Saint James School Seniors Gyuna Kim, Ian Tsekouras, Connor Taylor, and Daniel Kim
were all named 2017 National Merit Semifinalists and joined sixteen other
Saint James students as this year’s AP Scholars.
Saint James School National Merit
Semifinalists Take the Lead
Four Saint James School Seniors have been named National Merit
Scholarship Program Semifinalists, a prestigious honor awarded to
only 16,000 students out of the 1.5 million who took the Preliminary
SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®).
These exceptional Saint James students are the largest group from any
independent school in the area achieving this high honor.
Saint James Seniors Daniel Kim, Gyuna Kim, Connor Taylor, and Ian
Tsekouras were all recognized for their outstanding performance on the
PSAT and are now working on the requirements to be named National
Merit Finalists in February. When named a National Merit Finalist, the
students are considered for Merit Scholarship awards based on their
abilities, skills, and accomplishments.
Each of these exemplary students has reached their level of personal
excellence as reflected in the mission of Saint James School, “We are
committed to challenging and assisting students in realizing their
individual potential and preparing them for lives of responsibility,
service, and achievement.”
Churchill Academy
Students Honor
9/11 Heroes
During September, Churchill Academy
honored the heroes of 9/11 and remembered
the lives lost that day through a service
on the school grounds this year. Students
and teachers were joined by the Pike Road
Fire Department, along with parents and
community leaders who serve in first
responder roles across the River Region.
Churchill Eagle Scouts Richard and Gary
Backus raised the flag to half-mast and led the
school in the Pledge of allegiance. Students
Josh Tolle and Thomas Rutherford assisted
with the flag presentation, also. Tributes
included poems and choral readings by
students Christian Anderson and Luke Ferrell,
and Mrs. Gunnells’ 8th grade class. Xander
Smith played an arrangement of America
on the violin, and the ceremony concluded
with Taps, played by Gavin Gaines and John
Faulkner.
Edgewood Academy Students
Write to World War II Veteran
Edgewood Academy students recently had the opportunity
to write letters of thanks and appreciation to A.R. Downey,
a 96 year old Alabama native who currently resides in
Scottsdale, Arizona, to thank him for his service in World War
II. Downey was a volunteer and associated with the “Flying
Tigers.”
Carole Borowski, Edgewood English teacher, said, “For
students today, who are too young to really even remember
9/11, World War II seems so far away.
It is important to do what we can, as educators, to both bring
history to life and to find ways to show thanks to those among
us who did so much for us.”
L22 |
Winter 2016
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