RECENT HIGH PERFORMING HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR GRADUATE NOW PREPARING TO LEAVE FOR HARVARD UNIVERSITY

2024 Homewood Flossmoor Valedictorian Lorin Wright. Photo provided by STH Media LLC
2024 Homewood Flossmoor Valedictorian Lorin Wright. Photo provided by STH Media LLC

RECENT HIGH PERFORMING HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR GRADUATE NOW PREPARING TO LEAVE FOR HARVARD UNIVERSITY

 

2024 HOMEWOOD FLOSSMOOR VALEDICTORIAN LORIN WRIGHT PRIMED, PREPARED, AND FOCUSED FOR THE NEXT PARADIGM SHIFT OF LIFE

 

 

(Homewood, IL) Many are called but few are chosen. That is the line in which many described 18-year-old Harvard bound freshman Lorin Wright of Homewood, Illinois. The Homewood-Flossmoor High School Valedictorian has received a full four-year scholarship to the Rolls Royce of all Ivy League Institutions, Harvard University.


Lorin credits her mother, Monica Wright, for her undying support in Lorin’s quest to obtain a Mechanical Engineering degree from the prestigious Institution.


“My mother has never wavered in her full support of my sister and me. She has instilled all the necessary life skills and love to ensure that we have all the necessary requirements for success in life. “says Harvard bound Lorin Wright.


Rich Township Supervisor Calvin Jordan recognized the remarkable talents of Lorin and felt compelled to offer his assistance to ensure that students such as Lorin receive community support.


“ As community leaders it is imperative that we put a spotlight on students who achieve at the highest level. There are so many Ivy League worthy students in the southland. Lorin is  joining an elite group of past graduates from the southland who have quietly excelled to some of the top universities in the world. However, Lorin will represent a new breed in which will advocate and push for future graduates to stride for excellence in their respective academics.” says Supervisor Jordan.


While a student at H-F , Lorin was an instrumental part of the International Student Exchange program where she had continuous dialogue with students from El Salvador. It was this unique engagement that propelled her to have a fondness for international affairs.


Lorin’s mission to obtain a mechanical engineering degree is the prelude for her true future ambitions of earning a master’s degree in Economics and Aerospace from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). From there she desires to work in satellite technology, rockets, robotics, and astronomy.


Lorin credits Homewood Flossmoor High School and the amazing counselors at the school who gave her tremendous academic and career planning support during her four years at the immensely popular high school. She finished her high school career with an overall GPA of 4.02 and a weighted GPA of 6.02. She is fluid in Spanish and maintained a steady presence in the National Honor Society.


Lorin further adds, “My mother is the most selfless and amazing person that I will ever know. Her strong work ethic was so contagious for my sister Tori and I. Tori has been spectacular in her support of me as a sister. She is a Junior at DePaul University and is performing extremely well. I am equally  as proud of her as she is of me. But our mother’s blood strolls heavily within our veins and her spirit is secured in all our combined success.”


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