- Oxford Area School District
- December
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Oxford Rotary Club December Seniors of the Month
Oxford Area High School students Connor “C.J.” Evans-Ralston and Emily McShane were recently honored as Oxford Rotary Club Seniors of the Month for December.
C.J., son of Andrea Evans and Andrew Ralston, is a member of National Honor Society, National English Honor Society and the Tri-M Music Honor Society. He is founder and president of the History Day Club, whose members participate at the local level of the annual National History Day Tournament. C.J. has also competed individually at the state level of the History Day Tournament, placing third in Pennsylvania.
C.J. has taken and earned exam scores of 5 in every AP history course offered at the high school. He is currently enrolled in AP government.
C.J. has played percussion in his school bands since third grade and is a four-year member of the marching and symphonic bands at the high school. He was one of 12 Oxford Area High School musicians who performed with the Cavalcade of Bands Honor Band in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California on New Year’s Day 2019, as a member of the percussion battery.
C .J. has worked as a volunteer for the Oxford Arts Alliance and the Oxford Public Library, and for several years has assisted Oxford Robotics Inc. with competitions and tournaments.
C.J. is considering two options following graduation. He is enrolled in the U.S. Navy Delayed Entry Program, which may lead to a naval assignment this summer. If he enters the service, C.J. is interested in working in naval intelligence.
Should he choose to attend college next fall, C.J. is interested in studying economics and history, and eventually entering law school in hopes of pursuing a career with the FBI, CIA or Securities and Exchange Commission. His college choices include the University of Maine, University of Alabama, University of Chicago and Harvard, Princeton and Temple universities.
Emily, daughter of Lisa and Colin McShane, is a member of the Tri-M Music Honor Society and has performed with her school choirs since sixth grade. She is currently a member of the senior choir and Bella Voce, and also accompanies the high school choirs on piano.
Emily is also the pianist for the annual Tri-M recital night. She has been selected to perform at several Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 12 chorus festivals, and earned awards at the Music in the Park event in Hershey in fifth and sixth grades.
Emily played soccer as a freshman and sophomore and is currently a sprinter on the track and field team.
Emily works at Giordano’s Restaurant in Kennett Square and assists in accounting for her father’s company, Workhorse Automation Inc., which specializes in engineering and automation solutions for the baking industry.
Emily has taken AP chemistry and AP calculus BC, and after graduation is interested in studying either math, science or chemical engineering in college. Her choices include the University of Pittsburgh, University of Delaware, Penn State, Purdue, Cornell and Florida Tech universities.