The Valley Catholic
catholic schools
November 5, 2013
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Knowledge
Some of the students at St. Leo School who were honored as Students of the Month for
October hold their special certificates.
Most of the Notre Dame High School students who scored high in the National Merit Scholarship Program (l-r) Lynn Scerbak, Sarah Shaffer, Kaela Crowley, Julia Ryan, Amerlyn Zeta,
Isabel Ullman, Marai Shah, Holly Nguyen, Varsha Sathappan, Caitlin Flammer, Jaclyn
Woodward and Sumaya Mulla-Carillo (Not present: Tracy Nguyen)
National Merit Scholarship Program
recognizes Notre Dame students
Thirteen Notre Dame High School
(San Jose) students have joined other
high school seniors recognized in the
59th annual National Merit Scholarship
Program.
Because of their performance on
the PSAT, these students will be considered for National Merit, college and
corporate-sponsored scholarships.
Each of them was recognized as either
a Commended Scholar, Achievement
Scholar or National Hispanic Scholar.
The National Merit Scholarship
Program is an annual academic competition for recognition and college
undergraduate scholarships. Established in 1955, it is privately financed
and not-for-profit, operating without
government assistance.
Competition is open to all U.S. high
school students who meet requirements
which include taking the PSAT/NMSQT
exam (Preliminary SAT) in their third
year of high school. About 1.5 million
students in 22,000 high schools enter
the National Merit program each year.
St. Leo School honors Students of the Month
St. Leo the Great School (San Jose)
honored October Students of the
Month at a ceremony Oct. 16 in the
parish church. Parents, teachers, staff
and students gathered to sing “St.
Leo’s On Fire,” the school’s version
of Alicia Keyes’ song “Girl on Fire.”
Students were honored for dedication to academic work as well as efforts at being contributing members
of the community. Those recognized
included: Kindergarteners Thomas
Campisi, Madeline McGuire, Joshua
Couyer, Julia Bouron; First graders
Klaus Eckert, Abel Lara, Amanda
Ochoa, Mei Tambuluri; Second graders Margaret Conley, Alex Galbraith,
Shea Lopez; Third graders Abby
Michel, Aiden Bojorquez, Sophia
Ruiz; Fourth graders Ava Casto and
Lucas Paredes; Fifth graders Elianna
Owens and Lizbeth Bonilla; Sixth
grader Rachel Ehuan; Seventh graders
Malia Arenas and Matthew Turner;
Eighth graders Zeff Iorizzo and Emily Barneond.
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