Name: Kathleen P. Chaykowski


School: Canterbury


Achievements: English Department commendation; National Merit Commended Scholar; 2009 Indiana All-State first violin; 2008 winner of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Cleo Fox Scholarship; Highest Achievement Award; Science Department award; state speech meet contestant her first three years; and speech team Mental Attitude Award winner as a junior.


Activities: Editor-in-chief, assistant editor and writer for school newspaper “The Untitled”; co-editor-in-chief for school literary magazine, Sententiae; co-editor-in-chief, annual Canterbury literary journal, Mimesis; plays violin; volunteer at Red Cedar horseback riding stable.


Comments: “(Kathleen's) writing regularly shows an exceptional clarity of thought, thoroughness of preparation, and keenness for the nuances of expression and mechanics,” said Hoyt C. Olsen, Canterbury English Department chair. “Kathleen … will be a positive difference-maker in the lives of the people around her in every future setting: school, career, community.”


Plans: Chaykowski plans to pursue a career in science journalism with a double major in English and biology. She is interested in writing about bioethics issues.