere else to go. Yin and Razi never have hesitated to host a student, and they never have asked why the boys were moving from their previ-ous homes.

Yin and Razi met in college and have made an incredible team ever since that time. Both were born outside of the United States, so they can appreciate what the EduBoston students are going through as they have adapted to living in a new country. These Lynn, Mass. host parents are the epitome of good, honest people. They have a large Victorian house in Lynn filled with warmth and love, and the EduBoston students have benefited greatly from those attributes.

Yin was born on the border of Thailand and Cam-bodia, and she moved to Boston when she was 1 year old. She later became a citizen of the United States. Razi was born in Bangladesh, and he came to America as an international student. He speaks Bengali/Bengla, Urdu (the language of Pakistan) and Hindi (the language of India). Razi has also lived in Europe as well as Kuwait. His father was a diplomat, which allowed the family to travel the world.

Another factor that has helped form this duo into the amazing hosting team is the fact that in the past these two giving people were foster parents for a troubled teen for a few years. Despite drug use, police visits, truancy, and many lies from the student, the Razis held firm to the commitment they had made to this young youth. They helped him achieve an admirable goal, considering his past, as he was one of the most successful students on his high school podium on graduation day.

Now the attention of this Lynn couple is firmly set

on the EduBoston students as well as their own two young children. The EduBoston teenagers were succinct but positive in their reviews of their host family. “They are very nice,” Haodong (Jason) Yan said.

Family dinners are a big affair in this wonderful home with plenty of delicious food. “Paula is a good cook,” Haochen (Owen) Zhang said.

Each boy has his own room on the third floor of the Victorian house. The couple also shuffles the boys to and from school and sports practices. “They are very nice to me,” Yunze (Rain) Dou noted.

Making sure the students are comfortable in their new environment, the couple has given the teen-agers some thoughtful accommodations. The

Lynn host parents bought a refrigerator for the third floor, so the students can keep drinks and snacks in it. “I like it there very much,” Rucheng (Daniel) Wang said.

When asked why they have taken on hosting four boys, they just shook their heads kindly and smiled. Their answer: “Because we have the room and the ability to help.”

I have never met people as kind and selfless as the Razi family, and my life is better because of it. They are making a difference in these students’ lives and helping to form these young adults into what we hope to be successful, well meaning, and positive contributors to society.

Their large house isn’t as big as their supersized hearts.

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DEDICATED VOLUNTEERHELPING PEOPLE PROPELS BISHOP STANG’S YU

By Ruth Donaghey

ishop Stang High School freshman Zhanhua (Sam) Yu is an example of how volunteering can impact the world and oneself at the same time. Leading

up to the holiday season, Yu volunteered at the Douglass Tree Farm’s annual Christmas tree sale to benefit ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) research. The Dec. 6 event raised more than $20,000. EduBoston’s Yu helped to cut down Christmas trees for Douglass Tree Farm customers and carry the trees to patrons’ cars. “At this volunteer event, I felt so good,” Yu said.

The Bishop Stang teenager attributes his enthusi-asm for volunteerism from the feeling he gets

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when he is able to help people. “I think that as a volunteer maybe I can help people with ALS, and I think that is great,” he added. In addition to his volunteer work at the Douglass Tree Farm, Yu has also spent time volunteering at a nursing home, making dumplings for the home’s residents.

Beyond volunteering, Yu has adjusted well to life in the United States at his new high school, which is based in North Dartmouth, Mass. While this is only his freshman year at Bishop Stang, Yu has already taken on a prominent role on the school’s Math Team. “I am the leader of the Freshman Math Team. Although we have only five students, I am still confident,” Yu said.

The Math Team at Bishop Stang meets each Monday and competes with other schools regu-larly. “We got first place at my first math competi-tion; it was really interesting and really helpful. It can make us try hard questions. The feeling that we tried our best to win first place is really cool,” Yu said.

Helping Yu along the way this year has been his EduBoston Program Manager Sue McCann. “Sue helps me to connect with my teachers. She also spends her personal time to lead me to the place I want to go,” Yu said.

McCann admires Yu’s drive, especially since this is his first year in the United States for high school. Yu’s enthusiasm for volunteerism and his overall experience in America thus far is reflected in his motto that drives him every day: “Be friendly to everybody and be helpful to everyone.”

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ishop Stang High School freshman Zhanhua (Sam) Yu is an example of how volunteering can impact the world and oneself at the same time. Leading

up to the holiday season, Yu volunteered at the Douglass Tree Farm’s annual Christmas tree sale to benefit ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) research. The Dec. 6 event raised more than $20,000. EduBoston’s Yu helped to cut down Christmas trees for Douglass Tree Farm customers and carry the trees to patrons’ cars. “At this volunteer event, I felt so good,” Yu said.

The Bishop Stang teenager attributes his enthusi-asm for volunteerism from the feeling he gets

when he is able to help people. “I think that as a volunteer maybe I can help people with ALS, and I think that is great,” he added. In addition to his volunteer work at the Douglass Tree Farm, Yu has also spent time volunteering at a nursing home, making dumplings for the home’s residents.

Beyond volunteering, Yu has adjusted well to life in the United States at his new high school, which is based in North Dartmouth, Mass. While this is only his freshman year at Bishop Stang, Yu has already taken on a prominent role on the school’s Math Team. “I am the leader of the Freshman Math Team. Although we have only five students, I am still confident,” Yu said.

The Math Team at Bishop Stang meets each Monday and competes with other schools regu-larly. “We got first place at my first math competi-tion; it was really interesting and really helpful. It can make us try hard questions. The feeling that we tried our best to win first place is really cool,” Yu said.

Helping Yu along the way this year has been his EduBoston Program Manager Sue McCann. “Sue helps me to connect with my teachers. She also spends her personal time to lead me to the place I want to go,” Yu said.

McCann admires Yu’s drive, especially since this is his first year in the United States for high school. Yu’s enthusiasm for volunteerism and his overall experience in America thus far is reflected in his motto that drives him every day: “Be friendly to everybody and be helpful to everyone.”

“I think that as a volunteer maybe I can help people with ALS, and I think that is great.”

Zhanhua (Sam) Yu Bishop Stang High School Freshman

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ating (Icey) Zhang is a strong all-around student. While that assess-ment might sound cliché, there is nothing stereotypical about this

charming junior who joined the St. Peter-Marian (SPM) High School community last year. “When she first arrived, Icey was incredibly shy and reserved. She needed a lot of support in some areas, primarily speaking,” said Gemma Goran-son, an ESL teacher at St. Peter-Marian who taught Zhang last year.

In fact, early on it was determined Zhang needed three classes of ESL per day during the 2014-15 school year. “Icey’s changes since first arriving at

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SPM last year to this point are astounding,” Goranson said. “It was clear that she had the ability and the potential. It just took time and effort to bring her out of her shell. As the year went by, Icey became a model student, set a high standard among her peers, and her dedication was truly admirable.”

Zhang’s cumulative GPA for the 2014-15 school year was 96.54. “There was never a time that she wasn’t reviewing or studying material. She is proof that if you work to your full potential and are open to the learning experience, you can achieve your goals,” Goranson said. “When speaking with others, Icey now makes more eye contact and speaks more comfortably. She expresses herself well and is more outgoing. As her teacher last year, watching her blossom and become a more confident student has been a treasure.”

This school year Zhang takes a normal course load with just one period of ESL per day. During the first quarter, Zhang earned high honors, which means she earned an A in every class she took, including compiling a 100 in Biology II. “Icey is determined, dedicated and driven,” St. Peter-Marian International Director Marcus Watson said. “She is one of the hardest working international students we have ever had here.

Rising to academic challenges was not always a way of life for Zhang. She said, at times, she struggled in school while in her homeland of China. The grueling time schedule most Chinese schools impose on students had taken its toll on her. She freely admits the shorter school day in America is something she enjoys, but so is study-ing. “Now I study all the time because I like to study, not because I have to study,” she explained.

Zhang enjoys her time at St. Peter-Marian. “The teachers are good,” she said. “Mostly, I like the way we live in school. We come to school [at 7:20] and go home at 2 p.m. and can do whatever we want. It is a second chance for me to start again. It is more enjoyable, and [even the] studying [aspect] is a second chance for me.”

While she can go home to her host family after school, Zhang can often be found in the library studying. Additionally, she has started a craft club at the school which meets once a week after school. Goranson is the club’s faculty advisor.

“When Icey first approached me about starting her own club at SPM, I was so excited for her. Look-ing back to the fall of 2014, she has come such a long way,” the St. Peter-Marian teacher said. “Starting a new club involves taking initiative and courage. Icey has always had the organization skills, work ethic and determination, but starting

her own club was further evidence of how much more confident she is with herself.”

To inform students about the club, Goranson said, Zhang made a beautiful poster-board that highlighted some of the projects she will be doing. It also displayed some of her own, handmade work.

A lover of many types of crafts, Zhang said she had the idea for the club last year. “We will have different activities and projects, like making a box of paper flowers. Maybe we will go to a hospital and look after people who are sick to give them the flowers we make and collect,” she said. Other projected proj-ects include making “beautiful” cell phone covers and pillows, she added.

Zhang promoted the idea of the club and recruited members. “Icey went into classrooms after school to tell students about her club. She spoke openly, com-fortably and answered any questions that were asked. About 15 students signed up from all grades, 7 through 12, and of all backgrounds,” Goranson said.

Having a club with a diverse member-ship was important to Zhang, according to Goranson. “Icey could have told her international friends about the club and stopped there, but she wanted to make sure the club was open for all students and that all students were welcome,” Goranson added. “Seeing students rush over to sign up must have been such a good feeling for Icey. I know I felt so proud of her and her progress.”

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ating (Icey) Zhang is a strong all-around student. While that assess-ment might sound cliché, there is nothing stereotypical about this

charming junior who joined the St. Peter-Marian (SPM) High School community last year. “When she first arrived, Icey was incredibly shy and reserved. She needed a lot of support in some areas, primarily speaking,” said Gemma Goran-son, an ESL teacher at St. Peter-Marian who taught Zhang last year.

In fact, early on it was determined Zhang needed three classes of ESL per day during the 2014-15 school year. “Icey’s changes since first arriving at

SPM last year to this point are astounding,” Goranson said. “It was clear that she had the ability and the potential. It just took time and effort to bring her out of her shell. As the year went by, Icey became a model student, set a high standard among her peers, and her dedication was truly admirable.”

Zhang’s cumulative GPA for the 2014-15 school year was 96.54. “There was never a time that she wasn’t reviewing or studying material. She is proof that if you work to your full potential and are open to the learning experience, you can achieve your goals,” Goranson said. “When speaking with others, Icey now makes more eye contact and speaks more comfortably. She expresses herself well and is more outgoing. As her teacher last year, watching her blossom and become a more confident student has been a treasure.”

This school year Zhang takes a normal course load with just one period of ESL per day. During the first quarter, Zhang earned high honors, which means she earned an A in every class she took, including compiling a 100 in Biology II. “Icey is determined, dedicated and driven,” St. Peter-Marian International Director Marcus Watson said. “She is one of the hardest working international students we have ever had here.

Rising to academic challenges was not always a way of life for Zhang. She said, at times, she struggled in school while in her homeland of China. The grueling time schedule most Chinese schools impose on students had taken its toll on her. She freely admits the shorter school day in America is something she enjoys, but so is study-ing. “Now I study all the time because I like to study, not because I have to study,” she explained.

Zhang enjoys her time at St. Peter-Marian. “The teachers are good,” she said. “Mostly, I like the way we live in school. We come to school [at 7:20] and go home at 2 p.m. and can do whatever we want. It is a second chance for me to start again. It is more enjoyable, and [even the] studying [aspect] is a second chance for me.”

While she can go home to her host family after school, Zhang can often be found in the library studying. Additionally, she has started a craft club at the school which meets once a week after school. Goranson is the club’s faculty advisor.

“When Icey first approached me about starting her own club at SPM, I was so excited for her. Look-ing back to the fall of 2014, she has come such a long way,” the St. Peter-Marian teacher said. “Starting a new club involves taking initiative and courage. Icey has always had the organization skills, work ethic and determination, but starting

her own club was further evidence of how much more confident she is with herself.”

To inform students about the club, Goranson said, Zhang made a beautiful poster-board that highlighted some of the projects she will be doing. It also displayed some of her own, handmade work.

A lover of many types of crafts, Zhang said she had the idea for the club last year. “We will have different activities and projects, like making a box of paper flowers. Maybe we will go to a hospital and look after people who are sick to give them the flowers we make and collect,” she said. Other projected proj-ects include making “beautiful” cell phone covers and pillows, she added.

Zhang promoted the idea of the club and recruited members. “Icey went into classrooms after school to tell students about her club. She spoke openly, com-fortably and answered any questions that were asked. About 15 students signed up from all grades, 7 through 12, and of all backgrounds,” Goranson said.

Having a club with a diverse member-ship was important to Zhang, according to Goranson. “Icey could have told her international friends about the club and stopped there, but she wanted to make sure the club was open for all students and that all students were welcome,” Goranson added. “Seeing students rush over to sign up must have been such a good feeling for Icey. I know I felt so proud of her and her progress.”

“As her teacher last year, watching her blossom and become a more confident student has been a treasure.”

Gemma Goranson St. Peter-Marian ESL Teacher

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ating (Icey) Zhang is a strong all-around student. While that assess-ment might sound cliché, there is nothing stereotypical about this

charming junior who joined the St. Peter-Marian (SPM) High School community last year. “When she first arrived, Icey was incredibly shy and reserved. She needed a lot of support in some areas, primarily speaking,” said Gemma Goran-son, an ESL teacher at St. Peter-Marian who taught Zhang last year.

In fact, early on it was determined Zhang needed three classes of ESL per day during the 2014-15 school year. “Icey’s changes since first arriving at

SPM last year to this point are astounding,” Goranson said. “It was clear that she had the ability and the potential. It just took time and effort to bring her out of her shell. As the year went by, Icey became a model student, set a high standard among her peers, and her dedication was truly admirable.”

Zhang’s cumulative GPA for the 2014-15 school year was 96.54. “There was never a time that she wasn’t reviewing or studying material. She is proof that if you work to your full potential and are open to the learning experience, you can achieve your goals,” Goranson said. “When speaking with others, Icey now makes more eye contact and speaks more comfortably. She expresses herself well and is more outgoing. As her teacher last year, watching her blossom and become a more confident student has been a treasure.”

This school year Zhang takes a normal course load with just one period of ESL per day. During the first quarter, Zhang earned high honors, which means she earned an A in every class she took, including compiling a 100 in Biology II. “Icey is determined, dedicated and driven,” St. Peter-Marian International Director Marcus Watson said. “She is one of the hardest working international students we have ever had here.

Rising to academic challenges was not always a way of life for Zhang. She said, at times, she struggled in school while in her homeland of China. The grueling time schedule most Chinese schools impose on students had taken its toll on her. She freely admits the shorter school day in America is something she enjoys, but so is study-ing. “Now I study all the time because I like to study, not because I have to study,” she explained.

Zhang enjoys her time at St. Peter-Marian. “The teachers are good,” she said. “Mostly, I like the way we live in school. We come to school [at 7:20] and go home at 2 p.m. and can do whatever we want. It is a second chance for me to start again. It is more enjoyable, and [even the] studying [aspect] is a second chance for me.”

While she can go home to her host family after school, Zhang can often be found in the library studying. Additionally, she has started a craft club at the school which meets once a week after school. Goranson is the club’s faculty advisor.

“When Icey first approached me about starting her own club at SPM, I was so excited for her. Look-ing back to the fall of 2014, she has come such a long way,” the St. Peter-Marian teacher said. “Starting a new club involves taking initiative and courage. Icey has always had the organization skills, work ethic and determination, but starting

her own club was further evidence of how much more confident she is with herself.”

To inform students about the club, Goranson said, Zhang made a beautiful poster-board that highlighted some of the projects she will be doing. It also displayed some of her own, handmade work.

A lover of many types of crafts, Zhang said she had the idea for the club last year. “We will have different activities and projects, like making a box of paper flowers. Maybe we will go to a hospital and look after people who are sick to give them the flowers we make and collect,” she said. Other projected proj-ects include making “beautiful” cell phone covers and pillows, she added.

Zhang promoted the idea of the club and recruited members. “Icey went into classrooms after school to tell students about her club. She spoke openly, com-fortably and answered any questions that were asked. About 15 students signed up from all grades, 7 through 12, and of all backgrounds,” Goranson said.

Having a club with a diverse member-ship was important to Zhang, according to Goranson. “Icey could have told her international friends about the club and stopped there, but she wanted to make sure the club was open for all students and that all students were welcome,” Goranson added. “Seeing students rush over to sign up must have been such a good feeling for Icey. I know I felt so proud of her and her progress.”

Yating (Icey) Zhang helped make a class-room multicultural by creating the Chinese version of this saying.

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Rainie (Jingyu) Luo is a sophomore at Cardinal Spellman High School and a second year EduBoston student. Luo came to Spellman, located in Brockton,

Mass., from Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, China-- where she resides with her parents. Currently, Luo lives with the Cerilli family in Braintree, Mass.

An extremely conscientious student, Luo has been on the honor roll every term since her arrival at Cardinal Spellman. She is a student that teach-ers can count on to be prepared for class and is always ready to learn.

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MULTI-TALENTED SOPHOMORESHINES AT CARDINAL SPELLMAN

By Shana McCarthy

Luo’s strengths span beyond just academics—she is a skilled artist as well. Not only is she enrolled in art courses, but Luo is a self-taught artist with magnificent skills, both sketching and computer artistry.

When Luo is not studying or drawing, she enjoys playing video games or eating at Boston restau-rants. On Mondays and Thursdays, Luo can be found tutoring mathematics after school for strug-gling students.

There are a number of things Luo has appreciated about her time in the United States. Lou enjoys the Adoration ministry, which is held the first Friday of every month. The students pray in religion classes in adoration. She also has had an entertaining time on school field trips and EduBos-ton trips as well.

Luo’s dream university to attend after high school is MIT. She plans to study accounting as an undergraduate.

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Rainie (Jingyu) Luo is a sophomore at Cardinal Spellman High School and a second year EduBoston student. Luo came to Spellman, located in Brockton,

Mass., from Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, China-- where she resides with her parents. Currently, Luo lives with the Cerilli family in Braintree, Mass.

An extremely conscientious student, Luo has been on the honor roll every term since her arrival at Cardinal Spellman. She is a student that teach-ers can count on to be prepared for class and is always ready to learn.

Luo’s strengths span beyond just academics—she is a skilled artist as well. Not only is she enrolled in art courses, but Luo is a self-taught artist with magnificent skills, both sketching and computer artistry.

When Luo is not studying or drawing, she enjoys playing video games or eating at Boston restau-rants. On Mondays and Thursdays, Luo can be found tutoring mathematics after school for strug-gling students.

There are a number of things Luo has appreciated about her time in the United States. Lou enjoys the Adoration ministry, which is held the first Friday of every month. The students pray in religion classes in adoration. She also has had an entertaining time on school field trips and EduBos-ton trips as well.

Luo’s dream university to attend after high school is MIT. She plans to study accounting as an undergraduate.

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The winter season brings about many opportuni-ties for students to get involved in a variety of high school events. EduBoston students studying in the United States participate in a number of extra-curricular activities just like their American coun-terparts. From playing sports and singing in school choirs, to showing off artistic talents and taking part in holiday traditions, EduBoston students are in the game. School dances were

GETTING IN THE ACTIONBy Susan Wessling

also a big hit in the last few months and visiting parents lifted some students’ spirits who may have been missing home. That isn’t to say host parents have not been getting in the mix as some stepped in for student parent nights at schools. There were plenty of chances to have some fun and be involved, and there will be many more opportunities ahead as we prepare to plow ahead into the final months of winter!

Vivian Cui, right, and Kylie Huang, second from right, are part of the SPM Liturgical Choir.

EduBoston student Xinyi Ally Kong performed in "Beauty and the Beast" at SHHS.

Yuanhao Lin and James Ramunni spend a moment together at the Hamden Hall Freshmen Parent Night.

Yuhao (Alejandro) Gan did a reading in Chinese and English during SPM Carols and Lessons program.

EduBoston students are on the JV basketball team at St. Mary's.

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HappyBirthdayThis Issue of The EduBostonian Recognizes November, December, January Birthdays: Join Our Students in Celebration!

Chen Baichuan Zhang JingshunYuan XinWu YanboLin YaoTan BofangXiang JiaxinZhang Kexin Li BolunMa YuanleYang ZiqiLiu Yitong Xu Junqing Tran QuynhJi JiayuanWang Taige Ren BairuiZhang Linxi Wang JingyanKang RixingZhang Yiyun Fu Tinghao Shi Tingchang Zhu RongqingZhao YimingDing MiaomiaoChen GenghongZheng Zhe Hao Shiqian

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Ma Shiying Hou YunjieXu YanweiLuo RuohangDeng Yuzhi Lin XuanyiLiu ShimengDong DaiZeng RongtingWu LeiLi ZhishanHao Yixiong Park JunhaLuo Deyi Zhen GuoliangLing Cheng Yu ZhanhuaWu JunyiYe Jinlei Hu JilinYao MeiniMa Yuting Cai Bowen Long Xiaoxiao

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Holy NameSt. Peter-MarianNotre Dame CatholicTrinity CatholicTrinity CatholicMalden CatholicSacred Heart/CTTrinity CatholicSt. Mary's Bancroft SchoolArchbishop WilliamsSt. Peter-MarianSt. Peter-MarianCentral Catholic St. JosephCape Cod AcademyBishop ConnollySt. John’s PreparatorySt. Peter-MarianHolyoke CatholicSt. Mary's St. Peter-MarianSt. Peter-MarianHamden Hall Country

January

Wang LeiChang Cheng Ding YiboZhan Wangsichen Xue Jinglin Wang Zheyi Zhang EnmingXu MinhangZhang Mutian Wang YihanLi DingZhang Tongcheng Zheng WeiyiGui Zhongshan Li ZiyunZhuang Jing He Ruoyan Liang BoyuWu HaoWeng XinwenWang NanjunJang Jaesung Peng YuxiangWen Zeng Zhao Yichen Huang YuxinXie Mingwei Wang Yijin

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The Academy at CharlemontCharlemont, Mass.

Kaiyin Zhang – High Honors

Archbishop Williams High School Braintree, Mass. Xiaoli Sun – First Honors Bancroft SchoolWorcester, Mass.

Jiaying Li – Highest HonorsTianxing Liu – Highest HonorsWeiyi Zheng – Highest Honors

Maomao Ding – HonorsXiaoxue Guo – HonorsYunzhuo Hao – HonorsXiaoling He – HonorsRuipei Huang – HonorsXiang Li – HonorsShiying Ma – HonorsHaomeng Qin – HonorsAnqi Shen – HonorsLei Wu – HonorsShang Yu – HonorsYehan Yuan – HonorsWeijia Zeng – HonorsKexin Zhang – Honors

Bay View AcademyRiverside, RI

Sandy Zhou – HonorsDanxiang Chen – HonorsYao Lin – HonorsYuan Li – HonorsJing Duan – Honors

Bishop Connolly High SchoolFall River, Mass

Yufeng Wu – Second Honors

Jiahui He – Third HonorsChau Minh Cao Le – Third HonorsNingchen Ren – Third HonorsMeixi Xu – Third HonorsTongcheng Zhang – Third Honors

Bloomington Christian SchoolBloomington, Calif.

Quhyn Tran Qizhan Zhao

Cardinal Spellman High SchoolBrockton, Mass. Victor Xie – High Honors

Zhuoran (Maggie) Chen – HonorsBowen (Marvin) Duan – HonorsYixiao (Jenny) Jiang – HonorsJingyo (Rainie) Lin – HonorsYize (Frank) Lin – HonorsZheyuan (Steven) Zhang – HonorsChen (Vera) Zhou – Honors

Central Catholic High SchoolLawrence, Mass. Baichuan Chen – Distinguished Honors Yangxi Sun – Distinguished Honors Siying Wang – Distinguished Honors

Yuzi Lyu – High HonorsZhilin Zhang – High HonorsWeiye Zhao – High HonorsZichen Zhao – High HonorsYuge Xue – High Honors

Zeyu Feng – HonorsJuyi Gu – HonorsHanfu Guo – Honors Jae Sung Jang – HonorsKe Liu – HonorsDeyi Luo – HonorsYijia Pan – HonorsZiyu Wang – HonorsShunning Wu – HonorsJiaxin Xiang – HonorsShiqi Xiong – HonorsShunning Yu – Honors

Holy Name Central Catholic High SchoolWorcester, Mass.

Jinyu (John) Li Keying (Vicky) Xu Zhuli (Julie) Xin Xuan (Sam) Zhao

Holy Cross High SchoolWaterbury, Conn.

Tianrui Zho – First HonorsJianxiang Gao – Second Honors

Malden Catholic High SchoolMalden, Mass.

Jiashu Li – Headmaster’s ListQin Xu – Headmaster’s List

Muhao Feng – First HonorsTianshu Xia – First HonorsWangtengyue Shen – First HonorsYitao Huang – First HonorsZimin Dai – First Honors

Notre Dame High SchoolFairfield, Conn.

Yuxiao Teng – Honors

St. Bernard’s High SchoolFitchburg, Mass. Phan Quynh Han Nguyen – Highest Honors

Sacred Heart High SchoolKingston, Mass. Dehua Chen – High HonorsYiyun Zhang – High Honors

Dongge Yan – HonorsLe Yu – HonorsZhongshan Gui – Honors

Sacred Heart High SchoolWaterbury, Conn.

Yibo Ding – First HonorsShimeng Liu – First HonorsZhengwen Li – Second Honors

St. John's Preparatory School Danvers, Mass. Qiyuan Cheng – Headmaster’s List Bolun Li – Headmaster’s List Zecheng Shi – Headmaster’s List Junyi Wu – Headmaster’s List

Hao Dong – Principal’s ListGengyu Lin – Principal’s ListMuhua Zhang – Principal’s List

St. Joseph High SchoolTrumbull, Conn.

Jianin Cai – Principal’s Honor RollYifan Cao – Principal’s Honor RollCheng Chang – Principal’s Honor RollShiman Hu – Principal’s Honor RollMingrui Jia – Principal’s Honor RollLingyan Jiang – Principal’s Honor RollBoyu Liang – Principal’s Honor RollFeiyi Li – Principal’s Honor RollZiyun Li – Principal’s Honor RollPai Liu – Principal’s Honor RollYutong Su – Principal’s Honor Roll

St. Mary’s High SchoolLynn, Mass.

Jiayuan Ji – Principal’s ListJiachen Li – Principal’s ListHaochen Zhang – Principal’s ListThi Thanh Trinh – Principal’s List

Chang Wan – Honor RollRuiqi Dong – Honor Roll

St. Peter-Marian High SchoolWorcester, Mass. Yating (Icey) Zhang – High Honors

Tiange (John) Dai – Honor Roll Yuhao (Alejandro) Gan – Honor Roll Junhao (Frankie) Huang – Honor Roll Kaibiao (Cayden) Ruan – Honor Roll Yiming (Clark) Zhao – Honor Roll

Trinity Catholic High SchoolStamford, Conn.

Xuanming Da – High HonorsRun Li – High HonorsYuYu Liu – High HonorsTaige Wang – High HonorsDi Wu – High Honors

Whitinsville Christian SchoolWhitinsville, Mass

Qiyue (Cara) Cui Yanjia (Dianna) Fu Yunfan (Mike) Gao Xinyi (Elena) Wang

FIRST TRIMESTER

Cape Cod AcademyOsterville, Mass Ruoxuan Wang – HonorsYiran Wang – HonorsJunqing Xu – HonorsMutian Zhang – HonorsLinxi Zhang – HonorsYunshu Zhang – HonorsMingde Zeng – Honors

Xinghan He – High HonorsYuexuan He – High HonorsXinyu Gu – High HonorsYuntao Ma – High HonorsHefu Pan – High HonorsZiling Wang – High Honors Chuqi Xiong – High HonorsYining Yuan – High Honors

FIRST QUARTER HONOR ROLL HONOR ROLL

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The Academy at CharlemontCharlemont, Mass.

Kaiyin Zhang – High Honors

Archbishop Williams High School Braintree, Mass. Xiaoli Sun – First Honors Bancroft SchoolWorcester, Mass.

Jiaying Li – Highest HonorsTianxing Liu – Highest HonorsWeiyi Zheng – Highest Honors

Maomao Ding – HonorsXiaoxue Guo – HonorsYunzhuo Hao – HonorsXiaoling He – HonorsRuipei Huang – HonorsXiang Li – HonorsShiying Ma – HonorsHaomeng Qin – HonorsAnqi Shen – HonorsLei Wu – HonorsShang Yu – HonorsYehan Yuan – HonorsWeijia Zeng – HonorsKexin Zhang – Honors

Bay View AcademyRiverside, RI

Sandy Zhou – HonorsDanxiang Chen – HonorsYao Lin – HonorsYuan Li – HonorsJing Duan – Honors

Bishop Connolly High SchoolFall River, Mass

Yufeng Wu – Second Honors

Jiahui He – Third HonorsChau Minh Cao Le – Third HonorsNingchen Ren – Third HonorsMeixi Xu – Third HonorsTongcheng Zhang – Third Honors

Bloomington Christian SchoolBloomington, Calif.

Quhyn Tran Qizhan Zhao

Cardinal Spellman High SchoolBrockton, Mass. Victor Xie – High Honors

Zhuoran (Maggie) Chen – HonorsBowen (Marvin) Duan – HonorsYixiao (Jenny) Jiang – HonorsJingyo (Rainie) Lin – HonorsYize (Frank) Lin – HonorsZheyuan (Steven) Zhang – HonorsChen (Vera) Zhou – Honors

Central Catholic High SchoolLawrence, Mass. Baichuan Chen – Distinguished Honors Yangxi Sun – Distinguished Honors Siying Wang – Distinguished Honors

Yuzi Lyu – High HonorsZhilin Zhang – High HonorsWeiye Zhao – High HonorsZichen Zhao – High HonorsYuge Xue – High Honors

Zeyu Feng – HonorsJuyi Gu – HonorsHanfu Guo – Honors Jae Sung Jang – HonorsKe Liu – HonorsDeyi Luo – HonorsYijia Pan – HonorsZiyu Wang – HonorsShunning Wu – HonorsJiaxin Xiang – HonorsShiqi Xiong – HonorsShunning Yu – Honors

Holy Name Central Catholic High SchoolWorcester, Mass.

Jinyu (John) Li Keying (Vicky) Xu Zhuli (Julie) Xin Xuan (Sam) Zhao

Holy Cross High SchoolWaterbury, Conn.

Tianrui Zho – First HonorsJianxiang Gao – Second Honors

Malden Catholic High SchoolMalden, Mass.

Jiashu Li – Headmaster’s ListQin Xu – Headmaster’s List

Muhao Feng – First HonorsTianshu Xia – First HonorsWangtengyue Shen – First HonorsYitao Huang – First HonorsZimin Dai – First Honors

Notre Dame High SchoolFairfield, Conn.

Yuxiao Teng – Honors

St. Bernard’s High SchoolFitchburg, Mass. Phan Quynh Han Nguyen – Highest Honors

Sacred Heart High SchoolKingston, Mass. Dehua Chen – High HonorsYiyun Zhang – High Honors

Dongge Yan – HonorsLe Yu – HonorsZhongshan Gui – Honors

Sacred Heart High SchoolWaterbury, Conn.

Yibo Ding – First HonorsShimeng Liu – First HonorsZhengwen Li – Second Honors

St. John's Preparatory School Danvers, Mass. Qiyuan Cheng – Headmaster’s List Bolun Li – Headmaster’s List Zecheng Shi – Headmaster’s List Junyi Wu – Headmaster’s List

Hao Dong – Principal’s ListGengyu Lin – Principal’s ListMuhua Zhang – Principal’s List

St. Joseph High SchoolTrumbull, Conn.

Jianin Cai – Principal’s Honor RollYifan Cao – Principal’s Honor RollCheng Chang – Principal’s Honor RollShiman Hu – Principal’s Honor RollMingrui Jia – Principal’s Honor RollLingyan Jiang – Principal’s Honor RollBoyu Liang – Principal’s Honor RollFeiyi Li – Principal’s Honor RollZiyun Li – Principal’s Honor RollPai Liu – Principal’s Honor RollYutong Su – Principal’s Honor Roll

St. Mary’s High SchoolLynn, Mass.

Jiayuan Ji – Principal’s ListJiachen Li – Principal’s ListHaochen Zhang – Principal’s ListThi Thanh Trinh – Principal’s List

Chang Wan – Honor RollRuiqi Dong – Honor Roll

St. Peter-Marian High SchoolWorcester, Mass. Yating (Icey) Zhang – High Honors

Tiange (John) Dai – Honor Roll Yuhao (Alejandro) Gan – Honor Roll Junhao (Frankie) Huang – Honor Roll Kaibiao (Cayden) Ruan – Honor Roll Yiming (Clark) Zhao – Honor Roll

Trinity Catholic High SchoolStamford, Conn.

Xuanming Da – High HonorsRun Li – High HonorsYuYu Liu – High HonorsTaige Wang – High HonorsDi Wu – High Honors

Whitinsville Christian SchoolWhitinsville, Mass

Qiyue (Cara) Cui Yanjia (Dianna) Fu Yunfan (Mike) Gao Xinyi (Elena) Wang

FIRST TRIMESTER

Cape Cod AcademyOsterville, Mass Ruoxuan Wang – HonorsYiran Wang – HonorsJunqing Xu – HonorsMutian Zhang – HonorsLinxi Zhang – HonorsYunshu Zhang – HonorsMingde Zeng – Honors

Xinghan He – High HonorsYuexuan He – High HonorsXinyu Gu – High HonorsYuntao Ma – High HonorsHefu Pan – High HonorsZiling Wang – High Honors Chuqi Xiong – High HonorsYining Yuan – High Honors

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The Academy at CharlemontCharlemont, Mass.

Kaiyin Zhang – High Honors

Archbishop Williams High School Braintree, Mass. Xiaoli Sun – First Honors Bancroft SchoolWorcester, Mass.

Jiaying Li – Highest HonorsTianxing Liu – Highest HonorsWeiyi Zheng – Highest Honors

Maomao Ding – HonorsXiaoxue Guo – HonorsYunzhuo Hao – HonorsXiaoling He – HonorsRuipei Huang – HonorsXiang Li – HonorsShiying Ma – HonorsHaomeng Qin – HonorsAnqi Shen – HonorsLei Wu – HonorsShang Yu – HonorsYehan Yuan – HonorsWeijia Zeng – HonorsKexin Zhang – Honors

Bay View AcademyRiverside, RI

Sandy Zhou – HonorsDanxiang Chen – HonorsYao Lin – HonorsYuan Li – HonorsJing Duan – Honors

Bishop Connolly High SchoolFall River, Mass

Yufeng Wu – Second Honors

Jiahui He – Third HonorsChau Minh Cao Le – Third HonorsNingchen Ren – Third HonorsMeixi Xu – Third HonorsTongcheng Zhang – Third Honors

Bloomington Christian SchoolBloomington, Calif.

Quhyn Tran Qizhan Zhao

Cardinal Spellman High SchoolBrockton, Mass. Victor Xie – High Honors

Zhuoran (Maggie) Chen – HonorsBowen (Marvin) Duan – HonorsYixiao (Jenny) Jiang – HonorsJingyo (Rainie) Lin – HonorsYize (Frank) Lin – HonorsZheyuan (Steven) Zhang – HonorsChen (Vera) Zhou – Honors

Central Catholic High SchoolLawrence, Mass. Baichuan Chen – Distinguished Honors Yangxi Sun – Distinguished Honors Siying Wang – Distinguished Honors

Yuzi Lyu – High HonorsZhilin Zhang – High HonorsWeiye Zhao – High HonorsZichen Zhao – High HonorsYuge Xue – High Honors

Zeyu Feng – HonorsJuyi Gu – HonorsHanfu Guo – Honors Jae Sung Jang – HonorsKe Liu – HonorsDeyi Luo – HonorsYijia Pan – HonorsZiyu Wang – HonorsShunning Wu – HonorsJiaxin Xiang – HonorsShiqi Xiong – HonorsShunning Yu – Honors

Holy Name Central Catholic High SchoolWorcester, Mass.

Jinyu (John) Li Keying (Vicky) Xu Zhuli (Julie) Xin Xuan (Sam) Zhao

Holy Cross High SchoolWaterbury, Conn.

Tianrui Zho – First HonorsJianxiang Gao – Second Honors

Malden Catholic High SchoolMalden, Mass.

Jiashu Li – Headmaster’s ListQin Xu – Headmaster’s List

Muhao Feng – First HonorsTianshu Xia – First HonorsWangtengyue Shen – First HonorsYitao Huang – First HonorsZimin Dai – First Honors

Notre Dame High SchoolFairfield, Conn.

Yuxiao Teng – Honors

St. Bernard’s High SchoolFitchburg, Mass. Phan Quynh Han Nguyen – Highest Honors

Sacred Heart High SchoolKingston, Mass. Dehua Chen – High HonorsYiyun Zhang – High Honors

Dongge Yan – HonorsLe Yu – HonorsZhongshan Gui – Honors

Sacred Heart High SchoolWaterbury, Conn.

Yibo Ding – First HonorsShimeng Liu – First HonorsZhengwen Li – Second Honors

St. John's Preparatory School Danvers, Mass. Qiyuan Cheng – Headmaster’s List Bolun Li – Headmaster’s List Zecheng Shi – Headmaster’s List Junyi Wu – Headmaster’s List

Hao Dong – Principal’s ListGengyu Lin – Principal’s ListMuhua Zhang – Principal’s List

St. Joseph High SchoolTrumbull, Conn.

Jianin Cai – Principal’s Honor RollYifan Cao – Principal’s Honor RollCheng Chang – Principal’s Honor RollShiman Hu – Principal’s Honor RollMingrui Jia – Principal’s Honor RollLingyan Jiang – Principal’s Honor RollBoyu Liang – Principal’s Honor RollFeiyi Li – Principal’s Honor RollZiyun Li – Principal’s Honor RollPai Liu – Principal’s Honor RollYutong Su – Principal’s Honor Roll

St. Mary’s High SchoolLynn, Mass.

Jiayuan Ji – Principal’s ListJiachen Li – Principal’s ListHaochen Zhang – Principal’s ListThi Thanh Trinh – Principal’s List

Chang Wan – Honor RollRuiqi Dong – Honor Roll

St. Peter-Marian High SchoolWorcester, Mass. Yating (Icey) Zhang – High Honors

Tiange (John) Dai – Honor Roll Yuhao (Alejandro) Gan – Honor Roll Junhao (Frankie) Huang – Honor Roll Kaibiao (Cayden) Ruan – Honor Roll Yiming (Clark) Zhao – Honor Roll

Trinity Catholic High SchoolStamford, Conn.

Xuanming Da – High HonorsRun Li – High HonorsYuYu Liu – High HonorsTaige Wang – High HonorsDi Wu – High Honors

Whitinsville Christian SchoolWhitinsville, Mass

Qiyue (Cara) Cui Yanjia (Dianna) Fu Yunfan (Mike) Gao Xinyi (Elena) Wang

FIRST TRIMESTER

Cape Cod AcademyOsterville, Mass Ruoxuan Wang – HonorsYiran Wang – HonorsJunqing Xu – HonorsMutian Zhang – HonorsLinxi Zhang – HonorsYunshu Zhang – HonorsMingde Zeng – Honors

Xinghan He – High HonorsYuexuan He – High HonorsXinyu Gu – High HonorsYuntao Ma – High HonorsHefu Pan – High HonorsZiling Wang – High Honors Chuqi Xiong – High HonorsYining Yuan – High Honors

HONOR ROLL

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