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"He has 'star' quality," she said.
"Trevor is the 'voice of the school,' " Violett said, adding the "mature, professional and articulate" teen reads the morning announcements on "Panther-Rama," the school's daily morning news show, and has "great energy."
She lauded him as a "positive role model for his peers."
Giving Trevor a four-star review, she added, "He is charismatic, smart and genuine. A one of a kind." Reliable and dependable, he is one of the first people Violett seeks out when she needs a student to assist her.
Once, when asked to attend an admissions meeting at North County High School for Morehouse College in Atlanta, he obliged. Impressed by the teen, Morehouse officials offered him a half-scholarship on the spot.
Morehouse, the alma mater of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is one of the colleges he's considering. Trevor is also looking at Ithaca College and Cornell University, both a short commute from New York City and its theater scene. He has already been accepted into Ithaca's School of Humanities and Science.
"I hope to hear from Cornell and four more before making up my mind," he said. "I'm interested in pre-law, political science, government and ethics. I want to ultimately become a lawyer and become a legislative attorney or a congressional staff member."
Trevor lives with his mother and grandmother in the Annapolis Walk community. His mother, Lea Smith, is a cafeteria aide at Annapolis Middle School. Barbara Offer, his grandmother, is a legal administrative assistant at the Washington, D.C., offices of the Gray Plant Mooty law firm.
His father, Antonio Queen, and stepmother, Yvette Queen, live in Gaithersburg. Their blended family encompasses eight children.
A family friend, Phyllis Adams, has watched Trevor mature from childhood to a young adult. "His credentials already read as a young man of great promise," Adams said. "He sounds like he should be listed in 'Who's Who for Men of Promise.' " She noted Trevor is ranked in the top 15 percent of his class.
The teen is president of the school's National Honor Society chapter and is also a member of the Spanish, Music and National Thespian Honor societies. With the National Honor Society, he is part of a group, led by classmate and Vice President KiKi Coffman, who are writing letters to soldiers overseas. Along with NHS members, he is participating in this year's Relay For Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, May 18 and 19, held at the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds.
Though he was offered a full scholarship to a local private school, Trevor chose to attend Annapolis High's IB Program instead. "I thought colleges would be more accepting of an IB Program, which involves a lot of academic rigor and challenges," he said.
Trevor, a tenor, is active in the school's chorus and its drama program. He is currently rehearsing for his role as a male lead, Sir Harry, in the spring musical, "Once Upon a Mattress." The show runs March 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18. The Friday and Saturday shows are at 7 p.m., and Sunday performances are at 2 p.m.
The show has already been selected to perform in May in the "Cappies of Baltimore," a critics and awards program for high school theater involving schools in Baltimore, Anne Arundel, southern Hartford and Howard counties. From this area, casts from Annapolis, Old Mill and Severna Park High schools have been invited.
"It's a high school equivalent of the Tony Awards," Trevor said.
At last year's Cappies, Trevor was nominated for Best Male Vocalist for his role in the Annapolis High Panthers' production of "Guys and Dolls."
Trevor plans to apply his onstage experience as a Prince Charming when he takes his girlfriend, Marylyn Hurrell, a fellow IB senior and a top-notch golfer, to the Annapolis High prom later this spring.
Trevor also has a strong interest in the legal system and politics. Sean Byrnes, with the law offices of Peter G. Angelos in Baltimore, is a current mentor. His mother's sister, Tonia Smith, is an attorney on the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics. With her assistance, he was selected for an internship this past summer in the Washington, D.C., office of U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge, a Democrat representing Ohio's District 11.
"I worked three weeks, from the end of July to early August, during the deficit crisis," Trevor said. "The second week was hell with phones ringing off the hook with constituents calling. My job was to listen to their concerns. I'd reassure them Rep. Fudge would address them as best she could." He also handled email and written correspondence from the congresswoman's constituents.
Before the August recess, Fudge sat down with Trevor and talked about why she entered politics. "The joy of answering constituents' wishes via legislation is why she got involved," Trevor said. He was surprised "how down to earth the people on Capitol Hill are. At first, I was intimidated by all the people in suits, but I learned they are people, too."
On Sundays, Trevor doesn't sleep in. He spends the morning at Holy Temple Cathedral on Bestgate Road. There, he teaches Sunday school to children, ages 2 through kindergarten.
Philip L. Greenfield, an IB theory of knowledge instructor, said, "I don't know that anyone has ever gotten more of their 'money's worth' out of the IB Program and Annapolis High in general than Trevor. He has been part of absolutely everything that we do here. He has grown as a student, a thinker, a performer and a leader." Greenfield added, "His openness to it all is an inspiration. I have had a ball teaching him."
"My career goal is to become a lawyer," Trevor said. "However, if 'American Idol' called …"
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A large gathering of Indian community attended a grand cultural programme organised by the Indian Cultural Centre yesterday at Doha Cinema to celebrate the 63rd Republic Day of their country.
Children from eight Indian schools, two teams of ICC dance students and performers from 10 affiliated organisations presented a variety of patriotic, semi-classical, fusion and folk dances and skits.
The chief guest of the evening, Indian ambassador Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa urged the community members to keep flag of India flying high.
Highlighting the diverse cultural and religious elements that form the tapestry of India, she stated that this inclusiveness would not have been possible without the Constitution which came into force on 26 January 1950.
“Parents should teach their children about the founding fathers and freedom fighters of India and what our country stands for,” the envoy reminded.
Every Indian has the right to express his or her opinion and the democratic system is supported by the institutions of judiciary and media.
“When you watch on TV the discourses on various developments taking place back home you should tell your children that these are symbols of India’s strength,” Wadhwa said referring to the controversial issues that have become news headlines of late.
The ambassador maintained that such ‘checks and balances’ are needed to ensure India’s growth and exhorted community members not to be cynical regarding the state of affairs in their homeland.
“Have faith in India,” encouraged the diplomat who also released a souvenir to mark the occasion.
The event’s main sponsor IBQ’s administration and facilities head Chandramohan Pillai assured continuous support for the Indian community activities.
Indian embassy’s deputy chief of mission and ICC’s chief co-ordinating officer Sanjiv Kohli and advisory council chairman Hassan Chougule were also present on the dais.
ICC president K M Varghese welcomed the gathering and educational activities head Mantha Srinivas proposed a vote of thanks. General secretary Tarun Basu compered.
The cultural performances focused on the myriad facets of the Indian Republic and the common thread of unity that binds together a nation of immense diversity.
Millennium Kids, ICC dance students, Al Khor International School – Indian Stream, Doha Modern Indian School, Sanskriti, Bhavan’s Public School, Thirumuttam, Indian Women’s Association, Birla Public School, Karnataka Sangha, Ideal Indian School, Bhavan’s Cultural Centre, MES Indian School, DPS-Modern Indian School, Utkalika, Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre, Idea Qatar, Shantiniketan Indian School, and Maharashtra Mandal presented cultural items. Amit and Nidhi compered the cultural programme.
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STAMFORD: The United States indicted Wegelin, the oldest Swiss private bank, on charges that it enabled wealthy Americans to evade taxes on at least US$1.2bil hidden in offshore bank accounts, according to the US Justice Department.
The announcement, by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, represents the first time an overseas bank has been indicted by the United States for enabling tax fraud by US taxpayers.
The indictment said the US government had seized more than US$16mil from Wegelin’s correspondent bank, the Swiss giant UBS AG, in Stamford, Connecticut, via a separate civil forfeiture complaint. Because Wegelin has no branches outside Switzerland, it used correspondent banking services, a standard industry practice, to handle money for US-based clients.
The charges against Wegelin, of fraud and conspiracy, provide a rare glimpse into the world of Swiss private banking in the wake of a crackdown on UBS AG. In 2009, UBS paid US$780mil and entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department over charges it engaged in fraud and conspiracy by enabling scores of Americans to evade taxes through its private bank.
The bank later turned over the names of more than 4,500 clients, a watershed in Swiss bank secrecy, which protects the confidentiality of clients and their data.
The indictment signals a ramping up of pressure on 10 other Swiss banks under investigation by the Justice Department, including Credit Suisse, Julius Baer and Basler Kantonalbank.
A week ago, Wegelin – founded in 1741 – effectively broke itself up by selling the non-US portion of its business.
The indictment represents the latest blow to the tradition of Swiss bank secrecy in a long-running US crackdown on tax dodgers.
Switzerland is seeking a global solution for its entire banking industry, not just the 11 banks under criminal scrutiny.
On Tuesday, the Swiss finance ministry handed US authorities encrypted data on bank employees who served US clients suspected of dodging taxes, and said it would only provide the key to decipher the data once the row was settled.
The US Justice Department said Wegelin “affirmatively decided to capture for Wegelin the illegal US cross-border banking business lost by UBS and deliberately set out to open new undeclared accounts for US taxpayer-clients leaving UBS,” the indictment said. – Reuters
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