(Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser, the Office of Cable Television, Film Music and Entertainment (OCTFME) and the Creative Affairs Office (CAO) hosted the 36th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards at the Historic Howard Theatre.
5/11/2021
Aidan Iacobucci, left, the NPHS Class of 2021 valedictorian, and Samantha Williams, salutatorian.
NORTH PROVIDENCE –The top two students at North Providence High School this year are headed to Ivy League universities.
Aidan Iacobucci, the NPHS Class of 2021 valedictorian, has committed to Princeton University after being accepted to four Ivys including Columbia, Dartmouth and the University of Pennsylvania.
This year’s salutatorian is Samantha Williams, who is headed to Harvard University this fall.
With a 4.39 grade point average, Iacobucci said learning he’s graduating at the top of his class was “validation for all the hard work” put in over the course of his academic career.
4/27/2021
Samantha Williams, a senior at North Providence High School, has been accepted into Harvard University.
NORTH PROVIDENCE – They call it Ivy Day.
All eight Ivy League schools release their admission decisions on the same day each year, as thousands of hopeful first-year students wait with bated breath to learn whether they’ve been accepted.
North Providence High School senior Samantha Williams had been anxiously anticipating Ivy Day 2021, saying she applied to 11 schools, including several Ivy League institutions, but always aspired to be accepted into Harvard University.
“Since elementary school, if I didn’t get an A on a spelling test I’d be so panicked about it,” she said. “I’ve always wanted to go to a nice college, but I didn’t think it would be Harvard … that was the dream,” she said.