Meet Levittown's Top Students Of 2019

Seniors Sean Wolf and Michael Adams from Division Avenue High School and Saajid Chowdhury and Hannah Kilmetis from General Douglas MacArthur High School have been named as valedictorians and salutatorians, respectively, for the class of 2019. Throughout their high school careers, these four students have challenged themselves inside the classroom while making their mark on their school communities.

Wolf, Division Avenue's valedictorian, was recognized as a Commended Student in the National Merit Scholarship Program, National Hispanic Recognition Scholar, Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction and has medaled each year in DECA tournaments. In addition to DECA, Wolf is involved in National Honor Society, mathletes, peer tutoring and is a member of the varsity basketball team. He also serves as president of the school’s Physics Olympics Club. Although he is still undecided on what school he will be attending in the fall, he plans to pursue computer engineering.

Adams, Division Avenue’s salutatorian, is a leader among his peers, serving as class officer in his junior and senior year. As a junior, he was recognized by the Long Island chapter of the American Chemical Society for his outstanding scholastic achievement in high school chemistry and like Wolf, was named an AP Scholar With Distinction. Adams is a member of Division Avenue’s National Honor Society, Math Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Physics Olympiad Club and DECA. With a strong passion for music, he also plays the tenor saxophone in the school’s marching band, jazz band and all-district band. After graduation, Adams will attend Boston College where he plans to study biology.

Chowdhury will add the title of MacArthur valedictorian to his list of accolades. Among his many achievements, he was a Semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship program, earned gold medals in the Al Kalfus Long Island Math Fair throughout his high school career and was accepted into several regional orchestras based on his New York State School Music Association score. As a junior, Chowdhury received the Rensselaer Medal Award from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for his academic achievement in mathematics and science and this past fall, was the Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from the Long Island Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Additionally, he is president of the Math Honor Society, historian of the Tri-M Music Honor Society, treasurer of National Honor Society and member of Science Olympiad, where he has medaled in several events. Chowdhury is also first chair cellist in the school’s orchestra, on the mathletes team and the Nassau County All Star Mathletes Team. Although he is undecided as to where he will attend school in the fall, Chowdhury plans to study theoretical physics.

Kilmetis, MacArthur's salutatorian, is president of the National Honor Society and Tri-M Music Honor Society. She is a member of the school’s peer leadership club, Math Honor Society and World Language Honor Society, as well as Science Olympiad where she has also medaled in events. This past fall, Kilmetis helped guide the district’s Levittown Education Against Destructive Decisions Fair as a student marshal and was part of the school’s homecoming court. As a talented student-musician, she plays beside Chowdhury as second chair cellist in the school’s orchestra and plays for the Nassau Pops Symphony Orchestra outside of school. Still undecided as to what school she will be attending, Kilmetis has a love for animals and plans on studying animal science with a pre-veterinary track.