Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School honored their top high school students at the annual Academic Awards Ceremony held in the Dolly Barranco Activity Center, May 4, 2015.
Many honors were bestowed including the most outstanding student in each subject area. These students are Anna Nutting, Tamrah Tucker, Marissa Dogan and Olivia Nobles in English, Leo Petters, Derrick Kelly, Lisa Hong, Lita Blackburn and Henry Petters in Math, Anna Nutting, Ivy Bach, Marissa Dogan and Ann Faulkner in Science, Cloe Newell, Ivy Bach, Andrew Lynch and Ashley Karst in Social Studies, Thomas Lynch, Michael Barber, Nadine Moussalli in Theology, Katie Fisher and Emily Walker in Spanish, Luke Craig in Latin. William Russell was named most outstanding student in Band.
The new and senior members of the Loretto chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) were recognized during the ceremony, they are: Agnes Armstrong, Emily Barranco, Kathleen Beesley, Michael Collins, Marissa Dogan, Eryka Ellington, Claire Fischer, Abaigeal Gilbert, Jonathan Green, Lacy Herbek, Blake Johnson, Gabriel Keating, Emily Lafreniere, Aubrey Lenn, Andrew Lynch, Katherine McDaniel, Morgan Micher, Nadine Moussalli, Patrick O’Mara, Madison Searcy, Megan Stembridge, and Logan Stevens.
The NHS Senior members are: Gaten Armstrong, Paige Barranco, Andrew Ellis, Ann Faulkner, Brianna Foley, Lindsey Guin, Jacob Hulcher, Ashley Karst, Derek Kelly, Ashley Kim, Mary Janet McLaughlin, Olivia Nobles, Leo Petters, Reese Smith, Ally Taylor and Lindsey Tynan.
Montgomery Catholic’s Key Club members accumulated over 2,000 service hours to the Montgomery community this year. There were thirteen students who gave over 50 hours of their time during this school year. They were Agnes Armstrong, Aimee Azar, Marissa Dogan, Claire Fischer, Katie Fischer, Patrick Gregorius, Emily Jones, Devin Kelly, Leah Krompecher, Ledariane Moore, Anna Nutting, Madison Searcy
and Megan Stembridge.
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| Key Club Members who gave over 50 hours of service this year. |
Students with the highest grade point average for each high school grade level were also recognized. The most outstanding freshman are Katie Fisher, Cloe Newell and Henry Petters. The most outstanding sophomore is Ivy Bach. The most outstanding junior is Patrick O’Mara. The most outstanding senior for the class of 2015 is Leo Petters.
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| Leo Petters named Class of 2015 most outstanding student. |
Honor roll certificates for both the A and A/B honor rolls were given to those students who attained A or A/B honor roll throughout the school year for each grade level. The Joe Arban Perfect Attendance Award was given to Trey Magdon for having perfect attendance this year.
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| Montgomery Catholic’s Paige Barranco named Servant Leader of the Year; Mary Janet McLaughlin named Leader of the Year; and Lindsey Guin named Ideal Graduate. |
The evening culminated with three of the highest awards given at Montgomery Catholic: the Sister Martha Belke Servant Leader Award, Leader of the Year and the Ideal Graduate. Mrs Anne Ceasar, president, presented the first annual Sister Martha Belke Servant Leader award to Paige Barranco for her quiet and consistent leadership and school spirit. Paige is the daughter of Lee Anne and Rob Barranco of Montgomery.
Mr. Chad Barwick, high school principal, awarded the Montgomery Catholic Leader of the Year award to Mary Janet McLaughlin. Mary Janet has served the school in numerous leadership positions throughout her school career including SGA and Youth in Government. She is the daughter of Kayla and Jim McLaughlin of Montgomery.
Mrs. Anne Ceasar awarded the Montgomery Catholic Ideal Graduate Award to the student who embodies the overall qualities and talents of an ideal graduate. This year the student named as the Ideal Graduate at Montgomery Catholic is Lindsey Guin. She is the daughter of Linda and Kevin Guin of Montgomery.
