St. Saviour H.S. Boasts 11 AP Scholars

AP Scholars: St. Saviour seniors Christine Sisto from Our Lady of Angels parish, Bay Ridge; Julie Morris from St. Anselm, Bay Ridge; and Eugene Suh, originally from South Korea, have demonstrated college-level achievement.

Eleven young ladies from St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope, who took Advanced Placement Examinations over the past year and a half, have been designated AP Scholars by the College Board. Five of the 11 have been named AP Scholars with Honor, and two have been designated AP Scholars with Distinction.

Students who earn qualifying scores on three AP tests receive the designation AP Scholar; success in four examinations earns the designation Scholar with Honor. AP Scholars with Distinction have earned qualifying scores on five or more examinations.

Julia Morris, Christine Sisto and Eugene Suh are currently seniors at St. Saviour, where they continue to study at AP level. Eight others, who graduated in June 2007, are pursuing undergraduate studies. The alumnae and their schoools are: Princess Francois, Columbia University; Sophia Duplan, Boston University; Christina Rodriguez, Boston College; Angali Ganess, Syracuse University; Patrice Kugler, Nicole Monastero and Caitlin Willis, Fordham University; and Amanda Woods, University at Buffalo.

Three St. John’s Prep Students Earn National Merit and Achievement Honors

Three students at St. John’s Prep, Astoria, have earned National Merit and Achievement Honors. Kimberley Kearns has been named a Commended Student in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program. She placed among the top five percent of more than 1.4 million students who entered the 2008 competition by taking the 2006 PSAT/NMSQT test scores.

Tanisha Ince and Curtis Wallace have been recognized by the National Achievement Scholarship Program. They placed among the top five percent of the more than 140,000 Black Americans who requested consideration in the 2008 National Achievement Program when they took the 2006 PSAT/NMSQT test.

La Salle Students Share Holiday Happiness with Tots

Brooklyn’s own Raymond Morales, far left, from Transfiguration parish, Williamsburg, was among the Senior Ambassadors from La Salle Academy, Manhattan, spreading cheer to pre-kindergartners in the days leading up to Christmas.

La Salle students under Admission Director Anthony Chin teamed with peers at St. Jean Baptiste H.S., Manhattan, to visit three-year-olds at a local school. Teens read stories, sang carols, and helped distribute gifts donated by HBO Cable Company to the tots.
This was just one highlight of senior year for Morales, a member of the Varsity Baseball Team and La Sallian Peer Ministry Club. He aspires to attend New York University this fall.

Morales is one of more than 120 La Salle students living in the Brooklyn and Queens Diocese. Meet Morales at La Salle’s Open House, Jan. 31, 4 - 7 p.m. For details, visit www.lasalleacademy.org.

Holy Cross H.S. Projects Cheer into New Year

HCHS art students, Jonathan Figueredo and Winston Nget with students at St. Mary’s on-site school.

Last month, young men of Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, spread holiday cheer to people who needed it most.
Seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen prepared chocolate chip cookies, handmade greeting cards and a “Thanks for All You’ve Done” video produced in-house by students for patients at the St. Albans Veterans Hospital. Veterans Lou Boromei (Navy) and Jack Edison (Army) from Whitestone’s VFW Post 4787 delivered items to veterans who expressed thanks for the students’ remembrance and support.

Students prepared “comfort kits” of personal items for patients they visited at the Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility last month. Nearly 300 more kits will be distributed to the homeless in upcoming months.

A core group of students who are members of the school band performed and gave music lessons to the hospitalized children at St. Mary’s Hospital for Children, Bayside. Art students painted holiday scenes on the windows of the on-site school, P.S. 23, to add to the spirit of giving. Presents, donated by the Walter Kaner Foundation, consisting of dolls, basketballs, soccer balls and other toys were delivered to the hospitalized schoolchildren.

The annual Christmas Classic is a fundraising basketball game between the Holy Cross faculty and senior students. The annual proceeds from this event average about $5,000 and are shared among four programs serving the needy, selected by the senior class.
Finally, students, parents, alumni and guests attending the Holy Cross Band’s Christmas Concert were asked to donate a new, unwrapped toy for the children of St. John’s Bread and Life Program and for the “Toys for Tots” drive sponsored by Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza.

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