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Ida Noel Girma is a very hard working, smart young lady is a senior at Maggie L. Walker’s Governor’s School for Government and International in Richmond, Virginia. This highly competitive school only offers only Honors classes and only accepts exceptionally gifted students into its program. Competing with the VERY BEST in the state of Virginia, Ida has managed to maintain a 3.9 GPA, while also devoting her time to several service projects. She has given many hours to assisting several church congregations in assuring shelter for those in need, has helped patients in the Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems and Cancer Center, has volunteered 20 hours of service to the American Cancer Society (and for the past 4 years has participated in the relay for life-cancer funraiser) and has also volunteered and served the Democratic Party of Virginia. With her active community service, Ida has still made time to be a member of the Jazz Band playing the guitar, as well as the member of the Model United Nations Club, the Lincoln Douglas Debate team, the National Honors Society, the Environmental Club and the Film Club to name a few. She was also awarded by Johns Hopkins University for being one of the highest scoring participants in the mathematics and verbal talent search in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Ida is a National Achievement Award Semi-Finalist and her school selected her to be part of their national winning team regarding the Constitution in which she participates in a simulated congressional hearing in Washington D.C. Ida is a true star, having excelled among excellers!
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