2025 Outstanding Young Citizens
Congratulations to our Outstanding Young Citizens!
Joseph Shin
Fox Chapel Area High School, 11
Parent(s)/Guardian(s):
Louisa Shin
David Shin
Academic Achievement
Fox Chapel Area High School’s Orchestra: plays throughout the school district, community and state to spread the joy of music, Cellist – 3 Years
SAT Score: top 1%/Highest Honors: 4.42 WGPA, Top 10% Class Rank, Student Scholar – 3 Years
Governor’s STEM State Finalist: Award for Best Mathematical Product in the First Division, Student Competitor – 1 Year
Student Government/Leadership Council, Class Senator – 3 Years
National Honors Society, Member – 1 Year
Extracurricular Activities
Unified Best Buddies Club for Special Olympics: helps to communicate with over 200 members for monthly events and meetings, develops belonging and inclusivity in all students part of club, helps to fundraise over $40,000 a year for Special Olympic teams across the state, Officer, Secretary, President – 3 Years
JV Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track Runner, Member – 3 Years
Mu Alpha Theta/Math Club: math honor member that engages in national/statewide competitions biweekly, Member – 2 Years
Fox Chapel’s Wellness Council: communicative liaison who helps to organize all clubs that deal with wellness in the school, Captain – 1 Year
League of Innovative Students through Digital Promise: helps to input a teenager’s voice on how to design classrooms to be more culturally sustainable and equitable, Student Ambassador – 2 Years
Community Involvement
Fox Chapel’s Presbyterian Church’s Harvest Fair: volunteers to organize and ship in hundreds of community donations and sell those same products in the annual Harvest Fair to the community, Member – 3 Years
Local Provisions: works weekly as a food runner, table cleaner, and dishwasher in the Fox Chapel Plaza, Worker – 3 Years
University of Pittsburgh’s Youth Research Advisory Board: offers a student voice on how to deal with teenager’s adversity and challenges in the state of Pennsylvania, Student Ambassador – 3 Years
Christ of King’s Parish Mission Trip: helped to run local fundraisers like spaghetti dinners and attended the annual mission trip to help a rural community in West Virginia, Student Ambassador – 4 Years
Plans
I would like to attend a 4 year college and major in some form of mathematics and possibly minor in the Spanish Language. While in college, I hope to continue some of my high school activities including running at a club level, playing in a classical orchestra, and especially deepen my work with the Special Olympics organization to continue to spread inclusivity wherever I may end up.