Chang’s 4-year journey as valedictorian of the class of 2010

Story By Henna Khan Pre-Calculus teacher Paula Russell still remembers the day Peter Chang walked into her class four years ago. “When I met Peter Chang for the first time, he walked in my door, 12 years-old, so little, I couldn’t understand why he needed my help,” Pre-Calculus teacher Paula Russell said. “So I looked at him and asked ‘Are you lost?’” But Chang wasn’t lost. In fact, he was on his way to becoming the valedictorian of the class of 2010, and as a freshman, Pre-AP Pre-Calculus was only his first stop. Rarely do we see an anomaly such as Chang who skipped three grades coming in as an inconspicuous 12-year-old trying to fit…