Top Honors for Graduates
East Hampton, Bridgehampton, and Sag Harbor schools named their valedictorians and salutatorians this week.
Philippe Zablotsky is East Hampton High School’s 2017 valedictorian. He will graduate as a National Merit Scholarship Commended Student, with 17 honors and Advanced Placement courses. Philippe is a member of the National Honor Society, the French National Honor Society, and the Spanish National Honor Society. Outstanding achievement in math and science earned him recognition for the Bausch and Lomb Award from the University of Rochester. He also received the Suffolk County All-League Coaches Award in varsity baseball. In addition, Philippe has completed over 260 hours of community service, volunteering at a local food pantry, library, and summer fairs. He has not yet decided which college to attend.
East Hampton’s salutatorian is Dylan Schleider, who received a Gold award as one of the students with the highest grade point average in the class, and achieved a perfect score on the National Latin Exam. Dylan, a Lions Club Student of the Month, also won the Veterans of Foreign Wars Award and an East Hampton Star All-Star Award. She is a member of the National Honor Society, Business Honor Society, and the World Language Honor Society. Last year, she traveled to Nicaragua with other students and helped build a school for a poverty-stricken community.
At Sag Harbor’s Pierson High School, Eve Bishop is this year’s valedictorian. Eve received a National Merit Scholarship letter of commendation and earned outstanding achievement awards in biology, English literature, and mathematics. She is a member of the National Honor Society, the Quiz Bowl Team, Math League, and the Pierson Press. Additionally, she plays the oboe and is an accomplished photographer whose work has been published in Newsday and exhibited at Guild Hall and the Parrish Art Museum. Eve will attend Pomona College in the fall.
Ella Parker is Pierson’s salutatorian. Ella, who received outstanding achievement awards in geometry, global history, Spanish, and visual arts, is a 2016 recipient of the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award. She is a member of the National Honor Society, student council, a teen leader for the Retreat, and a member of the Math League and Quizbowl.
Max Cheng has been named Bridgehampton High School’s valedictorian, with a 95 grade point average earned in Advanced Placement classes in U.S. history, literature, language and composition, environmental science, and politics and government. Max, who will complete college-level calculus, also played varsity basketball. He is co-founder of the Culture Club and the Sprouts farm stand project. Last summer, he completed an internship in Berlin, where he worked as a translator and in website design.
Nia Dawson is Bridgehampton’s salutatorian, with a grade point average of 94. She has completed Advanced Placement language and composition, literature, environmental science, and politics and government classes, as well as honors English and college-level precalculus. She was elected senior class president and is a member of the National Honor Society and the school’s Tewa Marimba Band, and is a recipient of the Suffolk Zone High School Leadership Award and the John Niles Award. Along with Max, Nia co-founded the Sprouts farm stand project.