Class of 2023

Reagan A. Bossong has been named valedictorian of the Cheverus High School Class of 2023. In addition, Bossong is the senior class president. He will deliver an address at graduation on Monday, June 5 at Merrill Auditorium. 

Bossong was the founder and a four-year member of the Cheverus Investment and Finance Club. In addition, he was a four-year member of the Math and Chess teams, and served as captain of both during his senior year. In the twelfth grade, he played 1st Board on the Chess team and led the team to win the Maine Scholastic Team Chess Championship which qualified them for the national tournament. Bossong was also a member of Best Buddies and served as co-president his sophomore year. He was a member of the New England Math League during his junior and senior years.  He was a National Merit Finalist, a member of the National Honor Society, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, received the Harvard Book Award, was named an AP Scholar with distinction, and was named Undergraduate of the Year his junior year. 

Bossong was a four-year member of the varsity outdoor track and field team and ran indoor track his junior and senior years. Outside of Cheverus, he was a fencer with the Portland Fencing Center and qualified for Fencing Foil Division 2 and Division 3 National and dual Junior Olympic Qualifier for Cadet Men’s Foil and Junior Men’s Foil. 

He is an accomplished pianist and violinist, is a member of the Portland Youth Symphony Orchestra, and played first violin his senior year. He was selected for Maine District II Honors all four years.

An active member of Our Lady of Hope parish, Bossong serves as a lector and altar server. In addition, he has volunteered at Partners for World Health and as a youth track coach. 

Bossong is the son of Dr. Catalina Atienza and Dr. Lawrence Bossong of Cumberland Foreside. He will attend the University of Pennsylvania. 
 

Madison E. Hom has been named salutatorian of the Cheverus High School Class of 2023. She will deliver an address at the Senior Awards Ceremony, immediately following the Baccalaureate Mass on Sunday, June 4 at Cheverus High School. 

While at Cheverus, Hom was a member of the Key Club her junior and senior years and the Mandarin Club her freshman year. She was named an AP Scholar with Distinction. 

She was a four-year member of the varsity soccer and indoor and outdoor track teams. She served as captain of the soccer and indoor track teams in her senior year. She received the Coach’s Award in indoor track in her junior year, the Stag Award in her junior and senior years in soccer, and was awarded the SMAA conference Spirit Award for track and field in her senior year. 

Outside of school, she is a dedicated volunteer at Pine Point Animal Hospital. 

Hom is the daughter of Dr. Kathryn Erswell and Mr. Leon Hom of South Portland. She will attend the University of Maine. 
 

Annabelle D. Brooks has been named Outstanding Senior from the Cheverus High School Class of 2023. She will deliver an address at graduation on Monday, June 5 at Merrill Auditorium. The Outstanding Senior and All-Around Student Award, selected by the students, faculty, and staff,  is given to the graduating senior who best exemplifies the spirit and ideals of a Cheverus student. 

While at Cheverus, Brooks served as an Admissions Ambassador, was a liturgical musician in Campus Ministry, and shared her musical talents at various campus events. She is a member of the National Honor Society and will graduate among the top ten in her class. 

Brooks is a standout athlete. She won this year’s Class A state title for nordic skiing in freestyle, classical, and pursuit. She placed tenth in the Eastern High School Championships and was the top finisher for Maine. She was selected for the All-State nordic team her junior and senior years. Brooks also competed in cross country and track. She was selected for the All-State team cross-country team her junior and senior year. She served as captain of the cross country, nordic, and outdoor track teams her senior year. She was awarded the Maine Sports Hall of Fame 2023 Scholar Athlete scholarship.

She is a talented musician. Among her accomplishments in music, she placed first in the 2022 Bangor Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition and placed first in the 2021 Maine Music Teachers Association Biennial. She received the Elsie Bixler Prize in 2021 and was named an Honor Musician by the New England Music Camp (Senior Division, 2021, Junior Division, 2017). She was selected for the All-State Jazz Band for piano in 2020-21 and 2021-22.

Brooks is the daughter of Michelle and Robert Brooks and lives in Portland. She plans to attend Harvard University. 

 

Madeline L. Fowler has been named Baccalaureate Speaker. She will deliver an address at the Senior Awards Ceremony, immediately following the Baccalaureate Mass today, Sunday, June 4 at Cheverus High School. 

While at Cheverus, Fowler served as an Admissions Ambassador; was a four-year member of the Key Club, and served as vice president of the club her junior year; a four-year member of the Environmental Action Team, and served as vice president her sophomore year; and was a four-year member of Best Buddies, and served as president her junior year. She also served as a retreat leader through campus ministry.  Fowler is a member of the National Honor Society and will graduate among the top ten in her class.

 
She was a four-year member of the varsity field hockey team, received the Coach’s Award her freshman year was a member of the Class A State Championship team her junior year. She was a three-year member of the varsity softball team. 

Outside of school, she is an active volunteer at Preble Stree Teen Center, the Dempsey Center, and with the Yellow Tulip Project. 
Fowler is the daughter of Ken and Melissa Fowler of North Falmouth. She plans to attend St. Anselm College.