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Cuyahoga Falls Resident Mason Blake Named as 2011 Valedictorian for CVCA
Graduation ceremony this Sunday at The Chapel in Green.
Cuyahoga Falls resident Mason Blake, son of Bill and Anita Blake, has been named valedictorian for the 2011 graduating class of . The commencement ceremony for the school will take place May 29 at The Chapel in Green.
During his high school career, Mason enjoyed a variety of academic and athletic activities. A member of the tennis team, he played on the junior varsity his freshman and sophomore years and the varsity team his junior and senior years. He served as treasurer, president and advisor during his four years on the Junior Classical League. "It’s like a fancy way of saying Latin Club," explained Mason
As a class officer for three years, he was the treasurer his freshman year, vice president his sophomore year and president his junior year. Mason was a member of the National Honor Society and was also a National Merit Finalist.
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Mason will be using his $1000 college scholarship from the Cuyahoga Falls Rotary Club to attend The University of Illinois, where he plans to major in mechanical engineering.
“I’m interested in engineering because I love sciences and I’m good at math,” he says. “I’m interested in mechanical [engineering] because it’s a general field. Mechanical engineers get to do a lot of different things. It’s a good fit for me.”
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Describing himself as someone who is adventurous and likes to try new things, Mason said he would like to study abroad while at college.
“I would like to study abroad in Italy if I could, probably because of what I’ve learned in Latin Club,” he explains. “Italy has always been a country I’ve liked more than others. I know a lot of their history, so it would be cool to go there and see the ruins in real life.”
Mason said he is looking forward to a new beginning as he starts college in the fall.
“Everything will be a new experience for me,” he says. “I don’t know anyone who is going to The University of Illinois. It’ll be exciting being on my own and having to make new friends. And studying higher level engineering classes, too.”