Editor’s note: The Auburn Reporter salutes some of the best graduating seniors fromeach of the Auburn School District’s four high schools. The schools chose the top graduates.
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Whether she’s studying music, history or ancient languages, Amy Scott takes a classic approach to her work.
“I just kind of fell in love with it,” said Scott, a well-rounded honors student at Auburn Mountainview High School. “I fell in love with (the classics) … in seeing how the languages work … going way back … and how it relates to us now.”
The classics, whether it be in Latin, Greek or Hebrew, have followed Scott’s four-year path of exceptional performance at the school. It is the classics that have broadened her perspective and enhanced her appreciation of the disciplines.
“Philosophy, history and religion … and how everything comes together,” she said.
Talkative and resourceful, Scott graduates among the top of her class with a 4.0 GPA.
Scott, daughter of Tina and Erin Scott, excelled not only in the classroom, but also on the stage and in the pool. She has taken voice lessons, performed in the choir and participated in school theater.
She was a standout water polo player, a team captain who earned South Sound Girls Water Polo League East Division first-team honors.
She was vice president of the robotics club.
In the community, she performs outreach ministry for Young Life.
“I’ve been super busy. It’s been good, it’s been fun. I’ve learned a lot about myself,” Scott said of her high school years.
Scott plans to attend Pacific Lutheran University in the fall on a full-ride PLU regents scholarship.
She ultimately would like to teach English or, possibly, the classics as a college professor.
Andrew Hammer
Between his intense studies, Andrew Hammer makes room for a little levity.
It is just the way he is.
“I’m really sarcastic. I don’t try to take anything too seriously,” he said without hesitation.
When focused on his work, this son of a Boeing engineer does it better than most students.
A 4.0 student, Hammer is a member of the National Honor Society. He also served as team president of the robotics club.
“The experience has been great. All the AP classes have been challenging,” he said.
Hammer, son of Robin and Andy Hammer, plans to study engineering at the University of Washington.
“Perhaps mechanical engineering,” he said. “I don’t see it as following in my father’s footsteps. It’s just something I would like to do.”
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Auburn Mountainview High commencement: 11 a.m., Saturday, Auburn Memorial Stadium, 800 Fourth St. NE
