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Goldberg named Optimist Club Student of the Month
Jan 31, 2005 8:00 AM
By Tannika King - Faculty
Outstanding academic achievement has won senior Leslie Goldberg the honor of being named the Noon Optimist Student of the Month for January.
Goldberg, who is ranked No. 3 in her class of 116, has a GPA of 98.19 and an SAT score of 1410. In her four years at the Upper School, she has earned six honors and nine AP credits.
“Academically, Leslie is very motivated and prioritizes well,” said Fran Buice, math teacher. “Her academic record speaks for itself and shows consistency, responsibility, dedication and hard work. She would not claim her courses as hard work because she enjoys learning in all subject areas … She leads not only by example, but also by her warm, friendly personality.”
While at Darlington, Goldberg has been awarded the Wellesley College Book Award, the Georgia Certificate of Merit, the AP Scholar Award and was named a Wofford Scholar. She has also participated in a 9-week exchange program to Mexico and has been a member of Cum Laude Society, La Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica and National Honor Society, where she currently serves as president.
In addition to her academic endeavors, Goldberg has also made time for several extracurricular activities, including volleyball, Science Club and Leadership Rome. She has also volunteered in the radiology and obstetrics division of the local hospital during her summers.
“I have known Leslie as a student, the first-ever American student to take Spanish 3 Honors as a freshman, as well as a player on our junior varsity volleyball teams for three years,” said Jim Linos, Spanish teacher and volleyball coach. “She has always displayed the highest regard for her classmates, teammates, teachers and coaches. She is ethical, hard-working, diligent, attentive to those around her and, most impressively, particularly perceptive to cultural and intellectual differences amongst her peers. I have even spent time with Leslie at the local library teaching native Spanish speakers English. She shows compassion and patience in her teaching and learns from those she teaches at the same time.”
Goldberg was honored at a luncheon Monday, Jan. 31. She is the daughter of Dr. Neal and Barbara Goldberg of of Rome, Ga.
Goldberg, who is ranked No. 3 in her class of 116, has a GPA of 98.19 and an SAT score of 1410. In her four years at the Upper School, she has earned six honors and nine AP credits.
“Academically, Leslie is very motivated and prioritizes well,” said Fran Buice, math teacher. “Her academic record speaks for itself and shows consistency, responsibility, dedication and hard work. She would not claim her courses as hard work because she enjoys learning in all subject areas … She leads not only by example, but also by her warm, friendly personality.”
While at Darlington, Goldberg has been awarded the Wellesley College Book Award, the Georgia Certificate of Merit, the AP Scholar Award and was named a Wofford Scholar. She has also participated in a 9-week exchange program to Mexico and has been a member of Cum Laude Society, La Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica and National Honor Society, where she currently serves as president.
In addition to her academic endeavors, Goldberg has also made time for several extracurricular activities, including volleyball, Science Club and Leadership Rome. She has also volunteered in the radiology and obstetrics division of the local hospital during her summers.
“I have known Leslie as a student, the first-ever American student to take Spanish 3 Honors as a freshman, as well as a player on our junior varsity volleyball teams for three years,” said Jim Linos, Spanish teacher and volleyball coach. “She has always displayed the highest regard for her classmates, teammates, teachers and coaches. She is ethical, hard-working, diligent, attentive to those around her and, most impressively, particularly perceptive to cultural and intellectual differences amongst her peers. I have even spent time with Leslie at the local library teaching native Spanish speakers English. She shows compassion and patience in her teaching and learns from those she teaches at the same time.”
Goldberg was honored at a luncheon Monday, Jan. 31. She is the daughter of Dr. Neal and Barbara Goldberg of of Rome, Ga.
