Meet Pompeo Mazzella, Student Council President of BHS's Class of 2013

As we count down to graduation on Wednesday, June 26 for Branford High School's Class of 2013, we're taking some time to get to know some of the top students of the graduating class. 

Today, meet Pompeo Mazzella, Student Council present, who shares his future plans, activities and keys to his success.

What activities were you involved in throughout high school? 

• Student Council –Involved grades 9-12  (Parliamentarian 10, President 11,12)
• Model Congress- Involved grades 9-12 (Vice President 10,11, President 12)
• Cultural Diversity – Involved grades 9-12  (Vice President 11,12)
• Italian Club- Involved grades 9-12  (President 10-12)
• Amnesty International Club- Involved grades 9-12  (President 10-12)
• Peer Connectors- Involved grades 9-12 
• Cross Country -Involved grades 9-12 
• Spring Track and Field- Involved grades 9-12 
• BHS Musical/Performing Arts- Involved grades 9-12 
• BHS Choral Programs- Involved grades 9-12  (President 12)
• Chemistry Club- Involved grade 10
• Physics Club- Involved grade 11
• National Honor Society- Involved grades 11-12
• National Society of High School Scholars(NSHSS)
• Science National Honor Society- Involved grades 11-12
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters Program- Involved grades10-12
• Academics Committee- Involved grades 9-10
• Math Club- Involved grade 12

What are your academic achievements?

• Freshman Year: Perfect Attendance, High Honors Student
• Sophomore Year: High Honors Student, CAPT Scholar (Connecticut Academic Performance Test-Scored Advanced(5) on ALL Sections)
• Junior Year: High Honors Student, Inducted into the National Honor Society(NHS)  and the National Society of High School Scholars(NSHSS) and the Science National Honor Society (SNHS), Received the Amnesty Award for achieving excellence on a global level, Received the Trinity Book Award, Awarded 2nd place in a National High School Essay Contest-World Affairs Councils of America 
• Senior Year: High Honors Student, Bill O'Brian Spirit of the Community Award, Humanities Award, Statistics Award

What was your favorite subject? Mathematics. Statistics because I plan on majoring in Accounting and minoring in statistics. 

Who was your favorite/most influential teacher? The most influential teacher during my high school career would be Cathyann Roding. Although she may not be a core academic teacher, I have learned some of the most valuable life lessons from being in her class, and around her during the musical. She loves her profession and excels in a manner that not many other teachers do. She gets to truly know her students and help them develop as an individual. I am undoubtedly grateful for having her for the past four years.  

What are your future plans? Working for a Big 4 Public Accounting Firm in New York City

What is the key to your success? Diligence.

Is there anyone you would like to thank? I would like to thank all the teachers who I have had. They have all challenged me academically/personally and without them I wouldn't have excelled and be attending a top notch university next year. 

What will you miss about BHS? The close knit environment. I am attending OSU which is a very large public university and finding a small community is hard when I am on a campus of 50,000+ students. 

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Stay tuned to Branford Patch as we profile other leaders of the Class of 2013, including Lillian Brown, Stephen Perrotti, Kaity Robbins and Likhit Ganedi.

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