in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, Ju ly 5, 20 18 | 28 VISIT US ONLINE AT BADBOY.CA TO VIEW ALL BAD BOY LOCATIONSEXCLUSIVE SUMMER SAVINGS NOW! 90UPTO %OFF BOXING JulyinWeek 49" BY 49" 4K ULTRA HD LED TV #113294 60Hz · 4HDMI SAVE $70 $358 Sofas • Chairs • Headboards • Throw Pillows 11-2345Wyecroft Road,Oakville • 905.616.3156 • info@baiers.ca 1000's of Designer fabrics to choose Since 1967 upholstery & design www.baiers.ca Call uS foran aPPoinTmenT University-bound Oak- ville student Dasha Metro- politansky is master of the balancing act. In her Grade 12 year at White Oaks Secondary School she was a Halton District School Board stu- dent trustee and president of the Ontario Student Trustees' Association (OS- TA-AECO), enrolled in theTA-AECO), enrolled in theT rigorous International Bac- calaureate program and completing essays and standardized testing to ap- ply to Ivy League schools around the world - all while keeping her marks up. Now on summer break with her ticket to Harvard University in hand, she says she still gets asked how she managed her wor- kload, and explains that it all comes down to one fac- tor: loving what she does. "I think that there's more pressure now than ev- er for students to succeed," she said. She believes that, generally, students want to excel academically, do what they love and make a difference by helping oth- ers, but believe it is impos- sible to achieve all three. "I feel like it's a lot easier to manage school work with the other things that you're doing when you are doing something that you love ... I want to share my experience to show how it's possible to do all of those things and to inspire more young people to reach their full potential."full potential."f Metropolitansky spear- COMMUNITY Outgoing HDSB student trustee Dasha Metropolitansky shares her keys for success VERONICA APPIA vappia@metroland.com Dasha Metropolitansky received the The Jack A. MacDonald Award of Merit at the board of trustees meeting on June 20. From left to right (back row): Leah Reynolds, Tracey Ehl Harrison, Joanna Oliver, Ann Harvey Hope, Kim Graves, Stuart Miller, Donna Danielli, Amy Collard, Richelle Papin, Jeanne Gray, Andréa Grebenc. Front row: Kelly Amos, Dasha Metropolitansky and White Oaks principal John Stieva. Veronica Appia/Metroland lSee HARVARD, page 29