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The Needham Exchange Club's Accepting the Challenge of Excellence (ACE) award is given to a Needham High School student who perseveres and attains high goals while overcoming difficult and challenging circumstances. These hardships can be physical, health related, financial, familial issues and others. This year’s Needham Exchange Club recipient for the ACE award is Karizel Enid Chapman.
Ms. Chapman, who is an orphan, was accompanied by her grandmother, Leticia Rivera, her aunt, Sheila Sanchez, and her school counselor, Renee Vasquez-Solis.