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12 The Queens Courier • kids & education • march 27, 2014 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com ▶ kids & education Sponsored by There’s more in store for you when you have a 5Star Credit Card. Apply today online at mynycb.com or call us at 1-888-550-9888 PASSION FOR THE LAW BY LIAM LA GUERRE or salutatorian. She speaks fluent lguerre@queenscourier.com Spanish, and also knows American @liamlaguerre Sign Language, which Reyes learned so she could communicate with her deaf While most high school students are cousins. happy to leave school when the bell Besides her academics, Reyes participates rings, Rosmary Reyes takes extra classes, in a great deal of extracurricular which sometimes keep her as late as activities and volunteer work. 6 p.m. She is president of the school’s student Now that extra time is about to pay government, editor of the yearbook, off. a member of the journalism and Reyes, a student at Business, Computer the recycling clubs, and she also tutors Applications & Entrepreneurship High students who need help in specific subjects. School in Cambria Heights, is set to Reyes volunteers at the annual graduate after just three years. high school fair for eighth-graders and “I feel like as soon as I get out of high the college fair. school, I can get into the real world and Outside school, Reyes is a New York closer to my dream of being a lawyer,” Cares team leader and has volunteered Reyes said. “The faster the better.” to help many causes, including working Reyes, 16, maintains a 91 percent in a soup kitchen and taking part in a average in school, is a member of Arista, coat drive for a senior citizens home. the National Honor Society, and is in “It’s not just for academic achievement the running to be her school’s valedictorian or looking better for my resume,” Reyes 1 > Absolutely Free Student Checking •No minimum balance •No per check fee •No monthly maintenance fee > Free unlimited ATM transactions at NYCB locations > Free VISA®CheckCard > Free Direct Deposit > Free On-line Banking with Free Bill Pay† > 24 Hour Bank by Phone > Convenience •Over 140 locations in NY and NJ •Extended branch banking hours •Supermarket banking •7 day-a-week banking at many locations > Pre-Paid Solutions •VISA® Gift Card •Pre-Paid Long Distance •Pre-Paid MasterCardTM •Pre-Paid Wireless Service •MetroCards For more information call 718-448-7272 or visit www.myNYCB.com For more information call 718-263-0937 or visit www.myNYCB.com †For your online security, information will be verified by the Bank. 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