2005 Class Valedictorian
Christina
Wong

C
hristina
is a young lady with many talents. She is an athlete who has participated
in three sports: field hockey, winter track and spring track and excelled
as a member of each. The Miller Place Field Hockey Team, with Christina as
a player, won the Class B Long Island Championships. Christina also made
it to the Suffolk County Championships in the hurdles during Winter and
Spring Track. Christina is a talented musician. She has played the oboe
since middle school and got high ratings at NYSSMA all through High
School.
Christina is a highly intelligent individual and an
excellent student. She is a member of the Future Business Leaders of
America, the National Honor Society and Foreign Language Honor Society.
She is treasurer of the Senior Class and has been a research
volunteer / intern at Brookhaven National Laboratory. While an intern at
Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Medical Department, she had the
opportunity to hear lectures from renowned scientists in the filed of
neuropsychology and to conduct her own research. She has received the Brookhaven Science Associates
Scholarship and a New York State Regents Scholarship. She has a 99.21 GPA
and will be attending NYU in the fall to study biology with the hope of
becoming a doctor.

2005 Class
Salutatorian
Kari
D'Ottavio
K
ari is
both a talented athlete and gifted musician. Kari has played JV Softball and JV and Varsity Field
Hockey and was named co-captain of the Miller Place Field Hockey team this year.
Kari has played both the piano and the flute for many years and has
been part of the Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Band and Concert band. She also
competed in NYSSMA for the flute and Jazz NYSSMA for the piano.
Kari has spent a lot of time working for the students
of Miller Place High School and has been a member of student government
since the 9th grade. She served as class president of grades 9
and 10 and was elected a class Senator in the 11th grade.
She was elected Executive Council president and has the distinction
of being the first Ex-Officio Student Member of the Board of Education.
Kari is also a member of the National Honor Society and the Foreign
Language National Honor Society.
She has a grade point average of 98.7 and will be attending Loyola
University in the fall.
