Stanley Weaver II will always remember his first encounter with a whole, raw chicken.

This week, we get advice from Will Martin, 18, a senior at Myers Park High. Will is graduating with an IB diploma, runs cross country and track, is a member of the debate team and recently earned his Eagle Scout. He is preparing to attend West Point in July – which has been his dream since eighth grade.
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This is a place where the Observer shares stories of young people reaching out, setting standards, helping others and rising above what others would find crippling adversity. You'll find tales of triumph in four categories: Academics, Arts, Community Service and Personal Triumph -- and many that could fit in more than one.

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A few weeks ago, Ayana Dixon, a behavior modification technician at the Right Choices Program hel...

Young Achievers
Da Sol Lee, a senior at South Mecklenburg, was one of the nine winners of the energy conservation contest.

Students at St. Mark Catholic School in Huntersville recently collected $61,000 to go toward the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Kids Walk Program.

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Saint Mark Catholic School eighth-graders Arielle Ippolito and Michaela Schlegel finished first in the Reach for the Stars, Division B (middle school) of the N.C. Science Olympiad State Tournament.

Jenny Hausler, a sophomore at Providence High, and Alekhya Mallavarapu, a senior at Butler High, were recently awarded American Association of Teachers of German Study Trip Awards.


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