Seven outstanding students from Orange County Public Schools (Orlando, FL) were honored for their hard work and accomplishments in STEM. The students were recognized at the OCPS school board meeting this month as Benjamin Banneker Association STEM Awardees, and also received gift bags and a $100 gift card from the local CFE Credit Union.
Here are a few of the students’ accomplishments which led to their being recognized with this award:
| Racquelle Moxey is a senior at Apopka High School She plans to be a biology major. She hopes to spend the abundance of her time researching in laboratories focusing on neuroscience or molecular genetics. |
| Payton Croskey is a senior at Dr. Phillips High School She started a “Girls Who Code Club” at Dr. Phillips. She intend on entering this field to represent underserved communities through computers and programs. |
| Nkosi Watts is a senior at Freedom High School She would like to combine her passion for software engineering and her interest in psychology to develop an application that helps explain the behaviors of children with mental disabilities. |
| Tanaiya Wilson is a senior at Jones High School Being in the top 5% of her graduating class and Student Government President provides the drive for Tanaiya to become an occupational therapist. She hopes to one day own her own Non-profit organization. |
| Henry Okonkwo is a senior at Lake Nona High School He is a member of the first ever high school partnered NASA Project and the 45th Weather squadron. He plans to major in Biochemistry, and eventually become a Pediatrician. |
| David Jasmin is a senior at Ocoee High School He is in the top 5% of his graduating class. David took 6 Advanced Placement classes last year, and is taking 5 additional AP classes this year. He hopes these studies will help him to pursue a career in the medical field as an anesthesiologist. |
| Ta’Neil Malcolm is a senior at Olympia High School Being creative and thinking outside the box, Ta’Neil plans to major in Biomedical Sciences. She desires to affect the lives of others by becoming a pediatric Surgeon. |
“As the immediate past-president of the Benjamin Banneker Association Inc., and a product of the Orange County public school system, I am honored and humbled to recognize some S.T.E.M. fabulous students from the Orange County Public School district. S.T.E.M. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, with a focus on Mathematics,” says Margaret Walker.
The student’s grade point averages ranges from 4.86 to 5.19. In addition, all of them have taken or are presently taking Advance Placement courses, which include AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics with one student taking IB Statistics and Introductory to Differential Equations.