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Student NEWS Four Bruins Named National Merit
Commended Students
Four Padua seniors were recognized as National Merit Commended Students. A letter
of commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation was presented to Yifan “Emily” Gao ’21, Eleanor Hauck ’21, Anthony Shuman ’21 and Genevieve Zalar ’21 in September 2020 by President David Stec ’86 .
About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation have been recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2021 competition by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
A NMSC spokesperson stated, “The Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success. These students represent a valuable national resource; recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation. We hope that this will help broaden their educational opportunities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic success.”
Emily entered Padua from Normandy (following 8th grade). Eleanor is an alumna of the Academy of St. Adalbert. Anthony is a graduate of St. Columbkille School. Genevieve attended Incarnate Word Academy prior to P
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National Honor Society Induction 2020
Congratulations to the students who were inducted into Padua’s National Honor Society on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at St. Anthony of Padua Church.
NHS is the nation’s premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas
of academics, leadership, character and service.
The following Class of 2021 students are now members of the St. Bonaventure Chapter of NHS:
Evan Barna Justin Barta Brooke Barther AnneMarie Bell Ainsley Bohnak Jennifer Borcuch Sebastian Bova Chelsea Calalb Emma Chesek Jordan Chessar Brooke Cirigliano Bailey Crummie Leah Danish Julia DiPaolo
Zhi Yong Dong Grant Dorsey Maria Dosen Joshua Dunham Samuel Ehrbar Luigi Filippelli Patrick Fox Maria Futey Madison Gallagher Yifan Gao Matthew Garcia Douglas Gerda Nicole Gerda Gina Gomez Olivia Gutowski Eleanor Hauck Olivia Heimann Kaitlin Helal James Homady, Jr. Grace Hostelly Austin Hujer Summer Istenes Robert Judson Morgan Keaveney Dominic Kestranek Kylie Kirkpatrick Abagayle Kishmarton
Grace Krieger Carly Kwiatkowski Kelly Lambrakis Yunjia Liu Sean Lynch Caitlin McCarthy Rachel McElwain Riley Moore Brandon Moran Natalie Moscarino Conor Nagle Leah Nagy Stephanie Neff John Niezgoda Daniel Obloj Andrew Ocilka Austin Pacula Kayleigh Pearson Justin Prystasz Edwin Quang Sahib Rai Alexis Rau Katelyn Recker Alexis Reisch Mehrael Roman Kelsey Schloemer Anthony Shuman Jay Skrab Genna Sobiech Alexa Sotak Olivia Stefka Casey Tamulewicz Rachel Tomasko Jillian Toth Paul-Hy Truong Carli Urban Hunter Vah Arthur Ward Robert Wirtz III Genevieve Zalar Yige Zhou
adua.