It is 11 p.m. and senior Levi Putnam is still working. He is tired and stressed but he is not about to give up. He wants to do his best work, and if that means being tired the next day then so be it.

After four years at Pembroke Academy, Putnam earned the title of “salutatorian” through hard work. As the salutatorian, he will be giving a speech at the convocation ceremony the night before graduation. While he has not written his speech yet, knowing Levi, it will be memorable and humorous.

“I’m not really scared to do the speech,” he said. “I think it should be pretty fun.”

The salutatorian is based off his weighted G.P.A. Throughout his freshmen and sophomore year, he took honors classes. As a junior he took three AP classes and honors classes. Finally, during his senior year, he has taken two AP classes.

Putnam has also taken college credit classes such as College Composition and Statistics.

“For the most part I haven’t been overwhelmed with classes,” he said. “Only when I have those late nights working on a project, and when you have the days where projects are all on same deadline.”

Putnam, who is also a member of the Robotics Club, said he was never aiming for salutatorian, nor valedictorian, but he is excited to have achieved this title. He has put a lot of time and effort into maintaining his good grades. 

“It is pretty cool to be recognized for all the hard work,” Putnam said.

Putnam said his hardest classes were Physics and all the AP courses, especially AP Computer Science, which he will be majoring in next year at The University of Vermont where he has been accepted into the honors program. However, the hard work does not deter him from enjoying the classes. 

“The hardest classes are usually the ones that I tend to do better in,” Putnam said.