Superintendent Award : CAMILLA BUSBY and REILLY LYNCH

FALLS VILLAGE — Housatonic Valley Regional High School seniors Camilla Busby and Reilly Lynch were each awarded a Superintendent Award.

Both are 17 and from Cornwall, and both are writers. Camilla is an editor of the school paper, a member of the National Honor Society and plays on the varsity tennis team. She also enjoys art, and is in the process of applying to colleges, including Brown, Wesleyan and Williams.

She lives in Cornwall with her parents, Bente and Peter, and two siblings.

Reilly is a soccer player (he also plays basketball and runs track), works on the newspaper and the literary magazine, and represents the students on the Region One Board of Education.

He has applied for early decision at Williams; he’ll know in December. He’s also looking at Swarthmore and Middlebury.

Reilly lives in Cornwall with his parents, Jeff and Bridget.

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