Honor Society® member
Oleksii Zavalov
Unpaid internship at Lutsk Military Hospital at Cooked hearty homemade meals and other tasks at the hospital (like delivering carts, etc), especially for the summer of 2021, when I volunteered 30 hr weeks (6-7 hrs, 5 days a week) for two months there. A commitment equivalent to an internship/work experience (well-rounding my experiences)
- Slavic (Ukrainian) Studies and Entreprenurship
- Class of 2024
- Bechtelsville, PA
Member since June 2023
About
Born and in heart remaining in Kyiv, Ukraine as I moved around from breezy Antigonish, Canada to orange-ridden Los Angeles. Recieved a widescope education of 18 AP Courses ranging from advanced physics to European History during high school, and after ten times, finally achieved a 1550 on my SAT on the day after graduation (June 1st). En route to Dartmouth College for Fall 2025, where fun outdoors and tumultuous 4TummyPets pitches await.
Education
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Boyertown Area Senior High School
Grades 10-12
2021 – 2024
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Pennbrook Middle School/North Penn Senior High School
Grade 9
2019 – 2020
Honors and awards
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AP Capstone Diploma (July 11, 2023)
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International Elite Music Academy Piano Competition and Performed at the winners’ recital at Carnegie Hall (Spring 2023)
Preformed March from Tchaikovsky's Seasons
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Volyn Best Volunteer Award
Got this personalized certificate of appreciation for my volunteer impact from the regional bishop as a thank you through the parish’s chief priest’s recommendation.
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President’s Education Awards Program Outstanding Academic Excellence Award, 2020, 2024
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Distinguished Honor Rolls 2020-2024 (all throughout high school)
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AP Scholar with Distinction Award, 2022, 2023, 2024
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PHEAA Top scoring SAT in PA certificate
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Leader in pet and human nutrition. Fortune 3000 company owner.
- Graduate school interests
We'll see :)
- Outside the classroom
Summer 2024, for a few weeks in Cyprus, conducted cultural exploration of similarities between Greek influence in Cyprus and Byzantine influence on Slavic regions, visiting dozens of historic, archaeological, and UNESCO-World-heritage--designated sites and museums across the island, learning of proto-Cypriot language’s survival today much alike Old Slavonic I know, interesting! 2.
Love Outdoor Activities, scenic hiking with a 44 pound weighted vest, long-distance bike-riding, camping overnight in the Appalachian mountains, etc.
3. Spend 1-1.5 hrs a day weightlifting to energizing Ukrainian Post-modern Electric synth-pop music.
4. Read Slavic texts, novels, poems and short stories, or exploring keystone Slavic authors’ biographies and backstories online.
5. Piano: classical and Ukrainian folk melodies.6. Collect postage stamps: have a comprehensive (13000+) collection of Ukrainian stamps all the way from 1932. With various themes, like Ukrainian art pieces and clothing, animals, and even a collection of Ukrainian Lighthouses, among other things. 7. Collected over 200 Berenstein Bears books, my first and to this day beloved english children's book series.
Experience
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Unpaid internship at Lutsk Military Hospital
Cooked hearty homemade meals and other tasks at the hospital (like delivering carts, etc), especially for the summer of 2021, when I volunteered 30 hr weeks (6-7 hrs, 5 days a week) for two months there. A commitment equivalent to an internship/work experience (well-rounding my experiences)
Jul 2021 – Aug 2021
Volunteering
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Futurevia Nonprofit Foundation for Ukraine creative director: 4-6 hours per week, Me and my brother Oleksandr always discuss the Futurevia vision, plus current and future project details. I remark on websites, publications, and monitor communication of our 20 person team of grantwriters with sponsors and foundations to ensure ultimate transparency and efficiency.
Futurevia Foundation
Sep 2022 – Jun 2025
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WalkForLives (Boyertown Chapter) Club Founder and Active President >Aim: to unchain the world from suicide and depression, improving mental wellbeing of local, school, and Ukrainian ethnic community; >Conducted multiple school-wide events (aired on BASH TV news) (including events fundraising working with local United Way and Your Way Home Foundation to fundraise for families in emotional crises in need of basic needs.) >Hosted consistent weekly inspirational meetings/program “Motivational Mondays”. (requiring hours of preparation on the weekends for the 25 minute program at the start of each school week). >Studied After Effects, Final Cut Pro and Adobe features to make inspirational videos on this topic on YouTube, making over a hundred videos in total, channel still up.
WalkForLives [school club and out of school organization]
Oct 2021 – May 2024
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Founder and active advertiser of the Slavic and World Cultures Club For two school years I have worked with a small group of Slavic enthusiasts to foster and spread interest about slavic literature, food and cinema - keystone sources of cultural development.
Slavic and World Cultures Club in Boyertown Area High School
Sep 2021 – Mar 2022
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Educational mission teaching English to underprivileged Ukrainian children in Kivertsy, Ukraine. (summers of 2021 and 2022) >held English lessons for 40+ children group 1/week first summer and 3-4 times a week second summer, utilizing my favorite childrens’ book Berenstein Bears in this life-altering programme. (1h/lesson, 8 weeks per summer)
St. Nicholas Parish Kivertsy, Lutsk Region, Ukraine
Jun 2021 – Aug 2022
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Organized several in-person and online fitness meetings over around 10 people by creating Schwarzenegger Fitness Hour Club; then I moved schools.
Schwarzenegger Fitness Hour Club
Feb 2020 – Jun 2020
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Weekly volunteering at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Reading, P.A., Chief Priest Assistant (Summer 2018-onwards), occasional psalm reading Church Choir (2-3h/Sunday) Cleaning Church after each service (0.5 hour/Sunday) co-Led fundraising of over 20k for the historical, century-old St. Nicholas Church roof (since 2021) (prep outside of church hours, monthly check ins) In charge of announcements, collection of funds; helped initiate fundraising ideas for the future, like selling frozen pierogi and borsch with the Drobot family as well as fundraising coffee hours.
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church Reading, PA
May 2016 – Jun 2025
Languages
- English (US) Advanced
- Ukrainian Advanced
- Russian Advanced
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