NEWTOWN SQUARE - Christina Halcovich, formerly of Paxinos, has graduated with high honors from the The Episcopal Academy High School.
She was a member of the National Cum Laude Society, Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica, Robert R. Bishop National English Honor Society, Key Club, World Affairs Council, varsity track team, and founder and president of the school's first animal/environmental protection club.
She was a four-year recipient of the Walter W. Buckley Scholarship in recognition of her "strong academic record, depth of interest and involvement in extracurricular activities, and leadership potential," and was awarded the Alumni Prize for highest standing in English in the graduating class.
Outside of the Academy, she is an eight-year member of the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth and has studied advanced mathematics at Johns Hopkins and Stanford universities. Last summer, she completed courses in biology and economics at Cambridge University, England, and most recently, traveled to Rome, Italy, where she researched and designed a teen travel guide.
She enjoys volunteering at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, tutoring math, and fundraising for an impoverished inner-city school.
In the fall, she will attend Yale University, New Haven, Conn., where she will study molecular biology and anthropology.
She is a daughter of John and Alice Halcovich.