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By HELEN RUISI
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
Wakefield School annually presents an award for the All-Around Boy and Thomas Jerome Hegerich, the Class of 1986 salutatorian, could easily be used as the standard by which all others are judged.
T. J., as he is known by all, is driven by a thirst for knowledge and a desire to experience all that life offers. Charles McGlothlin, the chairman of Wakefield’s Math Department, commented that T. J. was a strongly motivated student, sincerely interested in the material, desiring to learn for the sheer joy of it.
Entering Wakefield when he was in the 7th grade, T. J. has always carried a heavy course load, thus earning the school’s highest diploma the Advanced Honors — Classical — Scientific which requires 35 credits to be graduated. Speaking with T. J. one can see that he enjoyed the challenge of his diverse course-load. He was one of only three students to complete six years of French and one of only five students to endure the grueling college-level work load of the Advanced Placement Physics course. He leaves Wakefield with an appreciation of languages, saying that perhaps he will study Russian in college, and with a love of math and science.
There are not many high school seniors who have set their career goals, but T. J. knows with certainty that his future will be involved with math and science. He applied to and was accepted early decision at the University of Virginia and adds that perhaps he will major in engineering.
T. J. says that his years at Wakefield have provided him with a well
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