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La Salle Juniors, Ryan Flynn and Andrew Lucas earned the highest composite score of 36 on the ACT college admissions placement exam. The ACT® test is a curriculum-and standards-based educational and career planning tool that assesses students’ academic readiness for college. Less than one tenth of one percent of the 1.6 million exam takers achieve a perfect score. This is truly an amazing accomplishment.
Both Ryan and Andrew are members of La Salle’s robotics team. Next year, Andrew will supervise production and engineering and Ryan will be one of the main engineers as well as the robot navigator and spotter during robotics competitions. “These two are very creative and have a friendly, competitive spirit,” commented Mr. Roy Chang, Computer Education teacher and Robotics Club moderator. Mr. Dave Desmond, AP Social Studies teacher and Chess Club moderator says, “Their Chess matches are extremely competitive, but they enjoy and appreciate each other’s depth of logical thinking.”
Both young men are members of Pi Alpha Chi Service Society, members of the National Honor Society and have qualified for the California Scholarship Federation. One small differentiation is that Andrew is working toward the rank of Eagle Scout while Ryan is a member of the Lancer swimming team. Yet, despite a rigorous schedule of AP courses, they have collaborated on a “Star Wars” fan-fiction book for the last two years.