Tewksbury's Richard Corella Named Senior of the Month at Shawsheen Valley Technical High School

Tewksbury resident Richard Corella was recently honored as a Senior of the Month at Shawsheen Valley Technical High School.

An excellent student in the electrical shop at the school, Corella is hoping to embark on a career in education after graduating. He plans to attend college to become a history teacher.

Corella will leave Shawsheen with a lengthy list of accomplishments. He’s been an honor roll student, recognized for perfect attendance, received a Citizenship Award for history and was also named the Historian of the Month in September of 2012.

Corella is also a regular participant in the SkillsUSA competitions each year.

Along with maintaining an outstanding class rank and grade point average, Corella stays busy with activities at school.

Corella was a three-year class president, a freshman orientation leader as a junior and a senior, a Class Council president and was also active in Shawsheen’s Outdoor Club and its Anti-Bullying Club.

Outside of school, Corella spends time helping others. For the past three years, he’s been involved with Liam Nation in Tewksbury (www.liamnation.org), teaching athletes with physical and cognitive disabilities.

He’s also been honored as a Student of the Month for the Billerica Project, a group started in October of 2012 to battle substance abuse.