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May 20, 2013

Two St. Francis Graduates Receive Prestigious Awards

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Catherine Gassiot earned the Agnes Academy
Merit Scholarship
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Joseph Theriot earned the Strake Jesuit
Ignatian Scholar Award

Two eighth-grade students set to graduate in the St. Francis Episcopal Day School Class of 2013 have been named top entering freshmen for the 2013-14 school year at their respective high schools. Joseph Theriot received the Strake Jesuit Ignatian Scholar Award, while Catherine Gassiot earned the St. Agnes Academy Merit Scholarship. Both prestigious awards honor incoming freshman with outstanding entrance exam scores, among other criteria.

Strake Jesuit College Preparatory created the Ignatian Scholar Award program twenty years ago to recognize the top five entering students based on the factors of entrance exam, academic record, and overall application strength. This year the award recipients were selected from nearly 600 applicants. Each will receive an $8,150 scholarship to be applied to the student’s first-year tuition.

The St. Agnes Merit Scholarship pays tribute to the five incoming ninth graders with the highest scores on the Independent School Entrance Exam administered at the school in January. Each top-scorer receives an $8,000 scholarship to be allocated over the student’s four years of high school.

Susan B. Lair, PhD, Head of School at St. Francis, commented, “We are so very proud of Joe and Catherine and wish them the very best in their high school careers. I know that the St. Francis commitment to academic excellence and faith-based values will serve as an invaluable foundation in their future lives as people for others.”

Theriot and Gassiot received their awards at the St. Francis Middle School Recognition and Awards Assembly on Friday, May 17. Trip Norkus, academic assistant principal at Strake Jesuit, was on hand to present the Strake Jesuit award, as was St. Agnes Head of School Sister Jane Meyer, O.P., who awarded the St. Agnes Academy scholarship.