OGDENSBURG -- The Ogdensburg City School District has named the Senior Class of 2020 valedictorian and salutatorian.

Olivia Berghaus is the Ogdensburg City School District 2020 valedictorian, and Noelle Dutch is the salutatorian.

With a grade point average of 99.23, she is ranked 1st in her senior class of 110; a position she has maintained throughout her high school career.

Olivia will graduate with an Advanced Regents Diploma with Honors with an annotation that denotes Mastery in Math and Science in June, 2020. This past fall, Olivia earned Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction status, given to those students who earn an average of 3 or higher on Advanced Placement exams.

Berghaus is a member of Key Club and has sat on the Key Club Board for the past 3 years. Olivia has been actively involved with the Student Council since 2016 and is the current Student Council President. She is also a member of the National Honor Society. Olivia has participated in the Clarkson Horizons I, II, III program, Science Olympiad, and each May she participates in the Cystic Fibrosis Walk in Ogdensburg.

Berghaus is a recipient of the New York State Scholarship for Academic Excellence, the nominee for the RPI Rensselaer Medal, the Keuka College Community Award, and she received the Bausch and Lomb Award for the University of Rochester.

Berghaus has been accepted to Cornell University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Olivia has not yet decided on which school to attend, but is interested in the field of Biological Sciences.

Salutatorian

[img_assist|nid=278983|title=|desc=Noelle Dutch is the salutatorian for the Ogdenburg City School District 2020 class.|link=none|align=right|width=243|height=400]Noelle Dutch is the daughter of Mr. Peter and Mrs. Kara Dutch of Ogdensburg.

With a grade point average of 98.88, she is ranked 2nd in her senior class of 110 students; a position maintained throughout her high school career. Noelle will graduate with an Advanced Regents Diploma with Honors with an annotation that denotes Mastery in Math and Science in June, 2020. This past fall, Noelle earned Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction status, given to those students who earn an average of 3 or higher on Advanced Placement exams.

Dutch is a member of Key Club and has held offices as the Key Club Vice-President and President. She has been the Student Council Secretary and Treasurer, and is a member of the National Honor Society. Noelle has performed with our Jazz Rock ensemble over the past four years. Since tenth grade Noelle has been the stage manager for the school musical. Noelle has been a participant in Model UN and Science Olympiad throughout high school.

Dutch was awarded the Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Merit Scholarship from University of Rochester. Noelle is a recipient of the New York State Scholarship for Academic Excellence.

Dutch has been accepted to the University of Rochester, SUNY Binghamton, Clarkson University and Rochester Institute of Technology. Noelle has not yet decided on which school to attend but is interested in the field of Political Science.