Ramsey December 18, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 5 High school senior serves as ambassador to China Matthew Bonan, a senior at Ramsey High School, has been participating in the 100,000 Strong Program as a Student Ambassador to China. The 100,000 Strong Foun- dation was established to encourage a greater and more diverse number of U.S. students to study in China and learn Mandarin as a means to strengthen the U.S.-China relationship. Each year, the foundation selects 100 American students to serve as ambassadors on the grassroots level. These stu- dents represent the diversity of America, one of the nation’s greatest strengths. They have studied in China and have a deep understanding of Chinese culture and history. As ambassadors, these students not only share their transfor- mative China experiences, but also play a vital role in fur- thering the foundation’s mission. Bonan has taken Chinese all four years at Ramsey High School and is currently in Chinese IV Honors. As a fresh- man, he was invited to attend the 2011 China Institute Star Talk Summer Language Academy in New York City. Twenty-five New York metro-area high school students were selected to attend this six-week intensive Chinese lan- guage program. Perfect! Sabrina Casavechia, daugh- ter of Richard and Ritaelena Casavechia of Ramsey, and a junior at Ramsey High School, has achieved a per- fect score of 2400 on the SAT. Perfect SAT scores are rare: Just 0.03 percent, or 494, of 1.66 million 2013 graduates nationwide received a 2400. The SAT measures the read- ing, math, and writing skills and knowledge students acquire as part of a rigor- ous high school curriculum. The SAT is a reliable stan- dardized measure of col- lege readiness used in the admission process at nearly all four-year, not-for-profit undergraduate colleges and universities in the U.S. Matthew Bonan (Photo courtesy of Keith Nixon.)