WESTFORD — Nashoba Valley Technical High School has announced its students and athletes of the month for May.
Students of the Month
Students of the Month are selected based on the school’s “Portrait of a Graduate” attributes: Resourceful, Responsible, Resilient, Respectful and Ready.
Emily Brady, of Townsend, daughter of Matthew and Mary Brady, was a freshman in the Carpentry program. She competes for the indoor and spring track teams.
Emily was nominated by Carpentry instructor Timothy Ayres, who wrote that she depicts all of the attributes in Nashoba Tech’s “Portrait of a Graduate,” both in academics and in Carpentry.
Lorrainy Rodrigues, of Ayer, daughter of Leonardo de Castro and Vera Moura, was a sophomore in the Engineering Technology program. She is an honors student who has received the Seal of Biliteracy for English and Portuguese and will try to earn a second Seal in Spanish. Earlier in the school year, she was one of three bilingual students from Nashoba Tech who sat on a panel run by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education about the Seal of Biliteracy.
She plays tennis for the Vikings and plans to attend college to become an architect.
Lorrainy was nominated by Spanish teacher Amy St. Arnaud, who wrote that she is a “hardworking and conscientious student who is always striving to do her best work” and that she is “a friend to all with a kind personality and outstanding character.”
Athletes of the Month
Richard Collins, of Chelmsford, son of James Collins and Laura Tsolas, was a junior pitcher and outfielder for the baseball team. He also runs cross-country for the Vikings. He is in the Health Assisting program and plans to become a firefighter after graduation.
Richard was nominated by coach Jeff Robinson, who wrote: “Over the month of May, Richie has led the pitching staff in innings pitched, percent of pitches for strikes, earned-run average, strikeout-to-walk ratio, no-walk innings, innings with first two batters out, and walks and hits per innings pitched.”
Destanee Soba, of Ayer, daughter of Jose Soba and Waleska Santini, was a track standout in outdoor track in the 100 meters and 200 meters, winning both events at every meet in which she competed. She was named Girls Track Athlete of the Year. She was also an essential part of the 4×400-meter relay team. She also plays basketball and soccer. She is in the Cosmetology program.
Destanee was nominated by Victor Cuzzupe, Erin Doherty and Aaron Spencer for having an “incredible impact on the girls track team in her first year” and for having a “positive attitude that influenced her teammates.”