Nashua Students, Teacher Honored In Tech

NASHUA, NH – A leading women's technology organization and the University of New Hampshire will honor four Nashua students and a teacher for their accomplishments. Nashua High School North sophomore Kimberly Guerro and Nashua High School South senior Jillian MacGregor and sophomores Julia Zhang and Shannon McInnis were selected for their "outstanding aptitude and interest in computing and desire to pursue computing-related studies of occupations." (Subscribe to Nashua Patch news alerts for breaking Nashua news. iPhone/iPad users: download the new Patch app.)

Nashua High School South computer science teacher Lorna Spargo was also selected for an educator award "as a teacher who inspires and encourages her students to pursue careers in the computing and information technology field."

The five are among 18 high school students in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont selected for honors by the National Center for Women & Information Technology and UNH. A ceremony will be held April 29 at UNH Manchester.

“This is such an impressive group of young women, and we are honored to be recognizing their achievements," said Emily Kerr, STEM Discovery Lab coordinator at UNH Manchester, said in a statement. “Not only have they already accomplished so much in the field of computing, they have also been incredible leaders and role models in their schools, clubs and other organizations.”

This is a full list of the winners:

• Terryn Brunelle (NH), Pelham High School
• Madeline Chairvolotti (VT), Home School, Grand Isle
• Sonya DeLorie (NH), Bow High School
• Dairan Douglass (VT), Green Mountain Technology and Career Center, Honorable Mention
• Sarah Dunbar (NH), Hanover High School
• Sky Eno (NH), Pinkerton Academy
• Kimberly Guerrero (NH), Nashua High School North
• Brin Harper (NH), Academy for Science and Design
• Skye Hommel (NH), Exeter High School, Honorable Mention
• Gloria Kelley (ME), Mount Desert Island High School
• Meera Kurup (NH), Bishop Guertin
• Yajie Lou (NH), Hanover High School, Honorable Mention
• Jillian MacGregor (NH), Nashua High School
• Shannon McInnis (NH), Nashua High School South
• Olivia Ross (NH), Phillips Exeter Academy
• Emily Starr (ME), Oxford Hills Technical School
• Margaret Vaillancourt (NH), Pinkerton Academy
• Julia Zhang (NH), Nashua High School South, Honorable Mention
• Lorna Spargo (NH), Nashua High School South, Educator Award Winner

Photo credit: University of New Hampshire